Wallace Nelson Bergeron

Wally was born in Long Beach, CA and moved to Washington in 1932. His family settled in the Kirkland area in 1935. He went to Kirkland High School where he met his high school sweetheart, Vivian James. They married at Holy Family Church-Kirkland and shared 63 years of marriage before Vivian's death in 2009.

He began his career working for Eastside Chevrolet (Lee Johnson) and Poier Motors in Snohomish. In 1964, he became co-owner of Juanita Camper-Trailer Supply. After his retirement, Wally & Viv moved from the family home to a downtown Kirkland condo in 1986 where they made several life-long friends. Wally's favorite outside interest was the fire department. In 1959, he joined King County District #41 as a volunteer fireman and went on to become Deputy Chief and later held an elected position as Fire Commissioner for 8 years. He is survived by his brother, Gary (Barbara); and his 7 children: Connie (Steve) of Houston, James (Gail) of Chelan, Wayne (Tania) of Bellevue, Paul (Jean) of Kirkland, Mary (Randy) of Kirkland, Janet (Kevin) of Kirkland and Philip (Sherri) of Phoenix; plus 20 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

The family extends its thanks to his loving caregivers at the Shumway Mansion Adult Family Home.