Island resident Muriel Staples Liljequist, age 90, died June 12 on Bainbridge.

She was born in Geneva, Ill., on Dec. 9, 1912, the daughter of Marie (Hately) and John William Staples.

As a young woman, she was an excellent athlete and strong swimmer. She graduated from Sacred Heart School for Girls (Illinois) in 1930, and in 1931 married Leon Rogner Liljequist in Chicago.

While living in Chicago and Mount Prospect, Ill., for 73 years, she was secretary/treasurer and co-founder of the Mount Prospect Art League, where she loved to paint landscapes and song birds.

She was a member of the Edison Park Methodist Church Women’s Club, the Irving Park Women’s Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Job’s Daughters.

She moved to Bainbridge in 1985; she served as a docent at Bloedel Reserve, was a member of the Bainbridge Island Garden Club and “Muriel’s Girls” Book Club, and was a supporter of the Bainbridge Island Library.

She is survived by sons Jon Leon Liljequist, Sanibel Island Fla.; Ragnar Staples Liljequist, Bainbridge Island; daughter, Barbara Liljequist Chaplin; Bainbridge Island; five grandchildren: Laura, Murray Ky., Lars and Lisa, Sanibel Island, Fla., Dag, Bainbridge Island, and Bradley, Seattle; and two great grandchildren.

Burial will take place at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago Ill. Arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home, Bainbridge Island.

Memorials can be made to Sound Experience Scholarship Fund, 2310 Washington St., Port Townsend WA 98368, or an Alzheimer’s Research Foundation of the donor’s choice.