DOROTHY HARMON

Dorothy Harmon (Shoemaker, Iselin) Dorothy passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter, Joan Gaspar, on September 4, 2015, from advanced Alzheimer's disease and colon cancer. She was born to Bert and Lena Shoemaker in Puyallup, WA, March 1, 1926, as the fifth child in an amazing family of eleven children. She graduated Fife High School and married Ernie Iselin in 1945. During the war she worked as a riveter at Boeing, and also as a telephone operator. Later she enjoyed working for the Edgemont School District and the Weyerhaeuser Company. Dorothy was strong-willed and independent, a fantastic cook and baker, grew and preserved veggies and fruits, plus flowers, directed us (whether we wanted her to or not), decorated everything in sight, had boundless energy, immense enthusiasm for her current interest, sewed and knit for friends, family and the needy, traveled by plane as often as possible, loved being in a glider and hot air balloon, drove her car alone through the 49 Continental USA (really frightened us with that one!), loved her family, was so very interesting and way ahead of her time. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husbands Ernest Iselin and George Horman, brother Al (Loretta) Shoemaker, sisters Helen (Daryl) Rees, Francis Christy and Evelyn (Bud) Morris, beloved grandson Shawn Ferretti, and numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws. She is survived by her sisters Rosie (Hank) Huneka and Margie (Monty) Smith, her brothers Jim (Loris) Shoemaker, Bob (Mickie) Shoemaker, David (Doris) Shoemaker and John Shoemaker, and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her children, Jeanette Crippen of Tacoma, WA, Joan Gaspar (Duane Tandy) of Lake Tapps, WA, and Jerry (LuAnn) Iselin of Lake Tapps, WA, grandchildren Darrell LaVelle, Lance Crippen, G'Nel Ferretti, Haley Iselin (Kurt LeClair) and Raimey Iselin (Jason Motland), great-grandchildren Kyle, Cory, Tony, Brandy, Marley, and Gage, and great-great-granddaughters Jade and Kystran. Memorial to be held Sept 19, 2015, 11:00 A.M., Edgewood Grange, 1806 Meridian E, Edgewood, WA 98371.