Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMaurice Joseph MITCHELL 
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169Birth Date9 Oct 1920
Birth PlaceNezperce, Lewis County, Idaho
Death Date18 Aug 2004 Age: 83
Death PlacePortland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Burial PlaceVancouver, Clark County, Washington, Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery
OccupationWWII Airman Army Air Corps
FatherJoseph McCowan MITCHELL (1878-1943)
MotherAnnie Marie FRYMAN (1883-1973)
Spouses
Birth Date7 Jul 1922
Birth PlaceSpokane, Spokane County, Washington
Death Date13 Jan 2008 Age: 85
Death PlaceVancouver, Clark County, Washington
Burial PlaceVancouver, Clark County, Washington, Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Family ID1948
Marr Date26 Dec 1942
ChildrenM. R. M. (1945-)
Notes for Maurice Joseph MITCHELL
An Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, Maurice J. Mitchell died Aug. 18, 2004, in Portland. He was 83.
Mr. Mitchell worked in foreign service for 12 years before becoming a controller and instructor for the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Mitchell was born Oct. 9, 1920, in Nezperce, Idaho, and lived in Vancouver the past 14 years.
He was a member of the Air Force Association, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Miniature Book Society and Friends of Mount Athos.
His life will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Saturday at the clubhouse at Fairway Village. Private burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of donor's choice. Columbian, Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Gravesite Details
No headstone. Small circular marker in the ground marking plot location.
On Find a Grave.
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Mr. Mitchell worked in foreign service for 12 years before becoming a controller and instructor for the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Mitchell was born Oct. 9, 1920, in Nezperce, Idaho, and lived in Vancouver the past 14 years.
He was a member of the Air Force Association, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Miniature Book Society and Friends of Mount Athos.
His life will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Saturday at the clubhouse at Fairway Village. Private burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of donor's choice. Columbian, Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Gravesite Details
No headstone. Small circular marker in the ground marking plot location.
On Find a Grave.
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Notes for Shannon Adele (Spouse 1)
July 7, 1922 ~ Jan. 13, 2008- Shannon Adele Mahoney was born July 7, 1922 in Portland, Oregon, to Richard Terah Mahoney and Laura Leone (Carter) Mahoney (Laura was later known in Spokane as "Shannon" Stone). Shannon had one sibling, sister June Mahoney Stouse.
Shannon was married for 62 years to Maurice ("Mitch'") Joseph Mitchell in Spokane, Washington, December 26, 1940. Their first daughter, Michelle, was born in 1943 and died in 1944 in Spokane. Their second daughter, Marsina Rae, was born in Spokane in 1945. Shannon raised her alone for the first year while Mitch' was serving in the Army Air Corps in Paris. Mitch' predeceased her in 2004. His ashes were interred at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery on January 23, Vancouver, Washington, in Shannon's casket.
Shannon graduated from North Central High School, Spokane, in 1940, after a senior year in which she was an A student, class secretary, captain of the golf team, and a lead actress in the school play. That same year she was chosen to represent her school in the First Lilac Parade and was chosen as Spokane's first Lilac Festival Queen.
After her marriage to Mitch' they lived in Spokane, Tacoma and Seattle before assignment to Oklahoma City in 1950. Due to Mitch's career in the Federal Aviation Agency they had foreign service assignments in Mexico City (3 years), Madrid, Spain (5 years), Athens, Greece (2 years), Weisbaden, Germany (2 years) as well as another assignment in Oklahoma City and two assignments to Washington, D.C. They retired to Spokane, Washington in 1971.
Shannon continued to travel with Mitch' when he became a tour guide. They traveled to Russia, Ireland, England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico and the Panama Canal. They moved to Vancouver, Washington in 1990 to be closer to their daughter and her family.
Shannon worked throughout her life as a financial accountant or executive secretary. Shannon worked in Spokane as an executive secretary/translator for RA Hanson Company. Most recently she was employed for nine years as the computer bookkeeper at Fairway Village Homeowner's Association in Vancouver, Washington. Shannon worked until she was 85 retiring in February 2007. She also spent several years as a volunteer selling theatre tickets for the Clark College Theatre Department.
Shannon was a lifelong student and many topics fascinated her. She pored over foreign language books, travel guides, computer program books, and taught herself financial accounting from a textbook while waiting for the birth of her grandchild. In Spain, where she was not allowed to work, she took a correspondence course in engineering drafting, taking the final exam at the University of Idaho during "home leave".
Shannon began her artwork in Mexico by experimenting with pen and ink and attending an artist's workshop. She later became an accomplished artist in pastels and loved doing pictures from places she had visited and portraits of family and friends.
Shannon's pastime for many years was the creation of miniature books in many languages. She hand-scribed, in the manner of medieval monks, many pages or complete tomes, primarily involving various religions' most famous books. These books are two by three and one-half inches in size. She leather bound and sewed the folios together just as books were bound hundreds of years ago. Most contain finely detailed, full color pictures, many illuminated. She began with the music for Gregorian chants and continued with bibles or religious manuscripts in many languages, including English, Latin, Swedish, Indonesian, Slovenian, Maori, Hebrew, Greek, Polish, German, French, Coptic, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Russian. Although not able to converse in these languages, she knew what each word meant and what each page said. She also scribed a book of the Canterbury Tales, a Max and Moritz book from Germany, and a German children's speller. She was known for her detailed work and perfectionism; each book took her many months to complete. Mitch' helped with the final binding and made all of the clasps and hinges. They traveled together to miniature book and collector shows where she displayed and sold her books.
Shannon took her first Haggadah to a rabbi in Spokane who promptly told her that no gentile could possibly scribe a book in Hebrew. He took it to look at anyway and she was delighted when he told her she was a success! After that he was a dedicated collector of her books and they had a long-lasting friendship. She also became good friends with a Catholic priest who bought a copy of almost every book she made. Her books have been displayed in, or are owned by, various U.S. libraries or museums (and in world-wide private collections) including the University of Albany, the Billy Graham Museum and the University of Iowa Library. She belonged to the "Miniature Book Collectors Society" and her books and scrolls were avidly sought by other members.
Then came computers!!! Many times Shannon said she wished she'd been born 50 years later so she could have studied them earlier in her life. They fascinated her. She taught herself to use her computers by studying textbooks and program instructions. She taught herself Quickbooks when she found she would need it to do the bookkeeping for the Fairway Village Homeowners Association. One of her last challenges on the computer was learning Flash, a computer animation program.
Shannon retired in February 2007 when facing surgery for a hip and knee replacements. 2007 was spent in and out of Legacy and Southwest Washington hospitals and Rebound physical rehabilitation centers. Further complications from seizures and a fractured pelvis (she spent several weeks at Cascade Park Care Center) and an undiagnosed condition leading to respiratory arrest ultimately led to her death in the Ray Hickey Hospice House.
Her family is grateful for the wonderful care-givers in each of these facilities. Shannon is survived by her daughter, Marsina; her son-in law, Larry Hellie; granddaughter, Lisa Linderman and her husband Todd; and great-granddaughter, Genevieve Linderman. She is also survived by her sister's children, Ginger Blair, Mark and Jack Stouse and their families; and several great nieces and great nephews and their family members on Mitch's side. Columbian, February 10, 2008
On Find A Grave.
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Shannon was married for 62 years to Maurice ("Mitch'") Joseph Mitchell in Spokane, Washington, December 26, 1940. Their first daughter, Michelle, was born in 1943 and died in 1944 in Spokane. Their second daughter, Marsina Rae, was born in Spokane in 1945. Shannon raised her alone for the first year while Mitch' was serving in the Army Air Corps in Paris. Mitch' predeceased her in 2004. His ashes were interred at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery on January 23, Vancouver, Washington, in Shannon's casket.
Shannon graduated from North Central High School, Spokane, in 1940, after a senior year in which she was an A student, class secretary, captain of the golf team, and a lead actress in the school play. That same year she was chosen to represent her school in the First Lilac Parade and was chosen as Spokane's first Lilac Festival Queen.
After her marriage to Mitch' they lived in Spokane, Tacoma and Seattle before assignment to Oklahoma City in 1950. Due to Mitch's career in the Federal Aviation Agency they had foreign service assignments in Mexico City (3 years), Madrid, Spain (5 years), Athens, Greece (2 years), Weisbaden, Germany (2 years) as well as another assignment in Oklahoma City and two assignments to Washington, D.C. They retired to Spokane, Washington in 1971.
Shannon continued to travel with Mitch' when he became a tour guide. They traveled to Russia, Ireland, England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico and the Panama Canal. They moved to Vancouver, Washington in 1990 to be closer to their daughter and her family.
Shannon worked throughout her life as a financial accountant or executive secretary. Shannon worked in Spokane as an executive secretary/translator for RA Hanson Company. Most recently she was employed for nine years as the computer bookkeeper at Fairway Village Homeowner's Association in Vancouver, Washington. Shannon worked until she was 85 retiring in February 2007. She also spent several years as a volunteer selling theatre tickets for the Clark College Theatre Department.
Shannon was a lifelong student and many topics fascinated her. She pored over foreign language books, travel guides, computer program books, and taught herself financial accounting from a textbook while waiting for the birth of her grandchild. In Spain, where she was not allowed to work, she took a correspondence course in engineering drafting, taking the final exam at the University of Idaho during "home leave".
Shannon began her artwork in Mexico by experimenting with pen and ink and attending an artist's workshop. She later became an accomplished artist in pastels and loved doing pictures from places she had visited and portraits of family and friends.
Shannon's pastime for many years was the creation of miniature books in many languages. She hand-scribed, in the manner of medieval monks, many pages or complete tomes, primarily involving various religions' most famous books. These books are two by three and one-half inches in size. She leather bound and sewed the folios together just as books were bound hundreds of years ago. Most contain finely detailed, full color pictures, many illuminated. She began with the music for Gregorian chants and continued with bibles or religious manuscripts in many languages, including English, Latin, Swedish, Indonesian, Slovenian, Maori, Hebrew, Greek, Polish, German, French, Coptic, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Russian. Although not able to converse in these languages, she knew what each word meant and what each page said. She also scribed a book of the Canterbury Tales, a Max and Moritz book from Germany, and a German children's speller. She was known for her detailed work and perfectionism; each book took her many months to complete. Mitch' helped with the final binding and made all of the clasps and hinges. They traveled together to miniature book and collector shows where she displayed and sold her books.
Shannon took her first Haggadah to a rabbi in Spokane who promptly told her that no gentile could possibly scribe a book in Hebrew. He took it to look at anyway and she was delighted when he told her she was a success! After that he was a dedicated collector of her books and they had a long-lasting friendship. She also became good friends with a Catholic priest who bought a copy of almost every book she made. Her books have been displayed in, or are owned by, various U.S. libraries or museums (and in world-wide private collections) including the University of Albany, the Billy Graham Museum and the University of Iowa Library. She belonged to the "Miniature Book Collectors Society" and her books and scrolls were avidly sought by other members.
Then came computers!!! Many times Shannon said she wished she'd been born 50 years later so she could have studied them earlier in her life. They fascinated her. She taught herself to use her computers by studying textbooks and program instructions. She taught herself Quickbooks when she found she would need it to do the bookkeeping for the Fairway Village Homeowners Association. One of her last challenges on the computer was learning Flash, a computer animation program.
Shannon retired in February 2007 when facing surgery for a hip and knee replacements. 2007 was spent in and out of Legacy and Southwest Washington hospitals and Rebound physical rehabilitation centers. Further complications from seizures and a fractured pelvis (she spent several weeks at Cascade Park Care Center) and an undiagnosed condition leading to respiratory arrest ultimately led to her death in the Ray Hickey Hospice House.
Her family is grateful for the wonderful care-givers in each of these facilities. Shannon is survived by her daughter, Marsina; her son-in law, Larry Hellie; granddaughter, Lisa Linderman and her husband Todd; and great-granddaughter, Genevieve Linderman. She is also survived by her sister's children, Ginger Blair, Mark and Jack Stouse and their families; and several great nieces and great nephews and their family members on Mitch's side. Columbian, February 10, 2008
On Find A Grave.
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