Grace Gimre Schettler

Grace

Grace Gimre Schettler passed away peacefully on 14 November 2009 in Bellevue, WA.  Her relationship and faith in Jesus remained strong throughout her life.  She wanted all to know “she has gone to be with the Lord after a brief illness.”

Grace was born to Sven Anders and Kirsten Gimre on 24 November 1922, in Astoria, OR.  She graduated from Astoria High School in 1940 and the University of Oregon in 1949 with a B.A. in Sociology.  She was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority and Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociology’s Honor Society.  After graduation, she moved to San Diego where she met a Navy pilot; they fell deeply in love and were married in Astoria, 13 August 1955.  She had a rich life as a loving wife and a wonderful mother and grandmother to her three children and nine grandchildren.  Her loving and giving spirit touched all who knew her.  Grace’s childhood summers at Seaside, OR, were a source of fond memories for her.  She was proud of her Norwegian heritage and everyone loved her Norwegian pancakes and cookies.  She also enjoyed many camping trips along the ocean with her family.  Grace was a long-time member of St. Thomas Church, where she served faithfully in many capacities, including Directress of Altar Guild.

Grace is survived by William, her husband of 54 years, her children James (Moira) Schettler, Susan (Tim) McMains, and Barbara (James) Moffat, and her grandchildren:  Joshua, Mark, Melissa and Daniel Schettler; Greg, David and Scott McMains; and Ethan and Deborah Moffat.  Grace leaves sisters, Anita Richardson and Hilda (Newel) Comish, and many nieces and nephews.  She is predeceased by her sister Iona (Pete) Peterson, and brothers Kermit and Anders Gimre.

Grace will be greatly missed by her close family, relatives and numerous friends.  A service will be held Saturday, 21 November 2009 at 2:00pm at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, 8398 NE 12th Street, Medina, with a reception following.  Donations in her name may be made to Project Outreach, the benevolent fund at St. Thomas Church.

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Thomas Jay Winterroth

                                                     Thomas Jay Winterroth

                                                              “TIZZY”

The morning of November 14, 2009 was the untimely death of young Tom (TIZZY).

He slipped away from all of us in the middle of the night with his love (Karen) and his sidekick (Max) at his side. The passing was peaceful and unexpected. Born to Rod and Diane Winterroth on January 27,1982. His sister Brande precedes him in death. His parents, brother Chase, grandparents Bob and Dolores Ammerman, Al and Eleanora Winterroth and many uncles, aunts and cousins survive him. Tom graduated from Everett High School in 2000 and ran a Yacht Maintenance Company that operated in the Seattle area. His love for the water and yachts was his passion. He owned several boats and was aboard the “RIDE-A-Wake” at his death. His family and a multitude of friends will dearly miss him. We all loved TIZZY in our own ways. A “CELEBRATION” of his life will take place Sunday (11-22-09) at 1400 hours (2PM) at the Everett Yacht Club, 404-14^th Street, Everett, Wa 98201

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Dorothy Phillips

Dorothy on the phone

Dorothy Marie (Dotti) Phillips, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, went to be with the Lord on November 3, 2009, at the age of 87.  She was born in Bloomfield, Nebraska to Frank and Edith Phillips on October 22, 1922.  Her grandfather was a sheriff in the area at the time and her father was an auctioneer.  Her father, who had delivered horses to the Seattle Fire Department shortly after the turn of the 20th Century, started moving the family West not long after Dotti’s birth.  They lived on Flathead Lake, Montana, and Lewiston, Idaho, before settling in Camas, Washington, where Dotti graduated from Camas High School.  She attended Linfield College in Oregon, and joined the WWII war effort where she served as a civilian secretary with the US Army Transportation Corps at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, and was involved with transporting troops to the Asian Theater of the war.  It was here that she met her husband, Robert Owen Phillips, the night before he sailed overseas.  They were married by the President of Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois, on September 30, 1946.  Dotti and her husband moved to the Pacific Northwest a few months after their wedding and spent nine years in the Portland, Oregon area where their daughters Linda and Robyn were born.  Dotti dutifully followed her husband’s business career which included three years each in Philadelphia, Detroit, and Pittsburgh.  A third daughter, Rebecca, was born in Philadelphia.  In 1964, the family returned to the Northwest, to Seattle where they remained.  
 
Dotti had an impact in every community in which she lived.  She was instrumental in the establishment of the Center for Speech and Hearing in Portland; she was Citizen of the Month in Pittsburch for civic and charitable activities.  After arriving in Seattle, she became active in education and served with her husband on the Committee of 100, studying Continuous Progress Education, after which she and her husband wrote the minority report which made the editorial pages of both papers.  She also served as President of the Seattle Chapter of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge.  Under her leadership, money was raised and there was a dedication of the State of Washington acre at the Medal of Honor Grove at Valley Forge, PA.  She also assisted in the installation of the replica of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Olympia.
 

Dorothy and Robert

Dotti was preceded in death by her brother Eugene Phillips, and sister, Charlotte Dodson. 
She is survived by her husband, Bob; daughters Linda (Scott) Larsen of Hopewell Junction, NY; Robyn (Walt) Madson of Yakima, WA; Rebecca (Charles) Cupp of Fullerton, CA; eight grandchildren Shawna (Bret) Reynolds-Reinhardt of Zionsville, IN; Adam (Amy) Madson of Oak Harbor, WA; Jason Reynolds of Poughkeepsie, NY; Catherine Madson of Kirkland, WA; Owen Cupp, Jared Cupp, Myles Cupp and Austin Cupp all of Fullerton, CA; and one great grandchild,  Brianne Reinhardt.  She was a member of Lamb of God Lutheran Church.

Her family is grateful for her hard work, love and support throughout the years, and for her legacy of her belief in a loving God. We praise Him for her life.

Gerda Alberte

Gerda B. Alberte

Gerda Alberte was born in Hamburg, Germany on 07-30-1924.  She was one of three siblings, Herbert Noack and Maria Glaeser, both from Hamburg and preceded her in death. 

She was trained in photography and worked as a photo-lab technician her entire career.  In 1946 she and her husband, Clemenz welcomed the arrival of their son, Gernot.  Losing Clemenz to a fatal cancer just a few years after, she continued her career and her new role as a single mother.  In 1959 Gerda and her son moved to Keflavik, Iceland where she contracted for the position of manager for the photo shop of the U.S. Army base in Keflavik.  Here she met Frank A. Alberte, a career U.S. Navy man, who was destined to become Gerda’s loving and devoted husband for the next 47 years. 

Gerda & Frank Alberte

In 1962 all moved to Old Bridge, N.J. where they celebrated the birth of their son, Frank in 1963.  Gerda relinquished her career with arrival of son, Frank to assume the responsibilities of a loving and devoted wife, mother and homemaker.  The loss of her beloved husband, Frank in March 2009 certainly had a great part in her hastened passing on 11-05-09.  Gerda was an intelligent “common-sense” person, hard-working with a huge capacity for love and humor.  Her honesty and generosity were uncompromised. 
She will be forever loved and missed by her sons, Frank D. Alberte and Gernot Kraft, his wife Dolores and grandson Gernot Kraft, Jr., loving sister-in-law, Lois Bachonski and family in N.J. and many friends and relatives both here and in Germany.