Born on Armistice Day, Died on President's Day Lola Isabelle McBee Cowan of Issaquah died February 19, 2001 at the Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Washington. She was 72. She was born November 11, 1928, in Indianola, Iowa, seventh of eleven children born to Anna Virgil Baysinger and Harvey Elmer McBee. She grew up in Alberta, Canada, and came back to the US to graduate from Lincoln High School in Seattle, Washington, in 1946. She married Ted Cowan September 3, 1948, and has lived with him south of Issaquah since 1949. Lola retired in 1994 as an Educational Assistant at Echo Glen Juvenile Prison, after having worked for many years alongside her husband Ted at Maple Valley Realty and Village Properties. She began her working career while putting herself through high school, at Van de Kamp's Bakery, and later at the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company. She was a long-time member of the Roadside Chapel. She loved hummingbirds and chickadees, swing music, the family cabin near Mount Rainier, traveling, "her kids" up at Echo Glen, investigating her family history, and enjoyed her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, until she was taken suddenly from us. Preceding her in death were brothers Sidney, John, Kenneth and Hollis; and sister Marita. She had also mourned the loss of her mother and father, Ted's little brother Donald, and his parents Tom Cowan and Elsie Schell Cowan. She is survived by her husband Ted; her daughters Valorie Zimmerman of Black Diamond and Kimberly Betts of Salome, Arizona; her sons-in-law Bob and Rick; sisters Kathleen Stapp of Phoenix, Arizona; Betty Bouck of Drayton Valley, Alberta; JoAnne Flickinger of Anacortes; and Leanell Glatt of Spokane; and brother Dennis of Calgary, Alberta; grandchildren Angel Betts and her children Alissa Woods, Christian Collins and Brittney Mycoff; Thomas Zimmerman; Scott Betts and his wife Kayrena; Paul Zimmerman; Sarah Betts; Nichole deCeault and her children Kaylie deCeault and Austin deCeault; Anne Zimmerman; Debra Betts; Guy Andrew Betts; and Emily Betts; along with numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She will be laid to rest at the Tahoma National Cemetery, 18600 SE 240 St., Friday, February 23, 2001 at 1:45 pm (Shelter 1), and a memorial gathering will follow at the Four Corners LDS Church, Maple Valley, 26800 236th Place SE, on Kent-Kangley Road a block off the Maple Valley Highway. |