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First Name:
Dennis
Last Name:
Stitzer
Type: Light Keeper
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Middle Initial:
E.
Born:
1942
Died:
2011
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Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
at least 1970
Year Departed:
at least 1971
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Sep 14, 2023
Dennis E. Stitzer, 68 of Poulsbo, died Sunday June 26, 2011 at the Hospice Care Center in Bremerton. Dennis was born Nov. 2, 1942 in Seattle to Frank and Kathleen (Helvick) Stitzer. He graduated from North Kitsap H.S. and attended Grays Harbor and Olympic College. He married the former Lana Valentine Oct. 13, 1993 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Dennis served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1961 to 1981. He retired as a Chief Boatswain's Mate where he ran lifeboats, search and rescue and law enforcement. He received the Coast Guard Medal, Vietnam Service Medal w/3 Bronze Stars and many more. His duty stations included the West Coast, Vietnam and Lake Tahoe which was his favorite.
Dennis was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Poulsbo, WA.
Survived by his wife Lana of Poulsbo, son, Paul of Oregon, daughters, Cherie (Doug) Krocker of Sequim, Renee Hattan of Issaquah, Denise Harris of Belgrade, MT, stepdaughters, Julie (Dave) Pearsall and Terry (Steve) Saenz of Port Orchard, brother, Randy Stitzer, sister, Jackie Brockman, 15 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Inurnment was at Sunset Lane Memorial Park in Port Orchard