Berlyn Lewis Wible

Preceded in death by son, David; Grandson, Trevor (Diane); Great Granddaughter, Bailey; and brother Vernon Whitworth Wible (Bonnie Hudson, deceased).

Surviving family members are his wife Eleanor Wible, his three children: Gary Wible (Kaia), Sharon Helm (Larry) and Dan Wible (Lealyn); nine grandchildren: Stacy DeBruyn (Doug), Matt Stabbert (Jhoan), Josh Stabbert, Katrina Kope, Christine Jesse, Eric Wible (Rani), Jacob Wible, Kylee Fortygin (Kirill); Scott Wible (Brooke) and nine great grandchildren Savannah DeBruyn, Kyle DeBruyn, Julia Stabbert, Avery Stabbert, Nathan Stabbert, Elise Jesse, Belle Fortygin, Sophie Fortygin and a yet to be born on December 20.

Berlyn Graduated from High School in June 1943 and immediately joined the Navy as a 17 year old. He was assigned to the V-12 officer training program and attended University of Southern California and then the University of Washington. He served on Submarine Chaser PC794 out of Bremerton, Washington. He was stationed in Seattle and met his wife Eleanor at a picnic for Christian Service Members at Woodland Park Zoo; they were married on January 26, 1946 and shared over 77 years together.

He graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering in 1947. Later in life he returned to Seattle University and received a civil engineering degree. He worked his entire career at Boeing and retired in 1987. As he had a top secret clearance not much was ever said about his work life but he ended his career working on the Pegasus Hydrofoil and traveled to Hong Kong and several European countries on this project.

He hiked and snowshoed in the Washington mountains until his 85th birthday and was able to fix or build just about anything. His hobbies included building a HO gauge train set running through the mountains of the northwest, model ship building, scuba diving, watching old westerns, reading every Louis L’Amour book and unofficial custom home construction inspection by walking around the neighborhood and questioning all the builders. He taught his oldest son, Gary, to recognize every car on the road before he was 5 years old. The cars he owned included a 1941 Plymouth, 1953 Ford, 1960 Ford 1972 Ford LTD, 1975 Mercury, 1972 Buick, several more Fords and a Lincoln LS. There were many family road trips, mainly to Chanute, Kansas where the goal of the trip was to beat his previous driving time. His lifelong passion was studying the bible and spreading the gospel.

He will be interred at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park and a memorial service will be held January 20, 2024 at 11:00AM at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 16508 - 8th Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA.

In Lieu of Flowers, donations can be made to Tabernacle Baptist Church in Shoreline or Camp Gilead 30919 NE Carnation Farm Rd, Carnation WA 98014: