Oct. 8, 1923 ~ Aug. 21, 2014
Beulah Carlson, 90, of West Seattle, Washington, passed away peacefully Thursday, August 21st at The Kinney Retirement Home. Beulah was born near Weatherford, Oklahoma October 8, 1923, one of ten children of John and Katie Hamburger.
Beulah married Donald Pease and settled in Corvallis, Oregon to raise their four children. They later purchased a farm and moved to Basin City, Washington. After Donald’s death April 1, 1971, Beulah married Donald Carlson. They moved to Othello, Washington in retirement, where Donald Carlson passed away August 16, 2006.
Throughout her life, church and community were important to Beulah wherever she lived. She was active in the church where she was a member of the choir and her clear, sweet soprano voice was often featured in solos. An avid quilter, she especially enjoyed quilting as a group activity, forming several quilting groups as she moved from one place to another. Never able to accept the legitimacy of "machine" quilting, to Beulah, proper quilting was the act of precisely placing one stitch after another by hand.
Her family and friends remember Beulah as caring, independent and spunky. Her children continue to benefit from the example she set of community involvement, self-sufficiency, thrift and decency.
Beulah spent the last years of her life near her daughter Karen and with the caring professionals at The Kinney in West Seattle.
Predeceased by her husbands, Donald Pease and Donald Carlson; brothers, Robert, Everett, Earl, Roy, Irvin and Jim Hamburger; and sister, Margaret Sue Scott, Beulah is survived by her daughters, Donna Lenhardt (Lee) and Karen Sisson (Doug); sons, Carter Pease (Kathy) and John Pease (Patricia); brother, Fred Hamburger; sister, Gladys Burcham; 12 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.
A graveside service is planned for September 20, 2014, 2 pm, at the City View Cemetery, 1300 N. Oregon Avenue, Pasco, Washington. Beulah's family suggests donations in her name to: Alzheimer's Foundation (www.Alzfden.org) or West Seattle Senior Center (www.sc-ws.org), an important part of her life in her later years.
Published in The West Seattle Herald Section of The Westside Weekly September 12, 2014.
