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Shirley Kaye Gallaher Petersen

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Birth	:	7 Sep 1932 Douglas County, Washington, USA
Death	:	10 Apr 2019 East Wenatchee, Douglas County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.8088880, -119.6508330
Description	:	Shirley Kaye Petersen East Wenatchee, WA When things go wrong as they sometimes will, and the road she traveled seemed all uphill,* Kaye Petersen doubled down and kept going. Until her remaining energy finally gave out. Shirley Kaye Petersen, age 86, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in her retirement home apartment in East Wenatchee, WA. Her five daughters and many friends and family were near, wishing her comfortable passage. Kaye took great pleasure in her large and extended family. In conversation openers, she often referred to her five daughters, and to her family history in... Read More	Shirley Kaye Petersen East Wenatchee, WA When things go wrong as they sometimes will, and the road she traveled seemed all uphill,* Kaye Petersen doubled down and kept going. Until her remaining energy finally gave out. Shirley Kaye Petersen, age 86, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in her retirement home apartment in East Wenatchee, WA. Her five daughters and many friends and family were near, wishing her comfortable passage. Kaye took great pleasure in her large and extended family. In conversation openers, she often referred to her five daughters, and to her family history in the Mansfield area wheat and cattle ranching community. Shirley Kaye was born on September 7, 1932; her parents were Henry Madison Gallaher and Ellen Murison Gallaher. She was born in her Gallaher grandparent's home on Dyer Hill, a large octagon shaped house and architectural landmark in Douglas County, built by Kaye's great-grandfather, James Madison Kinney. Shirley Kaye resided with her parents and sister in a small house on the Gallaher ranch until 1938, when the family moved 12 miles to Mansfield, WA, so Kaye could attend school. Shirley Kaye and her sister, Mary Ellen, appear side-by-side in photos from their earliest years at the ranch. They were very close sisters throughout their lives as evidenced by nearly one million (estimated) subsequent family photos of them together, side-by-side. Kaye graduated from Mansfield High School in 1950. She married David Petersen, they were later divorced, and she raised their family of girls in Mansfield and Wenatchee, WA. Raising five daughters involved lots of twists and turns that she navigated with tenacity, but facing those challenges was not all Kaye was made up of. Kaye energetically filled her life to the brim attending to the family she loved deeply, through well-honed skills in cooking, sewing, chauffeuring, and refereeing. And, she devoted well springs of energy to vigorous pursuit of interests she keenly enjoyed: gardening, arts and crafts, travel, 4-H projects, picnics, swimming lessons, ballgames, college trips, sister spats, time honored words of wisdom. Decorated cakes, gingerbread houses, Santa cookies, pies, canning, flower arrangements, homemade wreaths and candles. Peas, beans, tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, roses, lilacs, tulips, daffodils, forsythia. Peonies! Penticton, Vancouver, Victoria, Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo, Nagoya, Shanghai, Jakarta, London, Cairo, East Coast Fall Colors, Washington, D.C., New York City, cruises in Alaska and on the Queen Mary, boat trips on the Yangtze and Nile rivers, a camel ride. Ever resourceful, Kaye could eliminate bull snakes with the garden hoe, achieve holiday miracles with a hot glue gun, and climb the Great Wall of China or know the reason why. Shirley Kaye was a dedicated and valued co-worker, polite, gracious, and unassuming, appreciated for her reliable hard work over the years at the Mansfield Mercantile, the Grange Supply, Stewart Construction, and the Douglas County Auditor's Office. The church she attended most recently was Faith Presbyterian. She leaves behind her daughters, Suzanne and husband, Terry Tanneberg; Leslie and husband, Wayne Myers; Mona Hartman and fiancé, Nelson Maler (Wes Hartman deceased); Karen and husband, Bill Kneadler; Noreen Reis and husband, Phil Barrett; her grandchildren: Gus Miller, Sage Miller, step-grandson, Nash Miller, Alexandra Hartman Moore and husband, Will Moore, J. Hayes Hartman, Sarah Kneadler, Vernon Reis, and Violet Anastasia Reis; her sister, Mary Ellen and husband, Darold Wax; and numerous cousins. Services in honor of her memory will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2019, beginning at 11:00 a.m., at the United Protestant Church, 130 2nd Ave., Mansfield, WA, and at the Mansfield Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the Mansfield Community Center. Viewing is available prior at the Jones and Jones-Betts Funeral Home, 302 9th St., Wenatchee, WA, on Friday, May 3, 2019, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Gifts in Kaye Petersen's memory may be donated to the Mansfield Scholarship Foundation. Please express your thoughts and memories on the online guestbook at jonesjonesbetts.com. Arrangements by Jones & Jones–Betts Funeral Home, Wenatchee, WA. Obituary published in The Wenatchee World *Fireside poet, John Greenleaf Whittier's “Don't Quit”

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Shirley Kaye Gallaher Petersen's memorial is located at: Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Douglas County, USA.
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Shirley Kaye Gallaher Petersen death on 10 Apr 2019 in East Wenatchee, Douglas County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 47.8088880
Longitude: -119.6508330

Family Members:

Parent

Henry Madison Gallaher

(1911 - 1995)

Ellen Florence Murison Gallaher

(1909 - 2001)

Spouse

David Clair Petersen

(1930 - 2008)

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