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Memorial for Harry Victor Naon
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Born in Seattle, WA on Apr. 14, 1933
Departed on Jun. 14, 2010 and resided in Kent, WA.
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Monday, Jun. 28, 2010
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Private
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Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions.
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“No time on earth is long enough to share with those we love or to prepare our hearts for that last goodbye”. ~ Alaire Tennelle
Harry Victor Naon was born on the family homestead in Seacrest, near Burien, on April 14, 1933, to Harry Victor and Doris Adams Naon. His mother was an avid reader of dime store detective novels and fearing a switch of babies in the hospital insisted her children be born at home. He was joined by sister Geri a year and a half later.
Harry was raised in Seattle and had an unusual upbringing. His father was Jewish and trained to be a boxer. He became a professional gambler and owned an after-hours club in Chinatown called the 605 Club. His mother was Gentile, which was an uncommon marriage at that time, and was a homemaker and nurturer. She died of cancer when Harry was thirteen and Geri was eleven. Her passing devastated the family and the children lived with relatives for a time, until they were old enough to take care of themselves. When Harry was a boy he dreamed of being an astronomer – he loved anything to do with the planets, stars and universe.
Harry graduated from Cleveland High School in 1951 and rather than being drafted, he and several buddies enlisted in various branches of the service. Harry entered the Navy in August of 1951 and received basic training in Norman, Oklahoma. He was stationed at Naval Air Station in Kodiak, Alaska. Two years later he was sent to serve at Naval Air Station in El Centro, California, as a crash crew firefighter.
Upon his discharge from the Navy in August, 1955, Harry worked for his father in the after-hours club. In high school he had been a part-time messenger for the Western Union Telegraph Company and they subsequently rehired him full time in 1957. He continued to work there until the company went out of business due to the de-regulation of the telecommunications industry at which time he took retirement in 1985. He was employed five more years at R3 Architectural Supply and began full time retirement in 1990.
Harry and Sharon were married in Renton at The Salvation Army church on January 7, 1984. At that time they had just purchased their home in Kent and continued to reside there until his death on June 14, 2010.
Harry enjoyed music, movies, trips to Reno (his favorite saying when embarking on vacation road trips was “all roads lead to Reno”), bowling, and puttering in his workshop when he was still able. He was an avid U-Dub Husky football fan and never missed watching a game. He enjoyed watching the Seattle Seahawks, despite their many frustrating seasons, and did a lot of yelling at the t.v. watching their games. And he loved his cat, Stuart Little.
Harry is survived by Sharon, his wife and friend of twenty six years; his sons from his first marriage – Vincent, Mark, John, Thomas and Joseph. He was predeced in death by his daughter, Constance and son James (Matt).
Harry was interned at Mount Tahoma National Cemetery this morning at 11:00 o’clock with full military honors, next to his son Matt.
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