Posted on: Skagit Co. Wa Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Wa/SkagitObits/14 Surname: Tyree, Latham, Johnson, Terwillegar ------------------------- Hettie R. Tyree, Sedro-Woolley, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1991, at Skagit Valley Hospital and Health Center. She was 90. She was born March 15, 1900, at Trout, Ashe County, North Carolina, a daughter of James A. and Martha E. Latham, now deceased. In 1917 she came to Skagit County and married Roby L. Tyree Sr. on Dec. 22 of that year. Mr. Tyree died in 1946. Mrs. Tyree served as a foster mother to more than 300 children in Skagit County. She was a member of the Sedro-Woolley Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was preceded in death by two grandsons; nine sisters, Martitia, Bessie, Hilie, Donia, Lillian, Hilbish, Ellamae, Forence and Carrie; and five brothers, Arthur, Oren, John, Carl and Todd Latham. Survivors include three daughters and two sons-in-law, Grace and Dave Johnson, Sedro-Woolley; Violette Tyree, Mount Vernon and Valrie and Bill Terwillegar of Mount Vernon; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Ernest and Beverly Tyree and R.L. "Robert" Tyree, Jr., all of Sedro-Woolley; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials are suggested to the Hickson Volunteer Fire Department care of John Rutherford Jr., 1899-77 Prairie Road, Sedro-Woolley, 98284.