t1 Merle Mortensen Oct. 23, 1932 — Dec. 6, 2014 Merle left his- earthly life-in Shelton December 6th, 2014, to faithfully meet God and Christ his savior. He was 82 years old. He was born and raised on his parent’s family farm in Nebraska and was one of seven brothers. Just out of High School he received a draft notice and immediately enlisted in the Navy and willingly served his country for 4 years; He met and married Sandra Wood, March 25th; 1956, and soon started a family of four in'Woodland, Washington. Merle’s career path started in auto mechanics, then made a bold career change to teach auto mechanics at Shelton High for 10 years. Then he made yet another bold move to be a tool belt wearing General Contractor at the age of 50 until retirement, if you could call it that. Merle loved to work with his hands and loved to see the fruit of his labor every day. He was successful in everything that he did. He had a fun loving zeal for life that was infectious and fun to be around. He and his Wife lead a simple Faith filled life full of love, and surrounded with family and friends. 58yrs., his beloved children (his crown jewels), Paul & wife Patti, David & wife Cindy, Todd & wife Karen, Lynn & husband Chris Toney, and his beloved grandchildren, Kyle, Ryan, Brad, Cameron, Josh, Jessie, Justin & Trent; and brother Alan. He was preceded in death by parents Edna and Lewis and brothers Arnold, Irvin, Kenneth, Harold and Ralph. A celebration of life ceremony will be held at Shelton Presbyterian Church on December the 13th, at 10 am. 1430 E Springs Rd. Shelton WA, 98584. 5°: 2 4/sz OBITUARY 31/ , OCR Text: t1 Merle Mortensen Oct. 23, 1932 — Dec. 6, 2014 Merle left his- earthly life-in Shelton December 6th, 2014, to faithfully meet God and Christ his savior. He was 82 years old. He was born and raised on his parent’s family farm in Nebraska and was one of seven brothers. Just out of High School he received a draft notice and immediately enlisted in the Navy and willingly served his country for 4 years; He met and married Sandra Wood, March 25th; 1956, and soon started a family of four in'Woodland, Washington. Merle’s career path started in auto mechanics, then made a bold career change to teach auto mechanics at Shelton High for 10 years. Then he made yet another bold move to be a tool belt wearing General Contractor at the age of 50 until retirement, if you could call it that. Merle loved to work with his hands and loved to see the fruit of his labor every day. He was successful in everything that he did. He had a fun loving zeal for life that was infectious and fun to be around. He and his Wife lead a simple Faith filled life full of love, and surrounded with family and friends. 58yrs., his beloved children (his crown jewels), Paul & wife Patti, David & wife Cindy, Todd & wife Karen, Lynn & husband Chris Toney, and his beloved grandchildren, Kyle, Ryan, Brad, Cameron, Josh, Jessie, Justin & Trent; and brother Alan. He was preceded in death by parents Edna and Lewis and brothers Arnold, Irvin, Kenneth, Harold and Ralph. A celebration of life ceremony will be held at Shelton Presbyterian Church on December the 13th, at 10 am. 1430 E Springs Rd. Shelton WA, 98584. 5°: 2 4/sz OBITUARY 31/ , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Other Obituaries,M Last Name,Mortensen, Merle (1).tif,Mortensen, Merle (1).tif, Mortensen, Merle (1).tif