Wallace Orton Stottlemyer

Wallace Orton Stottlemyer, age 88, died Monday, July 8, 2002 at Martha & Mary Health Care Center in Poulsbo. Wallace was born to Franklin Hiram and Daisye Maureen (Wallace) Stottlemyer on March 1, 1914 in Los Angeles, California.

His family move to Poulsbo the next year and Wallace grew up there, graduating from North Kitsap High School in 1932. He established an egg distributorship and operated that for many years before opting to join Operating Engineers Union - Local 302. Wallace also established one of the earliest U-Cut Christmas Tree Farms in North Kitsap. He married Ellen Aichevich in Bremerton on July 3, 1936. Together, they raised their two children, Kathy and Frank.

Wallace loved his family and enjoyed travelling in his later years to visit them in various areas of the United States. He also enjoyed collecting glass insulators.

The family suggests that memorials be made in Wallace's name to Martha and Mary Lutheran Services, PO Box 127, Poulsbo, WA 98370