HISTORY
History of the WCFS by Dick Tilbury
Bainbridge Island Fruit Club (BIFC) – affiliated September 2014
North Olympic Fruit Club (NOFC)
Olympic Orchard Society (OOS)
Peninsula (Kitsap) Fruit Club (PFC)
Seattle Tree Fruit Society (STFS)
Snohomish County Fruit Society (SCFS) – affiliated March 2012
South Sound Fruit Society (SSFS)
Tahoma Chapter (TC)
Vashon Island Fruit Club (VIFC)
HONORS
Life Members (name, chapter, the year given lifetime membership)
(See table below for Life Members sorted by year.)
Sorted by Last Name:
LAST |
FIRST |
CHAPTER |
YEAR |
| Anstis | John | 1986 | |
| Battey | Dave & Kathy | Seattle | 1981 |
| Boggess | George L. | Peninsula | 1992 |
| Brakken | Lori | STFS | 2016 |
| Cordes | Lowell | SSFS | 2022 |
| Davis | Bill & Mary | Seattle | 1985 |
| Donaldson | Paul | Seattle | 1984 |
| Falkenbury | Marlene | Seattle | 1985 |
| Gehrke | Jerry | Vashon | 2024 |
| Jessen | Leonard | Tahoma | 1993 |
| Jones | Ed | Tahoma | |
| Knudson | Lyle | NOFC | 1986 |
| Leaf | Christina | NOFC | 1986 |
| Leaf | Dalbert | 1986 | |
| Leland | Emory | 1986 | |
| Lewis | Ed | 1986 | |
| Lowery | Muriel | Peninsula | 1989 |
| Lyon | Walter | 1986 | |
| Norton | Robert | Vashon | 1980 |
| Parker | Frieda | NOFC | 1980 |
| Parker | John | 1986 | |
| Parkman | Charles | Olympic | 1983 |
| Pate | Maxine | NOFC | 1986 |
| Ritson | Francesca | SSFS | 2023 |
| Schaevitz | Ron | Piper | 1984 |
| Schut | Norm | At Large | 1983 |
| Sestrap | Betsy | Vashon | 1980 |
| Shannon | Michael | Peninsula | 1989 |
| Simpson | Erik & Del | Olympic | 2002 |
| Stewart | Judi | NOFC | 2019 |
| Thornton | Tom | At Large | 1980 |
| Tilbury | Dick & Marilyn | Seattle | 1983 |
| Troughton | Evelyn | Seattle | 1988 |
| Vallen | Orel | Seattle | 1987 |
| Vanderhoek | Paul | Seattle | 1990 |
| Vause | Steve | OOS | 2022 |
| Williams | Jean | PFC | 2020 |
| Williams | Brian | SSFS | 2023 |
| Zeppa | Joe & Merilinn | Seattle | 1986 |
| Zuelow | Helen L | At Large | 1982 |
Sorted by Year:
| YEAR | LAST | FIRST | CHAPTER |
| 2024 | Gehrke | Jerry | VIFC |
| 2023 | Ritson | Fran | SSFS |
| 2023 | Williams | Brian | SSFS |
| 2022 | Cordes | Lowell | SSFS |
| 2022 | Vause | Steve | OOS |
| 2020 | Williams | Jean | PFC |
| 2019 | Stewart | Judi | NOFC |
| 2016 | Brakken | Lori | STFS |
| 2002 | Simpson | Erik & Del | Olympic |
| 1993 | Jessen | Leonard | Tahoma |
| 1992 | Boggess | George L. | Peninsula |
| 1990 | Vanderhoek | Paul | Seattle |
| 1989 | Lowery | Muriel | Peninsula |
| 1989 | Shannon | Michael | Peninsula |
| 1988 | Troughton | Evelyn | Seattle |
| 1987 | Vallen | Orel | Seattle |
| 1986 | Anstis | John | |
| 1986 | Knudson | Lyle | NOFC |
| 1986 | Leaf | Christina | NOFC |
| 1986 | Leaf | Dalbert | |
| 1986 | Leland | Emory | |
| 1986 | Lewis | Ed | |
| 1986 | Lyon | Walter | |
| 1986 | Parker | John | |
| 1986 | Pate | Maxine | NOFC |
| 1986 | Zeppa | Joe & Merilinn | Seattle |
| 1985 | Davis | Bill & Mary | Seattle |
| 1985 | Falkenbury | Marlene | Seattle |
| 1984 | Donaldson | Paul | Seattle |
| 1984 | Schaevitz | Ron | Piper |
| 1983 | Parkman | Charles | Olympic |
| 1983 | Schut | Norm | At Large |
| 1983 | Tilbury | Dick & Marilyn | Seattle |
| 1982 | Zuelow | Helen L | At Large |
| 1981 | Battey | Dave & Kathy | Seattle |
| 1980 | Norton | Robert | Vashon |
| 1980 | Parker | Frieda | NOFC |
| 1980 | Sestrap | Betsy | Vashon |
| 1980 | Thornton | Tom | At Large |
| Jones | Ed | Tahoma |