Mary Telford (Gibson) Hatten (1925 - 2013)

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Died 20 Dec 2013 at age 88 in Bellingham, Whatcom Co, Washington, USA

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Biography

Mary largely grew up on Orcas Island on the Gibson Farm. She lived most of her working life in Seattle employed as a legal assistant. She often helped her mother at Gibson's North Beach Inn. When nearing retirement she married Atty Barry Hatten and they retired to Orcas Island where she managed the Inn for a decade or more. She passed away just before Christmas of 2013 and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery near Eastsound WA. Mary was an attractive young woman, an efficient secretary, lover of flowers, an artist well known for her pen & ink drawings of historic Seattle houses, She read widely, and supported many charitable causes. She was a kind and caring friend to a large number of people who loved and admired her in return. One single man who was caretaker at a nearby house once told me: "Mary was like a mother to me". However she also was at enmity with a similar number of people, who (like myself) were mostly bewildered by her sudden change of attitude and their resultant change in status! May she rest in peace. Tweddell-5 13:48, 10 April 2017 (EDT) Tom Tweddell, Brother-in-law

Sources

• Gladys Gibson & Tom Tweddell personal knowledge