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Jason George Kuhn died in Yakima Wash., at the age of 83 on June 9, 2022.

Jason was born on October 18, 1938 in Pomeroy Wash. He graduated from Pomeroy High School in 1956 and went on to attend Washington State University where he graduated in 1962 with a B.S. in Soils Mechanics/Geology.

Jason and his sisters enjoyed growing up on the Kuhn brothers Herford Ranch. He was a good-natured brother who liked to tease his two sisters often and play practical jokes.

In college, Jason met Eva Joanne Mikel, married her and had two children Mikel and Ben, they lived in Phoenix Ariz., for 17 years then divorced. Jason spent 38 years with Perkin Elmer Corporation in their spectroscopy division of sales. Jason spent the rest of his life in Phoenix Ariz., practicing his favorite discipline, Karate. He was a black belt in Judo and a third-degree black belt in Shotokan Karate. He is highly respected and loved by his karate friends. Jason loved hiking, biking, four-wheeling, RVing and adventuring in the dessert. He was a world traveler, but was particularly fond of rural Mexico. He travelled for the last 20 years with his partner Patricia Wiener.

Jason was an avid photographer who loved taking pictures and shared them with those he loved in his annual Christmas letter. Jason was loved and admired by his surviving family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents Ben and Kathleen Kuhn of Pomeroy; his first wife Eva Joanne Mikel of Pateros Wash., and his son Ben Kuhn of Seattle.

Jason is survived by his sisters Lenore Kuhn of Clarkston and (Gary) and Karen Huntington of Pomeroy, his cousin Alice and (Wally) Roberts; his life partner and love of his life for 30 years, Patricia Wiener of Phoenix; and his son Mikel and (Linda) Kuhn and his grandchildren Jonathan, Kathleen, Jayden and Alecia.