Shirley ‘Ann’ Stow of Fall City died May 9 at the age of 86.
She was born Oct. 25, 1928, in Chehalis. Her family moved to Issaquah when she was young and she graduated from Issaquah High School in 1946.
She attended Washington State University, where she met Ed Stow. They were married Aug. 23, 1947.
Ed died in September, 2014, just one week short of the couple’s 67th wedding anniversary.
Stow is survived by: four children, David Stow of Duvall; Mike Stow and his wife, Cheri, of Albuquerque, N.M.; Leanne Adcox and her husband, Kevin of North Bend; and Kelle Elliott and her husband, Craig, of Fall City; seven granchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Donations can be made in her memory to the Fall City Historical Society, P.O. Box 293, Fall City, WA 98024.