Walter E. Pace died Sept. 2, 2011, at the age of 80.

He was born April 2, 1931, in Hendersonville, N.C. He was a Navy veteran and worked as a licensed practical nurse.

He is survived by wife Donna M. Pace; sons Don Pace of Lakewood and Greg Pace of Tacoma; daughters Pam Smith and Belinda Cooper, both of Enumclaw, and Cheri Wood of Graham, Wash.

A service took place at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at The Summit Church in Enumclaw, with the Rev. Gary Benfield officiating. Burial was a Tahoma National Cemetery.

Marlatt’s Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.