[1][2] He is also a retired major general in the United States Air Force.

[3] He served 9th district in the Washington House of Representatives from 1957 to 1973 as a Republican.

[6] His wife, Jean died less than a year later, on January 15, 2015.

[7] They survived by her son Robert, her daughter Jill, their six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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