Roy Albin Sundberg, 89 years young, slipped peacefully into the presence of God on March 26, 2014, in Coupeville.

Roy was born in Cove, Wash., on Vashon Island on Feb. 14, 1925, to Albin Frederick Sundberg and Lydia Viktoria (Person) Sundberg. His early years were spent on Vashon Island, where he attended Columbia Grade School and later graduated from Vashon High School.

After high school, he drove trucks on Vashon for Lande Dairy until he went to work at Associated Ship Builders on Harbor Island, earning 90 cents per hour.

Roy attended the Norwegian Danish Church (Central Methodist) at Boren and Stewart in Seattle with his parents, and it was there he met Virginia Freeman. They were married in October of 1946, and they spent the next 67 years together, raising their family and enjoying God’s many blessings.

There are three themes that have run through his life. First, there was his personal faith in his Savior Jesus Christ, which he loved to communicate through singing and the way he lived his life.

Second was his commitment to immediate and extended family. Oh, how he loved each and every one of them. And third was the profession he chose to pursue. Roy worked tirelessly in the building trade for 45 years. For 42 of those years he ran his own business, Roy Sundberg Construction, in West Seattle.

Roy is survived by his loving wife Virginia, “Ginny,” Sundberg of Oak Harbor; son Gary Sundberg (Kerry Heavey) of Bend, Ore.; son Terry Sundberg (Kathy Olund) of Winlock, Wash.; and daughter Merrie Burley (Mark Burley) of Coupeville. He enjoyed every one of his seven grandchildren and their spouses, his nine great-grandchildren and his large extended family.

Roy was buried at Sunnyside Cemetery in Coupeville, and a memorial service was held at First Reformed Church in Oak Harbor on Monday, March 31, 2014. His family is so grateful for his loving care at The Regency on Whidbey (assisted living facility) and the exceptional terminal care given at the med/surg unit of Whidbey General Hospital. Arrangements were made through Burley Funeral Chapel of Oak Harbor.