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The 2021-22 winter high school sports season looked much closer to normal after nearly two years of pandemic restrictions. Many teams qualified for postseason play, as did several Mason County athletes who competed in the first state tournament action in two years. Today, the Shelton-Mason County Journal honors athletes from winter 2022 sports, which included boys and girls basketball, boys and girls wrestling, boys swimming and bowling. Eighteen Mason County athletes are being honored for...
Guy was an amazing husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was born January 2, 1936, in San Francisco, CA to Dr. Harry and Aeneid Lusignan. Guy met the love of his life, Josephine, at the University of Washington. They married July 17, 1957. They moved to Shelton in 1968, due to his transfer as a forester from the Simpson Everett office to Shelton. He started his own consultant forestry business in 1972. He then spent the next 28 years doing what he loved, retiring in 2000. Guy wa...
Betty L. Slater, 88, passed away on January 14, 2022, at home surrounded by family. She was born in Lewistown, Montana on May 4, 1933, to John and Hattie Luhm and resided in Utica, Montana until they moved to Shelton, Washington in 1937. She graduated from Irene S. Reed High School and soon after met Hewitt Slater. They married on May 1, 1953 and moved to Tacoma, Washington where they raised five children. They would be married for 50 years and family was of the utmost priority for her. There...
It is with great sorrow, and joy that we announce the passing of a great man, husband, father, grandfather, great, great-great grandfather, and friend. The sorrow for the loss of a man that has truly left his blessed mark on all who knew him, and the joy for all who were blessed by his presence! His life was lived for hunting, fishing, spending time with family and friends, maybe not in that order! Ha! Ha! William R. Morgan left us on March 1, 2022. He was born in Shelton on September 8th,...
Rea Arlene Brown, age 86, passed from this life on February 14, 2022. Her final hours were a reflection of her entire life. Surrounded by those she loved, reminiscing about special times, hearing her daughters sing her a sweet song that she sang to them as children, and having her precious great grandchildren sing to her and play violin. Rea, the youngest of three daughters, was born March 19, 1935, in Cooks, Washington, to Ted and Erna Berry. The Berry family moved to Shelton and owned the...
Deanna Marilyn Lacey died peacefully in her sleep January 15, 2022, at her home. She was born July 30, 1938, to Minor S. Lynch and Elsie L. Lynch in Seattle, WA. Raised in Seattle, Deanna attended Leshi Elementay Schools, Nathan Eckstien Junior High, Roosevelt High School, and Spokane Falls Community College and the University of Washington. Deanna married Jack S. Holbrook, father of her three children (1960-1970) also married Robert L. Lacey (1970 until his passing in 2006). Her diverse...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Mae Mohr, 73, of Shelton, WA passed away on February 26, 2022, with family by her side. She was born to the late Floyd and Alberta Warner on July 21, 1948, in Myrtle Beach, OR. She was united in marriage to Gary Joseph Mohr on September 23, 1967, in Falen, NV. She had five children. She was a military wife for 23 years; she was a devoted stay at home mom. After raising her children she sought a career as a CNA at Firlane Terrace for over 20 years. She retired in 2009 to spend...
Judith "Judy" Brown passed away peacefully on November 26th, 2021, at the University of Washington Hospital in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 80. Judy was born to Alan and Virginia Slack in February of 1941. She was born and lived in Lewis County all her childhood. She is preceded in death by her sisters Barbara Jean and Dorothy Lee. Judy was also preceded in death by her husband, Philip Brown. They shared 58 wonderful years together. They are both survived by their four daughters, Sandra...
Wallace John Hicks, 75, a resident of Shelton, passed away February 2, 2022, in Olympia, WA. Arrangements are by Forest Funeral Home and Crematory. Cathleen Cardinal, 72, a resident of Shelton, passed away February 28, 2022, at Mason General Hospital. Arrangements are by Forest Funeral Home and Crematory. Carl Petri, 75, a resident of Shelton, passed away March 1, 2022, at Mason General Hospital. Arrangements are by Forest Funeral Home and Crematory. Jimmy Donald Ragsdale, 82, a resident of Shelton, passed away March 1, 2022, at home....
Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, the longest-serving member of the Washington Legislature and its most independent voice, will be stepping down at the end of his current term, Sheldon announced Thursday as the Washington Legislature prepared to adjourn its 2022 legislative session. Sheldon, who celebrated his 75th birthday Wednesday, said he will not seek re-election. He will remain through the end of his term in January 2023. "When they swore me in all those years ago, I had no idea I'd be...
