We are on for our October meeting this coming Tuesday, October 12th, at the VFW post 2995 in Redmond (4430 148th Ave NE, Redmond). The formal meeting starts at 7 PM, but we will open at 6 PM for social time. The VFW restaurant will be open for good pub food.
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| VFW Post 2995 |
We can’t wait to see everyone again.
Cold War Submariner, Holland Club and Seattle Base Member Tim Timothy Paul Floersch departed on Eternal Patrol on August 28, 2021.
Tim was born on February 8, 1944. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1965 and qualified in submarines aboard USS Redfish (AGSS-395) in 1966. He was a ETR-2(SS) when he left the service in 1970. He made a career with Korry Electronics in Seattle as a Quality Engineer.
Tim was an active member of the USSVI – Seattle Base and USS Thresher Chapter of the Silent Service Motorcycle Club (SSMC), acting as their Base Secretary. He was also active in the Lynnwood Hero’s Café Veteran’s Group and the Lynnwood Elks (FOE). Tim is survived by two daughters and five grandchildren.
Arrangements are being made through the Neptune Society of Lynnwood and Lynnwood Elks for an internment at Tahoma National Cemetery at a date to be announced later.
Shipmate, Rest your oar.
We want to remind you that the next Seattle Base USSVI meeting is planned for Tuesday, August 10th at the VFW Post #2995 in Redmond (4330 148th Ave NE, Redmond WA 98052). Social time starts at 6:30 and the business meeting starts at 7.
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| A nice snapshot from a previous meeting |
We will discuss a schedule for the rest of the year as well as events we wish to pursue and, best of all, get to see each other again.
We will not have food or beverages served in the hall, but you may order from the bar topside. You are required to wear a mask at the bar when ordering items and not seated. Anyone not vaccinated to should wear a mask at all times. Many of us will be wearing one to prevent the spread of virus variants.
We hope to see you there.
Greetings shipmates,
We are happy to announce that the next Seattle Base meeting is planned for Tuesday, August 10, 2021. We will meet at VFW Post #2995 (4330 148th Ave N.E., Redmond WA 98052) in the large hall. Social time starts at 6:30 PM with business meeting at 7 PM.
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| Redmond VFW Post 2995 |
The executive board met June 24th and voted on the August meeting date to be held at the regular place in Redmond. We are hoping for a big turnout where we can discuss a schedule for the coming year as well as events we wish to pursue and, best of all, get to see each other again.
We hope to see you there. Please feel free to contact the base officers with any questions.
There are two memorial services are planned for Paul Christofferson.
The first is a more formal memorial service at Tahoma National Cemetery. It is scheduled for Thursday, July 22 at 12:30 PM. Please arrive 15 minutes early. Tahoma National Cemetery's address is 18600 SE 240th Street Kent, WA 98042-4868.
The second memorial will be at AMVETS Post 1 on Saturday July 24, 2021 at 11:00 AM. This event is less formal and more of a social gathering with music, finger food, no official ceremony. Paul's memorabilia will be on display and there will be time to share stories. The AMVETS Post address is 5717 S. Tyler Street Tacoma, WA, 98409.
Both services are open to all and everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend to honor and remember Paul.
World War II veteran, Holland Club, and Bremerton Base member, Paul Algot Christofferson cast off his lines from the pier of life and sailed off on his final and Eternal Patrol on June 2, 2021.
Paul qualified in submarines aboard the USS Raton (SS-270) in 1944, completing 3 war patrols and earning a combat patrol pin. He was a MOMM3(SS) when he left the Navy in 1946.
Paul was active in SVWWII through it's dissolution, serving as Lockwood Chapter President, and also was a District Commander in USSVI. Paul was always a regular at the Auburn Veterans Day Parade and Seattle Base Tolling Ceremony.
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| Paul speaking at a Seattle Base Tolling Ceremony |
Sailor, Rest your oar.
As restrictions on gatherings are being lifted and we remember our fallen shipmates on Memorial Day, we wanted to pass along some information about ceremonies in the Seattle area.
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| Memorial Day flags at Tahoma National Cemetery |
Tahoma National Cemetery will be open for visitors during Memorial Day Weekend, but will not be holding a public ceremony for Memorial Day 2021. They will post pictures of the wreath laying next week.
The Avenue of Flags and individual gravesite flags will be on display during the weekend. There will be staff available on site and additional public restrooms during the weekend.
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| Garden of Remembrance in Seattle |
The ceremony will beheld at Benaroya Hall’s Garden of Remembrance on Monday, May 31, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.
This annual event is held in honor of Washington State Service members who fell in service to their country since Memorial Day of the prior year. The names of the fallen are engraved on the granite walls of the Garden of Remembrance.
