Wayne William Lovejoy

Wayne grew up for a few years in Wisconsin before the family settled in the Portland, OR area. In 1950, Wayne joined the United States Navy, and served during the Korean War. Soon after his honorable discharge in 1953, he moved to Washington where he later started his career as at Boeing as a plater, where he chrome and nickel plated parts for the airplanes. He worked at Boeing for nearly 40 years before his retirement in 1993. He was a proud member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers for the past 45 years. In 1980, Wayne married Nancy Norling Smith, and they enjoyed their 35 year marriage together.

Wayne was always very active with his life. He enjoyed serving his community with several organizations, including the Renton Eagles, Enumclaw Moose, Burien Elks and serving as a Scout Leader. He also loved being active outdoors, whether golfing, fishing, playing softball, birdwatching, photography, or hiking and camping on numerous trips into the wilderness. He was an avid gardener, and also raised beautiful vegetable gardens and made the best pickles in the area. Wayne was also an avid woodworker, and his family has many displays of his handiwork to enjoy for years to come. He also enjoyed rock hounding and later doing the lapidary work on his precious finds. During Wayne’s later years of his life, he loved spending time with Nancy traveling the United States in his RV, and most recently, took up geocaching and exploring the world through GPS adventures. He was well loved, and will be missed by many.

Wayne was preceded in death by a sister Shirly Blankenship and his son Eugene Lovejoy. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Lovejoy of Auburn; his son Dwayne Lovejoy of Bonney Lake; his daughters Lori Clarke of Tacoma and Nancy Ellis of Auburn; his step-children Ramona Fritz of Ellensburg, Katherine Kastning of Ellensburg and Linda Maw of Auburn; his half-brother David Wasson of North Pole, AK; his sisters Helen Foster of Woodland and Retta Christine Hunt of McMinville, OR; 12 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

The memorial service for Wayne Lovejoy will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 11:00 am at Price-Helton Funeral Home in Auburn. Inurnment will eventually be in the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, WA. Please visit the online memorial and sign the guestbook at www.price-heltonfuneralhome.com.