Ray (Pete) Palmer was born in Snoqualmie, WA in 1936 and grew up in Carnation.

He attended Tolt High School and graduated in 1954. He worked in the woods and was a meat cutter with Safeway before joining the Seattle Fire Department in 1961. He retired as Lieutenant in 1984. The rest of his life he went traveling by trailer and cruise ships and enjoyed raising cattle and chickens on the small farm where he was raised.

He is survived by his wife, Roberta, two children, Ray (Rip) Palmer and Debra Mock and three grandchildren.

A service of “Celebration of Life” will be held on Friday, July 24, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Tolt-McDonald Park in Carnation, WA.