Self-described "father of three daughters, master of none," passed away peacefully in his beloved Skagit Valley, Washington. He was to Ian David and Isabella Shields Hutchison, who had emigrated from Haddington, Scotland, in 1912.
After graduation from Mount Vernon High School and Skagit Valley College, he joined the Army Air Corps and entered World War II. He trained in Deming, New Mexico, and Sioux City, Iowa, to become a B-17 Bombardier and was stationed in England as part of the Eighth Air Force.
He was shot down three times, crash landing first in England, then into the English Channel, and finally, parachuting out of a crippled B-17, landing near Vreden, Germany, where he was captured and held as a POW at Stalag Luft One at Barth, Germany, for 14 months.
After his liberation, he returned home to marry his long time sweetheart Margaret Ann "Peggy" Woodland of Seattle and Warm Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison celebrated their 62nd Anniversary on August 11, 2007.
Mr. Hutchison was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Isabella Mary and her husband, Harold Banks; and his brothers, Ian David and Alistair Shields Hutchison.
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison maintained homes in Kirkland and at Warm Beach, Washington. Mr. Hutchison was a partner in Lakeside Hardware Company in Kirkland with his brother, Al. Later he was employed at Pacific-Marine Hardware, Kolstrand Supply, and Fisheries Supply Company in Seattle. Later, he became a factory representative for Woolsey Marine Paints and Jim Buoy for the West Coast.
For three decades he served as a volunteer in the Kirkland Fire Department, serving as lieutenant and battalion chief. He was a member of the Carousel Club, the VFW, the American Legion, American Ex-POW's, and St. John's Episcopal Church.
For the last twenty years, the Hutchisons have lived in the family home at Warm Beach where he enjoyed boating, fishing and crabbing. Photos of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison from 1945 and 2005 were used to illustrate the covers of the book, Vanishing Voices: Stanwood Camano Remembers World War Two After Sixty Years.
"Grampa Jim" will be remembered for his keen wit, his sense of humor, his generosity and his love of his family. Family services will be held at the Mount Vernon Cemetery with burial in the Hutchison Family plot.
A gathering for friends and family will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, November 4, 2007,at the Hutchison family home at Warm Beach.
Arrangements are under the care of Kern Funeral Home of Mount Vernon.
Published in The Herald (Everett) on October 31, 2007
After graduation from Mount Vernon High School and Skagit Valley College, he joined the Army Air Corps and entered World War II. He trained in Deming, New Mexico, and Sioux City, Iowa, to become a B-17 Bombardier and was stationed in England as part of the Eighth Air Force.
He was shot down three times, crash landing first in England, then into the English Channel, and finally, parachuting out of a crippled B-17, landing near Vreden, Germany, where he was captured and held as a POW at Stalag Luft One at Barth, Germany, for 14 months.
After his liberation, he returned home to marry his long time sweetheart Margaret Ann "Peggy" Woodland of Seattle and Warm Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison celebrated their 62nd Anniversary on August 11, 2007.
Mr. Hutchison was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Isabella Mary and her husband, Harold Banks; and his brothers, Ian David and Alistair Shields Hutchison.
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison maintained homes in Kirkland and at Warm Beach, Washington. Mr. Hutchison was a partner in Lakeside Hardware Company in Kirkland with his brother, Al. Later he was employed at Pacific-Marine Hardware, Kolstrand Supply, and Fisheries Supply Company in Seattle. Later, he became a factory representative for Woolsey Marine Paints and Jim Buoy for the West Coast.
For three decades he served as a volunteer in the Kirkland Fire Department, serving as lieutenant and battalion chief. He was a member of the Carousel Club, the VFW, the American Legion, American Ex-POW's, and St. John's Episcopal Church.
For the last twenty years, the Hutchisons have lived in the family home at Warm Beach where he enjoyed boating, fishing and crabbing. Photos of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison from 1945 and 2005 were used to illustrate the covers of the book, Vanishing Voices: Stanwood Camano Remembers World War Two After Sixty Years.
"Grampa Jim" will be remembered for his keen wit, his sense of humor, his generosity and his love of his family. Family services will be held at the Mount Vernon Cemetery with burial in the Hutchison Family plot.
A gathering for friends and family will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, November 4, 2007,at the Hutchison family home at Warm Beach.
Arrangements are under the care of Kern Funeral Home of Mount Vernon.
Published in The Herald (Everett) on October 31, 2007
Self-described "father of three daughters, master of none," passed away peacefully in his beloved Skagit Valley, Washington. He was to Ian David and Isabella Shields Hutchison, who had emigrated from Haddington, Scotland, in 1912.
After graduation from Mount Vernon High School and Skagit Valley College, he joined the Army Air Corps and entered World War II. He trained in Deming, New Mexico, and Sioux City, Iowa, to become a B-17 Bombardier and was stationed in England as part of the Eighth Air Force.
He was shot down three times, crash landing first in England, then into the English Channel, and finally, parachuting out of a crippled B-17, landing near Vreden, Germany, where he was captured and held as a POW at Stalag Luft One at Barth, Germany, for 14 months.
After his liberation, he returned home to marry his long time sweetheart Margaret Ann "Peggy" Woodland of Seattle and Warm Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison celebrated their 62nd Anniversary on August 11, 2007.
Mr. Hutchison was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Isabella Mary and her husband, Harold Banks; and his brothers, Ian David and Alistair Shields Hutchison.
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison maintained homes in Kirkland and at Warm Beach, Washington. Mr. Hutchison was a partner in Lakeside Hardware Company in Kirkland with his brother, Al. Later he was employed at Pacific-Marine Hardware, Kolstrand Supply, and Fisheries Supply Company in Seattle. Later, he became a factory representative for Woolsey Marine Paints and Jim Buoy for the West Coast.
For three decades he served as a volunteer in the Kirkland Fire Department, serving as lieutenant and battalion chief. He was a member of the Carousel Club, the VFW, the American Legion, American Ex-POW's, and St. John's Episcopal Church.
For the last twenty years, the Hutchisons have lived in the family home at Warm Beach where he enjoyed boating, fishing and crabbing. Photos of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison from 1945 and 2005 were used to illustrate the covers of the book, Vanishing Voices: Stanwood Camano Remembers World War Two After Sixty Years.
"Grampa Jim" will be remembered for his keen wit, his sense of humor, his generosity and his love of his family. Family services will be held at the Mount Vernon Cemetery with burial in the Hutchison Family plot.
A gathering for friends and family will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, November 4, 2007,at the Hutchison family home at Warm Beach.
Arrangements are under the care of Kern Funeral Home of Mount Vernon.
Published in The Herald (Everett) on October 31, 2007
After graduation from Mount Vernon High School and Skagit Valley College, he joined the Army Air Corps and entered World War II. He trained in Deming, New Mexico, and Sioux City, Iowa, to become a B-17 Bombardier and was stationed in England as part of the Eighth Air Force.
He was shot down three times, crash landing first in England, then into the English Channel, and finally, parachuting out of a crippled B-17, landing near Vreden, Germany, where he was captured and held as a POW at Stalag Luft One at Barth, Germany, for 14 months.
After his liberation, he returned home to marry his long time sweetheart Margaret Ann "Peggy" Woodland of Seattle and Warm Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison celebrated their 62nd Anniversary on August 11, 2007.
Mr. Hutchison was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Isabella Mary and her husband, Harold Banks; and his brothers, Ian David and Alistair Shields Hutchison.
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison maintained homes in Kirkland and at Warm Beach, Washington. Mr. Hutchison was a partner in Lakeside Hardware Company in Kirkland with his brother, Al. Later he was employed at Pacific-Marine Hardware, Kolstrand Supply, and Fisheries Supply Company in Seattle. Later, he became a factory representative for Woolsey Marine Paints and Jim Buoy for the West Coast.
For three decades he served as a volunteer in the Kirkland Fire Department, serving as lieutenant and battalion chief. He was a member of the Carousel Club, the VFW, the American Legion, American Ex-POW's, and St. John's Episcopal Church.
For the last twenty years, the Hutchisons have lived in the family home at Warm Beach where he enjoyed boating, fishing and crabbing. Photos of Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison from 1945 and 2005 were used to illustrate the covers of the book, Vanishing Voices: Stanwood Camano Remembers World War Two After Sixty Years.
"Grampa Jim" will be remembered for his keen wit, his sense of humor, his generosity and his love of his family. Family services will be held at the Mount Vernon Cemetery with burial in the Hutchison Family plot.
A gathering for friends and family will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, November 4, 2007,at the Hutchison family home at Warm Beach.
Arrangements are under the care of Kern Funeral Home of Mount Vernon.
Published in The Herald (Everett) on October 31, 2007
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