Mabel M. Mackey
May 17, 2012
Mabel Mackey, longtime resident of Carnation, passed away April 5, 2012, at the age of 95.
Born to Alfred and Linda Riley in Maytown on March 15, 1917, her family moved to the Snoqualmie Valley in 1927, settling in Stillwater. She graduated in 1934 from Tolt Union High School, where she played girls’ first-team basketball.
Mabel M. Mackey
After working at the Colonial Inn in Fall City, she headed far north to Cordova, Alaska, where she met her future husband Oliver Mackey, who was fishing commercially in Bristol Bay. They were married Oct. 15, 1938, and welcomed daughter Jeanie in July 1939 before moving to Naknek. In 1945, they returned to Carnation and remained in the Valley.
Active in community affairs, Mabel was a member of the Carnation Sportsman Club, Tolt Congregational Church and a life member of the Sno-Valley Senior Center. A charter member of the Tolt Historical Society, she was its secretary for 19 years.
Joseph S. Hircko
May 10, 2012
Joseph S. Hircko, of North Bend, passed away at age 91 on Saturday, April 7, 2012.
He was born in Issaquah on Dec. 2, 1920, graduated from Issaquah High School in 1939 and then served in the United States Navy during World War II. Joe was a retired meat cutter and worked for years at Tony and Johnnies Supermarket on Front Street.
Throughout his life Joe enjoyed pheasant hunting with friends and family; he also loved the game of golf.
Joe is survived by his wife Eleanor, of North Bend; sons Steve (Nadine), of Reno, Nev., and Don (Linnea), of Sammamish; daughter Jan (Brian) Jeffers, of Issaquah; and two grandchildren.
Per Joe’s request, no service was held; he was interred at Tahoma National Cemetery.
Arrangements were made by Flintoft’s Funeral Home & Crematory. Friends are invited to share memories in the family’s online guest book at www.flintofts.com.
Florence Bernice Vezzoni
April 27, 2012
Florence Bernice Vezzoni, of North Bend, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital. She was 86 years old.
Florence Bernice Vezzoni
Florence was born Feb. 22, 1926, in North Bend, to Ben and Gladys Young. She graduated from Snoqualmie High School and was the class salutatorian for the class of 1943.
On Feb. 1, 1947, she married Bob Vezzoni in Snoqualmie. They settled in Snoqualmie, where they raised three children.
Marjorie H. Beesler
April 26, 2012
Marjorie Beesler passed away peacefully while at Mount Si Transitional Health Center in North Bend. She was 74.
She is survived by her husband Alvin Beesler, her mother Lillian Humphrey, her daughter Ginger Ross, her son Jerry Young, three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Read the online obituary and sign the guest book at www.snoqualmievalleychapel.com.
Eileen Gardner
April 18, 2012
Eileen Gardner passed away peacefully while surrounded by immediate family April 6, 2012, at Emerald Heights Retirement Community in Redmond. She was 90.
She is survived by her daughter Nancy Eileen Gardner Boone (and husband Tom), of Carnation; son Bob Thayer Gardner Jr., of Shelton; and her only granddaughter, Lesley Marie Gardner (and mother Renae), of Mount Vernon.
Read the online obituary and sign the guest book at www.snoqualmievalleychapel.com.
Lois G. Nelson
April 18, 2012
Lois G. Nelson, 92, died March 28, 2012, in Yakima. She has joined her parents James Edward and Gladys A. (Benson) Dodge and siblings Dick, Max and Laurel.
Mom was the glue that kept the family informed, counseled and loved. She was very special, a good example of being a daughter, wife, mom, aunt, grandma, great-grandma and friend.
Mom was very beautiful, although she didn’t know it; everyone else did! We were never in danger of having too much money, but were rich in the things that mattered most, largely due to that overflowing fountain of LOVE named Lois. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Lois is survived by her sons Marc and Russell; three blessings, her granddaughters Wendy, Michelle and Erika; and four great-grandchildren, Marcus, Kobe, Dayton and Jade.
Memorial services were held April 14 at the Community of Christ Church, 330 McGonagle Road, Selah.
Brookside Funeral Home & Crematory, Yakima, was entrusted with the arrangements.
Reed W. Jarvis
April 10, 2012
Reed Jarvis
Reed Jarvis, much loved husband, father, grandfather and friend, passed away peacefully April 1, 2012, in Seattle. He was 79 years old.
Reed was the son of the late Leonard and Catherine Jarvis, of Westhampton Beach, N.Y. After graduating from Westhampton Beach High School in 1951, he joined the United States Navy and served in the Korean War aboard the USS Wisconsin.
After his discharge in 1955, he attended the State University of New York at New Paltz, graduating in 1958 with a degree in art education. Reed later attained a master’s of public administration from City University, Seattle.
He taught in Hyde Park, N.Y., for three years and then joined the National Park Service in 1961. Park Service assignments took him from Hyde Park to the St. Louis Arch; and then to Washington, D.C., where he worked in the White House for Vice President Humphrey. In 1966, he transferred to San Francisco, where he specialized in planning numerous new park areas.
Howard Lee Turney
April 4, 2012
Howard Lee Turney, age 83, of Carnation, died March 26 at Evergreen Hospital.
Howard was born Jan. 8, 1929, in Shiloh, Ark., the son of John Robert and Winnie Turney. He was raised in Heber Springs, Ark., and served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
Howard married Marilyn Berndt on Feb. 23, 1951, in Auburn.
He was a carpenter by occupation and was a member of the Carpenters Union.
Howard is survived by his wife Marilyn Turney; and two sons, Robert and Larry (Holly).
No services will be held.
Please sign the family’s online guestbook at www.flintofts.com.
James Troy Hoffman
March 15, 2012
Troy Hoffman, 94, passed away peacefully March 2, 2012, at the Mount Si Transitional Health Center in North Bend.
He was born May 27, 1917, in Proctor, N.C., to John George and Ida Bell Hoffman. He was the youngest of eight children and his siblings included Fred, Margaret, Lindsey, Lloyd, Jack, Chet and Pansy, who all preceded him in death.
Troy attended high school in Sedro Wooley, but left during the ninth grade.
James Troy Hoffman
A self-made businessman, he started Hoffman Furniture in 1965. Hoffman Furniture remained a fixture of the Snoqualmie Valley for 33 years, until Troy retired in 1998.
Troy was active in the North Bend Chamber of Commerce for many years and was involved in the creation of Alpine Days (now known as the Festival at Mount Si).
A man of humble beginnings, he was most proud of his children, Janet Smith, Linda Knudsen, Joy Hoffman-Baunsgard (Roy) and Julie Jenson (Scott).
Dennis L. Morstad
March 7, 2012
Dennis L. Morstad, of North Bend, died Feb. 23, 2012. He was 70 years old.
Denny was born and raised in Park River, N.D. He attended Pharmacy College in Fargo, N.D., and served with the United States Coast Guard as a search and rescue swimmer.
He is survived by his wife Peggy, and his blended family Scott (Meeling), Amy (Josh), Greg (Holly), and Gordon, and his loyal dog Connor. He also has two sisters, two brothers, and numerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, at Flintoft’s Funeral Home in Issaquah.
