Gordon M. Boyes died Feb. 7, 2004, at his home on Vashon. He was 78 years old.

He was born April 19, 1925.

Mr. Boyes also was known as “Zeke,” “Zannonie,” and “John Lodigiany.”

In his lifetime he led a multitude of lives.

Mr. Boyes was born in Spokane, Wash., on a farm in Hillyard. His family relocated to Tacoma where he attended Lower Elementary, Mason Middle school and Stadium High school.

After graduating Zeke joined the Army where he was a youth counselor at the end of World War II. He then joined the Merchant Marines and was in Korea during the war but saw no action.

He then played football and attended the University of Alaska, College of Puget Sound, Washington C.P.S., and in Chico, California.

While in California he met his best friend Dan Guerrero, had an apartment in San Francisco on Haight Ashbury during the peak of the hippie movement where he met Janice Joplin and had a great time.

Zeke was a roomer, never staying in one place too long.

His first real job was at Bethlehem Steel, but he also worked as a bellhop, utility worker, youth counselor, postman, Kaiser, ran a bingo hall and gave lectures, just to name a few.

It was once said that Zeke had over 160 jobs in his life time.

In 1972 Zeke moved to Vashon where he continued the American Free Lutheran Church and started a youth camp in Cove.

In the 1980s he returned to Spokane, where he cared for his ailing mother until she died.

In 1986 Zeke returned to Vashon and lived in the cabin at the entrance of KVI Beach. He then bought some property on Maury Island and again continued the American Free Lutheran Church.

His passion was rock ’n’ roll, women, and to have a good time leading life as he saw fit at that moment with no regrets.

He had seen the Rolling Stones on their first tour of the United States, the Beatles, and he’d been to Woodstock.

Zeke died with no regrets and no pain.

Zeke leaves behind his dog, Alex, who was his ever his faithful companion and many close friends who he deemed family, including Carol and Tom Kruse and family, Ed Troughton, Victoria Zander and family, Jim and Joyce Hunzicker, Audry and BJ Jones and family, Jim and Eydie Large and family, Drex and Diane Adkison and family, Matthew DelFavre and Fran Martini, Janell and Vern Neumiller and Sue Poggensee just to name a few.

There was a private service and celebration of his life at the Eagles Club.