Born May 25, 1929, Harlan grew up in Crosby, North Dakota where his dad (Hans Wold) owned the blacksmith shop. During World War II, Harlan lived in Everett, Washington while “Grandpa Hans” worked in the Naval shipyards supporting the war effort. In high school, Harlan helped his dad in the blacksmith shop back in Crosby and worked on a family farm outside town. Harlan always told the story of milking cows in the early morning, then riding into town on horseback to sell the separated cream, butter, etc.

After graduating from Crosby High School, Harlan moved to the Seattle area where he worked for the Great Northern Railroad as a telegrapher until drafted to serve in the Korean Conflict. During this time, Harlan served in the Signal Corps at the Pentagon. He liked to joke that “his right shoulder would get sore from saluting all the officers” at the Pentagon.

In 1955, Harlan married Marilyn McKelvey in Seattle where they began raising a family while he worked as a computer operator for Safeco Insurance in the University District. Harlan wasn’t fond of the city life, so they moved to the Yakima Valley (Wapato area) where Harlan spent the majority of his adult life as an orchardist (apples, pears and apricots), while also working in Yakima as a data processor. A demanding life to be sure, but he loved it. Harlan was interested in organic farming practices and insistent on a healthy diet and lifestyle for the family, long before they became popular trends.

Harlan was always an eager supporter of his four sons’ activities, attending dozens of events every year including theater performances, band concerts and sporting contests. Although Harlan was a sports fan of Seattle’s professional teams, nothing could compare to his passion for the University of Washington Husky football team – never missing a game even if it meant listening to the radio while driving a tractor during harvest. Harlan was an accomplished bridge player, dancer and bowler, collecting boxes of trophies over the years.

Harlan was preceded in death by his wife Marilyn (McKelvey), parents Hans and Sophie Wold who were born in Norway, and three sisters; Hannah (Walter Champagne), Agnes (Kenny Haavig) and Marion (Tom Walton). Harlan is survived by a brother, Bud (Eleanore) and sister, Marlys Stensrude (Tony), both of Marysville, four sons; David (Erin) of Las Vegas, NV, Dan (Angela) from Tahoe, NV, Andy (Kathie) of Seattle WA and Roger (Jaybee) from Brentwood, CA, five grandchildren (Luke, Hannah, Rachel, Olivia and Hayley) and one great-grandson (Maxwell). Harlan is also survived by a former spouse and friend, Angela Nieto, who is Grandmother to Janna, Josh and Juli.

Special thanks to the Caroline Kline Galland Home and Hospice, Bethany Silver Lake and Providence Hospital Everett for their compassionate care of Harlan. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in his name to one of these wonderful non-profit organizations. A private memorial service is scheduled for a later date.

]]> http://funerals.coop/harlan-wold/feed/ 0 http://funerals.coop/roberta-m-robbie-smith-kosin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roberta-m-robbie-smith-kosin http://funerals.coop/roberta-m-robbie-smith-kosin/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 21:34:05 +0000 Kim http://funerals.coop/?p=3726 Roberta M. (Robbie) Smith-Kosin was born November 21, 1923 in Choteau, MT and passed away on April 13, 2013 in Seattle, WA. She was the youngest of three children. Her father, a US National Forest Supervisor was transferred with the family three times, but Missoula, MT was her home from the 7th grade until 1944 when she graduated from the University of Montana majoring in Nutrition.

After a war-time marriage to Chuck Orwig ended in 1952 she was left with two small sons. She returned to school at Washington State University in Pullman receiving her MA in Home Economics in 1957. In September 1957 she married G. Donald Smith, the Director of Libraries at WSU. They had much in common: Don had been left with 3 sons. Together they raised these five little boys plus one more who arrived to make an even 6. In 1976 they retired to an ocean front home in Bandon, OR. Life in comparison to a busy family life seemed slow so they began a bed and breakfast, “The Spindrift”, and enjoyed meeting guests from 1980 until 1987 when Don passed away. Robbie, now on her own contemplated what to do next. A quote she liked was “security is a superstition; life is a daring adventure or nothing”. With a mind for adventure she decided to join the US Peace Corps in 1988 serving as a volunteer in St. Lucia, W.I. until 1990 and in Guatemala from 1991-1992. From 1993 until late 1995 she volunteered as an interpreter/guide at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, and the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge at Homer, AK.

Robbie moved to University House, a retirement community, in Seattle, WA to be closer to family in about 1997. In 1998 fate brought Igor Kosin and her together. They and their spouses (now deceased) had been long time acquaintances in Pullman, Washington. They married in February 1999. They both liked to travel and they took several cruises to Russia, England, South America, to the Orient and Australia.

Robbie lived a full life and was an inspiration to many. She is survived by her 6 sons (Bill, Abbot, Bob, Stanley, David and Doug Smith), 9 grand children and 12 great grand children.

Living in a then-segregated area of the country, he believed in the equality and dignity of all human beings. The parents read to the children every day and in his later years Winslow was an avid reader of science, novels, poetry, and nonfiction. He also loved mathematics and studied algebra, calculus, and other arcane mathematical matters on a daily basis. He memorized and declaimed poetry, the most famous being “Birches” by Robert Frost, which he recited to his friends and family on the occasion of his 90th birthday. He had a funny sense of humor and was always apt to make a joke.

In 1954, when her oldest children were 11, his wife returned to college, graduating summa cum laude. She went to graduate school, got her Ph.D., and went on to a distinguished career as a research psychologist. In middle age, Winslow returned to college, graduated, and became a Certified Public Accountant. He was a trustee of the Kent County Public Library, and did major work landscaping and caring for the plants at the library. On October 3, 2002, in a ceremony, the library dedicated a willow oak tree in his honor, including a plaque placed in front of the tree. He also contributed extensive labor and expertise to the Washington College Arboretum.

At some point he changed his affiliation from the Methodist Church to the Chester River Friends Meeting, as being more in accord with his values. During the Chestertown decades Winslow and Barbara lived at Comegys Bight Farm, located on the Chester River, then at Rock Hall, Maryland, located on Chesapeake Bay, and finally at Heron Point retirement community in Chestertown. Winslow was Barbara’s devoted caretaker during her last years. Dr. Barbara H. Long died in 2003.

He was born in Liverpool, England, on February 11, 1922, to Major Walter Long, a reporter for the Philadelphia Bulletin, and Annie McIwrick Sproul Long, a Scottish immigrant. On the Long side he was directly descended from the Winslows, English farmers who immigrated to colonial New England. Winslow Long grew up in Haddenfield, New Jersey, where as a teenager he dreamed of becoming a farmer. He attended Michigan State University for one year, married at the age of 19, and during World War II, took care of two farms. By age 20 he had three children (including twins) and used to explain how he became a feminist before feminism, helping to care for the babies. His essential occupation (farmer) kept him out of the army, and just as he was ordered to report for his physical (he was about to be drafted), the war ended.

Winslow moved to Seattle in 2007 with his dog Toby and joined the University Friends Meeting. He lived in an apartment adjacent to the home of his youngest daughter, Elizabeth Long, and her husband, David Messerschmidt. His main challenge was that as he got older he became increasingly hard of hearing. He walked around Green Lake every day, studied math, went to exercise class, read books, met friends for coffee and for lunch, and was an active and loved member of the University Friends Meeting. He could be constantly seen walking around the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle peering at plants; upon his death he was found to possess more than 300 books on botany, plants, and trees.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dr. Barbara H. Long, and by his daughter Susanne Long (1946-1986). He is survived by son Andrew Long and Leslie Hudgins, daughter Priscilla Long and Jay Schlechter, daughter Pamela Long and Bob Korn, daughter Elizabeth Long and David Messerschmidt, grandchildren Dan and Michele Long, Allison Korn and Marco Yunga Tacuri, Joanna Long and Mike Becker, and Eric Messerschmidt. He is also survived by three great-grandchildren, Kyla Long, Lucas Samay Yunga Korn, Tiago Asha Yunga Korn, and by many dear friends.

A celebration of Winslow’s life will be held on Sunday June 16, at 4 p.m. at the University Friends Meeting House, located near University Bridge in Seattle. There will be a pot-luck reception following the service.

Roger was born December 22, 1929 in Pasco, WA to Elmer Miller and Merle Ellis Miller. The Millers were “Volga Germans” from Russia who settled on Northern Pacific Railroad Land Grant land in Ritzville, WA in the 1880’s, after traveling west with the “last of the Wagon Trains” on the Oregon Trail before the completion of the Railroad. Although born in Ritzville, Roger’s dad’s first language, along with much of that community into well into the 20th century, was German. Roger’s mother’s parents were of families that also came west on the Oregon Trail and settled in Oregon Territory.

His grandparents’ Oregon Trail experiences may have contributed to his parents’ love of road trips, which they passed on to him. A 1937 family car trip took them through the western states and down quite a ways into Mexico, thousands of miles on mostly gravel and dirt roads. By the age of 13 he regularly took the bus around the state of Washington to visit relatives in Colfax, Spokane and Ritzville, and in his adult life he took road trips as frequently as possible.

Roger went to Ravenna Grade School, then graduated from Roosevelt H.S. in 1947. He was an avid student from the earliest age. He took pleasure in excelling academically, not to beat out anyone but simply because he loved learning. In a journal he kept briefly at age 15, he read & reviewed a new book nearly every day, mostly classics & “great books” of one sort or another. He also took the bus by himself all over Seattle to watch movies at now classic theaters like the Egyptian. He kept a 3-ring binder of hundreds of movie posters that he drew himself for each movie he saw, complete with his own rating system and short reviews.

His love of learning continued with a series of degrees and studies in his adult life: University of Washington, 1952, (B.A. Russian Studies, Magna Cum Laude); Georgetown University, 1954 (B.S. Foreign Service); Case Western Reserve University, 1957 (Masters of Library Science); UW, 1966 (M.A. Russian Literature); and 1968 (Ph.C – Candidate in Philosophy, Russian Literature). Later after retiring he participated in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UW.

Roger completed two terms of service in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve, 1951-1956. In 1953 he completed the phase 1 training of the Sixth Army Intelligence School in Fort Ord, California, and served thereafter in the Military Intelligence unit of the Army Reserve. His ultimate commanding officer when he lived in Washington DC was Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who was a U.S. Army Reserve Major General.

While earning his BA in Foreign Service at the University of Georgetown in Washington DC, Roger had a Russian-language data analysis internship with the CIA while in the application process for permanent employment with the agency. His application was ultimately denied because the background check discovered (the non-secret fact) that Roger’s father Elmer was a long-time active socialist and union activist in Washington State. At one point in the application process, Roger met with a CIA recruiting agent who asked him “would you be willing to parachute behind enemy lines?” Roger declined this query, as what he was seeking was work in language and information analysis, not becoming an on-the-ground “secret agent.”

Following this experience, Roger decided to take his analytical skills in a different direction and combine them with his lifelong love of the printed word. He moved to Cleveland and acquired his Masters of Library Science at Case Western Reserve University in 1957.

Armed with his latest degree, Roger moved to Minneapolis to work at the University of Minnesota Library from 1957-1959. It was there that he met and fell in love with a fellow librarian, Edith Duckstad. They were married in Minneapolis on December 28th, 1958.

In 1959 Roger & Edith moved back to the northwest where Roger worked at the Centralia College Library until 1964. Edith, a native Minnesotan, was welcomed warmly to the northwest by Roger’s family. Roger & Edith celebrated their 50th anniversary with the immediate family at the Oregon Coast in 2008.

In 1964 the family moved back to Roger’s hometown of Seattle, for a position at the University of Washington Library in the Slavic Languages department. During this time Roger also acquired his MA in Russian Literature. Then in 1974 the family moved to the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany, where Roger worked as head librarian for the U.S. Army Russian Institute until 1979. His civilian ‘tour of duty’ was extended from three to five years, a wonderful experience for the entire family. After Germany the family moved to Cascade, CO where he served as head librarian for the Fort Carson Base Library.

In 1986 he and Edith fulfilled their dream of moving back to Seattle, when he landed a position as Reference Librarian at Seattle Pacific University. He worked there until his retirement in 1995, though called back briefly to fill in and train a series of replacements.

In retirement, he volunteered at Discovery Park Nature Center Library regularly for over 15 years.

Although he served in the military and was a civilian employee of the Department of Defense for over 11 years, Roger was passionately anti-war, and participated in anti-war protests for decades. In 1970 he participated in the renowned anti-war march from the University of Washington to downtown Seattle, in which the protestors marched onto and took over the I-5 freeway. He also took part in marches protesting all the Gulf wars of the 1990’s and 2000’s.

In 1999 Roger volunteered weekly at the anti-WTO organizing center in Belltown, in the effort to plan and organize the anti-WTO protests of November 1999. He was among the over 50,000 people who marched against the WTO Ministerial Conference on November 30, 1999, effectively shutting down the conclave. He was not happy about the violence that occurred on that day, but proud to have been part of taking a stand against the excesses and abuses of the globalizing economy.

He was an active member of University Congregational Church for many decades, participating in the Bell Choir, Sister Church delegation to St. Petersburg, and many other church study and social outreach groups. He had actually joined UCC as a teenager, when at age 15 he undertook to decide for himself on a church to attend. After sampling the services and youth programs at several area churches, he had decided on University Congregational Church. His parents followed him and became lifelong active members as well.

Roger was an avid lover of nature, a hiker and camper for his entire adult life. In fact it is fair to say that hiking and being in nature was his foremost avocational passion. He introduced his own family to the joys of these activities, and hiked the trails of the woods and mountains of the Northwest and many other regions into his 80’s. Among his notable personal experiences in nature were climbing the Zugspitze, the highest mountain in the Bavarian Alps, in 1979; hiking over several days to the bottom of the Grand Canyon with a group from UCUCC led by Bruce Danielson in 1995, and backpacking the 93 mile Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier at the age of 72 in 2002.

Roger was equally avid traveler. Starting with his childhood road trips, he took frequent road trips with his family throughout his adult life. This included road/camping trips to visit Edith’s family in Minnesota every year from 1960 through 2012, with the exception of the 5 years he lived in Germany. Each year would involve different routes to visit as many different natural wonders and historical sites as possible. During the time in Germany, he took the family on road trips through Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, France, England, Scandinavia, and Holland – generally one road trip for spring break and another one in the summer.

Later on during his retirement years he & Edith took many adventurous and educational overseas and domestic trips: Rick Steves tours to Turkey and Northern France, Elderhostel trips (Alaska cruise and barge tour of Holland & Belgium), pilgrimages to the island of Iona in 1998 and 2007, and Sister Church delegation trips to St. Petersburg to visit UCUCC’s sister church in 1994 and 2001. He and Edith also took a number of trips by themselves to various parts of Europe to visit old friends.

In addition, they went to Acapulco every January since 1995, lodging in a vintage hotel called Los Flamingos which in years gone by had been owned by John Wayne and Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan). This was a place where Edith’s sister & brother and various other friends congregated every winter. They were going to go this January, followed by an Elderhostel Eco-Tour of Costa Rica. Sadly they had to cancel that and their annual Acapulco trip when Roger fell ill in January.

Instead of world travel, in his last few months at home Roger was able to appreciate nature close at home in his own yard. From a journal entry about 3 weeks before he died:

“Right now I’m watching little birds eating from the feeder which Eric has so generously put up. I’ve never been particularly interested in birds, but now as I sit in my chair at the back window with lots of time, they show themselves to me as the amazing creatures they are. Can these tiny creatures really be descended from dinosaurs? Apparently so, and this fact makes evolution appear the wonder that it is. How could anybody think that evolution throws the existence of God into doubt? Doesn’t it just help to affirm the existence of an all-embracing creator? How foolish is a dogmatic denial of scientific evidence!”

Sandra was born, August 26, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up as a “Navy brat” she attended schools throughout the United States and Guam. After graduation from Alameda High School, in 1962. Sandra received her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of California at Santa Barbra in 1966. Following her graduation from UCSB, Sandra began working for United Airlines in Seattle, Washington where she met Dan and married in 1968.

In the late 70’s Sandra began her career in the law field. Having worked at several law firms Sandra ultimately found her favorite treasured employment with Ryan, Swanson and Cleveland in 1999. Her 14 years at Ryan Swanson were the finest working years of her career.

Sandra loved working with children, as a girl scout leader, coordinated the Single Parent Ministry at Mercer Island Covenant and Westminster Chapel, taught Sunday school and baked hundreds of gingerbread houses over the years for church, family and Ronald McDonald House. She generously opened her home “the gathering place” to family, friends and exchange students throughout her life..

Sandra so loved her family and will be remembered for her strong faith in Christ, unparalled work ethics and healthy boundaries she set for herself resulting in good life decisions. Sandra was a remarkable woman who will be dearly missed.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, May 05, 2013, 2:30pm at Northwest Church, 15555—15th Avenue NE, Shoreline, WA. 98155.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Sandra Smith Memorial Fund through Northwest Church -206 364-2275 or www.nwchurch.net which will benefit Children’s Ministry Internships.

Lucille P. Henry
“BIG MOMMA”
August 2, 1918
April 21, 2013

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Sat., May 4th, 2013 at 1pm
Berean Church of God in Christ
3417 Rainier Ave S
Seattle, WA 98144
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