When friends would visit Mary Lucile Teller, she'd warn them about one of the bedrooms in her house. It's where she kept her son's snakes over the winter.
In her bedroom, Mrs. Teller had a collection of pewter tins, each holding the remains of the dogs she'd had in her life, remains that will be buried with her.
She loved her family, and she loved animals — so much so that she adopted wolves at Wolf Haven and would fill her home with snakes, lizards, mice, rats, dogs and cats, said her children.
Mrs. Teller, 87, died Friday (Jan. 4) of a stroke at Anderson House in Shoreline.
Mrs. Teller, who was active with Camp Fire for decades, was born in Underwood, Skamania County, along the Columbia River, and grew up on a 76-acre fruit farm that was home to many animals.
She attended Western Washington State College, graduating with a teaching degree. She married Navy pilot William Teller in 1943. He died in 1972.
For 35 years, Mrs. Teller taught some of Seattle's most prominent families at The Highlands preschool in Shoreline. Several of her former students visited her in the hospital before she died.
Mrs. Teller, who taught until she was 75, taught three of Diane Shrewsbury's children, and the two became close friends.
Every summer Teller would attend the annual fundraiser for the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
Mary was a proud supporter of the Woodland Park Zoo. She was born and raised on a farm, so those were her pets and her best friends.
Mary eventually serving on the Seattle-King County Camp Fire board of directors. She volunteered at day camp at Seattle's Carkeek Park every summer for years, and when her children were grown she took on a new Camp Fire group of children who were her students at The Highlands School.
She helped create the first Camp Fire museum in the country, created traveling exhibits, supported Camp Fire's annual auction and recruited buyers for Camp Fire mints.
In 1999, Mrs. Teller received the Camp Fire Spirit Award, a lifetime-achievement award recognizing 40 years of service.
Mrs. Teller also loved to travel. Three years ago she took a cruise to Alaska with all her children and grandchildren.
Mrs. Teller worked at the Camp Fire office and helped her set up the museum. Mary was 87.
In her bedroom, Mrs. Teller had a collection of pewter tins, each holding the remains of the dogs she'd had in her life, remains that will be buried with her.
She loved her family, and she loved animals — so much so that she adopted wolves at Wolf Haven and would fill her home with snakes, lizards, mice, rats, dogs and cats, said her children.
Mrs. Teller, 87, died Friday (Jan. 4) of a stroke at Anderson House in Shoreline.
Mrs. Teller, who was active with Camp Fire for decades, was born in Underwood, Skamania County, along the Columbia River, and grew up on a 76-acre fruit farm that was home to many animals.
She attended Western Washington State College, graduating with a teaching degree. She married Navy pilot William Teller in 1943. He died in 1972.
For 35 years, Mrs. Teller taught some of Seattle's most prominent families at The Highlands preschool in Shoreline. Several of her former students visited her in the hospital before she died.
Mrs. Teller, who taught until she was 75, taught three of Diane Shrewsbury's children, and the two became close friends.
Every summer Teller would attend the annual fundraiser for the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
Mary was a proud supporter of the Woodland Park Zoo. She was born and raised on a farm, so those were her pets and her best friends.
Mary eventually serving on the Seattle-King County Camp Fire board of directors. She volunteered at day camp at Seattle's Carkeek Park every summer for years, and when her children were grown she took on a new Camp Fire group of children who were her students at The Highlands School.
She helped create the first Camp Fire museum in the country, created traveling exhibits, supported Camp Fire's annual auction and recruited buyers for Camp Fire mints.
In 1999, Mrs. Teller received the Camp Fire Spirit Award, a lifetime-achievement award recognizing 40 years of service.
Mrs. Teller also loved to travel. Three years ago she took a cruise to Alaska with all her children and grandchildren.
Mrs. Teller worked at the Camp Fire office and helped her set up the museum. Mary was 87.
When friends would visit Mary Lucile Teller, she'd warn them about one of the bedrooms in her house. It's where she kept her son's snakes over the winter.
In her bedroom, Mrs. Teller had a collection of pewter tins, each holding the remains of the dogs she'd had in her life, remains that will be buried with her.
She loved her family, and she loved animals — so much so that she adopted wolves at Wolf Haven and would fill her home with snakes, lizards, mice, rats, dogs and cats, said her children.
Mrs. Teller, 87, died Friday (Jan. 4) of a stroke at Anderson House in Shoreline.
Mrs. Teller, who was active with Camp Fire for decades, was born in Underwood, Skamania County, along the Columbia River, and grew up on a 76-acre fruit farm that was home to many animals.
She attended Western Washington State College, graduating with a teaching degree. She married Navy pilot William Teller in 1943. He died in 1972.
For 35 years, Mrs. Teller taught some of Seattle's most prominent families at The Highlands preschool in Shoreline. Several of her former students visited her in the hospital before she died.
Mrs. Teller, who taught until she was 75, taught three of Diane Shrewsbury's children, and the two became close friends.
Every summer Teller would attend the annual fundraiser for the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
Mary was a proud supporter of the Woodland Park Zoo. She was born and raised on a farm, so those were her pets and her best friends.
Mary eventually serving on the Seattle-King County Camp Fire board of directors. She volunteered at day camp at Seattle's Carkeek Park every summer for years, and when her children were grown she took on a new Camp Fire group of children who were her students at The Highlands School.
She helped create the first Camp Fire museum in the country, created traveling exhibits, supported Camp Fire's annual auction and recruited buyers for Camp Fire mints.
In 1999, Mrs. Teller received the Camp Fire Spirit Award, a lifetime-achievement award recognizing 40 years of service.
Mrs. Teller also loved to travel. Three years ago she took a cruise to Alaska with all her children and grandchildren.
Mrs. Teller worked at the Camp Fire office and helped her set up the museum. Mary was 87.
In her bedroom, Mrs. Teller had a collection of pewter tins, each holding the remains of the dogs she'd had in her life, remains that will be buried with her.
She loved her family, and she loved animals — so much so that she adopted wolves at Wolf Haven and would fill her home with snakes, lizards, mice, rats, dogs and cats, said her children.
Mrs. Teller, 87, died Friday (Jan. 4) of a stroke at Anderson House in Shoreline.
Mrs. Teller, who was active with Camp Fire for decades, was born in Underwood, Skamania County, along the Columbia River, and grew up on a 76-acre fruit farm that was home to many animals.
She attended Western Washington State College, graduating with a teaching degree. She married Navy pilot William Teller in 1943. He died in 1972.
For 35 years, Mrs. Teller taught some of Seattle's most prominent families at The Highlands preschool in Shoreline. Several of her former students visited her in the hospital before she died.
Mrs. Teller, who taught until she was 75, taught three of Diane Shrewsbury's children, and the two became close friends.
Every summer Teller would attend the annual fundraiser for the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
Mary was a proud supporter of the Woodland Park Zoo. She was born and raised on a farm, so those were her pets and her best friends.
Mary eventually serving on the Seattle-King County Camp Fire board of directors. She volunteered at day camp at Seattle's Carkeek Park every summer for years, and when her children were grown she took on a new Camp Fire group of children who were her students at The Highlands School.
She helped create the first Camp Fire museum in the country, created traveling exhibits, supported Camp Fire's annual auction and recruited buyers for Camp Fire mints.
In 1999, Mrs. Teller received the Camp Fire Spirit Award, a lifetime-achievement award recognizing 40 years of service.
Mrs. Teller also loved to travel. Three years ago she took a cruise to Alaska with all her children and grandchildren.
Mrs. Teller worked at the Camp Fire office and helped her set up the museum. Mary was 87.
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