On Sunday June 5 2005, Myles M. Mustoe Senior, a long time resident of the Wenatchee Valley passed away in Riverside Washington. Myles was born May 3rd, 1928 in Seattle, Washington. From his family's early mining claims around Mt St. Helens to a rich heritage from England Myles grew up around the influence of a Northwest pioneering family which spanned both sides of the mountains.

He spent his early years in the Seattle area attending Warren Avenue grade school and finally graduating from Queen Anne High School (The Grizzly's) in 1946. He was a history and math major and played football, set records in track, and was active in school clubs. An avid outdoors enthusiast who loved to fish and hunt, even in high school he stated his ambition was to "spend two 6 month vacations a year hunting in Canada!" As a young man he hiked, fished and hunted throughout the Cascades and Eastern Washington. He loved to tell stories of hunting some of the early Hungarian Partridge (Chukar) releases in the state. "Back in those days," as he put it, "everyone was wondering who all those armed guards were down around Beverly and Hanford. They sure wern't guarding the chukars and the rattlesnakes!"

After high school he worked for a series of companies, the Seattle Gas Works and Sweden Freezer. Post war Seattle.was a "golden, happy time" for young people in America. Myles and his hunting buddies would hang out at Ben Paris' on friday, and hike, hunt and fish in the Cascades on the weekend. Finally at the advise of his friend Chuck Crouch he went to work for Crouch's Ornamental Iron Company of Seattle. Then, in 1950, his draft number came up. As a result of his iron work experience he became an expert welder and entered the Army with the 519th Ordinance HAM (Heavy Automotive Maintenance) company as a blacksmith. He was quickly promoted to Sergeant and received the Army Occupation Medal for serving in post WWII Europe. A part of his army experience took him to Kaiserslautern, Germany where he met his wife, Renate (Mueller) an emigrant from East Prussia. Myles and Renate married in 1953 in Seattle, Washington.

In East Wenatchee, he still could not get away from transportation issues, keeping up with the highway debate as well as keeping up with local politics and the business economics of running an orchard. But none of these hobbies got in the way of good fishing and he was a frequent visitor to the Pot Holes and other lakes in the region. Myles was committed to his faith. He was member of the New Life Church of God of East Wenatchee. He supported his family in both prayer and with the generosity of a good heart.

Myles was a man who tried hard through life to be productive. He loved and provided for his family and for 47 years he stayed true to the vow he made with his wife, until death did them part in the year 2000. While he was a top notch professional in his world of business, on opening day he always knew the best lakes that would produce the big ones for his boys. He left his children with the opportunity to think freely and find a productive life.

We will miss you dad. We will miss you grandpa. See you later.

Myles is survived by his three children, David Mustoe of East Wenatchee; John Mustoe and wife Amber of Brewster and M. Mustoe and wife Kathy of La Grande, Oregon.

His grandchildren include: Margaret (Mustoe) Fitzgerald, Timothy Mustoe, Charles and Kevin Mustoe; and great-grandchildren Mickee and Vincent (Fitzgerald). Other surviving relatives include his sister-in-law, Ellen Mustoe of Brier; brother-in-law Manfred Mueller of Malvern, PA; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Renate; his parents, Ralph and Cora Mustoe; a brother, John Mustoe; and two sisters, Margaret Green and Dorothy Krappes.

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