‘— '>' mtiRSTON couurv TWO killed in auto accidents Two people died in Thurston County accidents between Wednesday night , and earg' Thursday, the State Patrol reports . A teen-age boy died and a teen-age girl was injured about 9:85 pm. Wed- , nesday when the car they were riding in veered off the 6000 block of Lemon Road in the South Bay area and struck a power pole. The driver, Paul Bee rchtold, 17, of Olympia, was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Jill K. Meek, 15, of Olympia, received minor injuries. 01] Thursday, Gerald F. Stoehr, 32, of Shelton, died after the car he was driv- ing veered ofi northbound Highww 101, rolled into a ditch, struck a treeAand came to rest on its top. The accident, re orted at 7:46 a.m., occurred about 10 m es northwest of Olympia. mike/77y T111 ohm/414 Gerald Stoehr Gerald Stoehr Gerald F. “Gerry” Stoehr of Shelton died December 15. He was 32. He was born in Bellingham on May 2, 1962. His parents are Clara (Bigler) Stoehr and Arnold and Sandra (Zilliox) Stoehr. He lived in Lynden; Moses Lake; Glendale, California; Yakima; Denver, Colo- rado; Roseburg, Oregon; and, for the last four years, in Shelton. He was a resEuraieur, aving worked at Harman’s Kentucky Fried Chicken irrYakimaaneren- ' ver. He started working in the in- dustry at the age of 16 and ad- vanced to manager of the number one volume store in the Harman chain with a $1 million annual gross. While at Harman’s he won many awards and prizes. He left KFC in 1988 to open Mac’s Place, his own restaurant near Roseburg. He moved to Olympia in 1990, cooking at The Place restaurant and catering at the Vance 'l‘yee. Mr. Stoehr loved the out-of- doors. He liked to snow ski, water ski, float the Yakima River, smoke salmon, sing in the choir and sing karaoke with his friends. He also liked to hunt deer with his father and his Uncle Phil. ClaraJ. (Bigler) Stoehr of Yakima; his father, and stepmother, Arnold F. and Sandra (Zilliox) Stoehr of Shelton; his brothers, Harold of Olympia, Paul of Tacoma, Erich of Shelton and Brent of Big Lake, Alaska; his sisters, Deborah Stoehr of Shelton and Peggy Lingle of Bucoda; his grandmother, Anna- belle Enslow of Eugene, Oregon; his special friend, Shellie Ripley of Olympia; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation was held Tuesday at McComb Funeral Home. The Rev- erend James Markus officiated at memorial services held Wednes- day at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. Burial was at Odd Fellows Memorial Park in Tumwater. Ar- rangfments were by McComb Fu— nera Home. 6651,,” ”life/z 22014757} £4 ‘éwmy , OCR Text: ‘— '>' mtiRSTON couurv TWO killed in auto accidents Two people died in Thurston County accidents between Wednesday night , and earg' Thursday, the State Patrol reports . A teen-age boy died and a teen-age girl was injured about 9:85 pm. Wed- , nesday when the car they were riding in veered off the 6000 block of Lemon Road in the South Bay area and struck a power pole. The driver, Paul Bee rchtold, 17, of Olympia, was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger, Jill K. Meek, 15, of Olympia, received minor injuries. 01] Thursday, Gerald F. Stoehr, 32, of Shelton, died after the car he was driv- ing veered ofi northbound Highww 101, rolled into a ditch, struck a treeAand came to rest on its top. The accident, re orted at 7:46 a.m., occurred about 10 m es northwest of Olympia. mike/77y T111 ohm/414 Gerald Stoehr Gerald Stoehr Gerald F. “Gerry” Stoehr of Shelton died December 15. He was 32. He was born in Bellingham on May 2, 1962. His parents are Clara (Bigler) Stoehr and Arnold and Sandra (Zilliox) Stoehr. He lived in Lynden; Moses Lake; Glendale, California; Yakima; Denver, Colo- rado; Roseburg, Oregon; and, for the last four years, in Shelton. He was a resEuraieur, aving worked at Harman’s Kentucky Fried Chicken irrYakimaaneren- ' ver. He started working in the in- dustry at the age of 16 and ad- vanced to manager of the number one volume store in the Harman chain with a $1 million annual gross. While at Harman’s he won many awards and prizes. He left KFC in 1988 to open Mac’s Place, his own restaurant near Roseburg. He moved to Olympia in 1990, cooking at The Place restaurant and catering at the Vance 'l‘yee. Mr. Stoehr loved the out-of- doors. He liked to snow ski, water ski, float the Yakima River, smoke salmon, sing in the choir and sing karaoke with his friends. He also liked to hunt deer with his father and his Uncle Phil. ClaraJ. (Bigler) Stoehr of Yakima; his father, and stepmother, Arnold F. and Sandra (Zilliox) Stoehr of Shelton; his brothers, Harold of Olympia, Paul of Tacoma, Erich of Shelton and Brent of Big Lake, Alaska; his sisters, Deborah Stoehr of Shelton and Peggy Lingle of Bucoda; his grandmother, Anna- belle Enslow of Eugene, Oregon; his special friend, Shellie Ripley of Olympia; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation was held Tuesday at McComb Funeral Home. The Rev- erend James Markus officiated at memorial services held Wednes- day at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. Burial was at Odd Fellows Memorial Park in Tumwater. Ar- rangfments were by McComb Fu— nera Home. 6651,,” ”life/z 22014757} £4 ‘éwmy , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Other Obituaries,S Last Name,Stoehr, Gerald F. ''Gerry''.tif,Stoehr, Gerald F. ''Gerry''.tif, Stoehr, Gerald F. ''Gerry''.tif