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This is my Grandfather Lloyd Neil Sr. who spent 27 years with the State Game Department.
He is pictured here as the District 8 Supervisor in Tacoma responsible for Pierce, Thurston Mason and Kitsap Counties.
Lloyd died in an accident at age 61 unloading a caterpillar off the back of a flatbed truck in University place in 1961. I was ten years old on the day of his funeral when I told my father I was going to be a Game Warden some day.
Earl and Lloyd worked together in Colville in the late thirties before Earl transferred to Cashmere and Lloyd transferred to Ellensburg. Lloyd was promoted to District Supervisor in Tacoma in 1946 where he and My Great Uncle Captain Olsen renewed their friendship. |
My Great Uncle (my mothers uncle), Captain Earl Olsen, District Commander for Pierce and Thurston Counties 1942 to 1949. Early in 1949 a bill was introduced by a Yakima State Representative to oust Chief Algeo and replace him with a captain with at least ten years experience. That year Captain Olsen left the State Patrol after serving 21 years.
 Earl Left the State Patrol in 1949 and was appointed Chief of the Pierce County Sheriff’s uniformed officers division in 1951.
Earl passed away of lung cancer in 1958 at age 48. .
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 Earl pictured front row third for the right graduated from the first academy class on January 18th 1936
 President Truman visited the Pacific Northwest on a whirlwind tour from Spokane to Olympia via train arriving in Olympia on June 10, 1948 at 2AM. After spending the night in the Governor mansion he viewed the Washington State Patrol who were assembled on the capitol grounds. This is a Photo with Chief Algeo (far left), and his Captains who commanded the districts in the state. Earl Olsen is pictured third for left.
 My mother and Father, Lloyd and Bobbie Neil, began dating after a Christmas party in 1945 in Tacoma hosted by the Olsen’s who invited their good friends, the Neil’s, They were married in 1947 and Mike grew up in Tacoma with his two sister Pam and Melissa.
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