BRUNS, Lillie A., age 87, formerly of 308 Carolina Street, passed away in a local hospital Monday, November 4, (1963). Mrs. Bruns was the widow of the late John E. Bruns, who passed away in November 1962. A 17-year resident of Bellingham, she came to Shaw Island in 1886 and taught school at West Sound, Lopez, Blakely, and Shaw Island for many years; she was a member of the Shaw Island Congregational Church and the Washington Co-Op. Survivors are two sons, Eber I., East Sound; J. Lee, city; one daughter, Mrs. Eleanor M. Stillman, city; five grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Lillie Marold came to Shaw Island at the age of ten in 1886 when Washington was still a territory, with her sister and brother-in-law, Dorcas Marold and E. B. "Bert" Fowler, where they homesteaded above Blind Bay. Lillie was educated there and also attended the University of Washington for her teaching degree. She was active in helping to set up the community by teaching, acting as a mail clerk, and dedicating work in a long process to purchase 60 acres from the federal government that the islanders then donated to San Juan County for a public park on Indian Cove, Shaw Island. Lillie lived there for 60 years, qualifying her for the roster of the Washington State Pioneers.
BRUNS, Lillie A., age 87, formerly of 308 Carolina Street, passed away in a local hospital Monday, November 4, (1963). Mrs. Bruns was the widow of the late John E. Bruns, who passed away in November 1962. A 17-year resident of Bellingham, she came to Shaw Island in 1886 and taught school at West Sound, Lopez, Blakely, and Shaw Island for many years; she was a member of the Shaw Island Congregational Church and the Washington Co-Op. Survivors are two sons, Eber I., East Sound; J. Lee, city; one daughter, Mrs. Eleanor M. Stillman, city; five grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Lillie Marold came to Shaw Island at the age of ten in 1886 when Washington was still a territory, with her sister and brother-in-law, Dorcas Marold and E. B. "Bert" Fowler, where they homesteaded above Blind Bay. Lillie was educated there and also attended the University of Washington for her teaching degree. She was active in helping to set up the community by teaching, acting as a mail clerk, and dedicating work in a long process to purchase 60 acres from the federal government that the islanders then donated to San Juan County for a public park on Indian Cove, Shaw Island. Lillie lived there for 60 years, qualifying her for the roster of the Washington State Pioneers.
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