Ethel Marian Lindsey passed away on Feb. 16, 2015 in Port Angeles.

Her husband Donald of 55 years preceded her passing in 2011. Her parents Joseph and Marian Lundgren and twin brother Kenneth Lundgren, of Bainbridge Island also preceded her in death.

She is survived by her five children: Mark, Bruce, Diane (Fred) Jensen, Bill (Kristi), and Donald Jr. (Ann). She loved and enjoyed her 10 grandchildren: Tyler, Kara and Matt Lindsey of Orange, Calif.; Larry and Lindsey Jensen, of Seattle; Kathryn and Lauren Lindsey, of Los Altos, Calif.; and Jane, Kate and Mae Lindsey of Bremerton.

Ethel was born on Bainbridge Island into the Lundgren family; her father was a tugboat captain. She fondly recalled her childhood on the Island with all her other Lundgren relatives, and as a teenager, taking the ferry to Seattle for summer jobs in the department store with one of her close cousins.

Ethel attended Western Washington University and then the University of Washington, where in 1955 she met her future husband who was studying meteorology as an officer in the Air Force.

Ethel then followed him to Alaska, and for two years lived at Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska. Ethel was a good supportive wife, as her husband was a crewmember–weatherman, on board hazardous flights for reconnaissance missions over the North Pole.

Following the commitment to the Air Force, the couple arrived in Port Angles, in 1959, where Donald was initially employed as a chemist for the Crown Zellerbach paper mill.

Shortly thereafter, the couple began a family, where Ethel was a full-time mom. She was always preparing lunches for her children to take to school and organizing the morning routine at the house to ensure everyone made it to school on time. She committed her time to being a devoted mother of five busy children and to neighborhood friends with their academics and athletics. Ethel was the gracious mother who always offered delicious home-baked cupcakes or chocolate chip cookies to her children’s friends.

Ethel was an occasional volunteer at Franklin Elementary School, and although she emphasized academics, was proud of her children participating in sports as a Roosevelt Teddy or a Port Angeles Roughrider.

As her children grew up and moved away, Ethel made time to visit and babysit her grandchildren, whenever possible. Ethel was always available to take a phone call and be a good listener to her children when life events happened, and would always finish up a conversation with a “Don’t worry. Everything will turn out eventually.”

A private family ceremony was held at the First United Method Church in Port Angeles on March 7.

In lieu of flowers, send donations to the First United Method Church in Port Angeles.