Rodney Raymond Cottingham

Rodney Raymond Cottingham

Rodney R. Cottingham passed away on July 21, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on March 10, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois. He also resided in Helena, Montana, and Portland, Oregon before moving to Seattle, Washington in 1937. He graduated from Ballard High School in 1944 and then served in the Army Air Corps. When World War II ended Rod returned home and met and married Dolores Wallace on July 20, 1947.
Rod graduated from Seattle University in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He began his career in commercial construction and worked in Construction Management for several firms, including Cawdrey & Vemo, Aldrich & Hedman, and Aldrich & Associates. Rod retired in 1994 after several years in Facilities Management at the Boeing Company.
Favorite pastimes for Rod included camping, travelling and dancing with family and friends. He was a member of the Dancing Vigilantes and Checkerboard Squares square dance clubs, as well as the Dance-a-Round and Dancing Shadows round dance clubs.
Rod was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Helen Cottingham.
He will be missed by his loving wife, Dolores; daughters, Nancy (Terry) Hummel, Cheri Burlin, Sally (Oisteen) Boge and Kim (Norman) Kligerman; eleven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ken (Diane) Cottingham and Wayne (Marilyn) Cottingham; and sister, Donna (Jerry) Fish.
A memorial service celebrating the life of Rod Cottingham will be held at 4:00 p.m., Monday, August 9, 2010, the South County Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave. in Edmonds, Washington. Private family interment will be on August 10, at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Washington.