Paul Phillip Cronauer

July 19, 1949 - August 16, 2012

Paul died on August 16, 2012, in Port Angeles of cancer.

Paul was born on July 19, 1949, to Robert E. Cronauer and Evelyn Ruth Woods in Port Angeles.

Paul was married to Sarah Baxter Cronauer on February 14, 2004, in Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

He graduated from Western Washington University. His profession included construction and commercial real estate development. Paul was passionate about sailing and improving the community in which he lived.

Paul is survived by wife Sarah Baxter Cronauer; son Christopher (Tess) Cronauer; daughters Angela (Mark) Craig and Jillian (Ben Gauen) Cronauer; half-sister Marilyn (Larry) Radcliffe; sister-in-law Mary E. Baxter and son John Baxter; mother-in-law Mary K. White and father-in-law John Baxter; and grandchildren Austin and Bret Craig, and Gunner and Christopher Junior Cronauer.

Paul was preceded in death by father Robert Cronauer and mother Evelyn Cronauer.

"A gone shipmate, like any other man, is gone forever; and I never met one of them again. But at times the spring-flood of memory sets with force up the dark River of the Nine Bends.

"Then on the waters of the forlorn stream drifts a ship — manned by a crew of Shades. They pass and make a sign, in a shadowy hail. Haven't we, together and upon the immortal sea, wrung out a meaning from our sinful lives?

"Goodbye, brothers! You were a good crowd. As good a crowd as ever fisted with wild cries the beating canvas of a heavy foresail; or tossing aloft, invisible in the night, gave back yell for yell to a westerly gale." — Joseph Conrad

A memorial service and reception will be held at The Landing mall, 115 East Railroad Avenue, Port Angeles, on Saturday, September 1, 2012, at 11 a.m.

Memorial contributions can be made to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, 540 East Eighth Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362, www.vhocc.org.