Walter Vernon Paulson

Walter Vernon Paulson, age 84, longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, to join his family who preceded him in death, his parents John and Lena, brothers Clarence, Harry, Jerome, Sanford, and Leonard, and sisters Perma, Lillian, and Edna.

Walter was born April 8, 1924, in Lostwood, N.D., to John and Lena (Bevre) Paulson, was baptized in the Lutheran Church in Lostwood, and moved with his family to Poplar, Mont., at the age of 4, in 1928. Being the youngest of nine children, he watched his siblings graduate and then leave home. He attended Poplar schools through high school graduation and he continued to care for his widowed mother and younger sister. He farmed, worked in co-op store, drove a school bus and raised cattle and horses.

In 1945, he married Thelma McCartney and had three children, Larry, Pat and Peggy. Leaving Montana for Astoria, Ore., in 1950 where he had two service stations and began his pipefitting trade at Naval Base Astoria, and the Wauna paper mill.

Moving to Lynwood, Wash., in 1960, where he continued pipefitting through Local #26, Everett, Wash., seeing his children graduate from high school, marry and begin their lives and families, giving him nine grandchildren, Gary, Dwayne, Todd, Tammy, Debbie, Tracie, Ryan, Sherrie and Terrie.

In 1979, he married Alice Gilpin and resided in the Arlington, Lake Ki, Wash., area. They were very active with the Moses Lake Senior Center, where he served on the board of directors for several years, and continued his pinochle games, as well as with the Warden Senior Center. He was an avid hunter, camper, and spent three years “snowbirding” in Yuma, Ariz., and attending family reunions in Montana, Minnesota, Oregon and Idaho.

He was a jovial, loving man, and dearly loved his two stepsons Ed and Mike, as his own. The combined families gave him nine grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandsons. A very devoted family man with so many nieces and nephews who were as his own, he can never be replaced, nor will he ever be forgotten.

A celebration of Walter’s life will be held in the Moses Lake Senior Center, 608 E. 3rd Ave., Moses Lake, Saturday, Nov. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Please feel free to leave a note or message for the family at www.carverfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Memorial donations, if desired, may be made to Central Basin Home Health & Hospice, 311 W. 3rd Ave., Moses Lake, WA 98837.

Interment will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Fossil, Ore.

Walter’s family has asked Carver Family Funeral Home, Moses Lake to care for arrangements.