Wasilla resident and Mother Extraordinaire, Mary Ellen DeVore, 88, passed away on November 15, 2010. A Celebration of her life will be held on May 15, 2011 in her beloved hometown of Lind, WA. She was born on September 12, 1922 in Wilson Creek, WA to A.B. Davis and Oma Gilman. Adventuresome Mary Ellen moved to Wasilla, AK at the youthful age of 80 in order to enjoy the Last Frontier. Enjoy she did! Traveling all over AK with her children, reading to kindergarten students at a local elementary school, baking cookies for the Emergency Medical Team staff at the Wasilla Fire Department, as well as for teachers in Bush Alaska, Mary Ellen was loved by all she met. A member of the Mat-Su Gardening Club and Christ First United Methodist Church, she enjoyed socializing, riding the Mystery Train each fall, turning the soil at her little apartment, writing with her fellow retirement community neighbors, and making wine. All remember her best for her cooking, work ethic, commitment to her children, and love for travel.
As a child, Mary Ellen loved the drama classes at her high school in Lind, WA; she had dreamed of becoming a stewardess and instead married a farmer (who wanted to be a comedian): Lloyd George, her high school sweetheart, and Mary Ellen celebrated nearly 60 years together, had six children, fostered another, and for more than 20 years the family managed a wheat farm. When they moved to town in the fall of 1966, Mary Ellen worked at Lamb-Weston in Connell; she juggled three Lind School jobs at a time-"bus driver, cook, and janitor-"and ran the two DeVore motels. Loving to cook and feed everyone, Mary Ellen bought the Golden Grain Cafe where for nearly 15 more years she fed her family-"(her grandchildren LOVED going to Grandma's restaurant)-"residents of her hometown, Adams County, Eastern WA, and all the tourists in between.
She attained her stewardess goal by traveling everywhere, usually with her children and grandchildren: Spain, Rome, Ireland, Mexico, Panama, Morocco, Italy, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Canada, transcontinental train trips, cruised all over the Pacific and Gulf Coast, to name a few of her trips. She commemorated her 75th birthday by parasailing in Cancun, Mexico.
Mary Ellen was known for embracing life in everything she did-"leaving a positive impression upon all of those people whose lives she touched. Throughout her life her joys were her PETS-"especially Pepper Pot-"her family, friends, cooking, gardening, gambling, traveling, reading, crossword puzzles, board/card games, and laughter. Always a risk-taker, she left her home of 70 years in eastern Washington and ventured to the Last Frontier, AK, where she remained for eight years, before passing on 11/15/10 surrounded by three of her children, and three of the most compassionate caregivers in the world-"Tatyana, Tawni, and Vera-"a trio of workers who gave Mary Ellen the respect and dignity one wishes for all mothers of the world.
Returning full circle to her dramatic high school days, Mary Ellen was true to her word: "I came into this world a red head, and I'm going out a red head." (Thanks to Marilu of Hairport who visited Mom weekly the last six weeks of Mary Ellen's life.) Mary Ellen was frequently heard to say to her doctor, her minister and many others: "I am blessed. I have children who love me, I have led a good life, and I have traveled the world. I am damn lucky!"
Preceded in death by: parents A.B. Davis and Oma Gilman Davis; husband, Lloyd George DeVore; and three grandchildren: Gretchen Ellis, Christopher Walls and Daniel Lynn Henderson.
.Published in Spokesman-Review from December 1 to December 2, 2010
As a child, Mary Ellen loved the drama classes at her high school in Lind, WA; she had dreamed of becoming a stewardess and instead married a farmer (who wanted to be a comedian): Lloyd George, her high school sweetheart, and Mary Ellen celebrated nearly 60 years together, had six children, fostered another, and for more than 20 years the family managed a wheat farm. When they moved to town in the fall of 1966, Mary Ellen worked at Lamb-Weston in Connell; she juggled three Lind School jobs at a time-"bus driver, cook, and janitor-"and ran the two DeVore motels. Loving to cook and feed everyone, Mary Ellen bought the Golden Grain Cafe where for nearly 15 more years she fed her family-"(her grandchildren LOVED going to Grandma's restaurant)-"residents of her hometown, Adams County, Eastern WA, and all the tourists in between.
She attained her stewardess goal by traveling everywhere, usually with her children and grandchildren: Spain, Rome, Ireland, Mexico, Panama, Morocco, Italy, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Canada, transcontinental train trips, cruised all over the Pacific and Gulf Coast, to name a few of her trips. She commemorated her 75th birthday by parasailing in Cancun, Mexico.
Mary Ellen was known for embracing life in everything she did-"leaving a positive impression upon all of those people whose lives she touched. Throughout her life her joys were her PETS-"especially Pepper Pot-"her family, friends, cooking, gardening, gambling, traveling, reading, crossword puzzles, board/card games, and laughter. Always a risk-taker, she left her home of 70 years in eastern Washington and ventured to the Last Frontier, AK, where she remained for eight years, before passing on 11/15/10 surrounded by three of her children, and three of the most compassionate caregivers in the world-"Tatyana, Tawni, and Vera-"a trio of workers who gave Mary Ellen the respect and dignity one wishes for all mothers of the world.
Returning full circle to her dramatic high school days, Mary Ellen was true to her word: "I came into this world a red head, and I'm going out a red head." (Thanks to Marilu of Hairport who visited Mom weekly the last six weeks of Mary Ellen's life.) Mary Ellen was frequently heard to say to her doctor, her minister and many others: "I am blessed. I have children who love me, I have led a good life, and I have traveled the world. I am damn lucky!"
Preceded in death by: parents A.B. Davis and Oma Gilman Davis; husband, Lloyd George DeVore; and three grandchildren: Gretchen Ellis, Christopher Walls and Daniel Lynn Henderson.
.Published in Spokesman-Review from December 1 to December 2, 2010
Wasilla resident and Mother Extraordinaire, Mary Ellen DeVore, 88, passed away on November 15, 2010. A Celebration of her life will be held on May 15, 2011 in her beloved hometown of Lind, WA. She was born on September 12, 1922 in Wilson Creek, WA to A.B. Davis and Oma Gilman. Adventuresome Mary Ellen moved to Wasilla, AK at the youthful age of 80 in order to enjoy the Last Frontier. Enjoy she did! Traveling all over AK with her children, reading to kindergarten students at a local elementary school, baking cookies for the Emergency Medical Team staff at the Wasilla Fire Department, as well as for teachers in Bush Alaska, Mary Ellen was loved by all she met. A member of the Mat-Su Gardening Club and Christ First United Methodist Church, she enjoyed socializing, riding the Mystery Train each fall, turning the soil at her little apartment, writing with her fellow retirement community neighbors, and making wine. All remember her best for her cooking, work ethic, commitment to her children, and love for travel.
As a child, Mary Ellen loved the drama classes at her high school in Lind, WA; she had dreamed of becoming a stewardess and instead married a farmer (who wanted to be a comedian): Lloyd George, her high school sweetheart, and Mary Ellen celebrated nearly 60 years together, had six children, fostered another, and for more than 20 years the family managed a wheat farm. When they moved to town in the fall of 1966, Mary Ellen worked at Lamb-Weston in Connell; she juggled three Lind School jobs at a time-"bus driver, cook, and janitor-"and ran the two DeVore motels. Loving to cook and feed everyone, Mary Ellen bought the Golden Grain Cafe where for nearly 15 more years she fed her family-"(her grandchildren LOVED going to Grandma's restaurant)-"residents of her hometown, Adams County, Eastern WA, and all the tourists in between.
She attained her stewardess goal by traveling everywhere, usually with her children and grandchildren: Spain, Rome, Ireland, Mexico, Panama, Morocco, Italy, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Canada, transcontinental train trips, cruised all over the Pacific and Gulf Coast, to name a few of her trips. She commemorated her 75th birthday by parasailing in Cancun, Mexico.
Mary Ellen was known for embracing life in everything she did-"leaving a positive impression upon all of those people whose lives she touched. Throughout her life her joys were her PETS-"especially Pepper Pot-"her family, friends, cooking, gardening, gambling, traveling, reading, crossword puzzles, board/card games, and laughter. Always a risk-taker, she left her home of 70 years in eastern Washington and ventured to the Last Frontier, AK, where she remained for eight years, before passing on 11/15/10 surrounded by three of her children, and three of the most compassionate caregivers in the world-"Tatyana, Tawni, and Vera-"a trio of workers who gave Mary Ellen the respect and dignity one wishes for all mothers of the world.
Returning full circle to her dramatic high school days, Mary Ellen was true to her word: "I came into this world a red head, and I'm going out a red head." (Thanks to Marilu of Hairport who visited Mom weekly the last six weeks of Mary Ellen's life.) Mary Ellen was frequently heard to say to her doctor, her minister and many others: "I am blessed. I have children who love me, I have led a good life, and I have traveled the world. I am damn lucky!"
Preceded in death by: parents A.B. Davis and Oma Gilman Davis; husband, Lloyd George DeVore; and three grandchildren: Gretchen Ellis, Christopher Walls and Daniel Lynn Henderson.
.Published in Spokesman-Review from December 1 to December 2, 2010
As a child, Mary Ellen loved the drama classes at her high school in Lind, WA; she had dreamed of becoming a stewardess and instead married a farmer (who wanted to be a comedian): Lloyd George, her high school sweetheart, and Mary Ellen celebrated nearly 60 years together, had six children, fostered another, and for more than 20 years the family managed a wheat farm. When they moved to town in the fall of 1966, Mary Ellen worked at Lamb-Weston in Connell; she juggled three Lind School jobs at a time-"bus driver, cook, and janitor-"and ran the two DeVore motels. Loving to cook and feed everyone, Mary Ellen bought the Golden Grain Cafe where for nearly 15 more years she fed her family-"(her grandchildren LOVED going to Grandma's restaurant)-"residents of her hometown, Adams County, Eastern WA, and all the tourists in between.
She attained her stewardess goal by traveling everywhere, usually with her children and grandchildren: Spain, Rome, Ireland, Mexico, Panama, Morocco, Italy, the Caribbean, Hawaii, Canada, transcontinental train trips, cruised all over the Pacific and Gulf Coast, to name a few of her trips. She commemorated her 75th birthday by parasailing in Cancun, Mexico.
Mary Ellen was known for embracing life in everything she did-"leaving a positive impression upon all of those people whose lives she touched. Throughout her life her joys were her PETS-"especially Pepper Pot-"her family, friends, cooking, gardening, gambling, traveling, reading, crossword puzzles, board/card games, and laughter. Always a risk-taker, she left her home of 70 years in eastern Washington and ventured to the Last Frontier, AK, where she remained for eight years, before passing on 11/15/10 surrounded by three of her children, and three of the most compassionate caregivers in the world-"Tatyana, Tawni, and Vera-"a trio of workers who gave Mary Ellen the respect and dignity one wishes for all mothers of the world.
Returning full circle to her dramatic high school days, Mary Ellen was true to her word: "I came into this world a red head, and I'm going out a red head." (Thanks to Marilu of Hairport who visited Mom weekly the last six weeks of Mary Ellen's life.) Mary Ellen was frequently heard to say to her doctor, her minister and many others: "I am blessed. I have children who love me, I have led a good life, and I have traveled the world. I am damn lucky!"
Preceded in death by: parents A.B. Davis and Oma Gilman Davis; husband, Lloyd George DeVore; and three grandchildren: Gretchen Ellis, Christopher Walls and Daniel Lynn Henderson.
.Published in Spokesman-Review from December 1 to December 2, 2010
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