Funeral services for Carl (Butch) T. Cedarholm, age 78, of Yuma (formerly of Issaquah), will be held 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at Flintoft’s Issaquah Funeral Home.
Carl Cedarholm
Burial will follow at Lower Hillside Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Issaquah Fraternal Order of Eagles, 175 Front St. N.
Butch was born at home on Dec. 2, 1937, in Issaquah, when the town was only 400 people, the son of Carl and Lucille Cedarholm. He was raised in Issaquah, where he graduated from Issaquah High School in 1956. He retired from his job as fire chief of Fire District 10 (now Eastside Fire & Rescue) in 1985.
He was a member of the Issaquah and Yuma Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars men’s auxiliary in Yuma. In his leisure time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, friends and family. He and his wife Sally moved to Westport in 1999 to enjoy the salmon, tuna and halibut fishing until he couldn’t fish any longer. They moved to Yuma in 2012.
Butch would help anyone who asked. If a person needed help, he would never say no.
Butch is survived by his loving wife Sally; son Jeff Hjelm, of Elk, Wash.; stepchildren Randy Davis (Amanda), of Issaquah, Theresa Gress, of Snoqualmie, Cheryl Hubbard, of Sarasota, Florida, Lori Hauff, of Issaquah, and Dennis J. Croston (Denise), of Renton; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and sisters Joyce Ellis and Marlene Rounds.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1987, wife Sharon in 1984, his mother in 2000 and sister Dolores (Dolly) McQuade.
If you wish to make a charitable contribution, please make it to the charity of your choice.
A gathering for friends and family will be held in Yuma and Westport, with dates to be determined.
Friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.flintofts.com.