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La Conner resident Kenneth J. Rohal, 64, died on Saturday July 16.

He was born to Lawrence and Betty Jane Panovec Rohal on April 17, 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Ken served his country in the Vietnam War as a Marine. He was an avid fisherman, gardener and carpenter in his time away from work as a union pipefitter with Matrix in Anacortes. He dearly loved to spend time with his family and friends and will be greatly missed.

Ken is survived by his child Trista Moon and son-in-law Andrew Nelson; his grandchildren Broady and Tatum Nelson and his brother Craig and sister-in-law Lorrie Rohal.

Interment Services will be held at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery with Military Honors on Friday, July 22 at 1 p.m. Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel & Crematory Inc., of Anacortes and the San Juan Islands. To share memories of Ken, please visit http://www.evanschapel.com