Corie Lind Gunderson
October 15, 1926 - December 13, 2008
Obituary
Corie L. Gunderson
Oct. 15, 1926 – Dec 13, 2008 passed away peacefully in his Federal Way home after a full and contented life. Corie was preceded in death by Patti, his loving wife of 49 years. He is survived by his brothers: Donald, Kenneth and John along with his 6 children: Gary Melody, Kelly Julie, Jay, Marnie, Kerry & Scott as well as 10 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.
He is also survived by his lovely and devoted wife of 8 years, Lucile, and her extended family.
A retired engineer, Corie worked for the Boeing Co. for over 44 years.
Born in Bergen, Norway, his hobbies included boat building, sailing Puget Sound, traveling and in later years writing. As a published author he wrote two memoirs which included observations of his life experiences and growing up in Missoula Montana.
Corie was deeply loved by family and friends. His presence in all of our lives will be missed.
Services to be held at Steel Lake Presbyterian Church in Federal Way, WA. on Wed. Dec. 17, @ 10 AM. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to charities of choice.
dear marnie, do you remember me? sherry miller from school? we hung out together. sorry to read about your dad. i lost mine march 2008 to pancreatic cancer.we can both hope they are in a better place. you can email me if you want at sherrymccready@msn.com. i live back at my parents home. my mom moved out. anyway. take care sweety.
Thank you for your friendly smile and gracious personality. You will be missed.
Ed & Lorel Altizer
Corie was a caring and loving man, and it was my pleasure to get to know him. He will be missed.
Jim Graham
Dear Lucile, I was your dance teacher at FWay Senior Center. I am so glad to have known Corie. I read one of his books, which was excellent. What a delightful man. Love to you from Betty and Smitty McLain.
I knew Corie before he married Patti. In fact we lived in the same house near Genesee St. I am sorry to hear of his death. We had a lot of good memories together. Corie attended our 50th wedding anniversery celebration. Corie will be missed by his family.
Marnie, i lost my dad the same year. So sorry. Please email me to get together, we have a lot of catching up to do. I live in my parents old house now.
Love.
Sherry