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Sophrona Irene Johnson Pusel

Birth	:	2 Jul 1912 Brewster, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Death	:	15 Apr 2017 Cashmere, Chelan County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Evergreen Memorial Park, East Wenatchee, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.4216995, -120.2649994
Description	:	Sophrona Irene Pusel, 104 , went to be with her Lord, Friday, April 15, 2017, in Cashmere, WA. She was born to Christian and Lutie May Johnson on July 2, 1912, in Brewster, WA. Sophrona lived the first seven years with her grandparents, Deak and Lucy Brown in Monitor, WA. Then in 1919, she moved with her mother to Seattle, WA. One loving memory that Sophrona had of her youth was when her family was living near the Omak, WA, area. Every time the family had to go for mail and groceries, they had to take horses about 12 miles to... Read More	Sophrona Irene Pusel, 104 , went to be with her Lord, Friday, April 15, 2017, in Cashmere, WA. She was born to Christian and Lutie May Johnson on July 2, 1912, in Brewster, WA. Sophrona lived the first seven years with her grandparents, Deak and Lucy Brown in Monitor, WA. Then in 1919, she moved with her mother to Seattle, WA. One loving memory that Sophrona had of her youth was when her family was living near the Omak, WA, area. Every time the family had to go for mail and groceries, they had to take horses about 12 miles to get to town. When Sophrona was 12 years old and her sister, Fern, was six, they were riding to town to get the mail. On the ride home, they encountered a rattle snake. While Fern held the head of the snake down with a stick, Sophrona smashed the snake’s head with a rock. Then, Sophrona cut off the rattle and wrapped it in the new Sears Roebuck catalog page to take home to show her mother. After getting back on the horse and going only a short distance, the girls came upon a second rattler, which they also killed. They added this rattle to the first and headed home. When Sophrona and Fern arrived home, they tried to share their exciting news with Lutie, their mother. However, Lutie was so shaken from running a bear out of their cabin, she could hardly listen to Sophrona and Fern’s story about the rattlesnake encounter. In 1928, at 16 years of age, Sophrona left home to go to the Olympic Peninsula to begin working as a maid for several families. In 1935, she was the maid for the base commander of Key Port Navel Torpedo Station in Keyport, WA. One day while working for the commander, Sophrona went out on a blind date with a very handsome Marine guard, Kenesaw Pusel. It turned out that this blind date was the love of her life. They were married May 30, 1935, and were together for 67 years. Two years later, on October 2, 1944, Ken and Sophrona welcomed Jack Charles into their family: their one and only son. At the end of World War II, they moved to Monitor, where they purchased four acres of homestead property from Sophrona’s Aunt Melvina. They built their home on the property in 1950. This was their home for the next 51 years. Sophrona worked as a sorter in every shed and warehouse in Monitor, as well as working at Blue Star of Cashmere, WA. When she wasn’t sorting fruit, she was baking pies for the community, helping Ken in their own small orchard, or helping at community dinners at the Monitor Methodist Church. Sophrona was a member of the church for 100 years. That made her the oldest and longest member of the United Methodist Church in Monitor. In February 2001, they moved to Epledalen Assisted Living in Cashmere, where she continued her gift of caring and assisting any resident who needed a helping hand. Tragically, she broke her hip in December of 2010, and had to rehab at Cashmere Convalescent Center, where she resided for seven more years. Sophrona was the champion of BINGO and all her prizes went to children in the hospital and charitable organizations in the valley. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2002; and all of her other siblings and parents. She is survived by her son, Jack; daughter-in-law, Nadine; two granddaughters; and five great-grandchildren. Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 21, 2017, at Evergreen Memorial Park in East Wenatchee, WA. Memorial donations may be made to Monitor United Methodist Church. Please express your thoughts and memories on the online guest book at jonesjonesbetts.com. Arrangements are by Jones and Jones-Betts Funeral Home, Wenatchee, WA. Obituary published in The Wenatchee World.

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Sophrona Irene Johnson Pusel's memorial is located at: Evergreen Memorial Park, East Wenatchee, Douglas County, USA.
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Sophrona Irene Johnson Pusel death on 15 Apr 2017 in Cashmere, Chelan County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 47.4216995
Longitude: -120.2649994

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Kenesaw C Pusel

(1911 - 2002)

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