Archive for February, 2010
Linda Maria Cincinelli Coffland
Linda Maria Cincinelli Coffland
Linda passed away peacefully and gracefully on Feb. 20, 2010. She lived a joyous life of 63 years and openly shared her love and friendship with everyone. Although she lived with cancer the last 10 years of her life she had no fear of passing. Her outlook was always positive and she treated each day as a blessing.
Linda was born and raised in an Italian family in Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois, where she met her future husband, Brooks Carlton Coffland. Linda and Brooks married in Los Angeles on July 5, 1969. They lived 4 years in Los Angeles, 4 years in San Jose and then moved to the Seattle area in 1977.
Linda is survived by her husband, Brooks; her 3 sons Ryan Lee Coffland, Daryl Brooks Coffland and Kevin Wesley Coffland; her grandson Luke Richard Coffland; her daughters-in-law Marie Dolores Coffland and Tara Brooke Coffland; Brooks’ mother Martha Jane Coffland and Linda’s brother Ralph Louis Cincinelli.
The Memorial Service for Linda will be held on February 28, 2010 at First United Methodist Church of Bellevue, 1934 108th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA at 4:00 PM. A reception at the church will follow the service.
Flowers can be sent to the church or donations in lieu of flowers may be made to:
Puget Sound Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
112 5th Ave. North
Seattle WA 98109
Robert Armstrong
Valborg Tove Hansen
Valborg Tove Hansen
Born April 13 1928 and passed away peacefully on February 7 2010 after a long battle with a lung disease.
Val was born and grew up in Ballard, and graduated from Ballard high school in 1946. Val has resided on Mercer Island since 1960. She was the youngest of six children that her mother raised them alone after her father passed away when she was only two years old. Val worked as a waitress while going to Ballard high school, and later she attended Grandview College for two years. In 1948 she traveled to Danmark with her mother, Mini Kilgren and one sister Herdis to visit family. While in Danmark visiting extended family, she met the love of her life and future husband Kaj Hansen. They were married in Danmark in 1949. Later Val returned to U.S. where her son Greg was born, and Kaj soon followed. Val attained a job with Farmers New World Life Insurance in the early 1950’s and worked there for 38 years before retiring as a Senior Underwriter in 1993. In retirement she enjoyed her family, especially her grandchildren. Her favorite pass time included going downtown for lunch and shopping with family and friends. Val was a loving and caring person who brought joy and happiness to her family. She enjoyed cooking and entertaining for them at home. She always had a smile on her face and looked at the lighter side of life. Val and Kaj enjoyed many years of traveling to Europe and various ocean cruises. Val is survived by her loving and devoting husband of 60 years Kaj Hansen, her son Gregory, grandson Scott and his wife Lisa, and granddaughters Kerry and Erin.
Memorial services will be held:
Friday February 26 2010 at 2:00pm
St. John United Lutheran Church
5515 Phinney Ave. North
Seattle, WA 98103
In lieu of flowers please consider donating to:
King County Animal Care and Control
www.kingcounty.gov/safety/AnimalServices/donate
-or-
PAWS
www.paws.org
Rosemary Hughes
Rosemary ‘Rosie’ Jean Hughes (Revel)
Our beautiful beloved Rosie was taken from us suddenly on the afternoon of February 3rd, 2010. Born in Juneau, Alaska May 30th 1959, her life, although cut too short, was full of love and friendship. Whether it was her childhood in Raymond, WA, during her school years at Willapa Valley, her 20 plus years of working at the Boeing Everett plant, or her time with the friends of Bill W, she had the special ability of forging strong relationships wherever she went and a spirit that can not be forgotten.
She married David Mullenix and moved to Arlington, WA in the early 1980s to raise their two children. In 2006 she married Michael Hughes in a Elvis themed Las Vegas wedding that her mother Darlene would have loved.
We will remember her soft touch, the way she loved and cared for others, the comfort of her embrace and her sense of humor. She had a love for all animals, music, and all people. She enjoyed singing loud, whether on the hilltop of her childhood home, or while driving in her car. She cherished the precious moments with her grandchildren, enjoyed taking them to new and exciting places and in return traveling to new places with her husband. Her sweet smile, laugh that would fill a room and large heart will stay with us forever.
Rosie is survived by her husband, Michael Hughes of Lynnwood WA, her son, Shaun Mullenix of Arizona City AZ, her daughter, Tristin Rieken of Alger WA, her brother, Allen Revel of Bothell WA, her sister, Charmayne LeClair of Raymond WA, her Grandchildren, Kaleb and Ayden Mullenix, Chayce and Fletcher Rieken and countless friends and family members whom she held so dear.
Rosie joins her father, Joe Revel, her mother, Darlene Revel and her adored dog, D.O.G. We are comforted knowing that wherever she is, she is preparing a meticulously clean and sweet smelling home to greet us all when it is our time to join them.
Rosie was there to console us in our times of grief, now it is time for us to console each other in our time of great loss. A celebration of Rosie’s life will be held Sunday, March 14th at 3pm at the Camano Senior & Community Center. 606 Arrowhead Road
Camano Island WA 98282.
In honor of Rosie, donations can be made in her name to her favorite charity, Kindering at http://www.kindering.org.
Jerry Dean Craddock
Jerry Dean Craddock, Sr.
Jerry Dean Craddock, Sr.
March 16,1952 – February 7, 2010
Born in Redlands Ca. to parents Alford and Kathleen Craddock.
Survived by loving wife of 28 years Nancy Craddock of Duvall Wa,
sister Kathy Morelli of Spokane, Wa,
children Jerry Jr., Kelly Hassman, Karly Grant, Raina Viorato and granddaughter Selene Viorato.
There will be no memorial service at Jerry’s request.
A celebration of his life will be held Sat. Feb. 20th between 1 and 4 pm at Duvall Highlands cabana in Duvall, Wa.
“I am always here to understand you
I am always here to laugh with you
I am always here to cry with you
I am always here to talk to you
I am always here to think with you
I am always here to plan with you
Even though we might not always be together,
please know that I am always here to love you.”
-by Stephen Schutz
You will be forever missed ‘Jer-Bear’. We love you.
Vera M. Reed
Vera M. Reed
November 12, 1916 – February 2, 2010
Vera Manning Reed, 93, joined her husband Garey for a long-awaited dance in Heaven on Tuesday, February 2nd. She passed away at Medina Heights Adult Family Home, in North Bend, WA.
She was born on November 12, 1916, in Vancouver, B.C., to parents, DeLisle and Esther Annie Manning. Her brothers Elmer and Clifford joined the family shortly thereafter. Vera and her family eventually made their way to Washington State, residing in Black Diamond. She graduated from Auburn High School.
Vera met the love of her life, Garey, on a blind date in 1947. They married at Rose Hill Presbyterian Church, Kirkland, WA, in 1949. Prior to their marriage, Garey was a seaman and spent most of his time in the Alaskan waters. After they had three boys, Garey settled down as a carpenter in Kirkland to help raise his three sons. Vera was a devoted wife and mother who worked jobs around her family’s schedule so she could be home before and after school. Once the boys were raised, Garey and Vera traveled and lived all over the world as Garey’s work as a sea captain took them to Egypt, Australia, Norway, Alaska, Malta, Singapore, and Hawaii. Eventually they came home to Kirkland, WA to live the rest of their lives.
Vera is survived by her three sons, Peter, Doug and Mark Reed, and her three grandchildren, Ryan, Jesse and Alina Reed.
Vera was a very social person and belonged to many clubs and had many hobbies (e.g., birthday club, bible study, book club, baking, crafts, knitting, and gardening). She also loved to play Bingo!
Vera will be deeply missed and will always be remembered for her very strong faith, and her kind, gentle, loving ways.
A Celebration of Life memorial will be held on Saturday, February 13th, at 10:30am at:
Rose Hill Presbyterian Church
12202 NE 90th Street
Kirkland, WA 98033
425-827-4649
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to:
National Stroke Association
http://www.stroke.org
1 – 800 – STROKES
1 – 800 – 787 – 6537
9707 E. Easter Lane
Centennial, CO 80112
- or -
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
322 Eighth Avenue
7th Floor
New York, NY 10001
info@alzfdn.org
http://www.alzfdn.org
Tel: 866-AFA-8484 (232-8484)
Maxine Lindsey Ross Schrader
Maxine Lindsey Ross Schrader
Maxine was born to Robert and Pearl Lindsey, September 30, 1930 in Seattle, Washington and went to be with the Lord on February 4, 2010. She grew up in the Montlake area and graduated from Garfield High School. Maxine met and married Charles Marion Ross and they were married for 13 years. Together they had two children.
As a single mother of two, Maxine was determined to provide her children with a stable, loving home and good education. Though there were no extras while working as an executive secretary at Excavator’s Inc., she managed to send them to a private Christian school their junior and senior high school years. She always put her children above all else.
She met Charles (Chuck) Schrader and they were married in 1973. Along with Chuck came four children to add to her family. Maxine was a dedicated wife and mother to all six children. She and Chuck were married for over 36 wonderful years. They lived in the Seattle area and then moved to Eugene, Oregon, where they lived for seven years. She and Chuck enjoyed the outdoors, camping and bass fishing. They returned to the Seattle area in 1983 and lived in Shoreline. Upon retirement, they moved to Maltby in 1988 and then to GreenAcres Senior Park in Bothell in 2001.
Maxine enjoyed studying the bible, cooking, playing Scrabble and spending time with her family. Her thirst for knowledge, amazing memory and quick wit was with her for her entire life.
Maxine dearly loved her family and treasured them all. She is survived by her two children, Carol Ross, Charles “Chuck” Ross (Darcy), four step-children, Susan Roberts (John), Patricia French (Ian), Karen Miller (James), Eric Schrader (Lisa), two grandchildren, ten step-grandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren, her brother Kenneth Lindsey (Sharon), and sister in-law Jacquelin Uhrhammer.
She was laid to rest at Evergreen Cemetery in Seattle. A memorial service and celebration of Maxine’s life will be held at the GreenAcres Senior Park Clubhouse, 23825 15th Ave., SE, Bothell, WA. 98021 on Friday, February 12th at 3:00pm.
Norma Marie Telquist Chapman
Eulogy for Norma Marie Telquist Chapman
Norma Marie Telquist Chapman was born on December 5, 1925 in Kenmore Washington to Albert E. Telquist and Mary C. Dygert Telquist. She has two brothers from that marriage Robert Gordon and Roy H. Telquist.
Norma’s father passed away when she was very young, but she had memories of sitting on the piano bench with him when she was five years old with her father playing and singing to her. She grew up surrounded by music and carried that with her when her own
family came along.
She learned to swim (the hard way) at age five when a raft she was on came apart about 20 feet from shore at Norma Beach. At that point it was either sink or swim back to shore. She swam (dog paddled). When Norma was about 13 and Roy about 11, they decided the house they were in was not large enough with only one room serving as kitchen, dining room and living room; one bedroom; and a bathroom. With help and supervision from “Grampa” and a couple of others, they added on a bedroom and kitchen with a covered back porch. She and Roy were very pleased with themselves because they had done a lot of the work.
As children they played baseball, picked blackberries, hiked down to the lake to swim, camp. In the book she put together she said “Sometimes we swam at Kenmore Beach…sometimes at the next beach where the big dance hall was but occasionally we
went all the way to the end of the log booms.”
“The end of the log booms was special to us..Sometimes in the summer we would camp there and my mother would walk from there to Lake Forest Park where she could catch a bus to work down by Green Lake. While she was at work we swam and had a great time.
Gramma and Grampa Dygert camped with us and were in charge until Mom came home from work. I remember Grampa nailed wooden boxes high up on a cottonwood tree.
There were doors on the boxes to keep the squirrels out of our food. Cooking on a bonfire and sleeping under the stars made life special..We did not even know we were poor…It seemed to us we owned the whole world…”
Norma attended school in Bothell and went up to the 10th grade when she dropped out of school to go to work.
Many years later, at the age of 49, she went to Everett Community College to take a G.E.D. test. When she went to pick up her test scores, they had a red flag on them. She went to see the head advisor and was asked what she wanted to study. She had no idea at
that time and took a Lifestyle and Career course. She was told she could do anything they had to offer because her scores were the highest they had ever seen at the college for a GED.
Her life’s work would be in the cemetery business. She worked very hard cleaning and restoring cemeteries and in help people find a resting place for their family members.
Norma was an avid reader of many things. She read and reread church books, the writings of the Prophets, and National Geographic. She also read many non-fiction books. She could converse on any topic. She also enjoyed painting, quilting, caring for and being involved in family activities. One of the big projects she took on was to gather information on her family. Norma spent many hours on genealogy putting together family history information for her mother and father’s families. She was still concerned about that when she was in the hospital.
One of her favorite “hobbies” began when she met a lady who offered to teach her to play Bridge. She became fairly good at it and started winning tournaments. She was encouraged to start “getting away to new places to play in tournaments”. During the years she played Bridge she went to Bermuda, Mexico City, New Orleans, Boise, Los Angeles, Portland, Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle according to her own writing. She achieved Life Master in 1985 which she considered a milestone.
Norma started working when she was 15 in a laundry at Greenlake where her mother worked. While she was working in Lake City as a cook, she became engaged to a man who had been in her first grade class. Her future husband came into the café where she
worked and her plan for the future changed.
Her mother, Mary, married Carl Lunn when Norma was about 15. Norma and Roy were blessed with a sister, Ida, and a brother, Charles (Charlie) Lunn. She married Clifford P. Chapman on June 2, 1945. Cliff was in the Coast Guard and they moved many times. In 1946, their first son, Roy, was born. Gilbert (Gibbie) came next in 1949, then Sam in 1950, Stella in 1952, and Richard in 1955.
In late 1950 Cliff and Norma had their first encounter with the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. To say it wasn’t the greatest first impression would be putting it mildly. Norma was having a “Murphy’s Law” sort of day when the
missionaries knocked and she told them “I am not interested”.
Fortunately for her and Cliff it was not to be the last encounter with them. They met again, under much difference circumstances. There was a family staying with them who had lost their home in a fire on Christmas Eve and Cliff invited them over. The missionaries came to bring some things to the Johnson family and Cliff and Norma opened their door to them. When the Johnsons finally were able to move into their new home, the missionaries continued to visit with the Chapmans and they began the lessons.
They were baptized on July 1, 1951 along with Carol Johnson. Norma had a strong testimony from that time on.
In late summer of 1951 the little family returned from Pipestone, Minnesota to Kenmore, Washington. What a relief to be out of the snow country and back with family and friends.
In June, 1958, Gibbie went swimming in Cottage lake while on an outing with the family and drowned. Norma was devastated; but in the course of her prayers she received the answer “I HAVE CALLED MY SON HOME.” When Gibbie was buried in the Bothell Pioneer Cemetery next to Norma’s Gramma and Grampa, the cemetery was not being cared for. Norma and her children started to takecare of the family plots by clearing out the brush and garbage. They were paid $100 for their efforts because the cemetery had sold two spaces – the first in about 20 years. Thus began her work with cemetery maintenance. She and her family worked very hard in this business and Richard has taken over the family business at Woodlawn. Woodlawn Cemetery Bothell Pioneer Cemetery
Norma and Cliff divorced prior to their 25th anniversary and she provided from that time on for her family. They are a close-knit group. Sam passed away in 2005 bringing more grief to Norma, but again her faith, strength and determination sustained her.
She loved getting together with family – birthdays, weddings, family luncheons, anywhere where she was with her immediate and extended family.
She also loved playing Bridge at the Senior Center until she felt she could no longer go. Her physical presence is no longer here, but her spirit lives on and we will feel that when we have family gatherings. She lived a very rewarding, hard-working, fun-filled life.
She passed away on January 11, 2010 at the age of 84 and she will be GREATLY missed.
We love you Mom.
Roy, Stella and Rich.
