Joel C. McLinj/iaég Joel Cedric McLin, a Shelton resident for 15 years, died in a climbing accident on Mount Washington summit Tuesday, May 13. He was 22. He was born August 18, 1980 in Visalia, Cali~ fomia, to Ralph Edw in a n d Kathryn Grace (Crumley) Mc- Lin. He was a stu» dent at Wheaton C 0 ll e g e in Wheaten, Illi- nois. He worked at Glacier Na- tional Park and Rainier National Park. He was a member of the college‘s Reserve Officer Training Corps and was due to be commissioned an Army lieutenant in 2004. His family said he enjoyed reading about and meditating on God and sharing the Gospel. He also enjoyed helping others, back- packing, mountaineering, sailing, scuba diving, skiing, canoeing, studying nature, taking road trips in his truck, poetry, writing inu— sic, singing, playing his Violin and guitar, baseball, football, track and cross-country, acting, and swing and tap dancing. Mr. McLin participated in a number of orchestras, sym» phonics and choirs. He portrayed ' Paul Bunyan in the 1998 Forest Festival. He graduated from Shel~ ton High School in 1999 and was a Running Start student at Olym- pic College in Bremerton during Joel C. McLin his senior year, He was'inducted into the college’s Phi Theta Kap- pa Society with a 3.9 grade—point average and elected as a repre» sentative in OC’s student govern- ment that year. He sang in the concert choir and the elite show choir, The Illu- sions, at SHS and played Cinder- ella’s Prince in the SHS musical, Into the Woods, in the spring of his junior year. In the summer of 1998, he toured Europe with the Sound of America Honor Choir and Band, then sang with J azzline, Olympic College’s top jazz chain At Whea- ton College, he was a member of the Men’s Glee Club for one year and the concert choir for two years. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Ruth McLin in 1992, Donald Crumley Sr. in 1982 and Arlene Crumley—Otts in 1984, and aunt Glenys McLin in 1993. Survivors include his brother, Matthew McLin and his wife J en- nifer of Hillsboro, Oregon; par- ents Ralph and Kathryn McLin of Shelton; and grandfather Glen McLin of Shelton. A funeral service was held Tuesday, May 20, at the West- wood Baptist Church in Olympia. Dr. Robert Rayburn officiated. Burial was at Shelton Memorial Park. Memorial donations may be sent to Peninsula Community Federal Credit Union, in care of the Joel McLin Memorial Fund, 521 West Railroad Avenue, Shel- ton. Arrangements are by McComb Funeral Home in Shelton. , OCR Text: Joel C. McLinj/iaég Joel Cedric McLin, a Shelton resident for 15 years, died in a climbing accident on Mount Washington summit Tuesday, May 13. He was 22. He was born August 18, 1980 in Visalia, Cali~ fomia, to Ralph Edw in a n d Kathryn Grace (Crumley) Mc- Lin. He was a stu» dent at Wheaton C 0 ll e g e in Wheaten, Illi- nois. He worked at Glacier Na- tional Park and Rainier National Park. He was a member of the college‘s Reserve Officer Training Corps and was due to be commissioned an Army lieutenant in 2004. His family said he enjoyed reading about and meditating on God and sharing the Gospel. He also enjoyed helping others, back- packing, mountaineering, sailing, scuba diving, skiing, canoeing, studying nature, taking road trips in his truck, poetry, writing inu— sic, singing, playing his Violin and guitar, baseball, football, track and cross-country, acting, and swing and tap dancing. Mr. McLin participated in a number of orchestras, sym» phonics and choirs. He portrayed ' Paul Bunyan in the 1998 Forest Festival. He graduated from Shel~ ton High School in 1999 and was a Running Start student at Olym- pic College in Bremerton during Joel C. McLin his senior year, He was'inducted into the college’s Phi Theta Kap- pa Society with a 3.9 grade—point average and elected as a repre» sentative in OC’s student govern- ment that year. He sang in the concert choir and the elite show choir, The Illu- sions, at SHS and played Cinder- ella’s Prince in the SHS musical, Into the Woods, in the spring of his junior year. In the summer of 1998, he toured Europe with the Sound of America Honor Choir and Band, then sang with J azzline, Olympic College’s top jazz chain At Whea- ton College, he was a member of the Men’s Glee Club for one year and the concert choir for two years. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Ruth McLin in 1992, Donald Crumley Sr. in 1982 and Arlene Crumley—Otts in 1984, and aunt Glenys McLin in 1993. Survivors include his brother, Matthew McLin and his wife J en- nifer of Hillsboro, Oregon; par- ents Ralph and Kathryn McLin of Shelton; and grandfather Glen McLin of Shelton. A funeral service was held Tuesday, May 20, at the West- wood Baptist Church in Olympia. Dr. Robert Rayburn officiated. Burial was at Shelton Memorial Park. Memorial donations may be sent to Peninsula Community Federal Credit Union, in care of the Joel McLin Memorial Fund, 521 West Railroad Avenue, Shel- ton. Arrangements are by McComb Funeral Home in Shelton. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Other Obituaries,Mc Last Name,McLin, Joel Cedric.tif,McLin, Joel Cedric.tif, McLin, Joel Cedric.tif