Enumclaw resident Marguerite McCluskey, 86, died April 18, 2013.
She was born Aug. 27, 1926, in Auburn to parents Amos and Maggie and attended schools in Auburn and Enumclaw. She had a brief marriage to Ted Moses before marrying Lee McCluskey. They moved to the Lummi Reservation and she worked many jobs before settling into her career as a silk finisher. She made articles from raw wool that she washed, carded and spun, and she also enjoyed embroidery work and playing bingo. She moved back to the Muckleshoot Reservation in 1995.
She is survived by sons Clayton McCluskey and wife Della of Marysville, Wash., and Lee “Dusty” McCluskey of Lummi, Wash.; daughters Margaret Gaspaire and husband Brian of Enumclaw and Ester Lamphier and husband Doug of Auburn; brother George Barr and partner Annette of Enumclaw; brothers-in-law Russell McCluskey and wife Isabelle and Herman McCluskey and wife Jean; 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by husband Lee on Nov. 22, 1993; daughter Gertrude McCluskey in 1947; brothers Chet, Amos and Clarence Courville and Jimmy Barr; and sisters Bernice White, Mary Basteyns, Ethel Keeline and Eleanor Schultz.
Visitation took place Sunday, April 21, at Weeks’ Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at the Muckleshoot Shaker Church in Auburn. A graveside service took place Monday, April 22, at Lummi Cemetery in Bellingham, Wash.
Service directed by Weeks’ Funeral Home.
All may sign the online guest book at www.weeksfunealhomes.com.