A memorial service will be

held on Vashon Island at the

Vashon Presbyterian Church

for Lee Coulter on Saturday,

April 12th at 1:00. A reception

will follow at the Vashon Island

Golf and Country Club.

Lee Coulter died peacefully

on March 29, 2008 in Seattle.

He was born in Olathe, Kansas

on July 25, 1923. During WWII

he was stationed with the Navy

in the Puget Sound on a top

secret project. It was here that he met his wife Maribeth. After

his discharge, he graduated from Northwestern University Law

School in Evanston, IL in 1949. He returned to Seattle to work

for the Hartford Ins., Co. He later was the attorney for the Assoc.

of Washington Ind. in Olympia. It was there that he wrote

the AWI digests during the legislative sessions. It was a document

legislators used almost exclusively. He also had a private

law practice in Seattle during that time.

He resigned as AWI’s general counsel in 1967 to become

vice president and general counsel for the General Telephone

Co. of the Northwest and Alaska, now Verizon. After retiring, he

became a country lawyer on Vashon Island. He even served

as a district court judge. He was a member of the Washington

State Bar for over 50 years. Law was his passion. He always said

“if you enjoy what you are doing, life is easy”.

In his last 2 years, he’s been lovingly taken care of by his

caregiver, Dee Weedin.

Lee is survived by his three children; Beth VandenBrink, Kay

Coulter and Warren Coulter. He has three grandchildren; Kevin

VandenBrink, A.J. Pisano and Mary Pisano, and three great

grandchildren; Katie, Ryan, and Zachary VandenBrink. Two

of his grandchildren preceded him in death; Brent and Jill

VandenBrink. Lee has also one remaining brother, Glenn, who

resides in Topeka, Kansas.

Contributions should be made in his memory

and Brent and Jill’s to:

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION – OREGON CHAPTER

9320 BARBUR BLVD. SUITE 210

PORTLAND OREGON 97219

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