Kathleen Jean Whitlam, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at the Mountain Glen Retirement Community in Mount Vernon, Washington.
She was born on March 6, 1923 in Vancouver, British Columbia to Robert and Sarah McNeice Mulholland.
Kathleen grew up in Vancouver and during WWII she worked as a welder for The Boeing Co. She met and later married Duncan Whitlam on June 2, 1945 in Vancouver. They moved to Everett, WA in 1948 and then to Bridgeport, WA in 1950, residing there for 45 years until moving to Sedro-Woolley in 1995.
She and her husband Duncan operated an apple orchard as well as over 300 beehives in Bridgeport.
She was an avid square dancer and belonged to the Swinging Lakes Square Dance Club for many years. Kathleen and her husband enjoyed going on square dance cruises and traveling in their RV.
Kathleen is survived by her daughter, Margaret Anne Miller and her husband James of Sedro-Woolley, WA and her son, Robert Whitlam of Chelan, WA. Four grandchildren, Amanda Kay Miller-Hull, Jeff Miller, Traci Sheffield, Kaylin Anne Whitlam, and Nine great-grandchildren. Also numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and her good friends, Gladys Still and Jody Dundas. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Duncan in 1993, and a brother, Charles Mulholland.
Graveside Services will be Monday, September 21, 2009 at 11:00AM at the Bridgeport Cemetery in Bridgeport, WA under the care of Barnes Chapel in Brewster, WA. Memorials are suggested to the Sedro-Woolley Boys & Girls Club PO Box 417 Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284.
Mom, how can it be 2 years already…I miss you so much!
You are talked about and in my dreams so much.
I’ll Love you forever, Margy
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When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little – but Not Too Long
And not with your head bowed low
Remember the love that we once shared
Miss me – But Let Me Go.