Carl M. Milner died on March 11th at age 69, following a prolonged fight with peritoneal cancer and a recent stroke.

Carl was born to Carl and Hilma Milner on August 12th, 1948 in West Orange, New Jersey, where he spent his early childhood years. In 1961 the family moved to Seattle, Washington. Carl graduated from Marshall Jr. High and Lincoln High School. He studied physics at Yale University and graduated from the University of Washington in 1975 with a degree in English Literature. Carl married Melinda Terry and they loved each other deeply until Melinda's death in 2015.

Carl was a truly wonderful person. His love for people and willingness to give of himself spilled over on everyone who came in contact with him. He was an unrepentant liberal who gave generously of his money and time to those he supported. Carl was a highly principled man who put his convictions to work to help those who needed a hand, to resist dark forces of ignorance, greed, and avarice which threaten us all, and in all things to try to nudge people on the wrong paths in the right direction and to encourage people on the right paths. Carl read voraciously and enjoyed an authentic curiosity about most everything. He possessed a powerful and agile mind, but also an incredibly kind and gentle spirit that always looked to lift others up. Carl will be horribly missed by his family and the great many people who loved him.

Carl is survived by his sister Sigrid Milner, his daughters Susannah Terry and Amber Terry Butler, his granddaughters, Kennedy and Kerrigan, nieces Teresa Clark and Courtney Riffe, great-nephews Hudson and Beau, and a host of cousins and friends.

There will be a memorial at Brookdale Senior Solutions, Everett, on Sunday, March 18, at 2:30.