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JESSIE MAY IRENE PARKS
Jessie passed away Thursday, September 28, 2006. She was 94 years young.
Jessie was born the 10th of 11 children to Ritchie and Priscilla Payne Kidd on May 14, 1912, in Beaver, Washington, after her mother, father and their nine children traveled by boat from Port Angeles to Clallam Bay and took an oxen-pulled wagon over Burnt Mountain Road to what eventually became Beaver Ranch in 1910.
Jesse grew up raising animals with her family to eat and sell as part of a growing butchers business. They always had a large garden and an orchard full of apples, cherries, prunes and pears.
Her father deeded three acres to the school district for a new school in 1915. The Beaver School still stands off Highway 101 today.
In 1931 Jessie graduated from Quillayute Union High School after spending the year as Class President and playing on the girls basketball team.
After graduation, Jessie worked as a housekeeper and baby sitter for new mothers coming home from the hospital. She later made a career as a cook.
She spent many years working for the school district as a lunchroom cook and later retired from Olympic Memorial Hospital as Head Cook.
Jessie loved to attend church, ever since joining the First Methodist Church in 1925. She regularly attended services as the longest standing member of the church until her passing.
A dairy driver stopped by the farm to pick up cream from the farm in 1932. That was the day she met Harold Eli Parks. They married
February 9, 1935, in Shelton, Washington.
Jessie found her greatest joy as a mother and grandmother. She was always there to baby sit and support all of her grandchildren. Whether it was baseball, soccer, piano and dance recitals, volleyball, dog shows, horse shows and just many hours at local playgrounds and parks, Grandma was always there.
Jessie was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, and her siblings, Wesley, Violet, Elmer, Stanley, Rufus, Arthur, Olive, Archie, Albert and Margaret.
She's survived by six sons: Ronald, Michael and Samuel of Port Angeles; David of Enumclaw; Charles of Eatonville; Gerald of Portland; and two daughters: Jennifer Jacobson of Port Angeles and Patricia Vail of Edmonds.
Jessie is also survived by sons and daughters-in-law Charles and Cheryl Parks of Eatonville and Gerald and Peggy Parks of Portland, Ore.
She also leaves behind 20 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
Ruth M. J. Wyatt
Nov. 26, 1921 -- Oct. 10, 2006
Ruth M.J. Wyatt of Carlsborg died of emphysema in Sequim. She was 84.
She was born to William E. and Elizabeth Frances (Killian) Rone in Newark, N.J.
After graduating from Arts High School in New Jersey at the age of 16, she went to work for the telephone company.
She married
William Wynn Wyatt Jr. on April 9, 1944, in Lakehurst, N.J. He died Nov. 28, 1999.
Mrs. Wyatt had many occupations, she was a hostess, cashier, banker and started Clark-Wyatt Market Research Co. in the 1960s, which she sold to Elizabeth Clark in the 1970s.
She moved to Sequim in 1968.
She also had many interests including crafts. She was an excellent quilter and enjoyed travel, poetry, drawing and charity work.
Mrs. Wyatt belonged to the Catholic Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Terza, Daughters of the Nile and ``Cooties, " a volunteer group focused on convalescent and nursing homes.
Survivors include son William Wynn Wyatt III; daughters Elizabeth M. Carson and Rachel Anderson, both of Carlsborg; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services: None announced at present. Linde Family Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Veterans Home, P.O. Box 698, Retsil, WA 98378.
JOSEPH GALLACCI
Joseph Gallacci entered into eternal rest in Santa Rosa, California, on Friday, August 25, 2006.
Dearly beloved husband of the late Jeanne Gallacci; beloved father of Patricia Moore and Joan Young and her husband, Robert; dear brother of Lena Thoen and Charles Gallacci of Sequim, Washington; adored grandfather of Pieter Paulson, Kari Taeuffer (Claude), Norman Gregg and Tony Young (Claudine); proud great-grandfather of Christopher, Andrew and Nicholas Taeuffer, Chelsea Gregg, Nicholas and Joseph Young.
Joe served in the U.S. Navy prior to World War II.
He was in the logging and sawmill business for 35 years and was the Superintendent for Pope & Talbot Lumber Company in Castle Rock, Washington, for 3 years.
He then started his own business in Molalla, Oregon. He moved his sawmill and logging business to Cloverdale, California, in 1954 where he also owned the Van Dennis Lumber Company.
Joe purchased half interest in the Gualala Lumber Company in 1959 and purchased the rest in 1963.
Joe was an engineer at heart and developed tools and equipment for the lumber mill industry. He owned a ranch east of Cloverdale where he developed four lakes, roads and an airstrip.
He leased and operated the Sulphur Creek Mining business where he mined mercury.
He also designed and made beautiful, unique jewelry for family and friends working mostly with opals.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing and poker, and was an avid gardener.
A native of Mount Shasta, California, he was age 94.
Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service on Saturday, September 23, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Harper-Ridgeview Chapel, 105 West Fourth Street, Port Angeles.
Contributions may be made in his name to the Sutter VNA Hospice, 1110 N. Dutton Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401.
Arrangements are in the care of Santa Rosa Mortuary Eggen & Lance Chapel; 707-542-3154.
Rosina L. Duncan
April 13, 1928 -- Sept. 18, 2006
Rosina L. Duncan of Sequim died of complications from pneumonia at Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles.
Services: Thursday, Sept. 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitation at Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel, 108 W. Alders St., Sequim.
Graveside service on Friday, Sept. 22, 1 p.m. at Sequim View cemetery.
Memorials: Multiple Sclerosis Society, 753 N. 35th St., Suite 208, Seattle, WA 98103.
Ann Kittrelle
Nov. 1, 1917 -- Sept. 10, 2006
Ann Kittrelle of Sequim died in Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles of complications following shoulder surgery. She was 88.
She was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, to Lorenzo Severino and Elvira (Gagliani) Stella and completed a high school education.
Her marriage on Aug. 3, 1937, in Stockton, Calif., to Alfred Harold Waterson ended in divorce April 11, 1950.
She married
Reginald Wayne Kittrelle Jr. in Carson City, Nev., on Sept. 4, 1954. He died Nov. 19, 1960.
She was employed by the Federal Land Bank in Berkeley, Calif., and later Western Title Co. in Oakland, Calif., and was also a licensed insurance agent in Oakland.
She then retired in 1979 as a U.S. Customs Service inspector in the Port of San Francisco.
Mrs. Kittrelle, who enjoyed travel in Europe and the U.S. Southwest, was a member of Sons of Italy, Olympic Peninsula Lodge. and Glory House as well as a life member of Friends of the Sequim Library.
Reading and gardening were among her favorite pursuits.
Survivors include son Steven Waterson of San Francisco; daughter Lynne Waterson of Sequim; and sisters Lee Simning of Oregon and Yolanda McArthur of McLean, Va.
Services: Saturday, Sept. 23, 1 p.m., memorial with a small reception following at Glory House, 157 W. Cedar St., Sequim. Pastor Steve Welty will officiate.
The Neptune Society, Lynnwood, was in charge of cremation.
Memorials: Peninsula Friends of Animals, P.O. Box 404, Sequim, WA 98382.
Aislyn Margaret Onkst
Sept. 13, 2006 -- Sept. 13, 2006
Infant Aislyn Margaret Onkst died shortly before birth in Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend.
The parents are Preston Onkst and Angie Marie Ball of Port Angeles.
Other survivors include sisters Gwen Kauffman and Acacia Onkst, both of Port Angeles, and Alanah White of Dayton; and grandparents Hugh and Allane Onkst of Mount Vernon, Kristine Adams of Seattle and Dennis Ball of Antelope, Ore.
Services: Memorial to be announced.
Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge of arrangements.
Stanley J. Hendrickson
Aug. 15, 1925 -- Sept. 17, 2006.
Sequim resident Stanley J. Hendrickson died at The Messenger House on Bainbridge Island. He was 81.
Kass & Cook Family Funeral Home, Bainbridge Island, is in charge of arrangements.
Kalman Emery Reistetter Jr.
Aug. 22, 1947 -- Sept. 9, 2006
Kalman Emery Reistetter Jr. of Sequim died in Olympic Care and Rehabilitation Center of cancer at 59.
Services: Today, Sept. 21, graveside service at 11 a.m. in Sequim View cemetery.
Mr. Reistetter's funeral was held Sept. 19.
Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Lloyd Charles `Chuck' Rhodes
June 7, 1951 -- Sept. 19, 2006
Lloyd Charles ``Chuck" Rhodes died of lung cancer in his Port Angeles home. He was 55.
He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Lloyd and Loleta Faye (Daggett) Rhodes.
His marriage to Roberta Rhodes-McMillan in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on June 26, 1970, ended in 1975.
Mr. Rhodes was honorably discharged from active duty with the Army in 1977.
He worked as a millwright for 30 years and was a member of Carpenters Union Local 204.
He also belonged to Moose and Eagles.
Mr. Rhodes married
Sharon Marie Amundson on June 20, 1994, in Payette, Idaho.
They enjoyed riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and he also enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, survivors include son and daughter-in-law Robert and Laura Rhodes of Council Bluffs, Iowa; stepson T.J. Morton Rhodes of Port Angeles; stepdaughters and stepsons-in-law Lisa and J.R. McGowan and Deann and Russ Hepfer, all of Port Angeles; stepdaughter Shelli Granger of Long Beach, Calif.; sisters and brothers-in-law Caroline and Jerry Anderson of Gillette, Wyo., and Suzy and Doug Fenton of Sheridan, Wyo.; and eight grandchildren.
Mr. Rhodes' parents as well as brother Corky Rhodes preceded him in death.
Services: Saturday, Sept. 23, 1 p.m., celebration of life in the Moose Lodge Family Center, 809 S. Pine St., Port Angeles.
Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
