Enumclaw resident Gilbert Landwehr died Sept. 3, 2012, at the age of 89.

He was born Jan. 2, 1923, in Sauk Rapids, Minn. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 and served on the USS Robinson in the Pacific until the end of World War II. He married Frances Miller of Verndale, Minn., in 1947. They lived in Seattle until moving to Enumclaw in 1973. He worked for The Boeing Company until his retirement in 1985. He loved his family, church, farming, woodworking and fishing with his sons in Alaska.

He is survived by sisters Rosa and Florence; children Joe Landwehr and wife Barbara of Enumclaw, Janet Kuhnle and husband Dick of Orting, Greg Landwehr and wife Cara of Enumclaw, Bob Landwehr and wife Tricia of Orting, Nadine Hunter of Murietta, Calif., Jim Landwehr of Duvall, Wash., and Barbara Harris and husband Bruce of Leavenworth, Wash.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Frances, on Oct. 2, 2008.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Enumclaw. Interment will be at Tahoma National Cemetery.

All may sign the guest book at www.weeksfuneralhomes.com.