Doyle R. "Papa" PEACE 

Doyle R. "Papa" Peace was born in LaFayette, Georgia in the year of 
1927 to his parents, Ivan and Bonnie Peace. The "Depression" was going 
strong during that time period, but the people who entered life during 
this piece of history were stronger than the circumstances surrounding 
them. It bred a capable and compassionate man, one who lived and loved 
with all of his heart. He could appreciate the small things in life (like 
eating boiled potatoes with his mother in the back yard on a hot 
Georgia day) or the more complicated (like the detailed processes of his 
chosen career in Aerospace). But if there was one thing in life we could 
say he was devoted to above all else, that was his beautiful wife of 56 
years Gladys Jesselyn Reed Peace, who unfortunately preceded him in 
death back in August of 2003. Their love will live forever as an example in 
our hearts. His life read like a fantastic adventure story, from 
enlisting in the Army during WWII (personally delivering messages for 
Eisenhower to Russia and capturing singlehandedly two SS Officers who later 
were executed at Nuremburg), to his extensive travels to South America 
and Europe for the Boeing Company. He leaves behind a son Richard Dean 
Peace and daughter-in-law Judith Peace, a daughter Susan McGilvrey and 
son-in-law Robert McGilvrey, grandchildren Kimberly McGilvrey-Black, 
Rachel McGilvrey, and Daniel McGilvrey, a sister Debbie Lundgren and 
brother-in-law Carl Lundgren with their three sons Matthew, Jeremy, and 
Steven, and a brother Ray Peace and sister-in-law Donna Peace. A Memorial 
Service will be held on Thursday, July 7th at Bonney-Watson Washington 
Memorial Funeral Home at 6:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may 
be made to Holt International Children's Services at P.O. Box 2880, 
Eugene, OR 97402, a charity he strongly believed in and also the charity 
that his grandchildren were adopted from. 

Published in print on 7/6/2005.
Seattle Times