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Donnett `Dollie' Olson
Aug. 17, 1918 -- March 16, 2004
Port Angeles resident Donnett ``Dollie" Olson died of a stroke at age 85.
She was born to John Dallas and Carrie Mae (Fackler) Baker in Seattle.
She married
Edgar Olson in Seattle on Dec. 4, 1965.
The Olsons lived in Sequim and Port Angeles for 29 years.
She worked as a grocery clerk and bookkeeper for 25 years.
Mrs. Olson, who was a longtime volunteer at the Sequim Senior Center, was honored as Senior Sweetheart Queen in 2000.
She is survived by daughter Jan Perez and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 30 years and by brothers Charles Mathews, William Mathews and Paul Baker.
Services: Memorial service later. Harper-Ridgeview Funeral Chapel, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: Sequim Senior Center, 921 E. Hammon St., Sequim, WA 98382.
Kenneth M. Roth
June 13, 1922 -- March 7, 2004
Forks resident Kenneth M. Roth died in Seattle from complications due to congestive heart failure. He was 81.
He was born in St. Louis to Frank Arnold and Marie Esther (Herzog) Roth.
From 1941 to 1945, he served in the Army, participating in World War II battles and campaigns in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy.
He retired from employment at White Sands Missile Range in Socorro, N.M., and was a resident of Forks for 16 years.
Mr. Roth was commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Forks and a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church.
He married
Marilyn Ruth Lang in St. Louis on June 24, 1950. She died Sept. 21, 2002.
Mr. Roth's survivors include sons Paul Roth of Louisville, Ky., Otto Roth of Cincinnati, Timothy Roth of Las Cruces, N.M., Christopher Roth of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Daniel Roth of Forks; daughter Jennifer Roth of Forks; brother Frank Roth and sisters Lorraine Hageman and Anita Rothbert, all of St. Louis; 14 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by brothers Robert Roth and Donald Roth.
Services: Memorials were held. American Burial Society, Tumwater, was in charge of disposition by Acacia Crematory, Seattle.
Memorials: Voice of Democracy program for high schools, c/o VFW Post No. 9106, P.O. Box 1116, Forks, WA 98331.
Mary Lou Beausoleil
Nov. 15, 1935 -- March 13, 2004
Lifelong Port Angeles resident Mary Lou Beausoleil died at home at age 68.
She was the daughter of Harry and Dorothy (Greene) Dunmire.
After graduating from high school in 1953, she attended accounting classes at Peninsula College.
She married
Billy Minks on Sept. 15, 1955.
Mrs. Beausoleil worked in the Clallam County Courthouse and then at Clallam County Public Utility District No. 1 for 14 years.
A member of Eagles, she enjoyed walking the beach, gardening, traveling and class reunions.
Survivors include sons Bill Minks of Suisun City, Calif., and Jeff Minks of Uralla, Australia; daughter Julie Smith of Port Angeles; brothers Darrell Dunmire of Bremerton, Ken Dunmire of Tacoma, Dennis Dunmire of Minden, La., and Gary Dunmire of Tigard, Ore.; sisters Geri Hendrickson of Olympia and Lois Wolfe of State College, Pa.; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Her husband died Oct. 2, 1981.
Mary Lou was married
to Henry Beausoleil from 1983 until his death in 1990.
She was also preceded in death by her sister Peggy Dunmire.
Services: Saturday, March 20, 1 p.m., memorial in First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., Port Angeles. The Rev. Ted Mattie will officiate. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., Port Angeles, WA 98362; or Hospice of Clallam County, P.O. Box 2014, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Eileen Marie Jones
April 13, 1948 -- March 4, 2004
Former Port Angeles resident Eileen Marie Jones died of liver failure in Pittsburgh at age 55.
She was the eldest daughter and fourth of 16 children of Rexford Vernon and Dorothy Dolorita ``Rita" (O'Connell) Rowland, and was born in Yakima.
Most of her childhood was spent in Seattle and Vashon Island.
She lived in many areas of the world, and resided in Port Angeles from 1997 until this year.
She was a registered nursing assistant at Wright's Home Care in Port Angeles.
She enjoyed the outdoors, bargain hunting, quilting, arts and crafts, cooking and baking, gardening and traveling.
Mrs. Jones was active in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church as worship leader, Eucharistic minister and Eucharistic visitor.
She was also past associate matron of Esther Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, and member of Tirzah Club, Daughters of the Nile, as well as a volunteer worker with Operation Uplift and American Red Cross.
Survivors include son Brian R. Smith; daughter Dena M. Smith-Givens; estranged husband John R. Jones; mother; brothers Dave, Mike, Rich, Josh, Pete, John and Robert Rowland; sisters Kathy Spreadborough, Liz Vachter, Maureen Dennis, Mary Jurisons and Teresa Rowland; and five grandchildren.
Services: March 27, 1 p.m., memorial in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 510 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles. Stevenson-Webb Funeral Home, Sharon, Pa., is in charge.
Memorials: Online contributions may be made to charity of choice. Cards may be sent to Dena Smith-Givens, 4497 Brockway-Sharon Road, Burghill, OH 44404.
Joe Rogers
Dec. 1, 1990 -- March 17, 2004
Joyce resident Joe Rogers died at Crescent School at age 13.
He was born in Port Angeles to Thomas and Lyda (Dalos) Rogers.
Joe was in the seventh grade at Crescent School, where he was a member of the basketball team.
He enjoyed riding his motorcycle and was a member of Peninsula Posse Racing. He also enjoyed clam digging, fishing and hunting.
Joe's closest friends included Whitley Barnes, Taylor Davis and his older brother Avery.
In addition to his parents, brother, paternal grandparents Avery and Joan Rogers and great-grandparents Frank and Mazie Rogers, all of Joyce, Joe is survived by his maternal grandparents LeRoy and Marilyn Dalos of Sekiu, and great-grandmother Vida Thomas of Neah Bay.
Services: Saturday, March 20, 1 p.m., graveside service in Mount Angeles Memorial Park, U.S. Highway 101 and Monroe Road, Port Angeles. The Rev. Mel Wilson will officiate.
A reception will follow at the home of Avery and Joan Rogers, 155 Southview Drive, Joyce (at Salt Creek, off Durrwachter Road).
Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
Katherine Rose Shine
July 7, 1913 -- March 13, 2004
Katherine Rose Shine, 90, died in Olympic Care & Rehabilitation Center, Sequim.
She was born in Tacoma to John and Frances (Stanich) Daus.
Most of her life was spent in southern California, where she was a secretary in the field of education.
He married
George Shine in Los Angeles in June 1956.
Mrs. Shine was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Sequim and a past president of Sequim Prairie Garden Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, brothers Tony and Rudolph Daus and sisters Mary Ann and Mildred Daus.
Services: None. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge.
Memorials: St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 121 E. Maple St., Sequim, WA 98382.
RICHARD `DICK' HELPENSTELL
Mr. Helpenstell was born in 1921 in Port Angeles to Emil and Ellen Hansen Helpenstell.
He died Friday, March 12, of natural causes.
Mr. Helpenstell was very proud of his pioneer roots. His grandfather and grandmother homesteaded a large waterfront ranch on Lake Crescent at Piedmont beginning at the Lyre River. His mother was born on the ranch around 1890.
He had many memories of the lake, including caretaking at Camp David Junior when it was privately owned.
His father was first mate on the county ferry Storm King, which ran from Fairholm to East Beach prior to construction of U.S. Highway 101.
Before becoming a log truck owner/operator, he was employed by Fibreboard and Crown Zellerbach mills and Sandberg logging.
He married
Barbara Spence in 1941 and remained married
until she preceded him in death in 1997.
His first logging truck was a 1946 Studebaker. It was so slow moving up Elwha Hill on 101 on hot summer days that he would open the door and kneel on the running board while holding on to the steering wheel to cool off.
After that first gas truck, he purchased newer diesel models that had plenty of power -- including air conditioning.
His most unusual adventure occurred in 1950 between Lake Crescent and Sappho along 101 at a highway project. The highway, being realigned, required movement on a large bank of shale.
Upon breaking open a dinner plate-sized piece of shale, an ancient Roman coin fell out. The source of the coin was never determined.
He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Richard L. and Coleen Helpenstell, and his daughter and son-in-law, Leanne and Mark Stoughton, all of Port Angeles.
He also leaves five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Vera ``Peggy" Byrne
Oct. 31, 1930 -- March 11, 2004
Vera ``Peggy" Byrne died in her Sequim home at age 73. Cause of death is pending.
She was born in Minitare, Neb., to Harold Burdett and Mary Gladys (Conley) Garman.
She was a civilian employee of the Air Force, for which she was a radar operator and clerk/typist before moving to the General Services Administration, where she continued as a clerk/typist and fork lift operator.
She married
Vernon Lowell Byrne on May 30, 1947. He died in April 1992.
Mrs. Byrne enjoyed adopting stray animals. She also liked the outdoors where she went rock and mushroom hunting, clam digging, camping, boating, fishing and gardening.
For several years, she was editor and publisher of Rock & Gem and a lecturer with Sequim Prairie Grange.
Mrs. Byrne is survived by daughters and sons-in-law Terry L. and Alan Parenti of Port Angeles and Marguarite Jeanne and James McFall of Spokane; sisters and brothers-in-law Evalyn J. and Donald Liss of Shelton and Kay F. and David Wolff of Denver; and two grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by daughter Mary Charlotte Brown and brother Earl Garman.
Services: Saturday, March 20, 11 a.m., funeral in Sequim Presbyterian Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave. The Rev. Dr. Scott Koenigsaecker will officiate. A reception will follow. Olympic Cremation Association, Port Angeles, is in charge.
Memorials: Scholarship Fund, Sequim Prairie Grange, P.O. Box 201, Sequim, WA 98382.
Linda Loraine Mollway
May 21, 1938 -- March 9, 2004
Linda Loraine Mollway died of cancer in her Port Angeles home. She was 65.
She was born in Hood River, Ore., to Helmer and Helen B. (Merrill) Sundston.
Her 1968 marriage to A.J. Mollway ended with a 1986 divorce.
Mrs. Mollway was employed in the medical records department of Olympic Medical Center Home Health for 18 years.
She was also an avid fan of Seattle Mariners baseball and Sonics basketball teams.
Mrs. Mollway's survivors include and daughter and son-in-law Jennifer and Rich Brandt Jr. of Port Angeles; daughter Aimee Mollway of Westminster, Colo.; mother Helen B. McGinitie and sister Lori Cates, both of Port Angeles; sisters Penny Pemberton of Sequim, Sandra Simonson of Dunsmuir, Calif, . Karen Spicer of Tillamook, Ore., and Pam Egger of Sarasota, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
Services: To be announced. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home, Port Angeles, is in charge of arrangements.
