Pioneers

Born and raised in Sequim to Neva Cays Wheeler and Bill Wheeler, Bonnie is a third-generation pioneer. She has always been proud of her heritage and is very honored to be selected as a Grand Pioneer. She grew up with her two brothers and 16 Cays cousins with reasons to gather often for birthdays, picnics…

Rodger says he’s happy to be in Sequim where his parents moved in 1944 and he’s remained most of his life. He was born in November 1940 in Port Angeles and prior to Sequim, his family was living in the Ozette Hoko area; his mother’s family were early homesteaders at Lake Ozette before there was…

Judy was born in Sequim in the hospital west of the 101 Diner.  She has lived here all her life, except in the 80’s for 7 years in Anchorage AK.  Sequim has always been special, as well as the Irrigation Festival.  From an early age, 5th grade and up her class built several floats with…

Dick was born in Port Angeles in 1937.  He was raised in Forks Washington and graduated from Forks High school in 1957.  Dick moved to Renton and went to work at Boeing. Dick met Crystal Shaughnessy and they were married in October of 1959.  Crystal was raised in Sequim and graduated in 1958 from Sequim…

Emily was born and raised in Tacoma WA. She lived and taught school in Olympia WA for 11 years.  She then moved to Sequim in September of 1979 because she became the Vice Principal at Port Angeles High School. It was a pretty big adjustment moving to a small isolated area from a busy capital city.…

Dave’s parents, Dame and Shirley (Cays) Cameron, were dairy farming next to the Dungeness River at the end of Hendrickson Rd when he was born.  His cousin Nancy Hutt owns part of the property now.  His family moved to California during my school years, returning in 1968.  His father managed Blue Ribbon farm out near…