WHALEY, Deane M. (1929-2016)

WHALEY

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 11/9/2018 at 20:19:24

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Renton, WA

DEANE MAE WHALEY

Deane Mae Whaley was born on April 25, 1929 in Marshalltown, Iowa to Emil John Lacina and Vivian Rose Norris. She passed away on November 30, 2016 a Swedish/Edmonds Medical Center, Edmonds Campus. She was married to Harris "Roger" Whaley. He passed away on May 12, 2001, and is inurned at Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, Washington. They moved in 1957 from the state of Iowa, to the Seattle, Washington area, where they raised five children. She was a homemaker, an excellent cook, loved gardening and her in-door plants. Her main focus was on her family. The Tulalip Casino in Marysville, Washington was a favorite destination. Deane learned to correspond through Facebook and loved to play games on her I-phone. Deane has a son, Richard Whaley of Lynnwood, WA. She has four daughters, Holly (Steve) Kerby of Seattle, WA, Bobbie Whaley of Lynnwood, WA, Sherri (Ron) Norton of Burien, WA and Andy (Larry) Hurtt of Seattle, WA. She has a daughter, not by blood, Jan Cuillier of Granite Falls, WA. Her brother, John Lacina lives in Toledo, Iowa and her sister, Dixie Lacina also lives in Toledo, Iowa. Deane has ten grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Inurnment will be with her husband at the Tahoma National Cemetery, in Kent, WA.