Donald Timlick

Donald Charles Timlick passed away Dec. 3, 2022, in Moses Lake, Washington. He was 86 years old. Don was born in Rolla, North Dakota on Nov. 14, 1936, to the late William Robert Timlick and Hilda Louise Timlick (Saich). He has resided in Royal City, Washington since 1977 with his wife Betty Timlick, where they farmed many crops including apples, alfalfa and corn. Don moved from North Dakota to Lonepine, Montana at the age of 10, and at the age of 16 he married his wife, Betty Stratton. They celebrated their 69th year of marriage on Oct. 15 of this year. In 1957, after working several jobs including felling timber, Don moved from Montana to Seattle Washington in order to start work at Boeing. After working at Boeing for about a year, he purchased his first service station selling gasoline and performing small automotive repairs. His wife Betty learned how to handle all of the bookkeeping, and they continued to work as a self-employed team for all the years that followed.