Wallace “Wally” Taylor

Wally was born April 2, 1916 in Anacortes and died in Bothell January 4, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Ethyle; two sons, David and Steve; three grandchildren, Amy, Joshua and Sarah; and six great-grandchildren. Wally started his career as a boatbuilder at the Lake Washington shipyards and built commercial fishing boats including the construction of the Kalakala and his own 32’ pleasure boat “The 4 T’s” on which he and his family spent many great vacations. Later as a building contractor he built many homes and buildings in Kirkland and around the eastside. He and Ethyle spent 69 wonderful years together and lived in Houghton for nearly 60 of them. He ended his career building canneries in AlaskaA memorial service is planned for later in the spring.