Need some help asap (Seattle area)

[FIJI]

need some help tracking down some obituary info for my uncle. Got a message that he passed yesterday 4/24 on Whidbey Is, but I'm on the road now on a work trip and am unable to contact family....and cant find anything re; the obit online ??
Need some local assistance

help ??

mahalo

[Skinny Shooter]

FIJI, my condolences on your loss.
Is this the obituary you are looking for: John Blaine Ricketts, Jr.
http://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/portals-code/obits.cgi?paper=84

[Dan Morris]

FIJI, my sincere condolences.
Dan

[FIJI]

not the one, but I'm still looking

drove 16 hrs yesterday and just made it back home. Have left messages with family on west coast but no more info so far.

Really odd that there is no obit. Passed 5pm on Th per the message I got... he was a retired Navy Commander. I'd expect the usual formal Naval burial. Longtime Whidbey resident and local college professor.

I even checked the SanDiego papers and naval sources

hmmmm

mahalo for the help and the messages

[Dom]

My condolences to you and the family FIJI, Dom.

[gspsonny03]

My condolences as well FIJI. Sorry for your loss.

[FIJI]

Moore, Thomas Thursday, 24 Apr 2008 South Whidbey Record South Whidbey WA

After a full life Thomas L. Moore left us to be with his wife Virginia April 24, 2008, who preceded him to Heaven Dec. 23, 1975.

He was born in Carroll, Iowa June 23, 1927. His father, Thomas L. Moore passed away shortly before his birth. His mother Mary Theresa Moore returned to her family home and Tom was raised with his aunts and uncles.

Tom graduated from Carroll High School and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, working on Mount Rainier. Tom enlisted in the Navy and received an appointment to the Naval Academy, graduating in 1950. He then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received master’s degrees in electrical engineering and naval architecture.

While studying at MIT, Tom met his future wife Virginia Theresa McPartlin of Winchester, Mass. They were married Dec. 26, 1959. During his naval career Tom and Ginny had three children and he retired to Whidbey Island in 1970 after 20 years of service to his country.

After a brief retirement Tom began working again on his second career as an educator. Tom developed and created the Marine Technology program which was offered to local high schools as vocational training. The program was successful and was incorporated Skagit Valley College curriculum Whidbey Campus in Oak Harbor. The program is known today as Marine Maintenance Technology. Tom retired for the second time as a tenured professor in 1991.

While on Whidbey Tom was involved in numerous community organizations. He served on the Parish Council at St. Hubert in Langley, was an active member in Boy Scout Troop 57 serving as a committee member and the South Whidbey Lions Club. Tom was an avid boater and spent any time he could on the water fishing & cruising. Tom joined the U.S. Power Squadron in Oak Harbor and rose thru the ranks to become an instructor navigation and boat handling.

In retirement Tom was active with many hobbies and interests. He loved woodworking and traveling as well as cooking and reading.

Tom passed away peacefully at Careage of Whidbey on Thursday April 24, 2008 after a long battle with respiratory disease.

Tom is survived by his three children and their families, Thomas L Moore Jr. (T.L.) and wife Sue, their sons Mike and Steve of Langley, Mark Moore and wife Lori of Langley, and Anne Cervantes and husband Tony, their children Alyssa, A.J., and Alex of Snohomish.

A funeral mass will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 at St. Hubert Catholic Church with burial at Langley Cemetery funeral arrangements by Visser Funeral Home.

A complete obituary will follow.