Kenneth Wayne Kreps

Ken was born in Dallas, Texas, on March 8, 1934, to Hubert and Vivian Kreps and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. While still a child he became a proud member of the Buck Rogers Rocket Rangers and kept his membership card his whole life.

He graduated from Edison High School in 1952 where he had been active in the band, playing the trombone, and was able to attend Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas, on a music scholarship. He graduated in 1956 with a Bachelor of Music degree.

Following college, he was drafted and auditioned for the Air Force Band. He served in the United States Air Force from 1956 - 1964. For those 8 years he played in the Air Force Band and performed all over the country as well as being posted in Okinawa for 1 1/2 years. He was honorably discharged from his base in Chicago.

His whole life Ken loved Jazz and he and Linda often went to Port Townsend for their live jazz concerts. His favorite artists included jazz greats Stan Kenton, Kenny Rankin, Clayton Hamilton, the Four Freshmen, Rob McConnell, Jiggs Whigham, and Diana Krall. He converted Linda and she knew just who to use for the music here today. Although he was a professional player, he did not maintain his career as a trombonist.

His next adventure was in the field of sales. He sold ironing board covers in Fresno, CA, and then worked in computer programming and sales with hospitals in Oregon which was much more impressive.

He met Linda Sinclair while being a medical computer sales representative at McKinsey Willamette in Oregon although he was based in Seattle. They married in 1983 on October 29 and this year they would have been married 43 years.

He retired from computer sales and service and read an ad in the newspaper that a local radio personality was offering a class in voiceovers. He signed up and this led to his third career. He voiced documentaries and was able to perform in some films, tv, and commercials. He was the minister in the wedding in The Office and was in the comedy One-Nine-Hundred. He also wrote some scripts and recorded radio broadcasts.

His fourth career was teaching acting in Seattle for about 4 years. He always had full classes and encouraged his students to pursue their dreams whether locally or in LA.

Friends of Ken treasured his humor and love of history and perhaps his obsession with Mr. Spock. He liked to thoroughly investigate whatever he was interested in. He was known to be very picky about his preferred television watching. Gunsmoke was a daily watch. He thought Matt Dillon reached perfection in his role. He was also very generous to family as well as to other charities with his donations.

Ken is survived by his wife, Linda; his stepson Rob Sinclair and wife Tanya; and his step grandson Philip Sinclair and his wife Katie.

Ken passed away on September 30, 2026, at Valley Medical Center in Renton, WA and will be laid to rest at Tahoma National Cemetery.