Gwendolyn Cole
Jun 10, 1969 – Feb 24, 2013
Our beloved and wonderful wife and daughter Gwen died peacefully at home at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, Sunday, February 24, from complications arising from her lifelong heart issues. She passed away serenely, surrounded by her husband Dana, her parents Joanne and Art, and two of her close friends from childhood, Denis and Moira McGrath.
Gwen was born June 10, 1969, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She was a 1987 graduate of Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a proud alumna of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She later earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Seattle University. After graduation she moved to Seattle, where she married Dana Guppy on September 14, 2002. Gwen worked as an accountant and volunteered in many civic activities in Seattle. She was an active member of St. Edward’s Church in Seattle. In recent years she was especially happy in the company of her knitting friends of the Columbia City Knitters.
Throughout her life, Gwen confronted and overcame severe heart problems; however, she did not make them the focus of her life, and many of her friends and acquaintances were unaware of her physical issues. She was very easy to love. She tremendously enjoyed cats, knitting, and her friends. She and Dana adopted several dogs and cats whom they loved and cared for. She had a brave heart and gentle disposition, and she treasured trusting relationships. She returned home to hospice in mid-February to enjoy the company of her friends and family, and after ten days, on Sunday afternoon, she simply went to sleep.
Visitation for Gwen will be Thursday, February 28, at the Bonney-Watson Washington Memorial, 16445 International Blvd, Sea-Tac, Washington, from 3 PM. We will say the Rosary for Gwen at 7:00.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Felino Paulino 10:00 Friday, March 1 at St. Edward’s Church, 4200 S Mead St., Seattle (on Orcas St.). Arrangements are pending for services in Michigan on Friday March 8 at Nie Funeral Home on Carpenter Road in Ann Arbor, and a funeral Mass on Saturday morning, March 9, at Holy Trinity Student Chapel in Ypsilanti, followed by burial at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Ypsilanti.
Please keep Gwen, and us, in your prayers. She was much loved and we miss her terribly.
Dana Guppy
Art and Joanne Cole
Jun 10, 1969 – Feb 24, 2013
Our beloved and wonderful wife and daughter Gwen died peacefully at home at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, Sunday, February 24, from complications arising from her lifelong heart issues. She passed away serenely, surrounded by her husband Dana, her parents Joanne and Art, and two of her close friends from childhood, Denis and Moira McGrath.
Gwen was born June 10, 1969, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She was a 1987 graduate of Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a proud alumna of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She later earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Seattle University. After graduation she moved to Seattle, where she married Dana Guppy on September 14, 2002. Gwen worked as an accountant and volunteered in many civic activities in Seattle. She was an active member of St. Edward’s Church in Seattle. In recent years she was especially happy in the company of her knitting friends of the Columbia City Knitters.
Throughout her life, Gwen confronted and overcame severe heart problems; however, she did not make them the focus of her life, and many of her friends and acquaintances were unaware of her physical issues. She was very easy to love. She tremendously enjoyed cats, knitting, and her friends. She and Dana adopted several dogs and cats whom they loved and cared for. She had a brave heart and gentle disposition, and she treasured trusting relationships. She returned home to hospice in mid-February to enjoy the company of her friends and family, and after ten days, on Sunday afternoon, she simply went to sleep.
Visitation for Gwen will be Thursday, February 28, at the Bonney-Watson Washington Memorial, 16445 International Blvd, Sea-Tac, Washington, from 3 PM. We will say the Rosary for Gwen at 7:00.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Felino Paulino 10:00 Friday, March 1 at St. Edward’s Church, 4200 S Mead St., Seattle (on Orcas St.). Arrangements are pending for services in Michigan on Friday March 8 at Nie Funeral Home on Carpenter Road in Ann Arbor, and a funeral Mass on Saturday morning, March 9, at Holy Trinity Student Chapel in Ypsilanti, followed by burial at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Ypsilanti.
Please keep Gwen, and us, in your prayers. She was much loved and we miss her terribly.
Dana Guppy
Art and Joanne Cole
Gwendolyn Cole
Jun 10, 1969 – Feb 24, 2013
Our beloved and wonderful wife and daughter Gwen died peacefully at home at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, Sunday, February 24, from complications arising from her lifelong heart issues. She passed away serenely, surrounded by her husband Dana, her parents Joanne and Art, and two of her close friends from childhood, Denis and Moira McGrath.
Gwen was born June 10, 1969, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She was a 1987 graduate of Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a proud alumna of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She later earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Seattle University. After graduation she moved to Seattle, where she married Dana Guppy on September 14, 2002. Gwen worked as an accountant and volunteered in many civic activities in Seattle. She was an active member of St. Edward’s Church in Seattle. In recent years she was especially happy in the company of her knitting friends of the Columbia City Knitters.
Throughout her life, Gwen confronted and overcame severe heart problems; however, she did not make them the focus of her life, and many of her friends and acquaintances were unaware of her physical issues. She was very easy to love. She tremendously enjoyed cats, knitting, and her friends. She and Dana adopted several dogs and cats whom they loved and cared for. She had a brave heart and gentle disposition, and she treasured trusting relationships. She returned home to hospice in mid-February to enjoy the company of her friends and family, and after ten days, on Sunday afternoon, she simply went to sleep.
Visitation for Gwen will be Thursday, February 28, at the Bonney-Watson Washington Memorial, 16445 International Blvd, Sea-Tac, Washington, from 3 PM. We will say the Rosary for Gwen at 7:00.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Felino Paulino 10:00 Friday, March 1 at St. Edward’s Church, 4200 S Mead St., Seattle (on Orcas St.). Arrangements are pending for services in Michigan on Friday March 8 at Nie Funeral Home on Carpenter Road in Ann Arbor, and a funeral Mass on Saturday morning, March 9, at Holy Trinity Student Chapel in Ypsilanti, followed by burial at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Ypsilanti.
Please keep Gwen, and us, in your prayers. She was much loved and we miss her terribly.
Dana Guppy
Art and Joanne Cole
Jun 10, 1969 – Feb 24, 2013
Our beloved and wonderful wife and daughter Gwen died peacefully at home at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, Sunday, February 24, from complications arising from her lifelong heart issues. She passed away serenely, surrounded by her husband Dana, her parents Joanne and Art, and two of her close friends from childhood, Denis and Moira McGrath.
Gwen was born June 10, 1969, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. She was a 1987 graduate of Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a proud alumna of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana. She later earned a Master of Public Administration degree from Seattle University. After graduation she moved to Seattle, where she married Dana Guppy on September 14, 2002. Gwen worked as an accountant and volunteered in many civic activities in Seattle. She was an active member of St. Edward’s Church in Seattle. In recent years she was especially happy in the company of her knitting friends of the Columbia City Knitters.
Throughout her life, Gwen confronted and overcame severe heart problems; however, she did not make them the focus of her life, and many of her friends and acquaintances were unaware of her physical issues. She was very easy to love. She tremendously enjoyed cats, knitting, and her friends. She and Dana adopted several dogs and cats whom they loved and cared for. She had a brave heart and gentle disposition, and she treasured trusting relationships. She returned home to hospice in mid-February to enjoy the company of her friends and family, and after ten days, on Sunday afternoon, she simply went to sleep.
Visitation for Gwen will be Thursday, February 28, at the Bonney-Watson Washington Memorial, 16445 International Blvd, Sea-Tac, Washington, from 3 PM. We will say the Rosary for Gwen at 7:00.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Felino Paulino 10:00 Friday, March 1 at St. Edward’s Church, 4200 S Mead St., Seattle (on Orcas St.). Arrangements are pending for services in Michigan on Friday March 8 at Nie Funeral Home on Carpenter Road in Ann Arbor, and a funeral Mass on Saturday morning, March 9, at Holy Trinity Student Chapel in Ypsilanti, followed by burial at St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Ypsilanti.
Please keep Gwen, and us, in your prayers. She was much loved and we miss her terribly.
Dana Guppy
Art and Joanne Cole
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