MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: June 15, 2021
Helen Louise Wick
Passed peacefully on June 12th, 2021 at The Gardens of Marysville, Wa., less than eight weeks after the death of her husband, Carl. They were married for more than seventy-four years.
Helen was born to Florence M. (nee Dickert) and Charles O. Getgen on October 1st, 1925 in Williamsport, PA. She grew up in the town of Williamston, near Lansing, Michigan. There, she met her future husband, journeyed with him and supported him over the next seven decades. She was principally a homemaker, raising five children, sometimes alone while her husband served in Korea and during later work relocations. She was also someone who had a multitude of intense interests and a great desire to serve her community. Over the years, she was a Cub Scout leader and volunteered with a children’s clothing charity. She was a long-time volunteer with the National Archives and thoroughly researched her own family’s genealogy (she traced her family
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 27, 2021
Carl Wick
Carl Richard Wick, 95, passed away peacefully in the presence of family in Edmonds, WA on April 18, 2021.
Carl was born December 11th, 1925 in Minneapolis, MN to Christian and Signe Wick. After graduation from high school, he enlisted in a US Navy program structured to produce naval aviators. Carl was awarded Navy Wings and became a reserve officer and a seaplane patrol pilot, flying Martin “Mariner” PBM-5s. His first duty assignments after flight school included the U.S. base at Coco Solo, Panama, in the then U.S. Canal Zone. After his initial tour, he was released to the inactive reserves, but was soon recalled to fly war-time patrols off Korea. He had two wartime tours flying with Squadron VP-731. He was awarded the Navy Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary airmanship during this period. After release fromactive duty in 1953, he earned a degree in mechanical engineering which led to work at McDonnell