Pamela "Pam" Larsen

Pamela "Pam" Larsen
February 26, 1941 - January 12, 2023
Sequim, Washington - Pam Larsen, 81, passed away January 12, 2023. Raised in Southern California, Pam graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1958, earned her Bachelor's Degree, and later a Master's Degree in Social Work from California State University, Fresno. She also taught Women's Studies classes at the University and at a nearby women's prison. Pam worked 30 years for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund in Fresno, retiring in 1996 as their Fresno District Claims Manager.
In 1999, Pam moved to Sequim, Washington, where she became passionate about organic gardening, sharing her research and knowledge to assist her community to better understand the benefits of this practice. Pam was instrumental in the creation of the Community Organic Garden of Sequim. Her article, "The Secret Language of Plants" was published in the 2017 Jan/Feb issue of The American Gardener magazine. She considered herself a "gardener in evolution".
Pam was preceded in death by her father, Theodore Larsen, her mother Frances Black Larsen, and her sister, Lorelei Larsen Provost. She is survived by her loving partner, Diane Fatzinger.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Community Organic Garden in August 2023. An announcement will be forthcoming. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be sent to the Community Organic Garden of Sequim, 18 Camelot Drive Sequim WA 98382 or online to the Friends of the Sequim Library, both organizations were dear to Pam.