In l980 Paul and Mary Gross built a beautiful house on Hood Canal and were active members of Shorehill Estates. Paul, along with other long-time Shorehill residents built the dock which is still used by all of us today and was instrumental in much of the building and maintaining of our community amenities. They loved growing a garden, entertaining, boating, crabbing and shrimping and Mary cooked the best fried Oysters on the Canal! They, like many other Shorehill families, taught their children to swim here on our beach. Memories made here on the Canal stay with our families for years. The family shared with me that just this past week one of the grand daughters brought her children here to play on the beach where she learned to swim with grandpa. The full obituary will be in Wednesday's Seattle Times. I could not paste it here in the blog but will forward a copy via email to those who may remember Paul and Mary. Paul was a Navy veteran and Mary a Marine. They served their county, their community and their family with pride and a dedication from the heart that I am honored to share this Memorial Day with all of you. They were special people and I feel very blessed to live in the house that Paul and Mary built. Services will be on Thursday at 9:30 am at Mt Tahoma Cemetery.Gayle
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Thank you so much for posting this! I'm the granddaughter who brought her kids to play on the beach on Saturday. They LOVED it and it brought back such amazing memories of spending my summers on Hood Canal. I was very pleased to see that it looked almost the same as it did 12 years ago when my grandparent moved away.
Thanks Gayle - we Gross kids appreciate the kind words about our mom and dad. They were fixtures on the hill for a number of years - Dad was always roaming around fixing stuff for everyone! My mom enjoyed the quiet, her roses and vegetables, and visiting with her neighbors. She also loved having the whole family over their for oyster BBQ on the beach. We all have fond memories of the place and the people - very special. There is a full obituary in the Seattle Times (Wed June 2). Thank you again.
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