Terry N. Buckridge July 27, 1928 - March 8, 2017
Terry N. Buckridge was born July 27, 1928 in Hamilton, MT to Freda (Haverlandt) and Harvey N. Buckridge. Terry's life ended 88 years later at his home in Marysville, WA on March 8, 2017. Terry's early life was spent in Montana and Alaska, attending 7 different schools on the way to graduating from high school in Hot Springs, MT in 1946. After a three year enlistment in the Army Air Force, he used his GI bill to attend college. He earned a B.S. in zoology from the College of Idaho (Caldwell), a M.S. degree in fisheries and a Secondary Teaching Certificate from the University of Washington. In 1958, after two years teaching Biology at Kennewick High School, the family -- Terry, Marilyn, and five children -- made their home in Everett, WA, where Terry joined the faculty of Everett Junior (Community) College as an Instructor. His classes were demanding, preparing students for moving on to the university. His enthusiasm for "real biology" was shared on field trips -- including those to Stanley Park Aquarium to see living fish, to Leavenworth to view spring flowers, to Neah Bay for seashore creatures at low tide. After 25 years of teaching zoology, botany, and biology, he retired in 1983. Having remarried in 1972, Terry and Phyllis made their home in Marysville. He was very involved in yard, garden, and remodel projects. In place of a 'garage', he developed a well-equipped wood shop where he spent many hours making sawdust, with the by-products of many very nice furniture pieces. Out-of-home activities of Terry and Phyllis included sailboating in the Larus -- local races, gunk holing in Puget Sound and Canadian waters north, with a fling around Vancouver Island; Alaskan campering in the Pacific NW and up the Alcan to Alaska; building a cabin on a ridge near Republic with associated duties of fencing, logging, brush burning, deer hunting, bird watching, etc.; to Australia -- at Cairns, Alice Springs, Perth flight followed by a renal camper-van trip around the Southwest corner of the continent; and all of the other camping, hiking, skiing, canoeing, and social activities. Life was good. Thanks to all of the friends who helped make it so. Now end the adventures of Terry and Phyllis. To those of you who knew him well, his parting words are "Give them Hell!" Terry is survived by his wife, Phyllis, who has been his companion and best friend for 44 years; his children, Lisa (Rich) Street, Sara Fandel, Kurt (Mai) Buckridge, Amy (Joe) Neal; and seven grandchildren, all residing in the South Puget Sound area; stepchildren, John, Rich, and Julie Prentice of Marysville; cousins, Marylou (George) Glasser and Margaret Mason, both of Hamilton, MT; Robert Lindsey, of Oregon; Barbara Falk of Kelso, WA. Preceding him in death were his sister, Fayette Dohm; and his son, Robert Eric Buckridge. Placement into the Buckridge family plot in Victor, MT will occur later in the spring.
