Edwin Eugene Palmquist

Edwin "Ed" Palmquist Sr., 96, a lifelong Wenatchee Valley resident, passed away at his home in East Wenatchee on Wednesday morning, January 11, 2012, following a short illness. He was born on March 23, 1915 in Wenatchee to the late Gustavus and Viola (Gouchenour) Palmquest. He was raised and schooled in Wenatchee where he worked as a paperboy for the Wenatchee World and was a proud Boy Scout. He graduated from Wenatchee High School in 1933 and went to work at Railway express in Wenatchee. On July 20, 1941, he was married to Evelyn J. Huckabay in Wenatchee. He entered the U.S. Army and served as a Corporal in Hawaii during W.W.II. Upon his honorable discharge, he returned to Wenatchee and returned to his job at Railway Express. In the early 1950's, he went to work at the Blue Ribbon Meat Company. In 1954, they moved to make their family home in Leavenworth. In the late 1950's he accepted a job at Montgomery Ward and remained there until 1962, when he went to work for the U.S. Forest Service. He worked in Fire Suppression prior to becoming a Timber Scalier. He retired from the U.S. Forest Service in 1977 and they remained in Leavenworth until moving to East Wenatchee in 1991. Ed was a longtime member of the Cashmere Church of Christ, a member of the East Wenatchee V.F.W Post 3617, The Gingko Mineral Society and was a former member of the Wenatchee Gun Club. He enjoyed hiking, rock hounding and jewelry making, working on their home in Leavenworth, his family and friends. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Evelyn J. Palmquist, East Wenatchee; one daughter and son-in-law, Judy & Gary White, George, WA; two sons and daughters-in-law, Gene & Darla Palmquist, East Wenatchee and Barry Jay & Sherry Palmquist, Lake Forest Park, WA; five grandchildren, Vanessa (John) Brown, Ephrata, Michawl (Lori) Laney, Auburn, WA, Kenneth Palmquist, Seattle, WA, Brian J. (Tasha) Palmquist, Waterville, WA and Elysse (Ivan) Reyna, Lake Forest Park, WA; seven step grandchildren, Lee White, Selah, WA, Tracey Slagle, Tieton, WA, Kim McLoud, Selah, WA, Darin, Brent and Bryan Darnell all of East Wenatchee, Jaime Lueallen, Wenatchee and four great grandchildren, Kyle Brown, Moses Lake, Mitchell Brown, Ephrata, Levi Laney and Nathaniel Laney both of Auburn. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Alice Rosebrook and three brothers, Robert, an infant boy and Jay Palmquist. Service information... You are invited to visit his online tribute at www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com. Arrangements are in the care of Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee.

Edwin Eugene Palmquist

March 23, 1915 - January 11, 2012