Wesley Richard Andreasen

Wesley Richard Andreasen

Wesley Richard Andreasen of Snoqulamie passed away on the 22 April 2013 at the Swedish Hospital in Issaquah after a long illness. He was born on 21 May 1936 in Logan, Utah to Richard Peter and Bessie Vernie Reese Andreasen.He moved to the Northwest with his parents and younger brother when he was 12 years old. Wes lived in Suquamish and Kingston before moving to Port Gamble, Washington where his father found work at the Pope & Talbot Mill. Wesley graduated from North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo in 1954 and joined the Marine Corp in 1955. He was honorably discharged in January 1958 and soon after went to work for The Boeing Company. On 11 August 1962 he married a former high school classmate Juanita Musser and they moved to the Snoqualmie Valley. They lived in Snoqualmie and raised five children.

Wesley retired from The Boeing Company in 1995. He and his wife bought a motorhome and traveled south for the winter for a number of years until he became ill and could no longer travel. Wesley was preceded in death by his parents and younger brother Roy, and nephew Kevin. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Juanita, and children, Marget Andreasen of Kent, Richard Andreasen of Kent, Peter Andreasen of Snoqualmie, Louise Andreasen of Snoqulamie and Beth Bermudez (Pedro) of Renton, and four grandchildren David Williams, Chad Andreasen, Heather Andreasen, and Shane (Andreasen) Rhodes. Interment was in the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Washington. 778290