Earl Thomas Myllykangas, 92, of Snohomish, WA passed away on July 16, 2012. Earl was born July 4, 1920 in Kingston, Minnesota to Jacob and Emma Myllykangas, He married Mildred (Millie) Anderson March 17, 1943. They were married 67 years. Earl was preceded in death by his wife Millie in 2011 and by his son Don Myllykangas in 1998.
Earl Served in WWII and worked on heavy equipment building many of the roads we drive on today. Earl retired in 1982 and started traveling. Earl was fascinated with trucks, travel trailers and anything with wheels. He was known to race the trains in his younger years! He and Millie loved to go to county fairs and spend hours looking at the farm equipment.
He leaves behind his daughter, Sandra (Gary) Dovre, granddaughter, Karie Dovre-Bennett (Brad) and grandsons, Scott Dovre, Kyle Myllykangas and Andy Myllykangas. He also leaves behind great grandsons Jacob (Lynnette) Bennett and Tyler Bennett and great, great granddaughters, Maggie Bennett and Makenzee Bennett.
The family would like to thank the caregivers at Merry Haven in Snohomish for Earls care.
A Graveside Service will be in the Rose Garden at 1:30pm Wednesday, July 25th at Floral Hills Cemetery, 409 Filbert Rd, Lynnwood, WA.
