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- Pam's history: Born in Tacoma, weighing in at 3 lb. 4 oz., was cared for by her Aunt Ir is as mother worked at the Tacoma ship yards and went back to work. At the age of 2 years 7 months t he family moved to the Creager estate on Kreagor Lake 10 miles from Eatonv ille, on a 100 acre dairy farm. Her father also worked for the lumber mi ll in Eatonville. She did not go to Kindergarten as the distance was to far to commute and h er size prohibited acceptance. Age 6 she attended 1st then 2nd grade at Ea tonville, Took swimming lessons at the school pool, but didn't learn to sw im. Joined Brownie scouts and had the experience of her first Halloween tr ick or treating in Eatonville with brothers looking on from sidewalk. The family belonged to the local grange and the first memory of performi ng was a Christmas performance at an early age of maybe 4. The piece wa s, Christmas is here and everything's done, My stocking ( I held up a ve ry small sock, my size) has a hole in it, so I had to borrow one. (I pull ed from behind my back a very large mans sock). With the injury of her father the need for a change came and the farm w as sold and a gas station was purchased in the town of Pacific Beach Washi ngton, at the ocean. Pam attended Pacific elementary school, 3rd, 4th a nd 5th grade. Walked to school and had lunch most days at the local caf e, hamburger and milk most days but if an Eskimo pie was wanted she wou ld forgo the milk. It was fun to attend the local movie theater for Saturd ay afternoon matinees for 25 cents, her best friend was Arlene Mann, and h ide and seek was played by many children until dark each night. The family moved to Algona as her father went to work for Boeing, follow ed soon by her mother going to work at Boeing also. She attended Algona el ementary for 6th grade. Then on to Olympic Junior High and on to Auburn Hi gh School class of 63. Her best friends were Marlea Hargen and Mary Warren . She Married her high school sweet heart, Kyly's father, Kenneth Schick, w ho was in the Navy, and spent some time in Long Beach, CA. Then lived in R enton and divorced Ken . Married James Knutson, went to work for the sta te of Wash., for the Department of Motor Vehicle, in 1975. She moved to Co lfax, WA. With her 3 daughters in the spring 1979 and divorced James. Ky ly graduated from Colfax high school in 1980. Then she promoted to superv isor in Walla Walla, WA in the fall of 1980. October 18,1981 she married J ames Thuirer, a United Methodist Pastor serving the Rosalia church, Jami e, her only remaining daughter still at home, moved to Rosalia to attend s chool. Pam Continued to work in Walla Walla during the week returning ho me to Rosalia on weekends. She and husband Jim and daughter Jamie moved to North Bend, WA June of 19 83 where she worked as Supervisor of the Lynnwood Drivers License Office a nd Jim served the Snoqualmie United Methodist Church and Jamie attended Sn oqualmie Middle School and then Snoqualmie High School. Step Daughter Chri stal came to live with them and attended high school, Jamie and Christal w ere in the same grade and graduated together in 1988. Pam transfered to No rth Bend an supervised there from 1984 to 1991. Jim received a reassignment to the Highland Park UMC in West Seattle in 19 91 and Pam transferred to North Seattle DOL and commuted until 1997 when t hey purchased their own home in Ballard. Jim serviced the Everett Faith U MC in South Everett and Pam continued to work for the department until ret iring in May 2000.
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