Obituaries – Wager, Rooney
June 25, 2009
By Administrator
James E. Wager
James. E. “Jim” Wager, of North Bend, died June 1, 2009 in Seattle. He was 78.
Wager was born Sept. 10, 1930 in Seattle to Marjorie Masterson and James Marion Wager. He was raised in Ballard and later lived in Bellevue, San Francisco and North Bend.
After graduating from Ballard High School in 1948, Wager entered the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in King’s Point, N.Y., where he graduated in 1952. He studied at Harvard Business School, graduating from the Program for Management Development.
Jim served during the Korean War as a Lieutenant aboard the U.S.S. Walke in Destroyer Division 132. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1955.
He married Linda S. Wager in 1992. In his spare time, he and his wife took great pleasure in traveling, camping, visiting with family, gardening, panning for gold and working side-by-side with grandchildren in the vegetable garden or clearing trees from their property. For many years, Jim helped his grandchildren and their friends sell cookies at Husky home football games to support the Children’s Hospital Junior Guild. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Jim is survived by his wife, Linda, of North Bend; daughter, Margit Moore, of Kirkland; son, Wayne Wager (Anne), of Seattle; and four grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. June 27 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Snoqualmie. Memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society or the Mt Si Helping Hand Food Bank in North Bend.
William “Bill” Rooney
William “Bill” Rooney, of Snoqualmie, died June 7, 2009 in Bellevue.
Bill was born July 31, 1926, in Bellshill, Scotland. His family immigrated to New Westminster, B.C. Canada when Bill was six weeks old. He was raised and went to school in New Westminster. Bill joined the Canadian Navy in June 1943, serving until the end of World War II, Nov. 1945. After leaving the Navy, Bill moved to Seattle to reside with his mother and step-father, Maggie and William Conklin. He later moved to Snoqualmie in 1948, where he went to work for the Weyerhaeuser Company as a truck mechanic in the logging industry. He retired from Weyerhaeuser in 1986 after 37 years.
He married Vera M. Wilson on March 29, 1951 and took up residence in the Snoqualmie area. After 53 years of marriage and raising two children, his dearest loving wife preceded him in death on March 26, 2004.
Bill enjoyed fishing, golfing, gardening, helping others, puttering and making different projects to please his very precious wife. And, anything else he might do in the presence of his dear wife that they might share together.
Survivors include his son Owen W. Rooney of Snoqualmie, and his daughter Gayle C. Bernsen of Duvall; three grandchildren; sister Peggy Ortis, of Snoqualmie. He was preceded in death by his lovely wife, Vera in 2004.
A memorial mass was held 10 a.m., Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Snoqualmie.
Friends are invited to view photos, get directions and share memories in the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Flintoft’s Funeral Home and Crematory.
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