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A M Gillespie death 1997 Skagit Co, Washington.
Addison W Gillespie death 1992 King Co, Washington
Adeline E Gillespie death 1985 Thurston Co, Washington
Agnes Gillespie death 1934 Spokane, Washingto
Agness Gillespie died 1918 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Alan J Gillespie died 2008 Pierce Co, Washington
Albert Gillespie death 1916 Seattle, Washington
Albert Gillespie death 1936 Longview, Cowlitz, Washington
Albert Gillespie death 1937 Spangle, Spokane, Washington
Albert Bert Gillespie death 1940 Rural Wenechee, Chelan, Washington
Alexander Gillespie death 1943 Spokane, Washington
Alexander Stuart Gillespie death 1909 Spokane, Washington
Alfred M Gillespie death 1999 Yakima Co, Washington
Alice E Gillespie death 1998 King Co, Washington
Alice R Gillespie death 1991 King Co, Washington
Alma B Gillespie death 1993 Clark Co, Washington
Alma M Gillespie death 1980 King Co, Washington
Ambrose Gillespie death 1951 Seattle, King Co, Washington
America A Gillespie death 1951 Millwood, Spokane, Washington
Andrew Gillespie death 1924 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Ann Gillespie death 1988 Snohomish Co, Washington
Anna M Gillespie death 1976 Island Co, Washington
Anna M Gillespie death 2003 Kitsap Co, Washington
Anna Grace Gillespie death 1954 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Anna May Bernice Gillespie death 1928 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Anne L Gillespie death 1986 King Co, Washington
Anne M Gillespie death 1991 King Co, Washington
Annemarie M Gillespie death 1989 King Co, Washington
Anthony S Gillespie death 2007 Klicita Co, Washington
Arthur Elmo Gillespie death 1957 Moses Lake, Grant, Washington
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Barbara J Gillespie, death 2004 Grant Co, Washington
Barbara L Gillespie death 1970 Spokane Co, Washington
Barbara R Gillespie death 2000 Clark Co, Washington
Beatrice Gillespie death 1911 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Belle Gillespie death 1968 Pierce Co, Washington
Benjamin Bernard Gillespie death 1950 Spokane, Washington
Bennie L Gillespie death 2001 Pierce Co, Washington
Bert R Gillespie death 1978 King Co, Washington
Bertha A Gillespie death 1992 Kisap Co, Washington
Bessie E Gillespie death 1984 Spokane Co, Washington
Bettie Gillespie death 1925 Spokane, Washington
Blaine A Gillespie death 1973 Blaine Co, Washington
Blanche A Gillespie death 1994 Clark Co, Washington
Bobbie L Gillespie death 2010 Benton Co, Washington
Booker T Gillespie death 1983 Pierce Co, Washingto
Bruce Elias Gillespie death 1922 Everett, Snohomish Co, Washington
Bruce Leroy Gillespie death 1945 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Burrell T Gillespie death 1920 Everett, Snohomish Co, Washington
Burr Gillespie death 1920 Malaga, Chelan, Washington
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Carl B Gillespie death 1975 Island Co, Washington
Carol Gillespie death 2001 Pierce Co, Washington
Caroline Gillespie death 1926 Pullman, Whitman, Washington
Caroline C Gillespie death 1936 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Carolyn R Gillespie death 2003 Benton Co, Washington
Catherine Gillespie death 1954 Spokane, Washington
Catherine A Gillespie death 1937 Sedro Woolley, Skagit, Washington
Cathleen Mary Gillespie death 1921 Spokane, Washington
Charles Gillespie death 1918 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Charles Gillespie death 1921 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Charles D Gillespie death 1907 Lind, Adams, Washington
Charles D Gillespie death 2008 King Co, Washington
Charles E Gillespie death 2002 King Co, Washington
Charles R Gillespie death 1995 King Co, Washington
Charles John Gillespie death 1942 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Charles R Gillespie death 1998 King Co, Washington
Charles W Gillespie death 1942 Snoqualmie Falls, King Co, Washington
Charles Wipple Gillespie death 1950 Spokane, Washington
Charlie A Gillespie death 1965 Grant Co, Washington
Clara Gillespie death 2000 King Co, Washington
Clarence Lester Gillespie death 1958 Centralia, Lewis, Washington
Clarence R Gillespie death 2004 King Co, Washington
Clarice L Gillespie death 1997 Yakima Co, Washington
Clarice Mazie Gillespie death 1955 Spokane, Washington
Claud Duncan Gillespie death 1948 Seattle, King Co, Washington
Claud C Gillespie death 1976 King Co, Washington
Claud L Gillespie death 1970 Spokane Co, Washington
Claudia M Gillespie death 1992 Snohomish Co, Washington
Cleta R Gillespie death 1994 Okanogan Co, Washington
Clifford J Gillespie death 1996 Callam Co, Washington
Clifton W Gillespie death 1983 Benton Co, Washington
Clyde James Gillespie, Jr. was born February 12, 1940 to parents Clyde John Gillespie, Sr. and Cleo Jeanette Gillespie in Lenore, Idaho. As a young boy he loved hunting and fishing, working with his dad in the hay fields, the old-fashioned way, all by hand. His favorite toys were ones he made with his own hands out of wood and corn silks – pretending it was hay. An interesting tidbit about the Gillespie family is that all their initials were CJG. He went to schools in Lenore, Ahsahka, and Orofino, Idaho where he graduated from high school in 1959.
He worked in the lumber industry as a young man. The work was hard, but he loved the smell and feel of wood. He married a local farmer’s daughter, Nila N. Skaggs on June 27, 1959, one month after graduating from high school and they later had two children. He attended a part of a year at the University of Idaho in Moscow Idaho, and they then bought eight acres above Ahsahka and raised sheep and grew a huge garden while Nila canned everything he grew. He later received an Engineering Certificate from Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho.
Clyde and Nila moved from Idaho in 1972 to Washington State – first to Sumner, Washington, then to Puyallup, Washington. He worked for the Washington State Forest Service as a surveyor and later took a wide variety of jobs. He fell in love with dahlias and has became an expert on growing them. They won him many blue ribbons at the Washington State Fair over the years and he loved sharing tubers with friends and family. They say you can never take the farmer out of the man, and that was so very true with Clyde. His yard and garden kept him outside all year long, either getting it ready to plant, or tending to beautiful flowers and lovely vegetables that he so enjoyed sharing. He loved going to church and enjoyed serving as Head Usher, where he was totally dedicated to this ministry.
He was preceded in death by their son, Alonzo Clyde Gillespie (Al) in 2012, a sister Charlotte Jeanette Choate in 2013, his father in 1998 and his mother in 2017.
He leaves behind his wife Nila of 60 years, one daughter Lauri Lianne Anderson and her husband Gerald (Jerry) Anderson, and one grandchild, Jacob Lee Burnett. He also leaves behind one sister Carolyn Joan Turner and husband Dale Turner. He has many nephews and nieces. A memorial service was held Nov. 10, 2019 at Sound Life Church in Tacoma, WA. Published in Clearwater Tribute, Idaho
Constance L Gillespie death 1987 Washington State.
Cora A Gillespie death 1938 Seattle, Washington
Cora S Gillespie death 2001 King Co, Washington
Cora Maria Gillespie death 2007 Thurston Co, Washington
Cynthia K Gillespie death 1993 King Co, Washingto
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Dale J Gillespie death 1999 King County, Washington
Darrel M Gillespie death 2001 Skagit Co, Washington
David Gillespie death 1996 Washington
David Gillespie death 1955 Seattle, Washington
David B Gillespie death 1993 Snohomish Co, Washington
David J Gillespie death 1968 Washington
David Wayne Gillespie death 1959 Seattle, Washington
Delia Irene Gillespie death 1929 Sequim, Clallam, Washington
Della Gillespie death 1949 Spokane, Washington
Della L Gillespie death 1960 Seattle, Washington
Delma E Gillespie death 1969 Watcom Co, Washington
Denise L Gillespie death 2000 Skagit Co, Washington
Donald B Gillespie death 1967 King Co, Washington
Donald D Gillespie death 2010 Grant Co, Washington
Donald I Gillespie death 1958 Walla Walla, Washington
Donald L Gillespie death 1980 King Co, Washington
Donald R Gillespie death 1992 Cowlitz Co, Washington
Donald S Gillespie death 2004 Snohomish Co, Washington
Doris J Gillespie death 2007 King Co, Washington
Dorothy Gillespie death 1952 Rural, Island Co, Washington
Drucilla Gillespie death 1924 Blaine, Whatcom Washington
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Earl A Gillespie death 1966 Spokane Co, Washington
Earl E Gillespie death 1968 Clallam Co, Washington
Earl John Gillespie death 1958 Spokane, Washington
Edeltraud E Gillespie death 2010 Pierce Co, Washington
Edith B Gillespie death 1987 Clallam Co, Washington
Edith M Gillespie death 2010 King Co, Washington
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