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Patrice Alma Reifenstahl
May 8, 1952 -- July 16, 2005
Patrice Alma Reifenstahl, 53, died in an accidental drowning in her Port Angeles home.
She was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, to Russell Adler and Jeauneil Virginia (Golden) Jorgenson.
She completed 10 years of formal education and worked as a housekeeper.
Mrs. Reifenstahl moved from Port Angeles to Quinault in 2002, then back to Port Angeles in 2004.
She loved the ocean and collected horse and unicorn figures.
Her October 1983 marriage in Port Angeles to Von Reifenstahl ended in a 1996 divorce.
Survivors include son Donald A. Reifenstahl of Amanda Park, brother Neil Jorgenson of Port Angeles, and one sister.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Services: Monday, Aug. 8, 3 p.m., wake and reception with remembrance speech at the home of Don Reifenstahl, 435 N. Shore Road, Amanda Park.
Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, Port Angeles was in charge of cremation.
Memorials: Condolences may be sent to Donald Reifenstahl, 435 N. Shore Road, Amanda Park, WA 98526.
Johnny Chris Schroeder, Jr.
Nov. 24, 1936 -- July 27, 2005
Sequim resident Johnny Chris Schroeder, Jr., died of cardiac arrest at age 68.
He was born in Jamestown, N.D., to Johnny C. and Ida (Kammer) Schroeder.
His marriage to Sandra Rae Madara in Vancouver, Wash., on Dec. 17, 1954, ended in divorce.
He married
June Marie Easterday in Honolulu on Sept. 24, 1986.
Mr. Schroeder, who was a member of the web pressman's union, operated presses for newspapers in Portland, Ore., Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Seattle.
His personal interests included gourd carving, working with stained glass and RV travel.
Survivors include his wife; sons Scott of Everett, Jody of Sherwood, Ore., and Terry of Port Angeles; sisters Joyce Camp and Bonnie Robbins, both of Vancouver, Wash.; and seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Linda.
Services: Monday, Aug. 1, 11 a.m., memorial on the beach below the family's Diamond Point residence at 140 Spring View Place. The Rev. Eldon Officer will officiate.
Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
ELIZABETH GAIL DOERPINGHAUS
Nov. 9, 1951-June 22, 2005
Gail died of cancer in Houston, Texas, at age 53.
She was born to Betty and Bob Doerpinghaus in Rabat, French Morocco. Her Naval Officer father was stationed in nearby Port Lyautey. Her mother preceded her in death.
Gail attended school in Taiwan and the U.S. due to her father's duty assignments. After graduation from high school in Virginia, Gail entered Lowell General Hospital's School of Nursing in Lowell, Massachusetts. She graduated in 1976.
After passing the Texas State Nursing Board exam, she was accepted by Hermann Hospital as a staff nurse in their Substance Abuse program, one of the most successful in the country.
Gail was a political activist, particularly for women's rights, the Rape Crisis Center, etc. She had a special gift for friendship. She was always ready to listen when someone needed her . . . friends and family alike.
Gail was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995. She actively fought this disease and assisted in cancer studies and her treatments.
Her survivors include her adopted daughter, Sarah; parents Bob and Jean Marie; sisters Diana, Jan, Anne Marie, Monica and Josephine; and brothers Robert II and Matthew. She also leaves two nieces and two nephews, and countless friends.
Services: Aug. 3, 11 a.m., Memorial Mass at Queen of Angels Catholic Church.
Memorials: Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 209 W. 11th St., Port Angeles, WA 98362; Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362; and Hospice of Houston, Texas.
The family requests no flowers.
Philip Spaulding
Designer of ferry MV Coho dies
PORT ANGELES -- The naval architect who gave the yacht-like MV Coho Port Angeles-Victoria vehicle-passenger ferry its distinctive design has died.
Philip Spaulding, whose Coho design more than 45 years ago inspired the first two vessels of the B.C. Ferries fleet of the early 1960s, died in his Seattle home May 5, 2005 at age 92, it was reported Monday.
In the 1970s, Mr. Spaulding designed the 440-foot Washington State Ferries MV Walla Walla and MV Spokane, the latter still used on the Kingston-Edmonds route and both the longest vehicle-passenger ferries in the early 1970s.
``He had a great sense of pride in his designs, " said his son, William Spaulding of Bothell.
``They were an excellent design, " said Laurens Zuidweg, Washington State Ferries' director of vessel engineering, said of the Walla Walla and Spokane.
``He did the old-school way -- work that is now done by computers."
Native of Northwest
Born at his family's homestead in the Snoqualmie Valley and raised on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Mr. Spaulding was the grandson, son, brother and nephew of shipmasters.
He earned an engineering degree at the University of Washington and a naval architecture degree at the University of Michigan, worked for Bethlehem Steel in Maryland and Todd Shipyards in Seattle, then started his own firm, Philip F. Spaulding and Associates, in 1952.
Mr. Spaulding's design for Black Ball Transport Inc.'s 341-foot Coho inspired the British Columbia the provincial government to institute its own ferry service.
The province acquired the rights to use Mr. Spaulding's Coho plans to build B.C. Ferries' Sidney and Tsawwassen -- with some modifications, including a loading door in the bow instead of on the side like the Coho has.
Mr. Spaulding also designed seven ferries for the Alaska Marine Highway system, three aluminum high-speed San Francisco Bay ferries, 12 other British Columbia ferries, and bulk carriers, tankers, tugboats, barges, fishing boats and yachts.
In 1972, he merged his firm with a competitor to become Nickum & Spaulding, and subsequent designs ranged from tugboats and fishing vessels to sophisticated oil tankers.
Honored by peers
In the early 1970s, Mr. Spaulding was named the Puget Sound Engineering Council's Engineer of the Year, and in 1973 as the Maritime Press Association's Puget Sound Maritime Man of the Year.
Mr. Spaulding in 1979 was awarded the Society of Naval Architect and Marine Engineers' David W. Taylor Award as ``one of the world's most innovative and inventive naval architects."
He and his wife, the late Margaret ``Peggy" Sheldon Spaulding, were instrumental in acquiring and restoring the historic Puget Sound ``Mosquito Fleet" steamer Virginia V.
Survivors include daughters Susan Zehner of Walla Walla and Diane Spaulding of Seattle; sons William Spaulding of Bothell, David Spaulding of Sun Valley, Idaho, and Robert Spaulding of Kennewick; five grandchildren, and five step-grandchildren.
A celebration of his life will be held Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Seattle Yacht Club, 1807 E. Hamlin St., on Portage Bay.
Violet Christina Fitzgerald
Oct. 29, 1915 -- March 6, 2005
Port Angeles resident Violet Christina Fitzgerald died at age 89.
She was born in Lebanon, Ore., to George Alvin and Mary Francis (Carow) Minks.
She married
Charles H. Fitzgerald in Port Angeles in August 1956. He died in July 1986.
She owned a farm in Sequim for 30 years, then moved to Port Angeles in 1990 to be close to her family.
Mrs. Fitzgerald belonged to the Driftwood Club, from which she won many awards and for which she taught driftwood classes.
She was also a member of Bethany Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include daughter Darlene Blagdon; stepdaughters Charlotte Stefano, Liz Meuller, Kathy Duncan and Pharis Gusdal; sisters Erma Holman, Silvia Jones and Norma Blevins; 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by brother Asel Minks and sister Velma Powell.
Services: Thursday, March 10, 10 a.m., memorial service at Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, 260 Monroe Road, Port Angeles. Burial follows at Dungeness cemetery.
Memorials: Sign the guest book for the family at www.drennanford.com
Wanda E. Hamel
July 12, 1917 -- March 4, 2005
Wanda E. Hamel died of respiratory failure in Sequim. She was 87.
Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Gerald F. Lamp
Nov. 23, 1917 -- March 5, 2005
Gerald F. Lamp died in Sequim at age 87.
Services: Monday, March 21, 11 a.m., funeral service at the Sequim Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 815 W. Washington St., Sequim. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Marie Lusk
Oct. 9, 1921 -- Feb. 27, 2005
Former Port Angeles resident Marie Lusk died in Bellevue of pneumonia after a six-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 83.
She was born in Henrietta, Texas, to Lee and Willie Agnes (Schwend) Street.
She married
Donald B. Lusk in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on March 11, 1944.
Mrs. Lusk lived in many places, eventually moving to Port Angeles, where she raised two daughters, then to Bellevue.
While in Port Angeles, she was active in the PTA and other school programs, a garden club, Camp Fire and Brownies.
Survivors include her husband; daughters Donna Marie Lopez and Lou Nell Gerard; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by brother Lee ``Buddy" Street and sisters Edna Nell Beatty and Louise Womack.
Services: Friday, March 18, 2 p.m., memorial service at Robinswood Pointe Senior Living, 1640 148th SE, Bellevue. Pastor Warren Haynes will officiate.
Burial is at Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue. Bleitz Funeral Home, Seattle, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Alzheimer's Association, 12721 30th Avenue NE, Suite 101, Seattle, WA 98125.
Margaret Lee Roe
Sept. 18, 1929 -- March 7, 2005
Margaret Lee Roe died in her Sequim home. She was 73.
Drennan-Ford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Jean Ellen Stolley
Dec. 5, 1912 -- March 1, 2005
Port Angeles resident Jean Ellen Stolley died of respiratory failure. She was 92.
She was born to James V. and Ellen (Brown) Coleman in Sioux City, Iowa.
She married
Marvyn B. Stolley in Sioux City on Aug. 30, 1937. He died Oct. 27, 2000.
She attended two years of college.
In her early married
life, the Stolleys lived in many different towns and five different states. She lived in Port Angeles for approximately 33 years.
Mrs. Stolley enjoyed travel, taking several trips to England, Scotland and elsewhere in Europe with her daughters. She also visited Spain, Portugal, Australia and New Zealand with her husband.
She also was an avid reader.
Mrs. Stolley belonged to the Gladys Billinge Moon Guild of Children's Hospital.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law Donald J. and Dana Stolley of Oshkosh, Wis.; daughter Judith A. Murray of Boise, Idaho; daughter and son-in-law Carol J. and Bob Philpott of Port Angeles; eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services: Friday, March 18, 1 p.m., memorial service and reception at First United Methodist Church, 110 E. Seventh St., Port Angeles. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362; or Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 5371, Seattle, WA 98105. The family requests no flowers.
