Known to his friends as “Spa Doc,” Edward Eugene Serocki not only sold and maintained personal spas through his Bellevue business, The Spa Doctor, he eased suffering.

“Especially with people with MS [multiple sclerosis] or fibromyalgia, using tubs for therapeutic reasons, he would make sure that their tubs were all balanced and cleaned and ready for them to use for pain relief,” said his wife, Karen Seely Serocki.

Mr. Serocki died Sunday (Aug. 1) at age 51 after a nine-month battle with cancer. He was diagnosed with tongue cancer in December 2003, and it spread to his liver and lungs.

Born on March 30, 1953, in Kansas City, Kan., Mr. Serocki came to the Northwest because his father, a Boeing employee, was transferred here in the early 1960s. While attending Seattle Preparatory School in 1970, Mr. Serocki met his future wife, who attended Holy Names Academy. But the couple didn’t connect until much later, at a 1997 Seattle Prep football game; they married in February 2003…..

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