Morris Peter Anslow

Morris P. Anslow, 101, of Wenatchee and formerly of Bremerton and Port Orchard, died Oct. 5, 2015 after two years with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born Nov. 26, 1913, in Port Orchard to Emeda and Byrd Anslow. He attended grade school in Port Orchard, Seattle and Bremerton, and graduated from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard in 1932. He graduated from Polytechnical College of Engineering in Oakland, Calif., in 1935. He worked for four years as an installer for the telephone central office of Western Electric in California, Nevada and Oregon. In 1941, he began work at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton as a draftsman, working up to engineer and retiring in 1972 as a supervisory electrical engineer. In 1943, he married Cecelia Beym and they had a daughter, Dolores Anne, in 1953. Cecelia died in 1958. Morris married Ruth Clark in 1964. They lived in Bremerton and in Mesa, Ariz., until moving to Wenatchee in 1994. Ruth died in 2009. Morris married Lucille Dauenhauer in 2010 and they made their home at Columbia Heights retirement apartments until he moved to Highgate assisted living in January of 2014. Morris had been a member of the Knights of Columbus and St. Joseph's parish, and had been active at the Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center. Survivors include his wife, Lucille; his daughter and son-in-law, Dee and Dave Riggs of Wenatchee; his granddaughter, Anna Lewis of East Wenatchee; a stepson, Stephen Clark of Naperville, Ill.; and three step-grandchildren, Jenna Dodson of Naperville, Peter Clark of Olde Lyme, Conn., and Marydith Schrader of Houston, Texas. He was preceded in death by a grandson, J.D. Riggs; a sister, Helen Givens; and a brother, Harold Anslow. The family wishes to thank the staff at Highgate’s memory care for their excellent care of Morris. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Wenatchee at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12. Memorials may be made to KC Help at St. Joseph's parish, 625 S. Elliott Ave.; or to the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society, 1474 S. Wenatchee Ave. Please express your thoughts and memories on the online guest book at jonesjonesbetts.comArrangements are by Jones & Jones-Betts Funeral Home, Wenatchee.

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Morris Peter Anslow

November 26, 1913 - October 5, 2015