Jeanne Ethel Tate, age 82, passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2011 at the Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, Washington following a heart attack. Jeanne was born on March 7, 1929 to Jesse and Deula (Jordan) Stratton at the family home on the Cook Road in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. They later moved up Hwy 9 where she lived her childhood and into adulthood attending school at Samish Elementary and graduating from Sedro-Woolley High School in 1947.

She met her future husband, Charles Tate, at the skating rink in Wickersham and they were married on March 16, 1951. They moved to their home on Prairie Road and stayed there until their divorce in 1977. She later married Wilson (Buck) Shaw and continued to live on the Prairie until their divorce in the late 1980’s. She and Charles remained loving and caring friends for the remainder of their lives.

Besides being a wife and mother, Jeanne also worked at various jobs; among them being owner-operator of the Mode-O-Day Apparel Store in Sedro-Woolley and co-owner operator of a small deli with her son Leonard. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend and she had a loving, warm, and friendly personality. She will be greatly missed.

Jeanne was preceded in death by her husbands, her parents, and an infant twin brother, Dean Roland Stratton. Jeanne is survived by her children, Linda Van Esch and her husband Ralph of Sedro-Woolley, Leslie Tate of Sedro-Woolley, Leonard Tate of Vacaville, CA, and a step-daughter, Sandra Frazier of Sedro-Woolley. Grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Wendy Chambers and her husband Scott and their children Jessica and Cassidy, Chris Frazier and his children Cassandra, Annabelle, and Derek, Nancy Bolinger and her husband Brian and their children Amanda and Michael. Step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Vanessa Perez and her husband Chris and their children Troy Sydney, and Brianna, Kelley Evans and her husband Greg and their children Lucas, Jake, and Wyatt and Katie Rex and her husband Jeff.

A Graveside Inurnment Service will be held Tuesday, January 3, 2011 at 11:00AM at the Sedro-Woolley Union Cemetery with Pastor Greg Hall of the Cascade Christian Church officiating. A reception will follow the services at the church at 534 Township St. Sedro-Woolley. Visitation is available on Thursday, December 29th and Friday, December 30th from 9AM to 4PM at Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley.