Max E. Singleton

Max Eugene Singleton, 91, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Monday, August 17, 2015. Born February 9, 1924, to Ivy and Ray Singleton, he was the oldest of three boys. He lived in Ava, MO until the age of 14, when he left home to make his way in the world. In 1942, Max met Pauline Brown, whom he dated and then married less than a year later. He and Pauline moved to Wichita, KS and worked in a defense plant during the war. Soon after, their first son, Bill, was born. Two and half years later in Springfield, MO, their second son, Richard, was born. Later, they moved to Entiat, WA to work in the apple orchards and then Waterville, WA, where they worked on a wheat ranch for nine years. They moved to East Wenatchee in 1960, where Max worked for the City of Wenatchee, and the Port of Chelan County at Pangborn Airport as facility maintenance supervisor. They had their third son, Ron, in 1963. Max retired from the airport in 1985, after 25 years of service. Max also spent much of his working life in the orchards, including his own two-acre cherry orchard he planted and tended for nearly 40 years. Max was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Pauline; and his eldest son, Bill. He is survived by two sons, Richard (Jody) of Dennis, MA and Ron (Joi) of East Wenatchee, WA; daughter-in-law, Margery Singleton of East Wenatchee, WA; 11 grandchildren: including Anne Singleton of Sammamish, WA, Tim and Jen Singleton of Boulder, CO, Amanda Singleton of Portland, ME, Abbie Singleton of Dennis, MA, Tami Knodel of Spokane, Kayla Robbins of Wenatchee, Joel Robbins of Moses Lake, Michael Robbins of East Wenatchee, Anna Payne of Wenatchee, and Kansas Cumiskey of East Wenatchee. Max is also survived by three great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 21, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at Bethel Baptist Church at 1354 Eastmont Avenue, East Wenatchee, WA. He will be laid to rest, next to his wife, at Evergreen Memorial Park in East Wenatchee. You may send flowers, or in lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, East Wenatchee chapter. Arrangements are by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.

Max E. Singleton

February 9, 1924 - August 17, 2015