Important Announcement Regarding Deaths in King County
Families and their Funeral Service Providers, including Barton Family Funeral Service, are experiencing significantly delays in obtaining death certificates from King County while King County implements an electronic system called EDRS. (You may read about it HERE)
We have been using the EDRS system for several years for deaths occurring in other counties such as Snohomish County. We know the system well and are trying to help physicians and hospitals as they make the transition. Because King is such a large county, the transition is taking longer than we have experienced in the past, and unfortunately we are all experiencing considerable delays in obtaining death certificates.
County and State officials are very cooperative and are working diligently to facilitate the change. We ask for your patience and assure you that we are doing everything possible to meet your expectations.
First let me extend our very deepest sympathy to all the children and grandchildren of this amazing lady. It would be easy to fill several pages when the name Auntie Charlotte comes up and I’m sure many of us have at least some of the same memories.
I don’t know many people who have lived their lives with as much courage and devotion as Auntie Charlotte. The word can’t didn’t seem to be in her vocabulary, she seemed to find a way to do things, things that were difficult and she came away smiling.
There was something so special between Auntie Charlotte and Uncle Ed, the love and respect they had for each other, the unending devotion touched me, they were such an example to all of us, ahead of their time in so many ways.
Goodbye Auntie you have earned your rest and for sure you have earned your wings.
I am so thankful to have had such a wonderful person in my life. Grandma and Grandpa were such warm and loving people. I feel blessed to have so many great memories with them. I love and miss you both!
We were blesses greatly by Charlotte and Ed. In 1983, we were just married and getting ready to leave as missionaries to Mexico. Ed and Charlotte were very instrumental in encouraging others in their Sunday School class at Alderwood to be part of our support team. Through their encouragement fifteen to twenty couples began supporting us from their Sunday School class forming our main support base as missionaries. Even though they were retired as missionaries,they showed true concern and effort for reaching people for Christ and for serving Christ. They lived faithful lives for Christ, and now they can rejoice for having done so—“Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.”
Charlotte was an amazing person with an indomitable spirit. She had a heart for God as big as heaven itself.
Charlotte loved adventure, people, flowers, birds and all God’s creatures with a fierce and gentle spirit. I am thankful to have known her and and be called her friend. What a wonderful legacy she left throughout the entire world. She was our angel on earth.
I feel blessed to have had her in my life.
Charlotte always closed our conversations “I am praying blessings on you.” Her prayers are powerful and so we are blessed.