PAULETTE MARIE DeGENOVA

August 25, 1949-March 14, 2006

Paulette visited every state in the country except North and South Dakota.

She loved the outdoors and spent considerable time in Taos, New Mexico, and in the Rocky Mountains, where she worked at numerous ski resorts in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming.

She also loved to travel. She visited Europe in the early 1970s.

She once bought a sailboat, rebuilt it and sailed it around the Caribbean and through the Panama Canal.

She caught malaria in Colombia and had to seek medical treatment at a Colombian prison. She then sailed to Ecuador, where she always wanted to return.

She fished tuna out of Astoria, Oregon, and Monterey, California.

She refurbished boats in Port Townsend and Port Angeles until a stroke in 2000 left her partially paralyzed.

She always said she didn"t fall in love with men; she fell in love with boats instead.

Paulette was born in Albany, New York, and grew up in Schenectady, New York.

She was preceded in death by her father, Henry DeGenova, and mother, Mary DeGenova-Novatsky.

She is survived by her three brothers, Robert (Mahrie) DeGenova of Smith River, Calif.; Enrico DeGenova of Oakhurst, Calif.; and Frank (Gloria) Novatsky of Kodiak, Alaska; and a nephew, Enrico Robert DeGenova, and a niece, Jeanette Marie Novatsky-DeGraff of Florida; and aunt Lilly Miles of Fresno, Calif.; along with several cousins.

She will especially be missed by her companion of 16 years, Bob Bromley, of Port Angeles, and her four cats.

There will be a Celebration of Life held at the Junction Lounge on Saturday April 8 at 1 p.m. (junction of Highway 101 and Highway 112, Port Angeles). Potluck.