John Duane Applegate

John Duane Applegate

John Duane Applegate, a resident of Snohomish, WA tragically passed away at the age of 73 on March 30, 2011 while traveling through Utah.
John was born in Syracuse, NY on January 15, 1938 the son of Charles Foster and Arabelle Bernice (Bloser) Applegate. John graduated from Fayetteville High School where he played trumpet in the high school band. Following high school, he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and then earned a Master's degree at the University of New Mexico while working for Sandia Labs in Electrical Engineering as well. His career afforded him many opportunities, and his employers included Texas Instruments, as a program manager of multiple defense programs, as an executive with Paradyne, American Magnetics and RF Monolithics as President and CEO. Later in his career he served as a senior consultant with Scitor, IPTN and as an Associate Technical Fellow with Boeing Commercial Airplanes Group, with whom he retired in 2010.
He was an avid and active enthusiast of photography, motorcycling, boating, flying, camping, exploring ghost towns and mining railroads in the western United States. He met his wife and daughter in Indonesia while working at IPTN (Indonesian Aerospace) as an expat working abroad.
John is survived by his loving wife, Lia Applegate; and was a devoted father of four children, son, Paul, of Detroit, MI, son, Philip (Trish) of Manassas, VA, son, Scott (Sara) of Sterling, VA and daughter, Riska, in WA; he has four grandchildren, Jack, Georgia, Kara and Preston. He is also survived by two younger brothers, William (Lois) and Jim (Mary Jane) Applegate.
Friends and colleagues are encouraged to join the family for a memorial service at 12 noon, Sunday, April 17, 2011. The service will be held in the Life Celebration Center at Purdy & Walters Funeral Home, 409 Filbert Rd. Lynnwood, WA, 98036.