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Gary Lester Best
06/05/1954 — 10/12/2008
From Benton, City, WA, US | Born in Brewster, Washington
Gary Lester Best
Gary L. Best, 54, of Benton City, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2008 at his home.
Gary was born in Brewster, WA on June 5, 1954. He lived in the Tri-Cities/Yakima area for the last 35 years. He was a proud member of the Labors union for over 35 years. He was a General Foreman at the VIT plant in the Hanford area out of local 348. Gary was a hard worker who was very dedicated to his personnel and job.
He is survived by his wife Tammy Best of Yakima, WA; son and daughter-in-law Garry and Shaunna Best and precious granddaughter Courteney Best of Silverdale, WA; mother, Irene Potter of Elmer City, WA; brother and sister-in-law, Orville V. and Nancy Best of Spokane, WA; and sister, Jan Best of Electric City, WA. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his father, Orville Best, and by his sister, Renee Best.
At Gary's request there will be no memorial services. However, there will be viewing for friends and loved ones on Friday, October 17, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm at Einan's Funeral Home in Richland, WA.
we had some great time and bad but will always remember you for the great person you were!
love jeremy
Although I never had the pleasure of working side-by-side with Gary, I did have the great pleasure of knowing him. I consider him to be a good man with a big heart and feel blessed to call him my friend. The world just lost one of her best and heaven has gained a great soul. We will miss you, Gary!
Sorry to here of your passing my friend ,you are loved by many ,and will always have a place in my heart and memories.,Walk on proudly , till we meet again .WwhhooooooHhaaaaaaaaa,war whoop , war whoop!!!!!!! P.S.,Tammy ,Please give me a call.253691-4438 Adrian .
Dear Brother
On behalf of Laborers Local 348 its staff and members the heart felt loss of a true brother laborer, father and family man has left us all with an empty spot in our lives were you were present. You will be and are truly missed.
Mark Reavis
Business Manager
Laborers Local 348
I had the pleasure of working with Gary at the Vit plant and he was always quite the gentleman when he would come into the time office with his requests or comments. My heart and prayers go out to the Best family during this difficult time. May it give everyone comfort knowing Gary is in a much better place. Gary will be missed by all who knew him. God bless.
Gary, Jest a note to say your passing reminds me how many times I did not tell you what I feel for you.You have been a great person for us as a family to love. i am very aware how late it is for me to say so.I will always hope that you have known how much you have been loved by all of who you have been in contact with. I want to share my condolances to all your famly I know there losses are huge. you are a man of honor and i miss you now.I hope to see you again.
forever your nephew in law guy
David Ruziska
I,am truley sorry for your loss in
loosing Gary at such a young age.God bless all of your family.I knew Gary when he was in his teens.
Sincerly Rita VanDoren Ex mother in law of Vernon Best.God bless all the family
To Tammi,Irene,Jan,Vern and Nancy,I am truly sorry and saddened for the loss of Gary,Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time,may god bless you all,Tom widener and family.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I am truely sorry for your loss.
Gary….we will miss you so very much! I can still remember meeting you for the first time when Tammy brought you home to meet her family just about 30 years ago.We have had a lot of good times, and memories that will never be forgotten.You always were, and will forever be a part of our family.Until we meet again….LOVE YOU ALWAYS!
Brenda Setterlund Tammy’s sister
see you friday little brother
see you friday littel brother
Although I only knew Gary for a short time, while working with him on nightshift it felt like alot longer. We talked about work, the crews and what was going on in our lives. On days their was less time to discuss things. Gary always had respect for his fellow workers and in return they respected him. Gary will be missed by many and never forgotten. I am proud to say I got to work with Gary.
dear uncle gary,
i will always remember that goodhearted person you were. you were always quick to make up for your brothers lack of love. a little goes along way i mostly remember being around you in the 1980’s. it was always fun to go out to benton city and see gary and tammy. i am truly saddened, and will miss you, i know you come from a not so normal family but the one thing is that everybody loved you. i will remember the laughter and the smiles. tell renee i said hello!
your nephew gregory
I met Gary and Tammy back in 1993 when my son and I took up the sport of Scuba Diving. Gary and I spent many hours underwater and enjoyed every minute of it. Gary always had good things to say about people and loved his family very much.His laugh was always something that I will always remember. After moving to Arizona four years ago I lost contact with him and Tammy. I was very saddened to hear that he has passed away. I will miss you Gary but perhaps someday we will met again. Perhaps even dive again together. God bless to the family, especially to Tammy.
I’am writing this to you my uncle. I will miss you so very much! God knows we definitely went thru some crazy times in our lives together. We grew up together!! As a matter of fact I did my growing up with you, & my other favorite unlce Vernon, my auntie Nancy,auntie Tammy, and auntie Renee! And my God did we have some fun! I’am the person I’am today because of lifes lessons we all learned together. Alot of fun & funny times. & unfortunately some hard & some sad times. As time passed we did’nt get to see each other as much as we wanted. But all the phone calls & when we did get together were always full of happiness, laughing, and well, of course making fun of some crazy dis- functional thing that may have been happening at that time! and we all know what I’m talking about!We never judged & loved unconditionaly. It did’nt matter if we were wrong, to each other, WE WERE RIGHT! I will miss you uncle Gary, and I will see you again. Hug aunt Renee and grandpa for me, until then.. Love Your Niece, Savina
To the Best Family,
Gary was a very honest hard working man. I will always remember him and his spirit. God bless him and all the loved ones he left behind. Gary touched many lives with his kind nature and heart. This is a man who had many friends that will miss him tremendously. Good by my friend.
My condolences to the Best family. I pray for the families comfort here on Earth and Gary’s comfort and joy in Heaven.
Our condolences to the family. May God bless and watch over you all.
Although I did not ever meet you, I have heard such wonderful memories and nice words about what kind of person you were through Rey and my father-in-law Adan. It is always sad to see someone go, but encouraging to see that you touched so many lives. You are in such a better place now, but you will be very missed by many.
I did not know Uncle Gary, as he is known to some of you, but I attended his service yesterday with his neice Savina. It seems that I missed out by not knowing him. I thought it was a beautiful service and a lovely way to send his soul off to the other side. He seemed to have really touched alot of people in very special ways in his short life here on earth. I told Savina that when it comes our time to part, what more would we want than to have people say that we affected their lives in a special way. I know he will be deeply missed by alot of people. I am so very sorry for your family’s loss. It was wonderful to meet you all. Hopefully you will gain some peace knowing that while he was so special while he was here on earth, God had a higher calling for him in heaven. I’m sure he will be watching over all of you from his seat in the circle.
To our little brother that will always be in our prayers & thoughts. We know that alot people will miss you very much we will too… We have a lot of things to talk about but we will talk later I know that you are with Dad @ Renee we will talk later…Gods speed my brother
Gary,
Over 30 years ago Tammy brought you into our family.Through the good times and the bad, through alot of laughter and some tears you was and always will be a special part of our family. You wasn’t only my brother-in-law,you was my brother and a good friend. I grew up with you always on my side no matter what. You was/are a major role model in my boys life, you showed them to be strong and hardworking and to become good men. You are going to be missed a great deal,but never forgotten we will carry you in our hearts forever. I still can’t believe you are gone. WE LOVE YOU..
Tell your Dad hi for me,I know you are with him and you are both telling your stories.
We have had the wonderful pleasure of know this man and his wife for over 20 years and enjoyed many of good times diving, laughing and just being togeather. He was a good friend to both of us. We have gone on Vacation togeather and enjoyed many nights of laughter togeather. You are a true friend and can never be replaced We can only hope to be half the person that you were. We are going to miss you in so many ways. Will is going to miss his friend,Dive buddy and best man. Thank you for being a part of our lives.
To our little brother that will always be in our prayers & thoughts. We know that alot people will miss you very much we will too…have a lot of things to talk about but we will talk later i know that you are with dad @renee we will talk later.gods speed
Know that you and your family are in my families thoughts and prayers. You were a true friend to the ones who new you and I am proud to call you my Union Brother. You will be truly missed. We will cherish the memories that we have. God Bless
To a good friend and coworker who I had the pleasure to know.You will be missed by all who knew you!!! To his family my thoughts and prayers. God Bless
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Gary Lester Best