Obituaries
10 — Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Reynold ‘Reg’ Dickhaus
Nancy Davidson Severtson: 1938 - 2012
Reynold “Reg” Dickhaus died peacefully at home on San Juan Island on Oct. 21, 2012. He was 92. Reg was born and raised in Kentucky; stationed on Whidbey Island as a Navy pilot during WWII; and attended Michigan State College (now Michigan State University), earning a master’s degree in forestry. Soon after graduation he headed west, leaving behind the Blue Grass State of Kentucky for the abundant forests of The Evergreen State. Reg established Washington roots in Bellingham, where he had a long career in forest management with Georgia Pacific, and after “retirement”, with the Reynold “Reg” Dickhaus Trillium Corporation. Work and wanderlust took him to the four corners of the globe, but Reg was happiest in this little corner of the Pacific Northwest, especially when spending summers boating in the San Juan Islands with family and friends. Reg was first and foremost a loving family man, guided by strong convictions, an indefatigable work ethic, and his Catholic faith. Through his example we learned the importance of service to country and community, the power of education and knowledge, and the value of a day’s labor well done. He introduced us to the pleasures of reading a good book and preparing the day’s seafood catch for dinner. He delighted in sharing ice cream and doughnuts in Roche Harbor with his grandkids. He instilled in us a deep appreciation and regard for the wonders of the natural world. Reg lived a life of no regrets. Reg is survived by his wife Joan; brother William Dickhaus of Kentucky; sister-in-law Lorraine Dickhaus of Kentucky; four children: Sue Cowan, David Dickhaus, Mary Kurtz, Heidi Kiersky; five stepchildren; John Reinert, Phoebe Vanderboom, Amy Ramstead, Martha Reinert and Jeff Reinert; 14 grandchildren and many loving relatives and friends. His first wife Jo preceded him in death in 1984. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Memorials in Reg’s name may be made to Whatcom Hospice House, 2800 Douglas Ave., Bellingham, 98225, or Assumption Catholic School, 2116 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, 98225. You may share memories with Reg’s family at www.westfordfuneralhome.com.
Our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, Nancy, died early Sunday morning, Oct. 21, surrounded by family and the loving caregivers of the Bellingham Hospice House, after a long battle with heart disease. Born in Benettsville, S.C., to Edgar and Catherine Davidson (the best math teacher in the world), she spent her wonderful childhood among her extensive family in South Carolina and Georgia, honing her soft and lovely Southern accent, her beautiful soprano voice and piano playing, as well as mastering the art of Southern cooking. In 1959, she met and married Major Leonard J. Severtson, a pilot in the USAF, the love of her life for 53 years. They lived all around the world while raising their three children. They Nancy and Leonard Severtson settled on San Juan Island where they lived for the last 15 years,
— Family of Reg Dickhaus
watching the tides, eating crab and fighting the deer off their roses. She loved children, music, mystery books, the beach, the delicacy of the South and the grand beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Most of all, she loved Leonard, “the Nancy Severtson strength of the skies and the mountains described her love for her husband and her love of the Northwest.” She is survived by her beloved Leonard, her children, Michael, Catherine, Jerome (Keith), and David; her adored grandchildren, Carolyn, Harrison and Marie, and by her sister and best friend Dee Roland (Terry), and nephew Raymond. “I love you shug-ah, bye-bye.” Memorials to the Whatcom Hospice Foundation in Bellingham, God's angels at work here on earth. — Family of Nancy Severtson
Medicare Part D prescription changes de-mystified Learn about changes in the Medicare Prescription Insurance program for seniors at a information forum, Thursday, Nov. 8, at San Juan Island Library. A free event, the informational forum is cosponsored by the library and Statewide Health
Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA). Medicare’s prescription insurance program changes each year, as do the prescription needs of an individual, and the prices and the coverage of various insurance plans. Bring a list of current med-
ications to the forum, where a trained SHIBA counselor can assist in selecting a plan by evaluating an individual’s current medications and the amount currently being paid for those prescriptions. For more information about the upcoming forum, 378-2798.
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