Ralph A. Wyatt Eugene S. Wyatt Ralph Ahlberg Wyatt died Fri- day, February 15, in Shelton. His 1brother, Eugene Stanley Wyatt died Wednesday, December 12, 2001, in Pleasanton, California. Both were born in Shelton. Ralph was born March 26, 1915 and Stan was born September 6, 1918 to Herman and Anna (Ahlberg) Wyatt. Their father was killed in a logging accident in 1928 and their mother supported them, working at Lumbermen’s Mercantile for years after. She died in Shelton in 1990. Stan Wyatt graduated from Irene S, Reed High School in Shelton in 1937 and played foot- ball there and at the University of Washington, where he met his wife, Gloria Goff They married in 1942. He was a chief petty ofiioer in the Navy during World War II, serving in the Atlantic and taking part in the invasion of Italy. His lifelong passion for swim- mingled to a brief job at Seattle’s Green Lake Park and then to a 37-year career with the American Red Cross, largely in Fresno and San Francisco, California. Gloria Goff Wyatt died in 1997. :Stan Wyatt is survived by sons :Eugene ' Wyatt of Swan Lake, New York, Kirk and Tracey Wyatt and daughter Kimberley Wyatt of California, and by 10 grandchildren. He died after rem- iniscing with his children, recall- ing swimming in Island Lake with Ralph when they were young men. Ralph Wyatt graduated from Irene S. Reed High School in 1932. The next year he met Gla- dys Opalka, recently arrived from Illinois, at the tennis courts near Loop Field. They joined the Shelton Tennis Club, played matches in Seattle and Tacoma, and married in 1936. His love of tennis continued for the rest of his active life, and he and Mrs. antt also hiked the Olympic Mountains. In the 1950s they began square dancing, first“ in Shelton, then atthem in Seattle and Collins Grange near Tacoma, and finally with the Salty Sashayers back home. They were married for 66 years and were the senior married couple of Saint Edward’s Catholic Church. Mrs. Wyatt resides at Alpine Way Retirement Apartments, where Mr. Wyatt was also cared for in his final weeks. Ralph Wyatt attended Seattle’s Metropolitan Business College in the early 30s and was employed by Rayonier, working in the lab offices for 47 years. He was sta. tinned at San Diego during his World War II naval service. The couple’s garden of daffodils and tulips, then tomatoes, then dahlias brightened upper Cota Street for more than 40 years, and in their house there they raised and were visited by their children: Virginia Wyatt of Rent- on, David Wyatt of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, Richard Wyatt and his wife Jean of Redmond, Nancy Wyatt-Kelsey 'of Vancouver and her son Gabriel, and Susan Wyatt of Redmond, Ralph Wyatt was a truly gentle man, with a dry, sometimes sly sense of humor, his family said. He was a true Sheltonian who re- membered when Railroad Avenue had a railroad from top to bottom and the steam locomotives paused there, before heading for the wa- terfront. He was content that his life journey — except for a few trips back east — had taken him from Cedar Street to Railroad Avenue to Cota Street. In his later years he enjoyed meetings of the Shel- ton Sons of the Pioneers as well as the more informal Sons of the Rayoniers. After a service at Saint Ed- ward’s Catholic Church in She]- ton on Monday, February 25, he was buried at Shelton Memorial Park, among his mother and fa- ther, aunts and grandparents 2002 l , OCR Text: Ralph A. Wyatt Eugene S. Wyatt Ralph Ahlberg Wyatt died Fri- day, February 15, in Shelton. His 1brother, Eugene Stanley Wyatt died Wednesday, December 12, 2001, in Pleasanton, California. Both were born in Shelton. Ralph was born March 26, 1915 and Stan was born September 6, 1918 to Herman and Anna (Ahlberg) Wyatt. Their father was killed in a logging accident in 1928 and their mother supported them, working at Lumbermen’s Mercantile for years after. She died in Shelton in 1990. Stan Wyatt graduated from Irene S, Reed High School in Shelton in 1937 and played foot- ball there and at the University of Washington, where he met his wife, Gloria Goff They married in 1942. He was a chief petty ofiioer in the Navy during World War II, serving in the Atlantic and taking part in the invasion of Italy. His lifelong passion for swim- mingled to a brief job at Seattle’s Green Lake Park and then to a 37-year career with the American Red Cross, largely in Fresno and San Francisco, California. Gloria Goff Wyatt died in 1997. :Stan Wyatt is survived by sons :Eugene ' Wyatt of Swan Lake, New York, Kirk and Tracey Wyatt and daughter Kimberley Wyatt of California, and by 10 grandchildren. He died after rem- iniscing with his children, recall- ing swimming in Island Lake with Ralph when they were young men. Ralph Wyatt graduated from Irene S. Reed High School in 1932. The next year he met Gla- dys Opalka, recently arrived from Illinois, at the tennis courts near Loop Field. They joined the Shelton Tennis Club, played matches in Seattle and Tacoma, and married in 1936. His love of tennis continued for the rest of his active life, and he and Mrs. antt also hiked the Olympic Mountains. In the 1950s they began square dancing, first“ in Shelton, then atthem in Seattle and Collins Grange near Tacoma, and finally with the Salty Sashayers back home. They were married for 66 years and were the senior married couple of Saint Edward’s Catholic Church. Mrs. Wyatt resides at Alpine Way Retirement Apartments, where Mr. Wyatt was also cared for in his final weeks. Ralph Wyatt attended Seattle’s Metropolitan Business College in the early 30s and was employed by Rayonier, working in the lab offices for 47 years. He was sta. tinned at San Diego during his World War II naval service. The couple’s garden of daffodils and tulips, then tomatoes, then dahlias brightened upper Cota Street for more than 40 years, and in their house there they raised and were visited by their children: Virginia Wyatt of Rent- on, David Wyatt of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, Richard Wyatt and his wife Jean of Redmond, Nancy Wyatt-Kelsey 'of Vancouver and her son Gabriel, and Susan Wyatt of Redmond, Ralph Wyatt was a truly gentle man, with a dry, sometimes sly sense of humor, his family said. He was a true Sheltonian who re- membered when Railroad Avenue had a railroad from top to bottom and the steam locomotives paused there, before heading for the wa- terfront. He was content that his life journey — except for a few trips back east — had taken him from Cedar Street to Railroad Avenue to Cota Street. In his later years he enjoyed meetings of the Shel- ton Sons of the Pioneers as well as the more informal Sons of the Rayoniers. After a service at Saint Ed- ward’s Catholic Church in She]- ton on Monday, February 25, he was buried at Shelton Memorial Park, among his mother and fa- ther, aunts and grandparents 2002 l , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Obituaries for Shelton Cemetery,W Last Name,Wyatt, Eugene Stanley.tif,Wyatt, Eugene Stanley.tif, Wyatt, Eugene Stanley.tif