Paul Francis Senior, 62, lost his battle with cancer on February 14, 2012, the day he proposed to his wife Barbara 43 years earlier.  Paul died peacefully at his home in Freeland, Washington.

Paul was born on October 22, 1949 in New York.  He grew up on Long Island and graduated from Baldwin High School in 1968.  He married Barbara in 1970 and they moved to Phoenix in 1971.  Paul worked as a stagehand for many years in Arizona before relocating in Whidbey Island in 2001.  

Surviving Paul is his wife Barbara, his daughter Nicole, his son Trevor, his brother Ronald (wife Katherine, daughter Lauren, and son Brandon), and his grandchildren Tommy, John, Genesis, Angelina, & Makenzie. 

Paul will be missed by many but never forgotten.

In lieu of flowers, Paul had requested that donations be made in his memory to The Gastric Cancer Foundation (gastriccancer.org).