Rodney Raymond Cottingham

Rodney Cottingham passed away on July 21, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on March 10, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois. He also resided in Helena, Montana, and Portland, Oregon before moving to Seattle in 1937. He graduated from Ballard High School in 1944 and then served in the Army Air Corps. When World War II ended Rod returned home and met and married Dolores Wallace on July 20, 1947.Rod graduated from Seattle University in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He began his career in commercial construction and worked in Construction Management for several firms, including Cawdrey Vemo, Aldrich Hedman, and Aldrich Associates. Rod retired in 1994 after several years in Facilities Management at the Boeing Company.Favorite pastimes for Rod included camping, travelling and dancing with family and friends. He was a member of the Dancing Vigilantes and Checkerboard Squares square dance clubs, as well as the Dance-a-Round and Dancing Shadows round dance clubs. Rod was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Helen Cottingham. He will be missed by his loving wife Dolores; daughters Nancy (Terry) Hummel, Cheri Burlin, Sally (Oisteen) Boge, and Kim (Norman) Kligerman; eleven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two brothers Ken (Diane) Cottingham, Wayne (Marilyn) Cottingham; and sister Donna (Jerry) Fish.