David Mcintyre 2Nd, Skagit County Industrialist And Resort Operator

What people will remember about David McIntyre 2nd of Sedro-Woolley, say those who knew him, is not just that he was a success, but that he liked to help other people become successful, too.

Mr. McIntyre, 69, was a Skagit County industrialist, executive, resort operator and family man who died of a heart attack Thursday (Aug. 1). Services were to be held today.

"He was the backbone and the pillar of this area as far as getting things done," said Robert Miller, a longtime friend and business associate. "He will be missed by many."

At the age of 12, Mr. McIntyre began working at his grandfather's company, Skagit Steel & Iron Works, later named Skagit Corp.

He attended Stanford University, majoring in mechanical engineering and graduated in 1943. In World War II, he served as a master sergeant in a U.S. Army Air Corps P-38 fighter squadron in Europe.

He met and married Jean Francis Robertson in 1947.

After the war, Mr. McIntyre returned to the family-owned steel company, becoming its president in 1962 and its chief executive officer in the 1970s after the company was purchased by the Bendix Corp.

In 1972, he and his wife bought the Deer Harbor marina on Orcas Island, which they developed into a family resort and sold in 1989.

Miller, who worked with Mr. McIntyre at the Skagit Corp. and in real-estate ventures, said Mr. McIntyre "was a doer, a fella that takes a lot of pride in taking on projects and making them work."

Many people in Skagit County's Sedro-Woolley area knew Mr. McIntyre as someone they could meet for a cup of coffee and get advice, strategy, counsel - perhaps even capital - to help get a business started, Miller said.

Mr. McIntyre was a member of the Rainier Club, the Washington Athletic Club and the Sedro-Woolley Post of the American Legion.

He served a term on the Sedro-Woolley City Council and the local school board and assisted many local projects.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by brothers Sidney McIntyre of Sedro-Woolley and Maurice "Jack" McIntyre of Seattle, a sister, Mary Soldate, of California, two sons, David 3rd of Seattle and Hal of Pierce County, and three daughters, Lisa McIntyre of Pullman, and Martha Garst and Linda Dowe of Sedro-Woolley.