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Edris Emiline Dickinson Piercy
Jan. 22, 1915 -- July 15, 2003
Former Peninsula resident Edris Emiline Dickinson Piercy died in Ketchikan, Alaska, at age 88.
She was born in Lyman to Olin Winewah and Jennie Marie (Martin) Dickinson.
She was a typist for the federal government at Fort Flagler near Port Townsend.
She married A. Ward Piercy on Oct. 13, 1949. They lived in Port Angeles until his death in 1981.
Mrs. Piercy moved to Alaska in 1989.
Mrs. Piercy is survived by son and daughter-in-law Charles and Sally Piercy of Ketchikan; daughters and sons-in-law Virginia ``Ginni" and Ray Weigel of Port Angeles and Elinor and Truman Weld of Fairbanks, Alaska; sisters-in-law Elma Dickinson of Bellingham and Kathleen Hammack of Elkins, W.Va.; and eight grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by brothers Delmar, Ray and David.
Services: Saturday, July 26, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., visitation in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, 105 W. Fourth St., Port Angeles; Sunday, July 27, 2003, 2 p.m., funeral in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel with Robert Anderson and Jan Demmon officiating.
In early August, a memorial service will be held in Ketchikan. Burial will be at Mount Angeles Memorial Park.
Memorials: Alzheimer's Disease Research, 225 N. Michigan Ave., 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601-7633.
ANNIE CONKLIN
At her request, there will be no services for Annie Conklin, 86, of Port Angeles.
Mrs. Conklin died July 21, 2003, in Port Angeles.
She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Steve and Manda Hecimovich.
She married Roy Vukonich on Feb. 7, 1942. He died in May 1950.
She married Orie Conklin of Port Angeles and moved to Port Angeles. Orie died Jan. 8, 1991.
Survivors include her daughter, Sharon Shabel, of Wenatchee, Wash.; two grandchildren, Brett Kasey of Arlington, Wash., and Sheryl Kasey of Joyce, Wash.; and two great-grandchildren, Devan and Caleigh Duncan, and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters.
She will be put to rest beside her husband at Mount Angeles Memorial Park. Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Orpha Sarah Dempsey
Dec. 24, 1906 -- July 22, 2003
Orpha Sarah Dempsey died in Port Angeles at age 96.
She was born in Albion, Ind., to Shirley and Maryanna (Friend) Pricket .
She married Francis Dempsey in Gardiner on May 21, 1925. He died Nov. 28, 1969.
Mrs. Dempsey, who was a Joyce homemaker most of her life, was a life member of Crescent Grange and a founding member of Crescent Grange Flea Market.
She was also a life member of Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles.
Mrs. Dempsey enjoyed fishing and traveling, as well as sitting in her patio swing and enjoying the flowers.
Survivors include daughters Shirley Peacock and Frances Singhose, both of Port Angeles, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters.
Services: Friday, July 25, at 11 a.m., graveside service in Mount Angeles Memorial Park, U.S. Highway 101 and Monroe Road, Port Angeles. Chaplain Dennis Niva will officiate. Harper-Ridgeveiw Funeral Chapel, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Charity of choice.
Elizabeth Anne `Beth' Kautz
Jan. 25, 1921 -- July 20, 2003
Port Angeles resident Elizabeth Anne ``Beth" Kautz, 82, died of pneumonia in her Freshwater Park home.
Her obituary, with announcement of services, will be published later. Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Murlen A. Schreiner
March 10, 1913 -- July 16, 2003
Murlen A. Schreiner, 90, of Sequim died in Olympic Memorial Hospital, Port Angeles, from complications of hip surgery.
She was born in Little Falls, Minn., to Herbert and Clara (Manbeck) Muncy and learned to drive her father's truck at age 8.
She was a neighbor of Charles Lindbergh, and learned to fly a Ford Trimotor airplane at age 16.
She married Hubert Schreiner in Minneapolis on June 13, 1934.
She graduated from nursing school in Minneapolis and, as a registered nurse, met such celebrities as Kate Smith, Sammy Davis Jr. and, former President and Mrs. Eisenhower.
She corresponded with the former first lady for years, and displayed photos of President Eisenhower and herself and Mrs. Eisenhower in her Sequim home.
Mrs. Schreiner's early interest in theater led her to semi-professional performance and an appearance on TV's ``Hollywood Squares."
She and Margaret Corbett, her adopted daughter, traveled extensively in the Lower 48 states, the Far East and London.
For more than a quarter-century, she made her home on the Peninsula, living in both Port Angeles and Sequim.
Mrs. Schreiner was a member of the Senior Center and was known to Sequim school bus drivers and students as ``The Wave Lady" because of the greetings she extended from the window of her home.
She is survived by Margaret Corbett of Sequim, one grandchild and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, son Gordon Schreiner and sister Janet Watts.
Services: At her request, none. There was cremation. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home and Crematory, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Peninsula Friends of Animals, P.O. Box 404, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Paul Lester Webb Jr.
Oct. 10, 1950 -- July 17, 2003
Paul Lester Webb Jr., 52, died of emphysema in Port Hadlock.
He was born to Paul Lester and Peggy Lee (Denson) Webb Sr., in Winston-Salem, N.C.
He married Judy Faye Everheart in Winston-Salem in August 1969. They divorced
in March 1978.
He married Marjorie May Maxwell in Fayetteville, N.C., on July 21, 1978. They divorced in July 2000.
Mr. Webb, who rose to staff sergeant in the Army, served from January 1972 to August 1985. He was stationed with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C., and was a paratrooper, Master-blaster Parachutist and member of the military police.
He was also a member of Disabled American Veterans and the Moravian Church.
His pastimes included fishing and barbecuing.
Mr. Webb is survived by sons Paul Christian Webb and Christopher William Webb and daughter Marylee Marie Webb, all of Port Hadlock; daughters Misty Dawn Webb and Windy Cher Webb, both of Phoenix; and five grandchildren.
Services: Inurnment in Winston-Salem, N.C. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge of arrangements.
RICHARD CRAIG CARTER
May 6, 1957 -- July 21, 2003
Born and raised in Seattle, Richard moved to Port Angeles in 1987 because it was the only place he ever visited that he wasn't in a hurry to get home from. He was very happy to live in this community.
Richard was an electrician for many years before going to Peninsula College at age 31 to learn a new career. He worked at NTI for several years and was their Principal Professional Land Surveyor at the time he became disabled.
Richard was a passionate and talented woodworker, pool player, athlete and sportsman.He was a good son, brother, uncle, husband, father, grandfather and friend.
To celebrate his life and give him a good send-off, a wake will be held on Saturday, August 2. Please call Beth at 452-3115 for details.
Memorial contributions to: Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
KAREN MARIE (WAGNER) TURNER
Surrounded by her family and loving husband, Karen Marie (Wagner) Turner, 36, died quietly on Friday, July 18, 2003, in Clackamas, Oregon, after a courageous struggle with breast cancer.
Karen was born on February 10, 1967, in Plattsburgh, New York, and spent much of her youth traveling throughout the United States with her military family, finally settling in Medical Lake, Wash., where she graduated from high school in 1985 after spending a year abroad in Australia as a Rotary Exchange Student.
A National Merit Scholar, Karen was awarded her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Master of Arts in Composition/Rhetoric and Literature from Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash., in 1995.
Karen married Richard L. Turner on August 10, 1996, and they settled in Spokane, Wash., where Karen taught several years at Eastern Washington University and the Spokane Community Colleges.
In 1999, Rich and Karen moved to Longview, Wash., where Karen became a member of the Lower Columbia College English faculty and was awarded tenure in June 2003. She was the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society adviser and director of the Salal Spring Arts Festival, as well as the adviser and mentor of many devoted students. Karen was also a published essayist, dedicated to professional development.
All who knew Karen were touched by her deep sincerity, her keen intellect and her razor-sharp wit. An early tape sent to Karen's dad overseas included a vociferous rendition of ``God Bless America," and she was known for being a ham and mugging all family photos as a child.
She loved all things ``Star Trek," and later ``Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and said she learned her extensive, impressive vocabulary from reading both Shakespeare and paperback romance novels.
She loved clamming on the Long Beach Peninsula, was famous for her gourmet cooking of luscious food, and partnered with Rich on annual festive events. Karen enjoyed many different creative arts and everyone loved her handmade gifts.
Karen's passion for language and literature inspired many of her students to challenge themselves to think and to evaluate their thinking and their world. Karen will be remembered with laughter and love by those who knew her and were touched by her goodness and grand sense of humor.
Karen is survived by her husband, Richard, of Longview, Wash.; two orange tabby cats, Lady Alley and Horatio Felinus of under-the-covers in Longview; her parents James and Virginia Wagner of Ukiah, Calif.; grandmother Mary Wagner of Upland, Calif.; sister Elizabeth (Libby) Wagner of Port Angeles, Wash.; sister Melissa Bader, brother-in-law Scott Bader and niece Meghan Elizabeth of Chino Hills, California; cousin Brett Wagner of Honolulu, Hawaii; cousin Mandy Wagner of Indianapolis, Indiana; uncles Michael and Edwin Moorman of Florida; cousin Major Bridget Moorman of Ramstein Air Base, Germany; mother and father-in-law Gordon and Kay Turner of Colfax, Wash.; sister-in-law Mary Kay Turner and nieces Amanda, Jenny and Jaylene of Colfax, Wash.; brother-in-law Allen Turner of Colfax, Wash.; and many, many dear friends.
Memorials in Karen's name can be made to the Karen Turner Memorial Scholarship at Lower Columbia College through the LCC Foundation Office, 360-442-2130.
A celebration of Karen's life will be held on Saturday, July 26, at 11 a.m. at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Grand Boulevard at 12th, Spokane, WA 99201. Call 509-838-4277.
WALTER ALEXIS HALL, JR.
Walter Alexis Hall Jr., age 89, of Clinton, Tenn., passed away Monday, July 21, 2003, at the Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
He was born March 23, 1914, in Santa Ana, Calif. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1938 with a degree in dentistry, and was commissioned into the regular Navy in 1940.
During World War II, he served aboard the submarine tender, USS Beaver, in the North Atlantic. He also served on the heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA 39) and survived the sinking of the Quincy in the battle of Salvo Bay, Guadalcanal, on August 8, 1942.
Although severely wounded during the battle, he was credited for saving several lives and was decorated for heroism. Notwithstanding the 100 percent disability due to his wounds, he served on the USS Klondike, a destroyer tender that was part of the invasion force headed for Japan in 1945.
He was retired as a Navy captain in 1947 due to his war wounds.
He was a member of the Sigma XI Society and obtained postgraduate degrees from the University of Washington and the University of Michigan, Horance H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, and was the last surviving founder of the American Dental Association (ADA).
During his distinguished career as a professor of dentistry, he was instrumental in developing the University of North Carolina and the University of South Carolina Dental schools. Those who knew him will not forget his contributions to his country and his profession.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn ``Fluffy" Hall; parents Walter and Faye Hall; and grandson Lawrence B. Hall, Jr.
Survivors include son Lawrence ``Buck" Hall and wife, Clara, of Clinton, Tenn.; granddaughter Sarah Johansen and husband, Chris, of Orlando, Florida; grandson Matt Hall of Cambridge, Mass.; and many friends and neighbors.
The family will receive friends from 9:30-10 a.m., Saturday, July 26, 2003, at St. Therese Catholic Church in Clinton, Tenn., with funeral service following at 10 a.m., Father Gerald Finucane officiating.
Interment will follow the service at Oak Ridge Memorial Park with full military honors conducted at the gravesite.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Therese Catholic Church, 701 S. Charles Selvers Blvd., Clinton, TN 37716.
Holley-Gamble Funeral Home of Clinton, Tenn., is in charge of all arrangements.
Walter Adam Glessing
Oct. 10, 1902 -- July 22, 2003
Walter Adam Glessing died in Port Townsend at age 100. His obituary will be published later.
Services: Monday, July 28, at 10 a.m., graveside services in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Townsend. The Rev. George Avis will officiate. Kosec Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Charlene B. Smith
Oct. 26, 1921 -- July 12, 2003
Port Angeles resident Charlene B. Smith died of a stroke in Sequim. She was 82.
She was born in Mount Harris, Colo., to Patric and Georgia (Hammond) Bradley.
She earned her bachelor's degree in education from Toledo University
Mrs. Smith taught primary grades in Woodridge School, Bellevue.
She married Robert A. Smith in Boulder, Colo., on March 21, 1943.
She enjoyed flower gardening, especially roses, and watching the birds in her yard.
Mrs. Smith is survived by her husband; sons Bradley A. Smith of Walnut Creek, Calif., and Bruce L. Smith of Renton; daughter Sheri Nansen of Bellevue; and four grandchildren.
Services: Aug. 2, at 2 p.m., memorial in Veterans of Foreign Wars, 169 E. Washington St., Sequim. Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Operation Smile, 6435 Tidewater Drive, Norfolk, VA 23509.
