Royal Herman "Roy" Tulip

Birth:  Oct. 28, 1884, Arkansaw, Pepin County, Wisconsin
Death:  Mar. 28, 1962, Bellevue, King County, Washington

Roy was a native of Arkansaw, Wisconsin and a former Yakima, Washington resident.
He attended schools in Downsville and Durand, Wisconsin, but spent his teenage years as a farm laborer in the Maiden Rock area.
In 1923 he moved with his wife and three children to Washington State, making the 1,670 mile trip from Durand to Yakima in a 1918 Maxwell Touring car.
He was a Teamster. His first job out west was Pile Driver and Gin Pull Operator on construction of the first power line to cross the narrows from Tacoma to Gig Harbor.
Roy retired as a Truck Driver for the Seattle Disposal Company, and spent his retirement years at his Lake Sawyer cabin.

Parents:
George Henry Tulip (1861 - 1923)
Ada S. Sweeney Reehling (1865 - 1948)

Spouse: Ruth Ellen Suter Shiner (1894 - 1970)

Children:
William Leroy Tulip (1913 - 1982)
LeRoy Herman Tulip (1915 - 1988)
James Suter Tulip (1927 - 2010)

Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton, King County, Washington

Royal "Roy" Tulip

Royal "Roy" Tulip

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