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Irving F Priest
1931 - 2011
Irving F Priest
1931 - 2011
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BORN
1931
DIED
2011
Irving Priest Obituary
Resident of Puyallup, WA
Born in 1931 in Colorado, Irving came to Oakland, CA in 1936 and later
moved to Redwood City, California. Irving attended McKinley School and
Sequoia High School in Redwood City, graduating in 1948. He married Virginia Hill in 1951. Irving served as a Redwood City police officer until 1978 and had a successful tax preparation business until
his retirement in 2008. He and Virginia moved to Puyallup, WA in 2009.
He died peacefully on July 1, 2011 of mesothelioma.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia and four children: Janet Freeman of Redwood City, Mike Priest of Puyallup, WA, Leslie Parks of Grants Pass,OR and Kelley Emanuelson of Puyallup, WA. He also is survived by seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
His final resting place will be at Skylawn Memorial Park in San Mateo.
Arrangements under the direction of Powers Funeral Home, Puyallup, WA.
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