Obituaries – Boyle, Guse, Lane
June 10, 2009
By Administrator
Wilbert S. Boyle, Jr.
Wilbert S. (Bill) Boyle, Jr. of North Pole, Alaska died May 22, 2009, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.
Bill was born on March 24, 1939 at Snoqualmie Falls to Bill and Jeanne Boyle (Price), and grew up in Riverside, attending Snoqualmie Falls Grade School, and Mount Si High School. He was in the Army from 1956 to 1960, spending time in Japan during his tour of duty. After living in the Snoqualmie Valley for many years, Bill moved to Alaska in the early 1970s. He was a lifelong mechanic, working on the trans-Alaska oil pipeline and for Usibelli Coal Mine in Healy and was affiliated with the Operating Engineers and Teamsters unions.
Bill is survived by his partner Alice Murphy and her family, a daughter Michelle Solomon of North Bend, sons Mike of North Bend, and Tony (Terry) of Fall City, brother Larry (Kay), and sister Lynne Simpson (Bud), nine grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a niece and five nephews.
A celebration of Bill’s life was held on June 7, 2009 in North Pole, Alaska.
Darrell Eugene Guse
Darrell Eugene Guse of North Bend died May 31, 2009 at the age of 79.
Darrell was born July 26, 1929 in East St. Louis, Ill. He was a Korean War veteran and served four years in the U.S. Coast Guard.
He married his wife Marilyn in 1955.
Darrell worked for Armour Food Company for more than 30 years as a lamb buyer, salesman and head of the lamb division. He was later a salesman for Superior Farms. In his spare time, he was a dedicated congregation member and volunteer at Mt Si Lutheran Church.
Darrell is survived by his wife Marilyn, of North Bend; daughter and son-in-law Cheryl and Harold Johnston, of Canyon Lake, Tex.,; son and daughter-in-law Kevin and Denise Guse of Sacramento, Calif.; daughter and son-in-law Karen and Walter Burton of Lacey; and daughter Sheila Browne of Sacramento.
There will be a memorial service at 11 a.m. on June 13 at Mt Si Lutheran Church, 411 NE 8th St. in North Bend. Make memorial donations to Mt Si Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 487, North Bend, Wa.
Pauline Katherine “Penny” Lane
Pauline Katherine “Penny” Lane was born June 15, 1914 on the family farm near Optima to George and Lydia (Steinle) Herbel.
Her earliest memories were of being carried by her father from the dugout to the one-room building that was her family’s bedroom. Penny cherished her childhood memories of growing up in a loving extended family in the Oklahoma panhandle. She attended Buffalo School and went to Hooker High School, one year before Optima added a high school from which she graduated in 1933. Penny attended the fall, spring and summer terms at Panhandle A&M College in Goodwell, before beginning her teaching career at a little country school 12 miles from home for an eight-month year at $65 a month.
After teaching at three other rural schools and earning her degree at Panhandle A&M, she began teaching seventh grade in Hooker in 1941, until 1947 when she moved to Seattle. Penny was one of the first remedial reading teachers, creating her own classroom curriculum in Fall City. She continued her education through the University of Washington and taught reading in the Snoqualmie School District until her retirement in 1978.
Penny was also a lifetime student, rarely passing up the opportunity to learn a new hobby, craft or skill. She especially enjoyed writing and created hundreds of handmade ornaments.
She married C.E. “Ed” Lane Dec. 31, 1955 in North Bend, and enjoyed being part of his large family and being a grandmother. He preceded her in death, Nov. 1, 1988.
In 2000, she made the move back to Hooker, remaining in her own home until August 2007. A member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hooker, she was also a member of Ladies Aid LWML Society. Preceding her in death were her husband, Ed; three sisters and their husbands, Viola and Alex Hofferber, Leona and Dave Dorsch and Marie and J.C. Bruton; and one brother, Albert Herbel.
Survivors include one step-daughter, Wanda Melin and her husband, Don of North Bend; four step-grandchildren, Loraine Neal of Snoqualmie, LeRoy Bergstrom and his wife, Laurie of North Bend, Wash., Cheryl Engleheart and her husband, Bob of Lemoore, Calif. and John Peterson and his wife, Janice of Lemoore, Calif.; eight step-great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Forte and her husband Brian, Michael Dollinter, Brandon Dollinter, Brett Bergstrom, Tyler Bergstrom, Allison Allen and her husband, Troy, Erin and Rico Engleheart-Castro and Alyssa Melin; five step-great-grandchildren, Olivia, Preston, Hayden, Owen and Avery; one sister-in-law, Helen Herbel of Hooker; and many nieces and nephews.
Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service in her honor at the Mt Si Senior Citizen Center, 411 Main Ave, North Bend, WA, Saturday June 13, 2009 at 12:30 pm.
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