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Miles Reginald Troyer
Aug. 17, 1916 -- Feb. 22, 2006
Port Angeles resident Miles Reginald Troyer died in Sherwood Assisted Living Center, Sequim, of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 89.
He was born in Vulcan, Alberta, to Harvey Claude and Essie Belle (McMullen) Troyer, and graduated from Roosevelt High School in Port Angeles in 1936.
He was a sergeant with the Army Air Corps during March 1942 to December 1945, and saw World War II duty at Iwo Jima.
He married
Eleanor Evangeline Keller, his high school sweetheart, on March 24, 1944, in Boise, Idaho.
Mr. Troyer, who lived in Port Angeles for 84 years, worked for Samuelson Ford and at the Rayonier mill before going to work for the Peninsula Fuel Co., where he drove oil trucks for 35 years.
After retiring in November 1981, he then drove another 10 years for Black Ball Freight Service.
He was a member of Teamsters.
Mr. Troyer enjoyed all sports, especially football and baseball. He also liked taking care of his yard and flower garden.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years; son Terry Troyer of Port Angeles; and sister Thelma Marvin of Sequim.
He was preceded in death by brothers Harry and Dorcy Troyer, who both died at an early age.
Services: Thursday, March 2, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., visitation in Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, 105 W. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Funeral on Friday, March 3, 1:30 p.m., at Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel. Warren G. Keller will officiate.
Memorials: Alzheimer's Association, Washington State Chapter, 12721 30th Ave. N.E., Suite 101, Seattle, WA 98125; or Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
ALLEN C. DEWEY JR.
Allen C. Dewey Jr., 72, an attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for 43 years, died after a long illness on February 26, 2006, in Sequim, where he and his wife, Shirley, have lived since retiring in 2001.
He was born in Kohler, Wisconsin, on July 27, 1933.
He received his undergraduate degree from Wabash College in 1955. He graduated first in his class from the University of Michigan Law School. He served as a member of the Order of the Coif and was an editor of the Michigan Law Review.
Allen was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity and the Albuquerque, New Mexico, and American Bar Associations.
Allen Dewey's entire legal career was with the Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk law firm. He served as Managing Partner and on the Executive Committee of the firm for many years.
He held the highest ratings awarded by legal publications and was listed in ``The Best Lawyers in America."
He was a director of Sunwest Bank of Albuquerque and served on the bank's executive committee.
For more than 20 years, Mr. Dewey was an active member of the American Law Institute and served as Chairman of the Board of Bar Examiners.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Allen and Mae Dewey of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and his sister, Patricia Heinz.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley, and their children: Ted Dewey (Dan) of Eugene, Oregon, Lisa Brown, M.D., (Fred) of Whittier, California, Chris Stanley (Naomi) of Seattle, Washington, and Jennifer Ruddock (Jeff) of Dallas, Texas; and five grandchildren, Chandler Stanley, Gareth Brown, Derek Brown, Riley Ruddock and Allison Stanley.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, March 2, 2006, at 2 p.m. at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Avenue, in Sequim, Washington, with Father Robert Rhoads officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite charity in Mr. Dewey's name.
Bryant Butterfield
Oct. 9, 1928 -- Feb. 13, 2006
Bryant Butterfield died in his Sequim home of congestive heart failure at age 77.
He was born in Bronx, N.Y., to Harold and Kathryn (Ruppert) Butterfield.
He married
Winnie Routledge in California in the late 1960s. She preceded him in death.
Mr. Butterfield's career was in the transportation industry. He was a claims manager for Superior Fast Freight and retired as a vice president.
He was a member of the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Butterfield is survived by nephews Gill Butterfield of Chantilly, Va., and Robert Cottman; niece Lynn Cottman; three great nephews; and eight great-great-nephews and -nieces.
Services: None. Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362; or Friends of Animals, P.O. Box 404, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Don F. `Depot' Davidson Jr.
June 13, 1946 -- Feb. 23, 2006
Don F. ``Depot" Davidson Jr. died of cancer in his Sequim home, surrounded by family and friends. He was 59.
He was born in Springfield, Mass., to Donald F. and Lillie Mae (Monroe) Davidson Sr.
During the Vietnam War era, he was a voice transcriber as an Army staff sergeant, stationed in Rothwesten, Germany.
Mr. Davidson attended Western State University College of Law, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 and Juris Doctorate in 1976,
He has been a charter boat captain or bartender/manager in Sequim for the past 20 years.
He enjoyed fishing, hunting and storytelling.
He married
Kelly Cummins on Feb. 15, 1998.
In addition to his wife, survivors include sons and daughters-in-law Eric and Autumn Davidson, Donald and Denise Davidson III and Benjamin and Erin Davidson; daughter Sarah Davidson; brothers and sisters-in-law Michael and Suzanne Davidson and Ed and Geraldine Davidson; sisters and brothers-in-law Dianne and Dick Thibodeau, Beverly and Boyd Hughes and Lynn and ``Woody" Wood; sister Mary Davidson; and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by brother Leo Davidson.
Services: A benefit and celebration of life was held Feb. 24 in the Veterans of Foreign Wars post home. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, was in charge of arrangements.
Bonnie June Fisch
June 13, 1933 -- Feb. 25, 2006
Bonnie June Fisch of Sequim died in Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles, at age 72.
She was born in Avon Park, Fla., to Ernest L. and Juanita (Douglas ) Little.
Services: None. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge.
Stephen Jalbert
March 4, 1947 -- Feb. 26, 2006
Stephen Jalbert died of cancer in his Port Angeles home. He was 58.
He was born in Alexandria, Minn., to Richard and Margret (Bartholomew) Jalbert.
He married
Carrie Girando in Portland, Ore., on Valentine's Day 1976.
Mr. Jalbert served with the Navy in Japan as a hospital corpsman during the Vietnam War era.
He also followed a career in culinary arts, retiring after 25 years as a chef with the Portland (Ore.) Hilton hotel.
Survivors include his parents and brother Roland Jalbert, all of Colorado Springs, Colo.; half-brother Steve Linnell of Seattle; sisters Sandi Meehan of Port Angeles, Susie Underwood of Dallas, Texas, and Mary Jalbert, Brenda Mora and Diann Thompson, all of Billings, Mont.
His wife died Feb. 26, 2002.
Services: Friday, March 3, 2 p.m., graveside service with Navy representatives and military honor guard, in Willamette National cemetery, Portland, Ore. Mount Scott Mortuary, Portland, Ore., was in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Veterans Center, 216 S. Francis St., Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Lita Malone
Aug. 14, 1931 -- Feb. 23, 2006
Lita Malone died in her Port Angeles home at age 74.
Services: Friday, March 3, 1 p.m., funeral in Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, 260 Monroe Road, Port Angeles. Burial will follow at Ocean View cemetery, 3127 W. 18th St., Port Angeles.
Gwenyth `Dolly' Sullivan
May 6, 1942 -- Feb. 24, 2006
Port Angeles homemaker Gwenyth ``Dolly" Sullivan died after extended illness. She was 63.
The daughter of Jilstray and Nellie (Charles) Sullivan, she was born in Port Angeles and received her high school diploma in Everett.
Ms. Sullivan, who was a member of the Assembly of God Church, held prayer meetings in her home every Tuesday night.
She enjoyed Native American activities such as canoe journeys and pow-wows, and liked to attend county fairs and rodeos.
Ms. Sullivan, who married
and divorced, is survived by sons Melchor ``Sonny" Gloria and Mario Gloria, both of Seattle; son Raymond Gloria and daughter Vanessa R. Gloria of Port Angeles; brothers Stanley Johnson and Dennis ``Sully" Sullivan and sister Myrna Sullivan, all of Port Angeles; and nine grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by brothers Howard Sullivan, James Sullivan and John Sullivan and sister Aurelia ``Babe" Gloria.
Services: Thursday, March 2, noon to 12:45 p.m., visitation in the Lower Elwha Tribal Community Center gymnasium, 2851 Lower Elwha Road, immediately preceding the 1 p.m. funeral in the same location. The Rev. Ben Charles will officiate.
Burial will be in Place cemetery. A dinner will follow in the Lower Elwha Tribal Center.
Drennan-Ford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Homer Howard Tobin
April 4, 1910 -- Feb. 25, 2006
Homer Howard Tobin died in Kah Tai Care Center, Port Townsend. He was 95.
Services: March 11, 1 p.m., memorial in First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., Port Townsend. The Rev. Bob Slater will officiate.
Private inurnment will be in Laurel Grove cemetery, Port Townsend. Kosec Funeral Home, Port Townsend, is in charge of arrangements.
MARGARET LANE DE WITT
April 4, 1916-January 30, 2006
Margaret De Witt, a Sequim resident, died peacefully on January 30, 2006 of liver cancer. She was 89 years old.
Margaret was born in Snohomish, Washington, to James and Elura (Full) Lane.
She married
Daniel De Witt on September 1, 1945.
Margaret grew up in Cheney, Washington, and attended Cheney Normal School.
She started her teaching career in 1936 in Vancouver, Washington, and retired from teaching in Spokane, Washington, in 1980 where she taught for 25 years. In 1973, she was honored by being chosen as ``Teacher of the Year" in the Spokane School District.
After retiring in 1980, Margaret and Dan traveled around the United States in a motor home and finally settled in Sequim in September of 1987.
In 1988, Margaret started volunteering at what was then, the Sequim-Dungeness Museum. She worked at the museum gift shop and started the genealogy department, first as the assistant director and, in 1997, she became the director.
During this time, she worked side by side with her husband, Dan, in planning the new administration building for the museum and arts center, which was completed in 1998.
After his death in 2001, the administration building was named after Dan.
She worked full time as director until the end of 2001. Since January 2002, she continued to work in genealogy, research and exhibits at the museum.
Margaret was active in the Coast Guard Auxiliary for 10 years. She spent many hours teaching Coast Guard Safe Boating Class and making free safety inspections on boats for the public.
She and Dan also worked three weeks at the New Dungeness Lighthouse during the interim period of which the Coast Guard personnel stopped manning the lighthouse and when the Lighthouse Society took over the responsibilities.
Margaret's other volunteering duties includes working at the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, Habitat for Humanity where she helped select people for habitat homes, the Sequim Lions Club, where she donated her time and talents with cane sales and assisted with the medical van in doing various health tests, and with the Sequim Community Aid, where she arranged aid for people in need.
She was also active in the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Peninsula Button Club and Delta Kappa Gamma.
In 1999, Margaret and Dan were selected as ``Citizen of the Year" by the Sequim Prairie Grange.
Margaret also has received, in both 2004 and 2005, The President of the United States Volunteer Service Award.
Her favorite hobbies were quilting, button collecting and geo-caching.
Margaret has touched the lives of everyone she has met. Her family remembers her as a loving, caring and devoted mother and grandmother.
Her grandchildren have the fondest memories of her and their grandfather. Samantha, her granddaughter who is 20 years of age, still has the blanket she quilted for her at birth.
She will be greatly missed, and the legacy of her humanity will be passed along.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel, and sister, Francis Harris.
She is survived by her loving family, sister Dorothy Scroggs and husband James of Mercer Island, Washington; son Rick De Witt and wife Roberta of Sequim; stepson Daniel De Witt Jr. of Jacksonville, Arkansas; daughter Margaret (Peggy) Eastlund and husband Rick of Lakewood, Colorado; and daughter Susan Tiemann and husband Greg of Spokane, Washington.
Grandchildren: Justin De Witt, wife Anne-Marie of Austin, Texas; Erik Eastlund of Lakewood, Colorado, and Samantha Tiemann of Orlando, Florida, plus many nieces and nephews.
Donations may be made on her behalf to: Museum and Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim, WA 98382, or Sequim Community Aid, P.O. Box 1591, Sequim, WA 98382.
There will be no services, at her request.
