Coralie Ann Brassfield Ames

Coralie Ann

Brassfield Ames
On Thursday, February 11, 2010, the world lost a significant amount of beauty, compassion, and class. Coralie Ann Brassfield Ames left us.
She was preceded in death, by her parents Morgan, and Twila Brassfield. She was also preceded by Stephen Brassfield, and Amy Brassfield.
She is survived by her husband, Houston Ames of Tucson AZ; her son Robert Johnson III, of Seattle WA.; Houston's children Anthony Ames of Tacoma WA, and Jennifer Ames, of Utah. She is also survived by her brothers Morgan Brassfield Jr. (Kay) of Shorline WA., John Brassfield (Sue) of Newcastle CA., her sister Alice Blankenship of Puyallup WA., and cousins Lynn Brown of Olympia, and Twila Asselstine (Dave) of Hartstene Island.
Nieces and nephews include: Morgan Brassfield III , and Melissa Brassfield, John Jr., Jeffrey, and Todd Brassfield, Heather Leitch, Rebecca Little (Mike), Julie Blankenship, Mathew and Mark Brown, and William and Molly Breuer. Not to mention 3 cats; Heathcliff, Hemingway, and Holly. They will all miss her very much.
Born in Tacoma, November 2, 1940 to Morgan Emslie Brassfield, and Twila Avonne Brassfield, she grew up in East Olympia, where she would spend her childhood with her siblings, Morgan Jr., John, Alice and late edition to the household, cousin Lynn.
Coralie graduated from Olympia High School in 1958, with honors.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1962, from the University of Washington, with a teaching degree, a minor in French, and a year at the Sorbonne in Paris. She taught at Franklin Pierce High School, for 28 years.
She married Robert Marshall "Ray" Johnson II in April, 1965. They had one child (plenty, she would regularly profess), Robert Marshall Johnson III, on October 17, 1970.
In June 1985, she married Houston Eldon Ames, her loving husband for the rest of her 25 years.
She retired from teaching in June of 1993, with some of her greatest contributions yet to come. Certainly some of her most important.
She and Houston moved to Tucson in January of 2000. In 2003, her love for animals would lead her to co-found Spay and Neuter Solutions, providing low/no cost services to cats and dogs.
In the next 8 years, the organization would spay or neuter some 5,500 animals and raise more than $240,000 for animal causes. The impact she had on the lives of human beings and animals alike is impossible to quantify in so many words and so much space. So we won't even try.
On April 10, at 3:00p.m., there will be a celebration of her life at South Sound Manor, 455 North Street SE, Tumwater WA. A chance for family, friends, former students and all of those she touched throughout her glorious life to say… thank you.
In Coralie's memory, donations to Spay and Neuter Solutions will continue the incredible work she did and others are doing. Contributions will be accepted at the memorial, mailed directly to the foundation at P.O. Box 762, Cortaro, AZ 85652 or online at www.spayneutersolutions.org.