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Work Zone Memorial

Workers Memorial Flowers at WSDOT Headquarters
2007 Workers Memorial


Work Zone Awareness Week Display at Aberdeen Maintenance Facility
25th Anniversary of the passing of Bobby Johnson, Olympic Region Work Zone Memorial

Hat and boot memorial, WSDOT 2005
Hat and boot memorial, WSDOT 2005





  • 2007 Worker's Memorial
  • 2006 Worker's Memorial
  • 2005 Worker's Memorial
  • 2004 Worker's Memorial
  • 2003 Worker's Memorial
  • National Work Zone Memorial Wall
  • Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarship

  • Since 1950, 56 Washington State Department of Transportation employees have lost their lives in work zone-related activities. Each spring, WSDOT holds a Worker’s Memorial to honor those fallen workers and remind everyone about the importance of work zone safety.

    Frank E. Potter, December 1, 1950             
    Laird D. Chambers, December 15, 1950     
    Charles P. Getty, January 23, 1951 
    L.A. Parton, February 13, 1951
    Richard I. Temple, March 30, 1951
    William R. Pitts, August 20, 1951 
    Rollow S. Clark, November 20, 1951
    Ray Wittig, February 4, 1952
    Paul J. Yandt, July 29, 1953 
    Joseph F. Franz, September 21, 1953
    Henry D. Wills, April 16, 1954 
    Fred G. Tegtmeier, March 7, 1955
    Edward Bowles, July 5, 1955
    Albert E. Holman, September 19, 1956 
    Andrew Kaelberer, Dec 27, 1956
    Lucien L. Houston, February 22, 1957 
    Knute Johnson, October 4, 1957
    Clarence R. Sluder, October 4, 1957
    Harrell J. Shull, April 29, 1959
    Francis E. Baker, May 8, 1959
    George H. Mulfinger, May 8, 1959
    James P. O'Neil, January 27, 1960
    William F. Holmes, June 14, 1960
    Eino Mattila, December 12, 1962
    Vernon E. Curtis, March 20, 1963 
    Gary Davis, December 11, 1963
    Lee W. Robinson, October 30, 1964
    Charles O. Williams, February 2, 1965
    Claude M. Waterman, June 18, 1966
    George J. Heaton, June 18, 1966
    Wallace D. Wright, October 22, 1966
    Harold J. Allen, June 30, 1967
    Donald G. Barden, November 20, 1969
    Ray T. Collie, February 28, 1970
    William T. Owens, June 15, 1971
    Harold L. Gustafson, August 31, 1973
    William L. Ashley, August 3, 1976
    William L. Cook, May 24, 1977
    Edward N. Abrams, September 9, 1977
    George D. Adair, December 5, 1979
    Russell H. Barker, December 14, 1979
    Dermot R. Moore, January 21, 1980
    James C. Wishard, May 19, 1980
    Robert N. Johnson, February 14, 1982
    Robert J. Forrest, July 7, 1982
    Richard L. Androsko, August 28, 1984
    Joseph C. Craig, October 11, 1985
    John D. Swan, October 11, 1985
    Loren L. Wharton, February 8, 1988
    Patricia L. Oberg, July 19, 1989
    Donald E. Fritsvold, August 21, 1991
    Gordon J. Burlingame, July 17, 1992
    Michael D. Malone, June 4, 1993
    Edward J. Fabeck, October 6, 1994
    Samuel E. Williams, February 22, 2000
    Wayne "Jake" Baardson, August 12, 2002