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Helen Marie Hatfield Karlson

Birth	:	9 Jan 1911 Thorp, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
Death	:	8 Mar 2001 Thorp, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Thorp Cemetery, Thorp, Kittitas County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.0502000, -120.6727000
Plot	:	Block 3
Description	:	11/17/2013 - From Shelli Steedman, contributor 46805729: Ellensburg Daily Record March 10, 2001 Helen Marie (Hatfield) Karlson, 90, died March 8, 2001. The last surviving daughter of J. O. Hatfield and Alice Evalyn Mattox Hatfield, two Kittitas Valley pioneer families. Helen was born and raised in Thorp and lived almost her entire life there. She was married to Victor Karlson for 63 years until his death in 1994. Victor was former superintendent of schools in Thorp and Easton School Districts. Earlier in her life, she was active in community and county activities, including the Kittitas County Democratic Party, Thorp Homemakers... Read More	11/17/2013 - From Shelli Steedman, contributor 46805729: Ellensburg Daily Record March 10, 2001 Helen Marie (Hatfield) Karlson, 90, died March 8, 2001. The last surviving daughter of J. O. Hatfield and Alice Evalyn Mattox Hatfield, two Kittitas Valley pioneer families. Helen was born and raised in Thorp and lived almost her entire life there. She was married to Victor Karlson for 63 years until his death in 1994. Victor was former superintendent of schools in Thorp and Easton School Districts. Earlier in her life, she was active in community and county activities, including the Kittitas County Democratic Party, Thorp Homemakers Club, the Thorp Community Church where she was the organist and choir director for many years in the 1940s through the 1970s. Helen was also instrumental in the creation of the Ladies Lounge in Ellensburg. Because of her lifelong interest in music, she taught piano lessons, encouraged and paid for many private lessons for students enrolled in Throp High School who had special talent. She was influential in insuring that a music program was an integral part of the Thorp Schools. She was also on the Board of the Community Concert Association which brought national and international musicians to perform in Kittitas County for many years. Helen attended Whitman College and Central Normal School for two years and began working outside her home in the 1940s; first at Kreidel's Dress Shop and then at the Montgomery Ward Catalog Store in Ellensburg. In the 1950s, she began work at the Thorp Post Office, later retiring as postmaster of the Thorp Post Office. During the past 30 years, she was an active quilter and a scrapbook of the many quilts she made for her family and friends is a part of her legacy. Helen made a quilt every year since the formation of the Thorp Mill Town Historical Preservation Society to use as a fund raising raffle at the Thorp Mill Party. She is survived by her three children, Ron Karlson of Ketron Island, John Karlson of Thorp, and Karen Guthrie of Alameda, California. She has seven grandchildren, Steven Karlson of Seattle, Robin Karson of Bellingham, Cindy Karlson of Chandler, Arizona, Jeff Karlson of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jill Guthrie Howry of Bakersfield, California, Kyle Guthrie of Salinas, California, and Kristin Crites of Thorp. Helen also had six great grandchildren, Jake and Lauren Howry of California, Nicole and Carolina Karlson of Argentina, and Nathaniel and Victoria Crites of Thorp. She will also be missed by members of her extended family who have been a part of her life, the many relatives, friends, caretakers, in-laws, mates and ex-mates of her children and grandchildren who have continued to be a part of her life in the Karlson family. A private graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., March 11, at the Thorp Mill Town Historical Preservation Society (TMTHPS), Box 7, Thorp, WA 98946.

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Helen Marie Hatfield Karlson death on 8 Mar 2001 in Thorp, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 47.0502000
Longitude: -120.6727000

Family Members:

Parent

John Oliver Hatfield

(1875 - 1958)

Alice Evelyn “Eva” Mattox Hatfield

(1882 - 1960)

Spouse

Victor Karlson

(1900 - 1994)

Siblings

Harland Elton Hatfield

(1900 - 1952)

Lloyd A. Hatfield

(1902 - 1986)

Asal Martha Hatfield Kain

(1904 - 1988)

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