Obituary

Edna May Dion passed away suddenly on November 16, 2015 at her residence in Ferndale. She was born in the Whitehorn area of Blaine, WA on October 3,1922 to Alice and Martin Lonseth. She graduated from Blaine High School in 1939 and then attended secretarial training school in Bellingham.
Edna relocated to Coupeville, WA and joined the Island County Public Welfare department. While there, she met and married Frank Dion, who was serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Casey. They moved to Ferndale after Frank’s discharge from military service at the conclusion of WWII.
She was an active member of the American Legion Kulshan Post Auxiliary and Chapter BQ, PEO, for more than five decades and enjoyed serving in those groups and at her church.
Edna decided to resume her secretarial career in 1965 when she became secretary to the President of WWU. She held and enjoyed that position for fifteen years until her retirement in 1980. Retirement years were kind and exciting to her and Frank as many cruises and enjoyable trips were taken during the next 25 years.
Edna was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Frank, and by her three siblings; Gladys Lee, Kathleen Richardson and Marvin Lonseth. Her son Russ and wife Shelly and grandson Mark, wife Cindy and great-grandchildren Peyton and Brady, survive her.
Edna was a charter member of Christ Lutheran Church in Ferndale. She was enriched by and appreciative of her church family at CLC, especially during the past six years while residing in her assisted-living apartment.
Visitation will be Friday, November 20, at 1:00 PM with services following at 2:00 PM at Christ Lutheran Church, 5904 Vista Drive, Ferndale, WA. Graveside services will be at Enterprise Cemetery with a reception to follow at Christ Lutheran.
Memorials to the Christ Lutheran Church Building Fund would be welcomed in Edna’s name