I would like to share with you the obit. I read in The Herald, Wed. 9/16/1998 Obits.QUOTE p. 4B: Ella Mae Emery Ella Mae Emery Husted McLean Emery, 91, of Edmonds, Washington, died September 9, 1998. Ella was born July 11, 1907 in Everett, Washington to Cora and Earl W. Husted, a prominant Everett attorney. She graduated from Everett High School with the class of 1924-1/2 (when I was born - CC.) and worked locally until the mid-1930's. She then went to New York City where she was a confidential secretary to the Honorable Joseph E. Davies, Ambassador to Russia for three years. During that time Fortune Magazine selected her as "The Typical American Girl." She also worked in Washington, D.C. Ella returned to the west coast and worked for Paramount Studios in Hollywood until 1942. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1945 with a degree in journalism. She returned to Hollywood to work with the William Morris Agency. While there she earned her private pilot's license in 1946. She moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1950 where she wrote for a TV station, hosted a radio celebrity interview show on Honolulu's KHON, and worked with William Lederer, authro of "The Ugly Amcerican." She was the production manager's assistant for several movies filmid in Hawaii including "The Enemy Below" and "South Pacific." The University of Washington recognized her work with the alumni association in Hawaii by awarding her its Distinguised Alumni Award. Paramount called her back in 1966 to work on "In Like Flint," (filmed in Jamaica). Ella's 1949 marriage to Lieutenant Commander Gregory McLean, a Navy Flyer, ended tragically nine months after they were married when he was killed in an aircraft crash. Ella married Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Emery, a decorated World War II veteran, in 1959 while they were both working in Hawaii. After Duncan's retirement from the army in 1963, they moved to Edmonds where Ella lived until 1994. Ella and Duncan had a long and happy marriage until Duncan's death in 1982. In addition to her parents, Ella was predeceased by her brother Remington Husted, her sister, Alice Husted Mony, and her uncle, Max Miller, local newpaperman and author of "I Cover the Waterfront." Ella is survived by her daughters, Virginia Mills and Marnie Treloar, and their families who reside in North Seattle; a Neice, Susan Emery of Falls Church, Virginia; and her sister-in-law, Doris Husted of Seattle. She was a long-time member of the Hatasu Temple No. 1, Daughters of the Nile. There will be no services at Ella's request. Memorials may be made in her name to the Everett Community College Foundation, 801 Wetmore Avenue, Everett, Washington 98201. Arrangements entrusted to Beck's Funeral Home, Edmond, Washington. END OF QUOTED OBIT. WOW, what a life-and a whole spectrum of experiences-and in the era in which she Lived - what a Legacy of memories for herself and her Families to share. This is not at all to dismiss in any way those who have passed on and left a very different story, but of equal value to the world and their loved ones to cherish. Each has his (sic.!) own experiences! Carroll of Snohomish * * * 30 * * * _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]