Brother Daniel William Jones of Bellingham Wa. passed away on 11-21-03 of cancer. He was a Jry. Lineman and worked for Puget Sound Energy till they threw out all the line crews on 3-1-02. After that he worked for Potelco back on PSE property until his death. He was 46. His father is a retired Jry. lineman. His Grandfather died in the tools. He will be sorely missed. He leaves behind a wife , Patty , and 2 small children , Samantha and Gregory , 7 and 5 yrs. old.

 

    Brother Ronald Henry Mead of Bellingham Wa. passed away on 2-23-04 of Cancer. He was a Jry. Lineman and worked for Puget Sound Energy till they threw out all the line crews on 3-1-02. After that he worked for Potelco back on PSE property until his death. He was 57. He left behind a wife , Janet , his parents , a sister , 4 children and 7 grandchildren. He will be missed greatly.

 

    Brother Bruce Pearson  of Bellingham Wa. passed away on 3-17-04 suddenly of heart disease. He was a Jry. Lineman and worked for Puget Sound Energy till they threw out all the line crews on 3-1-02. After that he worked for Potelco back on PSE property until he was re-hired at PSE in February of 2003 and became a service lineman until his death. He was 50. He leaves behind a wife , Cheryl , 4 children and 3 grand children. He was a good man and will be missed.

   

 

    This is no shit. I worked with them all. Bruce since 1981. I was his grunt when he was an apprentice.  Dan and I were apprentices together. He was a year ahead of me. He started his apprenticeship in 86 and mine in 87. I worked with him since 91. Ron came to Bellingham around 95 and was a service lineman. He then was a line foreman and my foreman for some time. As a matter of fact , Dan and I were Ron's linemen sometimes. We all worked at the same show-up in Bellingham.

    I was fortunate enough to be able to stay as a service lineman at Bellingham. I used to see Dan , Bruce and Ron a lot when they were working for Potelco at the Bellingham show-up. PSE and Potelco share it now. Then Bruce was a co-worker again for the last year and a month. How sad it is....

 

 

                                                            Ted Royal , Jry Lineman , Local 77 Bellingham Wa.