Former area resident Oneta Horaski died March 12, 2015, in Seattle.

She was born in 1943 in Haworth, Okla., to the late Thurman and Virgie Nix. She previously lived in Buckley and had worked at Rainier School.

She is survived by daughter Terry and husband Dave Petersen of Buckley; son Brent Horaski of Tacoma; two brothers and a sister, all of Oregon; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Memorials are suggested to a scoliosis fund.

A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the Buckley Eagles.