IN MEMORIAM
ST. NICHOLAS ALUMNAE ANNETTE BLACK WEYERHAEUSER ’32
If you have a remembrance to share about a St. Nicholas alumna or Lakeside alumna/alumnus that you would like to have published in the next magazine, please email the alumni relations office at alumni@ lakesideschool.org or call 206-368-3606. All remembrances are subject to editing for length and clarity. Your thoughts and memories are much appreciated. The following are reprints of paid notices or remembrances submitted by family members. Glenn H. Carson ’41 Aug. 24, 2013 Betty Lou Gould McElroy ’44 Sept. 4, 2013 John P. Carmichael ’64 March 3, 2009 Michael Z. Jacobi ’67 Dec. 19, 2012
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• Sept. 16, 2013
Annette B. Weyerhaeuser, a dedicated Christian, died peacefully on Sept. 16 surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sept. 26, 1914, in Seattle to Joseph C. and Jane C. Black. She attended St. Nicholas School and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College. The summer before her senior year in college, Annette met her husband, Dave, a young Yale graduate from St. Paul, Minn., who had come west to work in the forestproducts industry. They married in 1937. Throughout her life, Annette was involved in community leadership in the Tacoma area. She served as a board member of the Tacoma Art Museum, forest and stewardship foundations, Tacoma Girls Club, and Annie Wright School. Additional community involvement and membership included Aloha Club, Sunset Club of Seattle, Children’s Home of Tacoma, Skyline Presbyterian Church, and Tacoma Community College, where she was the recipient of an honorary degree. She was also a founding member of the City Club of Tacoma. Annette spent many years leading small group Bible studies, and she enjoyed giving the Children’s Message at Skyline Presbyterian Church. She also worked for 30 years as a mental-health counselor. A naturally loving, gifted listener, she was able to put everyone she met at ease. Those who were fortunate enough to know or work with her felt the sincerity and depth of her care and love. Annette was always interested in social issues as well as education and the arts. Much of her charitable giving went toward educating young people and supporting Christian organizations. She also had a deep appreciation for and supported the arts. Annette enjoyed horseback riding for most of her life. In her early 60s she started taking ballroom dance lessons and before long was entering competitions and bringing home trophies. She enjoyed traveling and visited Europe, Asia, and South America, which gave her a great appreciation and understanding for the diversity of cultures around the world. It was usual for Annette, into her early 90s, to take long walks, up to five or six miles a day, mostly for her own health but also to exercise her beloved dogs. Annette was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, C. Davis (Dave) Weyerhaeuser. She is survived by her children, daughter Jane McFee, son Bill (Gail) Weyerhaeuser, and daughter Terri (Alfons) Emge; grandchildren, Kate, Lee, Drew, Ben, Jeff (Tegan), Andrea (Adam), Whitney, and Rebecca; great granddaughter Olivia; and her closest friend, Jean Flora. We wish to acknowledge and thank Annette’s loving caregivers, Dianne Frothingham, Kathy Gonzales, Alicia Ignacio, Mary Muthemba, Megan Buselmeier, Valandrea Jones, Multicare hospice nurse Tina Lewis, and others who cared for her over the years including Naomi Montgomery and Jane Oberg. Memorial gifts in honor of Annette can be made to: Skyline Presbyterian Church, 6301 Westgate Blvd., Tacoma, WA 98406 or Tacoma Art
Spring/Summer 2014
Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98402.
MYRN KINNEAR ’37 • Oct. 24, 2013
Myrn Kinnear, born in Seattle to Roy Kinnear and Zephorina Myrn Kinnear on July 15, 1919, grew up on Queen Anne Hill. Her family moved to Broadmoor when she was 12, and she attended St. Nicholas School, Garfield High School, and the University of Washington. Myrn passed away peacefully on Oct. 24 at Covenant Shores on Mercer Island. She was preceded in death by her husband Dick Philbrick (2000) and their son Rick Philbrick (1991). She was the mother of Rick, Gary, and Rob, an esteemed member of many organizations, a gourmet hostess, and a seasoned world traveler. Always a good sport, Myrn joined her family in a lifetime of adventures: flying to Hawaii in DC6 4-engine prop planes during the early 1950s, running the Rio Grijalva of Mexico in rubber rafts in the 1960s, building a sod-roofed home on Friday Island, sailing the far reaches of the Pacific Northwest coast aboard Sea Fever, and trailering two boats, Kiyi and Wosoki, across the United States to explore the Great Lakes, the North America coasts, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. Myrn loved college dances at the Olympic Hotel, Friday Island weekends, family gatherings, new friendships, and displaying her collections of handcrafts and antiques from around the world. She enjoyed telling stories of her Grandfather Kinnear going bear hunting from Queen Anne Hill all the way to the dense forests of Madison Park. Her grandfather Captain George Kinnear, a retired Civil War captain, was tapped to protect the Chinese during Seattle riots of the late 1800s. Her other grandfather, Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove, was elected governor of the state of Washington in 1909. With her elegant presence, Myrn participated in her “Greenhorn” Arboretum Unit founded in 1946, the Dr. Charles B. Ford Guild of Seattle Children’s hospital, the Seattle Yacht Club, the YWCA Board, the Sunset Club, the Garfield Golden Grads, and Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island. Most of all, though, she loved her family: her oldest son, Rick, his widow, Christine, daughter Kelly (Leif), and son Rick (Sara); her middle son, Gary, his wife, Theresa, son Ryan (Krista), and daughter Morgan (Bray); her youngest son, Rob, his wife, Margaret, daughter Sandy (Jason), daughter Carrie, and son Robbie Jr.; and many great-grandchildren. A donation in her name may be made to Emmanuel Episcopal Church Memorials or any organization of your choice.
SALLY SKINNER BEHNKE ’40 • Dec. 12, 2013
Sally Skinner Behnke was a leader in the Seattle community and a woman generous with both her time and means. She left us on Dec. 12 following complications from a stroke. She was 90 years young. Sally was born Sept. 21, 1923, in Seattle, the daughter of Gilbert and Winifred Skinner. She was second of three children. Sally