In Memory

Marine Earl Houchen is gone to his final reward. Earl served as an enlisted pilot flying SBD's from Midway to Guadalcanal during World War Two.

He also worked hard for the Puget Sound Area Toys For Tots campaign every year for many, many years as an active member of the Puget Sound Detachment, Marine Corps league. He will be soely missed, and long remembered.

Marines,

This is being given wide dissemination as Marine Ed Sulpizio (former NWDivision Vice Commandant, and former NWDivision Vice Chief Devil Dog) had friends and acquaintances in all corners of the Northwest Division, both on the League and MODD side of the house. Please pass the information on to others so that they may be made aware of the = arrangements.

I received a call this evening from Ed's daughter, AnnaMargaret, who told me that Ed passed on December 23rd. His passing was quick and unexpected.

Viewing will be on January 6 at Hennessey's Funeral Home on North Division in Spokane.

Rosary and Funeral Mass will be at 1000 on January 7 at Our Lady of Guadalupe located at 3914 N. Lidgerwood in Spokane. Internment will follow at Fairmont Memorial Cemetery.

AnnaMargaret will be contacting Chaplain Bill Town to coordinate with the I&I Staff concerning military honors.

Ed's family has asked that donations be made to Our Lady of Guadalupe in lieu of donations elsewhere as well as in lieu of flowers.

Dennis J. Dressler Jr. Past Commandant, MMSmith Commandant, Dept of WA National Vice Commandant, NWDivision

Marine Guy J. Wickliffe was laid to rest in Tahoma National Cemetery on 18 Novemebr 2003. Guy was born on 7 October 1925 in Goudeau, La.
Guy had retired as a Colonel after 30 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, and had served in the Korean War, during the Vietnam War, and well after.
Guy was a active Life Member of the Puget Sound Detachment of the Marine Corps League for many years, and was a Pedigree member of the Military Order of Devil Dogs. During his tenure in the League, he served as Sergeant-at-Arms, Chaplain, Judge Advocate, Jr. Vice Commandant, Sr. Vice Commandant, Commandant in 1986, 1987, and in 1992. He was Marine of the Year 1997-1998, and Marine Corps League Assistant National Chaplain.
Guy is survived by a son William Brown Wapato, Wash., and four grandchildren, 7 Great grandchildren, three Uncles in Calif., Nieces, Nephews and Cousins in Washington and Louisiana and a host of other Relatives and Friends all over the United States.
Guy brought to the Marine Corps League the same dedication to duty for which he was known to have displayed during his 30 years in the Marine Corps. He was a friend to all who knew him without exception.

Alfred Livingston III
Born in Berkeley, CA, April 1, 1923, died June 5, 2002. Survived by wife Anna Mae and 14 children. He entered the Marine Corps August 13, 1941 and shipped out on the USS Sheridan in June of 1942. He saw combat on Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Guam and Iwo Jima. Al was wounded in battle. He mustered out of the Corps on September 27, 1945.
In 1952 he graduated from Seattle University and proceeded to cultivate and protect the environment as Chief Chemist for Washington State Pollution Control Commission.
Al was a member of Olympia Detachment 482, Marine Corps League. Members of the Detachment were on hand August 11 as his ashes were scattered from his property on Boston Harbor in Olympia. Marines from the I&I Staff at Ft. Lewis served as Honor Guard.

On the afternoon of 1 May 2002 a member of our family, Galen Inks joined at the gates of heaven with our other brothers/sisters who have left, he will be missed but always within us.
Helen is in Tacoma with her daughter and doing okay. She will be coming back home to Wenatchee in about a week. Helen said that Galen would be cremated and buried next to his son in Wenatchee City Cemetary, N. E. corner, S32 T23N R20E. 1804 N Western Ave, Wenatchee WA 98801.
The Memorial is tentatively scheduled for 13 May 2002. Jones & Jones Funeral DirectorsChristine Martin21 S Chelan AveWenatchee, WA 98807P hone: (509)662-2119FAX: (509)662-1015. will be handling the funeral.
I am sure that Helen will need our support and cards.
Helen Inks
439 Inks Road
Wenatchee, WA 98801-8349
509 662 8349
Semper Fi
John -n- Paulie

Marine Gerald S. "Jerry" Washabaugh

January 20, 1938 - March 17, 2000
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, the former Karen Yonker Cooper, sons Jess, 39, of Lynnwood, WA. and Lt. Cmdr. Jason, 37, of Bonita, CA, mother Luella Washabaugh and sister Doris Anne Houston, both of Pittsburgh, PA, and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Jerry served honorably in the United States Marine Corps from 1956-62 as a scout/sniper in Korea and Lebanon, and later throughout the world as a member of the Second Marine Division Rifle Team based at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina.
Feeling that he wanted to give something back to the brotherhood of Marines, Jerry joined the Marine Corps League in the early 1980's. He was active as a lobbyist for veterans and supported many other League activities, of which his favorite was Toys for Tots. He worked his way up at the local level to Commandant of the Pierce County Detachment in Tacoma, WA, then served as Judge Advocate for the Department of Washington and on the National level as Assistant Vice Commandant, Northwest Division, Aide de Camp, Northwest Division and, finally, as Vice Commandant, Northwest Division.
He will be missed...

John C. Parker
Marine John C. Parker - PDD (1st Sgt. USMCR, Ret.) died on February 10, 2000 at home in Seattle after a prolonged illness, with his wife, Gwen at his side.
John was orphaned at an early age. The Marine Corps became his home upon his enlistment in 1938. John's thirty year Marine Corps career was spent mostly with the Marine Air Wings. He was especially proud of his tour with VMF-216.
John was very active in the Marine Corps League. He was a charter member of the 1st MCL detachment in the State of Washington, the old Seattle Detachment. He served as the Detachment Commandant, and also as the Department of Washington Commandant. He was a Past Worthy Pack Leader of the Washington Pack, Military Order of the Devil Dogs (MODD).
John's final resting place will be at Tahoma National Cemetery...

JACOB SANDERS

August 16, 1920 - June 15, 1999

WAKE ISLAND MARINE
To those who know the significance of the words ``Wake Island Marine'' there is little more to be said. To those who don't, a History Lesson is due.
After their involuntary surrender, the 368 surviving Marines were loaded into the hold of a small Japanese freighter where they went 12 days without food or water while being transported into captivity. That was only the beginning of their privation. For the next 3 1/2 years those who were not executed outright by their Japanese captors were forced to labor under the most primitive conditions while being slowly starved to death. Only slightly more than half of them came home alive after the Japanese surrender on V-J Day, August 15, 1945.
They, including Jacob (Sandy) Sanders came home and went to work. Sandy became a housing builder in Bellevue, Washington, where today, one can look in almost any direction and see a home built by Sandy.
Sandy also married and raised a fine family in the years after his captivity as a Prisoner of War. He was also involved with several veterans organizations, including the Marine Corps League where he was awarded the Distinguished Citizen Medal for his years of service as Adjutant Paymaster of the Puget Sound Detachment.
That Sandy was able to transcend those tragic events of World War II, and go on to become a success in his personal and business life makes him an example to follow, and a hero to all who knew him.
God bless you, Jacob Sanders, husband, father, friend, and brother. You will be sorely missed... and long remembered.