Freda Marie Athearn, 89, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident, passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon.
She was born on May 7, 1921 in Clear Lake, Washington, the daughter of Joseph & Maude (Scribner) Parent. She was raised and attended school in Clear Lake. On November 9, 1940 she was united in marriage to Elmer "Dodz" Athearn in Bellingham and the made their home in the Wickersham area until moving to Sedro-Woolley in 1955.
Freda worked as a sales clerk for the Tradewell grocery store for nine years, for the Thrifty Foods & Market Place grocery stores and then for Holland Drug until her retirement in 1984.
She enjoyed bowling whenever possible.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph & Maude Parent, her husband, Dodz Athearn, in 1997 and a sister, Nettie Mitchell, in 2009.
Private interment will be at the Saxon Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley. Share memories of Freda and sign the online guest register at www.lemleychapel.com
Published in Bellingham Herald on June 3, 2010
She was born on May 7, 1921 in Clear Lake, Washington, the daughter of Joseph & Maude (Scribner) Parent. She was raised and attended school in Clear Lake. On November 9, 1940 she was united in marriage to Elmer "Dodz" Athearn in Bellingham and the made their home in the Wickersham area until moving to Sedro-Woolley in 1955.
Freda worked as a sales clerk for the Tradewell grocery store for nine years, for the Thrifty Foods & Market Place grocery stores and then for Holland Drug until her retirement in 1984.
She enjoyed bowling whenever possible.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph & Maude Parent, her husband, Dodz Athearn, in 1997 and a sister, Nettie Mitchell, in 2009.
Private interment will be at the Saxon Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley. Share memories of Freda and sign the online guest register at www.lemleychapel.com
Published in Bellingham Herald on June 3, 2010
Freda Marie Athearn, 89, a longtime Sedro-Woolley resident, passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon.
She was born on May 7, 1921 in Clear Lake, Washington, the daughter of Joseph & Maude (Scribner) Parent. She was raised and attended school in Clear Lake. On November 9, 1940 she was united in marriage to Elmer "Dodz" Athearn in Bellingham and the made their home in the Wickersham area until moving to Sedro-Woolley in 1955.
Freda worked as a sales clerk for the Tradewell grocery store for nine years, for the Thrifty Foods & Market Place grocery stores and then for Holland Drug until her retirement in 1984.
She enjoyed bowling whenever possible.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph & Maude Parent, her husband, Dodz Athearn, in 1997 and a sister, Nettie Mitchell, in 2009.
Private interment will be at the Saxon Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley. Share memories of Freda and sign the online guest register at www.lemleychapel.com
Published in Bellingham Herald on June 3, 2010
She was born on May 7, 1921 in Clear Lake, Washington, the daughter of Joseph & Maude (Scribner) Parent. She was raised and attended school in Clear Lake. On November 9, 1940 she was united in marriage to Elmer "Dodz" Athearn in Bellingham and the made their home in the Wickersham area until moving to Sedro-Woolley in 1955.
Freda worked as a sales clerk for the Tradewell grocery store for nine years, for the Thrifty Foods & Market Place grocery stores and then for Holland Drug until her retirement in 1984.
She enjoyed bowling whenever possible.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph & Maude Parent, her husband, Dodz Athearn, in 1997 and a sister, Nettie Mitchell, in 2009.
Private interment will be at the Saxon Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley. Share memories of Freda and sign the online guest register at www.lemleychapel.com
Published in Bellingham Herald on June 3, 2010
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