Restaurant owner Colegrove dies at age of 101 Clare S. Colegrove retired restaurant owner and longtime resident of the area, died June 26 at the age of 101. He had celebrated his 101st birthday March 3 at the Edmonds Manor nursing home. On his 100th birthday in 1971, he had received congratulatory letters from President Nixon, Governor Evans and the State's Congress- men. Colegrove was born March 3 1871 near Sparta, Wis. and came to the Puget Sound area in 1897. He prospected for gold in Alaska in 1898 and worked in California. >From 1910 to 1931 he operated a string of first class resaurants in Deattle, eventual- ly owning 11 places. They included the Egyptian, the Auto Kitchen, the Northold Inn and the Purple Pup. He and his wife opened Colegrove's Fine Foods resaurant at 23628 Highway 99 in 1935 and operated it until his retirement in 1945. The restaurant today is known as the Yesteryear. The Colegroves lived in Lynnwood for 25 years. He and his wife Blanche, had been married 45 years when she passed away in 1965 at the age of 83. They had no children. Mr. Colegrove had no known survivors. At his request there were no services. Arrangements were by beck's Funeral Home Edmonds. Paper: Lynnwood enterprise date: 5 Jul 1972 Location: Lynnwood, WA Source: http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=138643880&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=5&currentPage=0&fpo=False Terry Colegrove My goal is simple - to help you reach yours! Pampered Chef Consultant Consultant # 546527 410-768-4013(h) 443-517-7294(c) www.pamperedchef.biz/tcolegrove