John Hallett of Bothell, Washington was born at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington to Orval and Jane Hallett on December 8, 1945. He grew up and attended school in the Broadview School District in Seattle graduating from Ingraham High School in 1964. Following high school he enlisted in the US Navy and served as Chaplain's Assistant aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (cva 31) during the Vietnam War. John serviced his country honorably from 1964 to 1966 and received an honorable discharge. After his time in the Navy he went to work for the Boeing Company on the SST program. He was introduced to his wife Colleen by mutual friends and they married on March 21, 1970. Shortly after his marriage he moved on to Mobile Electrical Distributors in Seattle where he was Manager and Vice President of the company for 37 years before retiring in 2007. John was a member of the Puget Sound Yacht Club where he served as Commodore in 1981. John had an amazing talent working with wood which gave him great joy. He was a master Scale Ship Modeler, building models from scratch. He would spend a major portion of the year working on gifts for Christmas for the family and remodeled his home twice. Besides modeling and creative crafts, he loved traveling, gardening, backpacking and volunteering his services where needed, particularly at St. Brendan's Catholic Church. John battled mightily for 16 years against his coronary disease, always bouncing back and bragging about surviving his2 bypass surgeries and 23 stents. John's passion and joy for life was extraordinary. He fought so hard the last few weeks of his life here on earth to remain with us, but God decided it was time for him to come home. John is survived by his wife of 50 years, Colleen residing in the family home in Bothell, his daughter Tanya, of Covington, two grandchildren, Nicholas and Jordan of Snohomish and their father Scott Sandhoff, and John's brother Gordon Hallett of Kalispell, Montana. He Is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews. He was an inspiration to all that knew him.
Services will be held at St. Brendans Catholic Church Wednesday July 28th, 2021 at 11am.
Reception to follow at the Knights of Columbus hall on the Bothell Everett Highway
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