Alan “Skip” Kohl, 89, of Montesano, Washington passed away at home on Nov. 22, 2022. Skip was born on April 20, 1933, to Herald and Alice Tebb Kohl in San Angelo, Texas. He enjoyed telling people he was born in San Angelo because it had nothing to do with the rest of his life. He lived in Sumner, Washington before moving to Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington where he attended grade school. His family then relocated to Manhattan Beach California where he enjoyed his teenage years and would graduate from Redondo Union High School in 1951. Skip also graduated from The Evergreen State College in 1979.

After high school Skip joined the Navy and served his years overseas in Japan and at the Naval Airbase on Whidbey Island, Washington. He told great stories of his adventures hitchhiking Highway 99 between Whidbey Island and Manhattan Beach. Skip then attended El Camino Jr. College and would work different jobs in the Los Angeles area before moving back to Seattle, where he met and later married his wife of 60 years, Alice Marie Johnson in October of 1962.

They moved to the Grays Harbor area in 1965 where Skip started work for the Lamb Grays Harbor Company in Hoquiam, Washington. Through his years there he worked in several departments, ending his career as an estimator before retiring in 1997. It was at Lamb Grays Harbor where Skip became an avid runner. Every day at noon he went to the Hoquiam YMCA and would run the streets of Hoquiam. He also trained and completed the Capitol City Marathon in 1985.

Skip was a long-time member of Saint Andrews Episcopal Church. He treasured spending time with family and friends and was a season ticket holder of UW Husky Football for 30 years. Skip had a very vivid, descriptive memory when talking about his past. When he would tell a story, he made you feel as if you were there and knew the people from his past personally. He will truly be missed.

Skip is survived by his wife Alice of Montesano, son Eric Kohl of Montesano, daughter Kirsten Marino of Everett, sister Molly Ugles of Bainbridge Island, brother Steven Kohl of Bremerton and granddaughter Sela Marino of Everett. He is preceded in death by both his parents and his brother Michael Kohl.

Memorials may be made to Saint Andrew’s Episcopal in Aberdeen and the Montesano Fire Department.

To share memories or to leave a condolence for the family, please visit www.harrisonfamilymortuary.com. Arrangements entrusted to Harrison Family Mortuary.