In Memory of

Class of 1969
Date of Passing Aug 31, 2020

Following graduation, Sadie worked her way through school where she earned an undergraduate and master’s degree from the University of Washington. This led to a successful 30-year career teaching language, arts, reading and history at Park Middle School. Upon Retirement she worked several more years tutoring grade school children. She was a devoted Christian all her life, fiercely independent and always offering a helping hand and a loving heart. She was passionate about animals, her Delaware/Dutch/German ancestry becoming an accomplished genealogist in its study, and her love of music knew no bounds. She played the dulcimer, mandolin, and violin with the Three Rivers Dulcimer Society. Sadie would beat cancer twice but suffer from its remnants afterwards. She died on her Birthday, August 31, 2020, in the Tri-cities.