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Jeanne Sambuck Petersen
Jan. 19, 1921 — Dec. 7, 2012
Jeanne Sambuck Petersen died peacefully in her sleep Dec. 7, 2012 at her home in Friday Harbor, Wash. She had lived on San Juan Island for the past 22 years.
Prior to moving to the Pacific Northwest, she had lived in Santa Cruz County for 70 years. During those years she was very active in charitable organizations and graciously hosted many events.
Jeanne, a fourth generation of the Stephen Scurich Family in the Pajaro Valley, was born Jan. 19, 1921 in Watsonville, Calif., to Dr. Anton J. Sambuck and Anna Scurich Sambuck. In 1940, she married
Allan E. Petersen and had three children.
She is survived by her daughters Joan Petersen White of Friday Harbor, Wash., and Susan A. Petersen of Watsonville, Calif. She is pre-deceased by her son John Allan Petersen.
Her sister Patricia Sambuck Wilder lives in Elgin, Texas. There are numerous nieces, nephews and cousins in California and Texas. Private family services to be held at a later date.
— Family of Jeanne Petersen
Dana Bruce Mower
1956 — 2012
Dana died doing what he loved the most, skiing a black diamond mogul run after a fresh snow fall of 36 inches on a gloriously sunny day in Sun Valley, Idaho.
One of his last phone calls, of course from the ski hill, was “It’s just perfect, just perfect.” Dana had an enlarged heart which led to a heart attack on the Christmas Lift Chair on Mount Baldy. He was skiing alone, knowing how sweet it was to catch the last run of the day. The quiet. The joy. The connection he felt to the God that Dana knew.
Dana grew up in Tacoma, Wash., on Wapato Lake, with four siblings and parents who raised him to believe in himself and encouraged his independent spirit, which later led to Dana’s successful career as a real estate entrepreneur. Dana graduated with a degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington, and in 1995 started DBM Consulting Engineers.
Dana’s visionary sight and focus brought him remarkable success with real estate investment. From 1999 to 2003 Dana developed Landis Point and Hazel Gardens apartment projects, as well as the 2003 Street of Dreams.
From 2004 to 2007 Dana parlayed his previous successes into Riversand, a 40-acre residential development project in Auburn, Wash. This project exemplifies one of Dana’s strongest attributes, which was to convert a property with entitlement difficulties into a developable piece of land.
In 2005, Dana refitted his dream boat, The Christina, a 120-foot yacht; he was looking forward to exploring the blue-sky waters of the Caribbean. In 2007, Dana realized his dreams in purchasing Lynyard Cay, a 77-acre island in the Bahamas, where he planned a multi-use luxury community.
Dana loved hiking the Sawtooth Mountains in North Central Idaho and walking the downed, yellowed maple leaves in October. He loved crabbing off of Sunset Point and piloting his boat through all weather in the San Juan Islands.
Dana loved golf, skiing, and most especially the miracle of flight — to look upon the world from his cockpit 3, 000 feet up, and to watch the earth fall away and the heavens open. Dana lived with passion and dignity and invention. His soul ran deep. Dana left this world with no fear.
Dana leaves behind his mother, Lois Mower, and his siblings, Larry Mower, Greg Mower, Linda Turner, and Scott Mower. And Dana leaves behind Christine Leiren Mower, the love of his life for 37 years.
A memorial will be held at Neighborhood Church, 2802 Bridgeport Way W, University Place, WA 98466, on Dec. 11, at 1 p.m.
Please send any donations to the American Heart Association in memory of Dana Bruce Mower.
— Family of Dana Mower
Samuel Alexander Carter
March 5, 1982 — Nov. 23, 2012
Samuel Alexander Carter of Friday Harbor died Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, of an accidental drowning, sometime after 12:30 a.m.
He was 30 years old.
Born March 5, 1982, in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, Sam is the son of Thomas R. Carter and Nina A. White.
Sam attended 1st-12th grade in Friday Harbor, also attending Skagit Valley Community College and Shoreline Community College, where he earned his high school diploma and most of his credits toward an associate arts degree. During that time, he enjoyed rich friendships with peers and faculty, always living by Mr. Westphalen’s “Golden Rule”.
After graduation, in 2001, Sam, along with Todd Lowen, Casey Baisch, Brook Melville and Rosa Blair (mentored by Ben White), spent the next year studying for ISA certification for arbor culture, passing all but one section of the rigorous exam.
Sam balanced commercial fishing in Alaska with arborist work in the San Juan Islands for his remaining years. Finding community in three states: Alaska, California and Washington, Sam spent his summers fishing, falls doing arborist work and winters with close friends. He loved snowboarding, reading cook books, developing recipes and most of all cooking for friends.
With a kind smile and warm sincere interest, he met the world each day. The ring of his laughter as he engaged small children will echo eternally in the canopied foliage of the trees he so dearly loved.
He will be sorely missed…
Losing his mother at age 11, he never got over the pain of her absence; one of his wishes was to be buried by her side. His ashes were transported to Egegik, Alaska on Dec. 3, where he is surely now resting in his mother’s arms.
Sam found his way into many hearts in the community and his family thanks them all for their support during this time of loss.
Sam is survived by his father, Thomas Carter and wife Tamara Carter, stepmother Sarah Bergman, brother Ray Chmiel, sister Alycia Johnson and brother Christian Carter, aunts and uncles; Deanna, Jessica, Roy, Margo, Theresa, Nora and Hazel, and grandmother Margret Horton, and many cousins, nephews and nieces.
There was a small gathering at Evans Funeral Home on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, giving family and close friends an opportunity to say “good-bye” before Sam was flown to Alaska. A funeral in the Egegik Baptist Church, with Paul Bischoffski officiating, was held Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at 11 a.m.
A celebration of Sam’s life will be held at the Friday Harbor Grange, Dec. 23, 2012. The family encourages all who knew Sam to come and to share in the lasting joy his life gave us all.
— Family of Sam Carter
Margaret Ann Hodgson Jenison
October 26, 1931 — September 23, 2013
Margaret Ann Jenison, 81, of Lopez Island, Wash., passed away peacefully at Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley, Wash., on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 surrounded by her family.
She was born on Oct. 26, 1931 in Bellingham, Wash., the daughter of Norman W. and Anna M. (Bergman) Hodgson. Margaret Ann was raised on Argyle Road on San Juan Island until the age of three.
When her grandfather, Norman P. Hodgson, of Lopez Island, became seriously ill, Norman W, Anna and Margaret Ann moved to Richardson on Lopez to assume responsibility of daily operations of the family farm.
As a teenager, she worked one summer on the floating cannery and later in life worked as the Lopez School cook for several years.
Margaret Ann married
Robert Edward Jenison in 1948, and they lived most of their lives on Lopez Island, except for a short five months in Seattle. They came back to Lopez to farm and purchased a 70-acre farm behind the school where they raised Holstein Heifers.
Margaret Ann loved her home and raising her three children, Richard, Julie Ann, and Shelley. Margaret Ann enjoyed gardening and was active in Lopez Garden Club, as well as the Lopez Union cemetery Association and Lopez Historical Society.
She was also one of the founding members of the Lopez Island Grace Episcopal Church.
After 63 years of marriage, her beloved Bob passed away in July of 2011. Bob and Margaret Ann’s daughter Julie Ann passed away in March of 1984. Margaret Ann was a dedicated and loving mother and grandmother. She is survived by her children and spouses, Richard and Mary Jenison of Lopez Island, Wash., and Shelley and Lindol Larkin of Lynnwood, Wash. She is also survived by her four grandchildren, Amy Hatchel, Rachael Munroe, Timothy Larkin and Devin Larkin and eight great-grandchildren.
As a fourth-generation pioneer family on Lopez Island, Margaret Ann leaves the seventh generation of her family to live in the Richardson area of Lopez Island.
A funeral service was held at 2 p.m., Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 at Grace Episcopal Church on Lopez, with burial at Lopez Union cemetery.
Memorials may be made in Margaret Ann’s name to the Lopez Union cemetery Association. Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Anacortes, Wash. and the San Juan Islands.
To share memories of Margaret Ann, please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.
— Family of Margaret Jenison
Carl Francis Robinson
May 16, 1925 — September 19, 2013
Carl Francis Robinson, 88, passed away on Sept. 19, 2013 at the Village at the Harbour, with his wife of 63 years, Dorothy, and their daughter, Jill, by his side.
Carl (Mickey), son of Laurence L. and Mary Opal (Donaldson) Robinson was born on May 16, 1925 in Yakima, Wash. He was a good student and loved to build model airplanes and gliders.
After graduating from Yakima High School in 1943, he joined the U.S. Army/Army Air Corps. He served in WWII as a 1st Lieutenant instructing pilots in AT-6 (advanced trainer) airplanes. He returned to Yakima after the war, where he attended Yakima Valley College and worked as a crop duster.
In 1950, he married
Dorothy Aileen Yates, after five years of dating, following a blind date. During their dating years he disassembled a car and rebuilt it from pieces.
Carl was a serious, contemplative and meticulous person, taking time to make proper decisions. He was also adventurous, becoming a pioneer parachute jumper. Their only child Jill, was born in 1955.
The family moved to Seattle in 1959, where he graduated from the University of Washington with a Master’s Degree in Geology. Carl worked for Burlington Northern, testing land for minerals and writing reports and contracts on promising land purchases for the railroad until his retirement at age 58.
His weekends were usually spent at Snohomish Airport, where he was a lifetime member of the Seattle Skydivers Club and made 330 jumps. In 1985, Carl and Dorothy moved to Friday Harbor, Wash.
Carl enjoyed making and sharpening knives, fishing, camping, practicing archery, target shooting, reading, and talking about airplanes and flying. He was an active member of the American Legion, Post No. 163, participating in many events, including the honor guard in parades and funerals.
He was a member of the NRA with a strong belief in the right to bear arms. He was a member of the Republican Party, but more importantly supported politicians who believed and supported the Constitution and Bill of Rights, less federal government control and more people’s rights.
Carl is survived by his wife, Dorothy; daughter, Jill and son-in-law, Ned Bailey; granddaughter, Sara Bailey; grandson, Daniel Bailey, of Tempe, Ariz.; brother, L.A. (Hap) Robinson; and nephews Todd and Pat Robinson of Anacortes, Wash.
Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Anacortes and the San Juan Islands. To share memories of Carl, please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.
— Family of Carl Robinson
Ronald J. Einboden
November 1937 — September 16, 2013
Ronald J. Einboden, Nov. 28, 1937—Sept. 16, 2013, a 25-year resident of Friday Harbor, passed away Sept. 16 with his wife Ann and daughter Marlene by his side, from multiple serious illnesses and disabilities.
Ron was born and raised in southern California. He married
his wife Ann at age 19, and their daughter Marlene was born two years later. Then Ron put himself through college, graduate school and law school, while serving in the National Guard and working full time.
He practiced law in Los Angeles, starting as an assistant city attorney and then going on to private practice before a life changing fishing trip took them to Friday Harbor in 1986. In 1988, Ron and Ann moved to Friday Harbor and became avid boaters, enjoying cruising and fishing throughout the Pacific Northwest, every summer.
Ron was active in several boating organizations, the Friday Harbor Power Squadron, the San Juan Island Yacht Club and the Yachting Club of Roche Harbor. He served his community on the San Juan County Planning Commission and as president of his Mineral Point Community Association for many years. Ron is survived by his wife of 56 years, Ann, his daughter Marlene and grandson West Dempster of Ventura, Calif.
Most friends remember Ron best for his smile and quiet generosity, in spite of a lengthy battle with pain. The family will have a private memorial in the near future.
— Family of Ron Einboden
Theodore Vern Coffelt
March 20, 1930 — September 5, 2013
Vern Coffelt was born in Westsound on Orcas Island to Amos and Helen Smedberg Coffelt.
He grew up on the Smedberg farm on Turtleback Mountain, the third of four brothers. The family worked the farm for a frugal and healthy livelihood, learning old world farming know-how from his grandfather John Gus “JG” Smedberg. Vern’s father Amos worked on the early freight boats and ferries, and died in 1942.
The family was very young. The Coffelt boys were known for being an active, lively bunch who worked long and hard to make ends meet. Vern and his brothers Jack, Amos (Ed) and Russell all attended grade school and high school on Orcas Island.
In 1950, the family moved from the Smedberg place on Turtleback to the fertile Crow Valley farm. Vern stayed with his mother to work the place now known as the Coffelt Farm.
Helen Coffelt passed in 1955. Vern was left with an active farm and full-time operation with sheep, cattle, dairy, poultry and a hay crop to manage. Vern cherished the farm education he had with his grandfather Smedberg on the Turtleback farm.
Family farms were struggling to survive in those years and Vern found it prudent to find other work for several years to support the farm. He worked in logging and construction and then, in 1960, went to work full-time for Orcas Power and Light Cooperative. In the early '60s, he married
Florence “Tony” Howard.
In 1977, Vern and Sidney Reynolds were married
and formed a life partnership and team that has carried the farm to the successful operation it is today.
In 1995, after 35 years of service as line foreman and later operations manager, Vern retired from OPALCO. Vern spent the rest of his life doing what he was meant and chosen to do. He seldom left the farm and put each day to his calling of working the farm. He loved his work and was committed to producing the best quality food he could for Orcas Island.
August 20, 2013 was Vern’s last day on his beloved farm. He did the chores and daily work and then suffered a crippling stroke during the night. He was airlifted to the hospital in Bellingham and then to Whatcom Hospice House in Fairhaven where he rested, was tended to by Sidney and visited by family and friends.
Vern earned his final rest after two weeks in the constant care of Sidney in hospice. He passed on to his reward on Sept. 5, 2013.
Vern is survived by his wife Sidney; sons Tim and John (Sarah); grandchildren Brandon, Kendra, Jordan and Rayna; brother Russ (Jan) and numerous nieces and nephews. Vern was amous for being a favorite uncle.
Vern will be remembered for his legendary integrity, wide and frequent smile and his wonderful, keen and sharp sense of humor.
He had a remarkable ability to play with words and deliver a clear meaning - with a twinkle.
A memorial service for Vern will be held on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 1 p.m. at the Oddfellows Hall in Eastsound. Refreshments are being prepared by the Orcas 4H Fur & Feathers Club.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Whatcom Hospice House.
— Family of Vern Coffelt
