ESTHER RICHMYER
Esther Mabel (Goods) Richmyer, of Birdsview, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016. She was 94. She was born the youngest of seven children to Arthur Allen Good and Mabel Jane Warfield, in the Day Creek area of Skagit County. She was united in marriage with Wilfred Vernon Richmyer on June 28, 1936, and they spent a loving 52 years together until Vernon’s death in 1988. She spent the next twenty-six years in their family home, the same home where four generations of Richmyers have resided since 1935.
She and Vernon began their life together in Birdsview, then operated a dairy farm in Skiyou in the late 1930’s. They spent the 1940’s in the Ballard area of Seattle, then moved to their new home in Mountlake Terrace in 1950, where they finished raising their family. They bought Vernon’s parents’ home in 1968, where they spent their retirement years. Esther held several jobs: owning/operating a mom-and-pop grocery with Vernon in Mountlake Terrace, making Lanny’s Pizzas in Tukwila and working as a seamstress at Johnson’s Rain Gear in Ballard. But, her role of wife, mother and grandmother was the most important to her, always putting her family first.
As in the loss of their daughter in a tragic accident, Esther exhibited the same courage and fortitude when she, at age 67, both lost her husband and was diagnosed with Diabetes. She qualified for her first driver’s license soon after that, determined to get along on her own. At age 70, she survived quadruple coronary bypass surgery; and, at age 80, confronted and survived breast cancer surgery and follow-up treatments. Over the next 14 years, with her family’s help, she was able to stay in her own home, despite the last ten years of worsening symptoms of Dementia. Since June of 2014, Esther has been in the wonderful care of the staff and the friendship of fellow residents of Prestige Care and Rehabilitation in Burlington, Washington, where we said our final goodbye. Throughout all her struggles and losses, Esther maintained her strong will, loving spirit and playful sense of humor. She will be remembered with love and pride.
Esther was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Vernon, their youngest daughter Patti Jean, their granddaughter Anne Elizabeth; four brothers, Arthur, Armin, Homer and Weldon Good; and two sisters Rose Abrahamson and Frieda Parker. She is survived by her son Gary (Judy) Richmyer, her daughters Janet Maloney, Pamela (John) Kopeinig, Debra (Robert) Clarke, 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
In honoring Esther’s wishes, there will be no service. Rather than flowers, donations in her name are suggested to Prestige Care and Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, or the American Diabetes Foundation.
Esther Mabel (Goods) Richmyer, of Birdsview, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016. She was 94. She was born the youngest of seven children to Arthur Allen Good and Mabel Jane Warfield, in the Day Creek area of Skagit County. She was united in marriage with Wilfred Vernon Richmyer on June 28, 1936, and they spent a loving 52 years together until Vernon’s death in 1988. She spent the next twenty-six years in their family home, the same home where four generations of Richmyers have resided since 1935.
She and Vernon began their life together in Birdsview, then operated a dairy farm in Skiyou in the late 1930’s. They spent the 1940’s in the Ballard area of Seattle, then moved to their new home in Mountlake Terrace in 1950, where they finished raising their family. They bought Vernon’s parents’ home in 1968, where they spent their retirement years. Esther held several jobs: owning/operating a mom-and-pop grocery with Vernon in Mountlake Terrace, making Lanny’s Pizzas in Tukwila and working as a seamstress at Johnson’s Rain Gear in Ballard. But, her role of wife, mother and grandmother was the most important to her, always putting her family first.
As in the loss of their daughter in a tragic accident, Esther exhibited the same courage and fortitude when she, at age 67, both lost her husband and was diagnosed with Diabetes. She qualified for her first driver’s license soon after that, determined to get along on her own. At age 70, she survived quadruple coronary bypass surgery; and, at age 80, confronted and survived breast cancer surgery and follow-up treatments. Over the next 14 years, with her family’s help, she was able to stay in her own home, despite the last ten years of worsening symptoms of Dementia. Since June of 2014, Esther has been in the wonderful care of the staff and the friendship of fellow residents of Prestige Care and Rehabilitation in Burlington, Washington, where we said our final goodbye. Throughout all her struggles and losses, Esther maintained her strong will, loving spirit and playful sense of humor. She will be remembered with love and pride.
Esther was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Vernon, their youngest daughter Patti Jean, their granddaughter Anne Elizabeth; four brothers, Arthur, Armin, Homer and Weldon Good; and two sisters Rose Abrahamson and Frieda Parker. She is survived by her son Gary (Judy) Richmyer, her daughters Janet Maloney, Pamela (John) Kopeinig, Debra (Robert) Clarke, 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
In honoring Esther’s wishes, there will be no service. Rather than flowers, donations in her name are suggested to Prestige Care and Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, or the American Diabetes Foundation.
ESTHER RICHMYER
Esther Mabel (Goods) Richmyer, of Birdsview, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016. She was 94. She was born the youngest of seven children to Arthur Allen Good and Mabel Jane Warfield, in the Day Creek area of Skagit County. She was united in marriage with Wilfred Vernon Richmyer on June 28, 1936, and they spent a loving 52 years together until Vernon’s death in 1988. She spent the next twenty-six years in their family home, the same home where four generations of Richmyers have resided since 1935.
She and Vernon began their life together in Birdsview, then operated a dairy farm in Skiyou in the late 1930’s. They spent the 1940’s in the Ballard area of Seattle, then moved to their new home in Mountlake Terrace in 1950, where they finished raising their family. They bought Vernon’s parents’ home in 1968, where they spent their retirement years. Esther held several jobs: owning/operating a mom-and-pop grocery with Vernon in Mountlake Terrace, making Lanny’s Pizzas in Tukwila and working as a seamstress at Johnson’s Rain Gear in Ballard. But, her role of wife, mother and grandmother was the most important to her, always putting her family first.
As in the loss of their daughter in a tragic accident, Esther exhibited the same courage and fortitude when she, at age 67, both lost her husband and was diagnosed with Diabetes. She qualified for her first driver’s license soon after that, determined to get along on her own. At age 70, she survived quadruple coronary bypass surgery; and, at age 80, confronted and survived breast cancer surgery and follow-up treatments. Over the next 14 years, with her family’s help, she was able to stay in her own home, despite the last ten years of worsening symptoms of Dementia. Since June of 2014, Esther has been in the wonderful care of the staff and the friendship of fellow residents of Prestige Care and Rehabilitation in Burlington, Washington, where we said our final goodbye. Throughout all her struggles and losses, Esther maintained her strong will, loving spirit and playful sense of humor. She will be remembered with love and pride.
Esther was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Vernon, their youngest daughter Patti Jean, their granddaughter Anne Elizabeth; four brothers, Arthur, Armin, Homer and Weldon Good; and two sisters Rose Abrahamson and Frieda Parker. She is survived by her son Gary (Judy) Richmyer, her daughters Janet Maloney, Pamela (John) Kopeinig, Debra (Robert) Clarke, 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
In honoring Esther’s wishes, there will be no service. Rather than flowers, donations in her name are suggested to Prestige Care and Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, or the American Diabetes Foundation.
Esther Mabel (Goods) Richmyer, of Birdsview, passed away on Friday, February 26, 2016. She was 94. She was born the youngest of seven children to Arthur Allen Good and Mabel Jane Warfield, in the Day Creek area of Skagit County. She was united in marriage with Wilfred Vernon Richmyer on June 28, 1936, and they spent a loving 52 years together until Vernon’s death in 1988. She spent the next twenty-six years in their family home, the same home where four generations of Richmyers have resided since 1935.
She and Vernon began their life together in Birdsview, then operated a dairy farm in Skiyou in the late 1930’s. They spent the 1940’s in the Ballard area of Seattle, then moved to their new home in Mountlake Terrace in 1950, where they finished raising their family. They bought Vernon’s parents’ home in 1968, where they spent their retirement years. Esther held several jobs: owning/operating a mom-and-pop grocery with Vernon in Mountlake Terrace, making Lanny’s Pizzas in Tukwila and working as a seamstress at Johnson’s Rain Gear in Ballard. But, her role of wife, mother and grandmother was the most important to her, always putting her family first.
As in the loss of their daughter in a tragic accident, Esther exhibited the same courage and fortitude when she, at age 67, both lost her husband and was diagnosed with Diabetes. She qualified for her first driver’s license soon after that, determined to get along on her own. At age 70, she survived quadruple coronary bypass surgery; and, at age 80, confronted and survived breast cancer surgery and follow-up treatments. Over the next 14 years, with her family’s help, she was able to stay in her own home, despite the last ten years of worsening symptoms of Dementia. Since June of 2014, Esther has been in the wonderful care of the staff and the friendship of fellow residents of Prestige Care and Rehabilitation in Burlington, Washington, where we said our final goodbye. Throughout all her struggles and losses, Esther maintained her strong will, loving spirit and playful sense of humor. She will be remembered with love and pride.
Esther was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Vernon, their youngest daughter Patti Jean, their granddaughter Anne Elizabeth; four brothers, Arthur, Armin, Homer and Weldon Good; and two sisters Rose Abrahamson and Frieda Parker. She is survived by her son Gary (Judy) Richmyer, her daughters Janet Maloney, Pamela (John) Kopeinig, Debra (Robert) Clarke, 10 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
In honoring Esther’s wishes, there will be no service. Rather than flowers, donations in her name are suggested to Prestige Care and Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, or the American Diabetes Foundation.
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