Evelyn Matthews Bunton - Beloved mother of 7, step-mother to 5, grandmother of 16, and great-grandmother of 26, passed away March 7, 2017. Born March 4, 1922 to Leo and Alice Eason of Kirkland, Evelyn married James Matthews of Redmond in June, 1941 and resided in Port Angeles where he was in the U.S. Coast Guard. After the War, settling in Lake Forest Park, they raised seven children: James, Gary, Robert, Richard, Daniel, Ronald, and Lynette.
Evelyn was widowed in 1955 when the love of her life died of Polio. She later married Cliff Bunton. Widowed again in 2007, she remained in her Lake Forest Park home until moving to assisted living in 2011.
"MOMO" was a woman shaped by the Great Depression and buoyed throughout her life by a strong and quiet Christian faith. Her greatest joy was to be a mother, and she served others by being a foster mother to over eighty kids. Despite disappointments and hardships, she maintained a joyful, encouraging spirit and in her own special way she was the epitome of the Greatest Generation.
Memorial: Sat., Mar. 25, 1:00pm, Shoreline Community Church, 125 NE 185th St., Shoreline. Donations: CRISTA Ministries, 19303 Fremont Ave N., Shoreline 98133.
Published in The Seattle Times from Mar. 14 to Mar. 15, 2017.
Evelyn was widowed in 1955 when the love of her life died of Polio. She later married Cliff Bunton. Widowed again in 2007, she remained in her Lake Forest Park home until moving to assisted living in 2011.
"MOMO" was a woman shaped by the Great Depression and buoyed throughout her life by a strong and quiet Christian faith. Her greatest joy was to be a mother, and she served others by being a foster mother to over eighty kids. Despite disappointments and hardships, she maintained a joyful, encouraging spirit and in her own special way she was the epitome of the Greatest Generation.
Memorial: Sat., Mar. 25, 1:00pm, Shoreline Community Church, 125 NE 185th St., Shoreline. Donations: CRISTA Ministries, 19303 Fremont Ave N., Shoreline 98133.
Published in The Seattle Times from Mar. 14 to Mar. 15, 2017.
Evelyn Matthews Bunton - Beloved mother of 7, step-mother to 5, grandmother of 16, and great-grandmother of 26, passed away March 7, 2017. Born March 4, 1922 to Leo and Alice Eason of Kirkland, Evelyn married James Matthews of Redmond in June, 1941 and resided in Port Angeles where he was in the U.S. Coast Guard. After the War, settling in Lake Forest Park, they raised seven children: James, Gary, Robert, Richard, Daniel, Ronald, and Lynette.
Evelyn was widowed in 1955 when the love of her life died of Polio. She later married Cliff Bunton. Widowed again in 2007, she remained in her Lake Forest Park home until moving to assisted living in 2011.
"MOMO" was a woman shaped by the Great Depression and buoyed throughout her life by a strong and quiet Christian faith. Her greatest joy was to be a mother, and she served others by being a foster mother to over eighty kids. Despite disappointments and hardships, she maintained a joyful, encouraging spirit and in her own special way she was the epitome of the Greatest Generation.
Memorial: Sat., Mar. 25, 1:00pm, Shoreline Community Church, 125 NE 185th St., Shoreline. Donations: CRISTA Ministries, 19303 Fremont Ave N., Shoreline 98133.
Published in The Seattle Times from Mar. 14 to Mar. 15, 2017.
Evelyn was widowed in 1955 when the love of her life died of Polio. She later married Cliff Bunton. Widowed again in 2007, she remained in her Lake Forest Park home until moving to assisted living in 2011.
"MOMO" was a woman shaped by the Great Depression and buoyed throughout her life by a strong and quiet Christian faith. Her greatest joy was to be a mother, and she served others by being a foster mother to over eighty kids. Despite disappointments and hardships, she maintained a joyful, encouraging spirit and in her own special way she was the epitome of the Greatest Generation.
Memorial: Sat., Mar. 25, 1:00pm, Shoreline Community Church, 125 NE 185th St., Shoreline. Donations: CRISTA Ministries, 19303 Fremont Ave N., Shoreline 98133.
Published in The Seattle Times from Mar. 14 to Mar. 15, 2017.
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