Kenneth Alexander Saucier
July 31, 1963 - July 20, 2004
Obituary
Kenneth A. Saucier, of Kent, Washington, died July 21, 2004. He was 40. He was born in Los Angeles, California on July 1963 and lived on various Navy bases throughout his childhood, including at least six years in Hawaii. He graduated from Olympic High School in Silverdale, Washington in 1981. A year later, Ken enlisted in the United States Army as a communications specialist, serving in Bad Kreuznach, Germany for two years. He married Suzanne M. Saucier on October 4, 1986.
Upon an Honorable Discharge, Ken was hired as a Police Officer for the Seattle Police Department on June 3, 1985. He worked in various patrol units, the Anti-Crime Team ACT Team, SWAT Team, and the Special Deployment Office. He was a firearms instructor at the Police Range before getting elected as President of the Seattle Police Guild.
In his younger years, Ken did a lot of hiking, camping, rock and mountain climbing. He was an avid reader and a good cook. Off duty, Ken greatly enjoyed playing and being with his family, motorcycling, computers Mech Warrior was his favorite game. Ken was very active in many organizations, especially the Wetleather Motorcycle Club, Blue Knights Motorcycle Club. Home was his favorite place.
During the early 1990’s, Ken started competitive shooting and became an expert shooter and national champion, winning the Top Gun Award two years in a row, while serving on the SWAT team. He was named on the President’s 100 List for Pistol and #1 on the Washington State Governor’s 20 List for Pistol, won a Sectional Championship Gold Medal, Indoor National Team Championship, and earned the Distinguished Gold Medal, just to name a very few of numerous regional and national winnings. He really enjoyed the trips with his best friends to various regional and national matches. He was very proud to be part of the team that won 2nd Place for the 2004 Washington State Team Pistol Match at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Ken is survived by his wife, Suzanne, daughters Rebecca, Regina, and Renee. He is also survived by his parents, Emma and Donald Saucier, of Silverdale, Washington; a brother Don Julian, of Chicago, Illinois; and a sister Kimberly, of Bainbridge Island, Washington; and a multitude of extended family and friends.
To Ken’s Family, Our thoughts and prayers are with you,and of course for Ken, during this profound loss.Ken was a cop of the highest integrity and his good nature and smile brought joy to all.You, Sue, and the girls will always be part of the family of SPD………….Jack and Virgie Meduna
Sure did enjoy the interaction with Ken in the Shooting Sports of Washington State especially at the National Championships at Camp Perry.
I always enjoyed shooting and visiting with Ken. A very personable guy who rarely had a harsh word and was always willing to give a hand. I enjoyed the spirt and passion he would show when talking about certain subjects and knew he cared about his fellow officers. To me, this is a sign of a Great Man. It is to bad he had to leave so soon. My deepest regrets and sympathy to all of his family and friends.
Sue, Becky, Gina, and Renee:
We are so sorry for your loss. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Michelle, Kenneth, Storm, Sera, Alia, and Jaedon Tucker
We send our prayers to your family. Ken was a good friend and he will be missed at all the bullseye pistol matches. His sense of humor always made us laugh. We hope and pray only the best for your family.
I had the pleasure of working with Ken in SPU/ERT as well as the Range. I fondly remember how he would often stun the new recruits with his marksmanship abilities. His quick wit and soft spoken approach will be remembered and I will miss hearing “Ken from Kent” on KVI radio. He was a treasure that will be missed by all who knew him.
I had the pleasure of working with Ken in SPU/ERT as well as the Range. I fondly remember how he would often stun the new recruits with his marksmanship abilities. His quick wit and soft spoken approach will be remembered and I will miss hearing “Ken from Kent” on KVI radio. He was a treasure that will be missed by all who knew him.
Frequenting the range a couple years before I retired from the U.S.Dept. of Justice, I came to know Ken and I am the better for having known him.
I meet Ken, when I took a Law, Society and Justice class at the University of Washington. Meeting him had a profound effect on our class, myself included. He was an incredible person, with a presence and sense of purpose that is rare. I wish you strength as you gather to remember the gift of his life and the teaching of his actions.
Ken,was one of those rare men that you could always call honorable among his other attributes.Hewas kind generous, caring and willing to help others. He did not hide the love he had for his family both in and out of the department. My love and sympathy to all his family as well as all to all his many friends he left behind.
Harriet Benjamin and the Bacon Bowl Board of Directors.
Sue, Becky, Gina, & Renee:
We’re so sad to hear about Kenny and want you to know that you are in our thoughts.
-Melinda, Tyler, & Mariel
Although I did not have the opportunity of meeting Ken, I know his folks, Don and Emma, wonderful, sweet people, and devoted parents who spoke proudly of their son. What a shocking and devastating loss to them, and to his wife and children. My thoughts and sympathy, as well as my husband’s, are with them. Our love, Julie and Jeff.
Our sincere sympathy to the family. We will all miss Ken very much. He was always a joy to be around.
I met Ken when I loaned my pistol to him with which he not only proceded to outshoot me in the leg match, and then the same thing happened in the next leg match which we shot, We both thought that was pretty funny. He had a great sense of humor.
Hank McCleary
Dear family,
I wanted to extend my sympathy. I did want to let you know something that gave me a chuckle while in Ohio. We were all eating lunch and I mentioned to Ken how cool it was that Gina was starting to shoot with us. He said that she was a very very smart girl but she had the luck to have inherited his sense of sarchastic humor. He said “heaven help the school system”. I hope the sadness goes fast and the happy memories come even faster. God Bless – Viki Hendrickson, Battle Ground, WA
Dear Family,
As I wrote on my card Ken was so good to me when my husband Gary, who worked at the range, would have a seizure and be taken to Harborview. Ken didn’t really know me, but he refused to go home until I did. He talked to me about all of you, he was so proud.
I would like to share with you girls something it took my adult children and I a while to learn. After Gary died we talked about him and our feelings and then as time passed we didn’t talk as much about how we were feeling. It finally came out that if one of us was having a bad day and called to talk and that person sounded happy we didn’t tell them that we were sad because we didn’t want to ruin the others happy day. Please know your Mom is always there to listen to you no matter how she feels. Talk to each other, friends are great, but they don’t know unless they have lost a parent how you feel. I was 31 when my Dad, who was a State Trooper died and it was years before I could talk about him without crying and I was a “grown up”. It’s okay to cry or be angry, just talk and love each other. Do that for me, okay.
Sincerely,
Margaret