Age 72, died peacefully at home in Palm Springs, Calif. on Monday, August 20, 2007. He was a generous, loving man who dedicated much of his life to those less fortunate. A graduate of Seattle's Lincoln High School, he is fondly remembered as a counselor at Santa Barbara City College and as the Executive Director of the Ballard Food Bank.

He is deeply missed by his sister, Sonya Relei of Seattle, Wash.; his brothers Michael Shupe of Anchorage, Ala. and Jerry Thorpe of Texas; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 5816-15th Ave. N.W., Seattle. Reception to follow. Interment will be at Restlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Northend Emergency Fund or the Ballard Food Bank.