Greer O. Moore passed away Oct. 10, 2003, after a brief illness. He was born March 17, 1916, in New Orleans the son of C.G. and Anna Odendahl Moore. He received a commission as an honorary colonel in the Louisiana National Guard from the Honorable Huey P. Long, governor. Following graduation from Louisiana State University as a mechanical engineer, Moore was employed as the 401st aircraft engineer by the Boeing Company. He retired after 38 years with his last foreign posting in Beirut, Lebanon.
He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Coupeville; Coupeville Lions Club; charter member of the Museum of Flight; a Gold Club member of the Boeing Management Association; past member of Whidbey Golf and Country Club and Navy League.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Margaret, his daughters, Catherine (Jim) Dunn, and Laura Moore (Rick Almberg), grandchildren, Nora Dunn Bell, Krissy Almberg, Mickey Dunn, Hans Juhl, Ame-Anna Dunn Gibson, Nichols Juhl, Nelson Almberg, Courtney Juhl, and Allison Juhl; great-granddaughters, Grace and Katie Bell and Rylee Almberg. He is also survived by his sisters, Falba Brown, Gretna, La., and Carol Black, New Orleans and brother, Robert, Washington, D.C.
A funeral mass will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Coupeville Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Children’s Hospital, Seattle.
Arrangements under the direction of Burley Funeral Chapel.
Pamela Sue Treece
Pamela Sue Treece, a talented local artist, loving wife and mother, succumbed after a long illness Oct. 3, 2003, at Island Hospital in Anacortes. She was born July 13, 1948, in Alhambra, Calif., to Joseph A. Thompson and Shirley June Thompson.
On May 16, 1968, in Newport Beach, Calif., she married her high school sweetheart, Anthony S. Treece. Pam spent the next 20 years as a loving Navy wife traveling with her husband on his various assignments. In 1975 they settled in Oak Harbor after having fallen in love with the beauty of Whidbey Island on a prior tour of duty.
A professional artist and master carver, Pam won many awards at Quilceda and Puyallup carvers shows. Her love of the Pacific Northwest was reflected in her beautiful creations, which featured native plants, birds and animals.
Pam is survived by her loving husband of 35 years and their son Taylor. Her father, Joseph A. Thompson of Oak Harbor, and her sisters Marvis Oehm of Coupeville and Bonnie Thompson of Hollywood, Calif., also survive her. Also left behind to mourn her loss is her best friends, Michele Hill of Oak Harbor.
Her mother, Shirley Thompson, preceded her in death in May of 1992. A private family service was held Oct. 5.
