Obituary: Kenneth (Ken) Duane Shattuck, Goldendale
Kenneth (Ken) Duane Shattuck
Kenneth (Ken) Duane Shattuck passed away at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington on April 20, 2023, from heart failure.
He was born the middle child of H.P. and Jean (White) Shattuck in The Dalles, Oregon on January 6, 1945. His older brother Joe, and later younger brother Nolan rounded out the Shattuck family that called Roosevelt, Washington home. He attended school in Roosevelt until the family moved to Goldendale, Washington in 1955 where he finished his schooling. He was always known to say he was “a one county boomer” as he never moved from the county of his childhood.
On March 16, 1963 he married Karen Gibson and they enjoyed 60 years of marriage together, including raising two children: Darren and Kim. The couple first met when Ken, at age 10, moved into the neighborhood where Karen lived in Goldendale. They shared many childhood memories of playing hide and seek, kick the can, and annie annie over as well as going to movies with the neighborhood group. Here’s a funny story: every weekend while dating they went to the movies. After they married, Karen suggested they should see a movie that was playing. His response was, “I hate movies.”
Who knew!
Ken worked in construction until 1968 when Klickitat PUD hired him as a lineman. The apprenticeship consisted of courses through Columbia Basin Community College which he attended on weekends. The next 30 years were spent working for Klickitat PUD, retiring in 1998 with a full retirement. Afterward, to stay busy, he spent five years as greenskeeper and superintendent of the Goldendale Golf Club.
He had many hobbies over the years, but fishing was always a part of his life. He had planned to go salmon fishing with his son Darren during the spring Chinook run this May, an annual tradition. Another trip was planned to Chinook, Washington to again, to salmon fish at the mouth of the Columbia River, and the Pacific Ocean. He also enjoyed golf; meeting his buddies on men’s day on Thursdays. Camping and traveling were enjoyed by the whole family with international trips to Canada, Mexico, and Jamaica and domestic trips stateside to Hawaii, and many other states.
He was a member of Jaycees, the Goldendale Golf Club, and The American Legion #116. He had served as president of both the Jaycees and the golf club.
In Ken’s younger years, he enjoyed bareback riding, motorbike riding, scuba diving, and hunting, but later it was fishing and golf.
He was preceded in death by his parents H.P. (Toppy) Shattuck, stepmother Mary Lou (Charlie) Shattuck, mother Jean Miller, and brother Nolan Shattuck.
He is survived by his wife Karen Shattuck, son Darren Shattuck (Tiffany Osborne), daughter Kim Walton (Richard), grandchildren Kaylon Drury (John), Sadie Shattuck, Nicholle Eshelman (Thomas), and Dillon Shattuck, and four great-grandsons Jay, Rhett, Trey, and Brooks, with a new great-grandson, expected this September.
There will be a celebration of life on June 24, 2023, at 1:00 PM at the American Legion in Goldendale with food provided by the American Legion Auxiliary.
Arrangements under the direction of Columbia Hills Memorial Chapel • 300 W. Broadway, Goldendale, Washington (509) 772-2636 ~ www.GardnerFH.com.
