Cyril Ellsworth “Rocky” Fankhouser III

March 31, 1944 – December 9, 2015

Rocky Fankhouser, 71, of Sequim, Washington, passed away peacefully at home on December 9, 2015 a er a yearlong battle with cancer.

Born on March 31, 1944 in Wichita, Kansas to Cyril and Phyllis (Fisher) Fankhouser. He grew up in Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa, California.

He graduated from Costa Mesa High School in 1962. Rocky married Pam (Williams) in March of 1964. ey had 2 children, Rocky II and Beth.

Rocky began working for Boeing Aviation in 1965 as a dra sman in Seattle, Washington where they remained until 1967.

ey moved back to Southern California and he began working for Technicolor, Inc. in Irvine, California in the engineering department. Later he accepted a job as a mechanical design engineer for the Mitsubishi Corp., making many trips to Japan for consultation over the years.

He and Pam retired in 2001 and moved to Sequim, Washington, not far from his parents who had relocated there.

He designed and built their beautiful home secluded in the woods. His main source of pride was the woodshop/art studio he built, where he spent many happy days doing what he enjoyed most. Rocky was a gi ed artist of many di erent media, a sculptor, woodworker, just to name a few.

Rocky was a devoted son, brother, husband, father and grandfather and will be deeply missed by his family and all those lucky enough to have known him.

He is survived by his parents; his wife of 51 years, Pam; son Rocky of Carlsbad, California; daughter Beth of Sequim; sister Jan Anderson of Longmont, Colorado; brother and best friend Woody of Sequim; 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Donations in Rocky’s name can be made to the Sequim Museum and Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim, WA 98382 or Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, 540 E. 8th St., Port Angeles, WA 98362.