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 * Dianne (Lee) Chichester--deceased**


 * 1979:** I was married in August 1958 to David Chichester. We moved to Seattle, where David was (and still is) employed as a meat cutter. We lived in Seattle for the first seven years we were married. That is where the first three children were born. Davie, Jr., 19 is now a certified horse shoer; he graduated from MVHS in 1978. Dana, 18, graduated from MVHS this year and will be attending Western Washington next fall. Dawn is 17 and will be a senior in the fall. Dana and Dawn were both MVHS cheerleaders in the 77-78 school year. We spent five years in Ellensburg and then came back to Mount Vernon in 1974. We have been foster parents for the past 13 years and have had 23 children in our home. Our kids have been members of the Jr. Rodeo Assoc. for the past several years and that is how we spent most of our summers. Our latest addition to the family is Milton Lee, 9 mos., whom we adopted last fall. He is a cute little redhead who is spoiled rotten but we love him dearly. I guess you might say kids have been the most important thing in our lives so far. Maybe someday we will be ready to do some traveling. Hope to see you all at the reunion.

//Foster mother to 28 children// N. Dianne Chichester, 54, of Sedro-Woolley, died Thursday, June 27, 1996 at United General Hospital Born Aug. 12, 1941 in Port Townsend, she was the daughter of Robert and Ruth Lee. At a young age she moved with her family to Conway and attended grade school there. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School in 1958. On Aug. 15, 1958, she married David Chichester in Mount Vernon. She was a homemaker until her children were grown. She then began working in food services as the manager of a deli and espresso business. She was involved in foster care and was a foster mother to 28 children. She enjoyed bingo, flowers, crocheting and sewing, and collecting porcelain dolls. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Church. She is survived by her husband, David, at the family home; three sons and two daughters-in-law, David and Terri of Kalispell, Mont. Randy and Julie Barnes, and Milton, all of Sedro-Woolley; two daughters and sons-in-law, Dana and Jim Finch of Mount Vernon, and Dawn and Kurt Imes of Sedro-Woolley; 11 grandchildren, Bo, Abby, Shaina, Cortney, Colby, Adria, Christiane, Lindsey, Kylie, Jeremy and David; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Joyce Lee of Sedro-Woolley, Judy and Lonnie Hatcher of Mount Vernon; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Fred and Caroline Lee, and Rob Lee, all of Mount Vernon; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Committal service was held at Hawthorne Memorial Park under the arrangements of Hawthorne Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to North Puget Sound Oncology or Skagit Hospice.
 * obituary (The Argus)**