Party Chief, Washington State Forest Service, building Hurricane Ridge Road, Olympic National Forest, summers during college; Project Manager, Weyerhaeuser Corporation, Federal Way, WA, c. 1960; Executive, LDL Land Development Company, Seattle, WA, 19??-1974; President, Ryker Construction and Engineering, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, 1974-c. 2003;

Graduated from Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA, 1954; B.S., Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1958;

Son of Rodney Park Ryker, Sr. and Kathryn Blanche Ives Ryker of Federal Way, WA. His brother was George C. Ryker of Bellingham, WA.

Ryker was married twice: first to Nancy Ryker, from he divorced, and then to Jean Ryker from c. 1997-2007.

Rodney and Nancy Ryker had three children: a son, Jeffrey L. Thom, living in Samammish, WA, in 2007, and two daughters, Lisa Kay Evenson of Federal Way, WA, and Andrea Paige Ray-Anderson of Auburn, WA. He also had 15 grandchildren.

Known as "Park." Ryker purchased property on "Ryker's Ridge" in Port Angeles, WA, in 1982, and built a residence there. He had been a full-time resident there since 2003. For Weyerhaeuser, Ryker served as a Project Manager of Jay Peak, a Vermont ski resort.an

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