Pauline Magdalena Cole passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Clark House in Moscow, Idaho from aged related causes. She was 92 years old.
Pauline was born October 5, 1919 in Uniontown, Washington to Michael and Emma Rieland Fuchs. The family consisted of seven sisters and four brothers. The family moved to Tekoa, Washington before Pauline started school. She attended schools in Tekoa and graduated from high school in 1937.
During World War II she moved to Tacoma, Washington where she built air planes for Uncle Sam as a "Rosie Riveter." At the end of the war she returned to Moscow, Idaho where she married her "returning war hero" and lifelong companion, Quentin (Bus) Avery Cole. They were married for 57 years prior to his passing in 2003.
She and Bus raised all six of their children in Moscow; one girl and five boys. In 1956 the family moved into their lifelong home in the Southeast corner of Moscow, where city streets ended in wheat fields and pastures. To little boys it was the end of civilization and the beginning of the great outdoors, where you could build forts, baseball fields, dig foxholes, and catch grasshoppers for fishing trips.
It was at this time that Pauline started her thirty year career as one of the most sought after babysitters in Moscow. Her little operation never exceeded more than three or four, but when you became one of Pauline's charges, you were one for life.
No little one ever left her home wet, cold, or hungry and often times a bag of cookies was sent home for later. If the parents were ever later, an extra plate was set at the table and she feed her extended family. She still follows the lives of many of her little charges; many of whom now have little ones of their own. Once you became part of her family, you were a part of her family forever.
Pauline started doing aerobics shortly after turning sixty and continued regular aerobic exercises into her late eighties. Her aerobic friends became a major part of her life. Because she never learned to drive, she was an avid walker and could be seen every day walking her little "four-legged, furry-faced" friend Soco. Soco always seemed to need a walk.
Pauline is survived by her daughter Dolly Chase and husband Victor, of Port Hadlock, WA, and sons Kerby and wife Ann Louise of Clarkston; Steve and wife Maxine of Deary; Bruce and wife Melissa of Salmon; Mark and wife Cheri of Moscow; and Arnie of Prairie City, OR. She is also survived by 20 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren, three brothers and one sister. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Bus, five sisters and one brother.
A viewing will be held at Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Rosary will be recited at 10:30 AM followed by the Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 13, 2012 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, First and Polk Streets, Moscow. Interment will follow at the Moscow Cemetery.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Short's Funeral Chapel, Moscow.
Pauline was born October 5, 1919 in Uniontown, Washington to Michael and Emma Rieland Fuchs. The family consisted of seven sisters and four brothers. The family moved to Tekoa, Washington before Pauline started school. She attended schools in Tekoa and graduated from high school in 1937.
During World War II she moved to Tacoma, Washington where she built air planes for Uncle Sam as a "Rosie Riveter." At the end of the war she returned to Moscow, Idaho where she married her "returning war hero" and lifelong companion, Quentin (Bus) Avery Cole. They were married for 57 years prior to his passing in 2003.
She and Bus raised all six of their children in Moscow; one girl and five boys. In 1956 the family moved into their lifelong home in the Southeast corner of Moscow, where city streets ended in wheat fields and pastures. To little boys it was the end of civilization and the beginning of the great outdoors, where you could build forts, baseball fields, dig foxholes, and catch grasshoppers for fishing trips.
It was at this time that Pauline started her thirty year career as one of the most sought after babysitters in Moscow. Her little operation never exceeded more than three or four, but when you became one of Pauline's charges, you were one for life.
No little one ever left her home wet, cold, or hungry and often times a bag of cookies was sent home for later. If the parents were ever later, an extra plate was set at the table and she feed her extended family. She still follows the lives of many of her little charges; many of whom now have little ones of their own. Once you became part of her family, you were a part of her family forever.
Pauline started doing aerobics shortly after turning sixty and continued regular aerobic exercises into her late eighties. Her aerobic friends became a major part of her life. Because she never learned to drive, she was an avid walker and could be seen every day walking her little "four-legged, furry-faced" friend Soco. Soco always seemed to need a walk.
Pauline is survived by her daughter Dolly Chase and husband Victor, of Port Hadlock, WA, and sons Kerby and wife Ann Louise of Clarkston; Steve and wife Maxine of Deary; Bruce and wife Melissa of Salmon; Mark and wife Cheri of Moscow; and Arnie of Prairie City, OR. She is also survived by 20 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren, three brothers and one sister. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Bus, five sisters and one brother.
A viewing will be held at Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Rosary will be recited at 10:30 AM followed by the Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 13, 2012 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, First and Polk Streets, Moscow. Interment will follow at the Moscow Cemetery.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Short's Funeral Chapel, Moscow.
Pauline Magdalena Cole passed away Saturday, January 7, 2012 at the Clark House in Moscow, Idaho from aged related causes. She was 92 years old.
Pauline was born October 5, 1919 in Uniontown, Washington to Michael and Emma Rieland Fuchs. The family consisted of seven sisters and four brothers. The family moved to Tekoa, Washington before Pauline started school. She attended schools in Tekoa and graduated from high school in 1937.
During World War II she moved to Tacoma, Washington where she built air planes for Uncle Sam as a "Rosie Riveter." At the end of the war she returned to Moscow, Idaho where she married her "returning war hero" and lifelong companion, Quentin (Bus) Avery Cole. They were married for 57 years prior to his passing in 2003.
She and Bus raised all six of their children in Moscow; one girl and five boys. In 1956 the family moved into their lifelong home in the Southeast corner of Moscow, where city streets ended in wheat fields and pastures. To little boys it was the end of civilization and the beginning of the great outdoors, where you could build forts, baseball fields, dig foxholes, and catch grasshoppers for fishing trips.
It was at this time that Pauline started her thirty year career as one of the most sought after babysitters in Moscow. Her little operation never exceeded more than three or four, but when you became one of Pauline's charges, you were one for life.
No little one ever left her home wet, cold, or hungry and often times a bag of cookies was sent home for later. If the parents were ever later, an extra plate was set at the table and she feed her extended family. She still follows the lives of many of her little charges; many of whom now have little ones of their own. Once you became part of her family, you were a part of her family forever.
Pauline started doing aerobics shortly after turning sixty and continued regular aerobic exercises into her late eighties. Her aerobic friends became a major part of her life. Because she never learned to drive, she was an avid walker and could be seen every day walking her little "four-legged, furry-faced" friend Soco. Soco always seemed to need a walk.
Pauline is survived by her daughter Dolly Chase and husband Victor, of Port Hadlock, WA, and sons Kerby and wife Ann Louise of Clarkston; Steve and wife Maxine of Deary; Bruce and wife Melissa of Salmon; Mark and wife Cheri of Moscow; and Arnie of Prairie City, OR. She is also survived by 20 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren, three brothers and one sister. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Bus, five sisters and one brother.
A viewing will be held at Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Rosary will be recited at 10:30 AM followed by the Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 13, 2012 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, First and Polk Streets, Moscow. Interment will follow at the Moscow Cemetery.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Short's Funeral Chapel, Moscow.
Pauline was born October 5, 1919 in Uniontown, Washington to Michael and Emma Rieland Fuchs. The family consisted of seven sisters and four brothers. The family moved to Tekoa, Washington before Pauline started school. She attended schools in Tekoa and graduated from high school in 1937.
During World War II she moved to Tacoma, Washington where she built air planes for Uncle Sam as a "Rosie Riveter." At the end of the war she returned to Moscow, Idaho where she married her "returning war hero" and lifelong companion, Quentin (Bus) Avery Cole. They were married for 57 years prior to his passing in 2003.
She and Bus raised all six of their children in Moscow; one girl and five boys. In 1956 the family moved into their lifelong home in the Southeast corner of Moscow, where city streets ended in wheat fields and pastures. To little boys it was the end of civilization and the beginning of the great outdoors, where you could build forts, baseball fields, dig foxholes, and catch grasshoppers for fishing trips.
It was at this time that Pauline started her thirty year career as one of the most sought after babysitters in Moscow. Her little operation never exceeded more than three or four, but when you became one of Pauline's charges, you were one for life.
No little one ever left her home wet, cold, or hungry and often times a bag of cookies was sent home for later. If the parents were ever later, an extra plate was set at the table and she feed her extended family. She still follows the lives of many of her little charges; many of whom now have little ones of their own. Once you became part of her family, you were a part of her family forever.
Pauline started doing aerobics shortly after turning sixty and continued regular aerobic exercises into her late eighties. Her aerobic friends became a major part of her life. Because she never learned to drive, she was an avid walker and could be seen every day walking her little "four-legged, furry-faced" friend Soco. Soco always seemed to need a walk.
Pauline is survived by her daughter Dolly Chase and husband Victor, of Port Hadlock, WA, and sons Kerby and wife Ann Louise of Clarkston; Steve and wife Maxine of Deary; Bruce and wife Melissa of Salmon; Mark and wife Cheri of Moscow; and Arnie of Prairie City, OR. She is also survived by 20 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren, three brothers and one sister. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Bus, five sisters and one brother.
A viewing will be held at Short's Funeral Chapel in Moscow on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Rosary will be recited at 10:30 AM followed by the Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 13, 2012 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, First and Polk Streets, Moscow. Interment will follow at the Moscow Cemetery.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Short's Funeral Chapel, Moscow.
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Marie Magdalena Fuchs Bippes
1913–2002
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Helen Frances Fuchs Olson
1915–2006
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Dorothy Ann Augusta Fuchs Fuchs
1917–2002
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Evelyn Josephine Fuchs Merriman
1919–2001
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Genevieve Mary Frances "Gen" Fuchs Ames
1921–2003
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Rita Gertrude Fuchs Moore
1925–2019
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Neil Jerome Fuchs
1926–2021
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Edward John Fuchs
1930–2016
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Leo James Fuchs
1932–2010
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