Lylah Harriet Peavy

March 29, 1923 - July 27, 2010

Lylah Harriet (Corneliuson) Peavy – The Memory Keeper – born 3/29/23, North Branch, MN. As she was in life, she passed peacefully and without drama on 7/27/10. She grew up in Kalispell, Montana and graduated from Flathead High School, but became a Northwest girl when she moved to Seattle to work at Boeing during WWII. There she met Jack, they were married at Denny Park Lutheran Church, where she is still a member, and started a life together that spanned 56 years until Jacks death.

Jack and Lylah moved to Salem, Oregon where they started their family. Sundra Jo born in 1946 and Kristi Anne born in 1948. Lylah worked at the Health Department in Salem for many years as well as at home keeping us all clean, fed and nurtured. In 1956 the family moved back to Seattle where she went to work at Seattle General Hospital. She was also active in Girl Scouts and PTA and of course making sure we all had the love and generosity she was famous for. Lylah retired from Pacific NW Bell in 1987. In retirement, Lylah and Jack enjoyed working in their yard, bowling, taking road trips and spoiling their grandchildren. Family was everything to Lylah.

It was always very important to Lylah to keep the memories of the old times and keep up with the events of the new times. She would document everyday on her calendar and it was always a challenge to find a calendar with big enough squares for her to use. Everyone in the family knew they could just pick up a phone and call her and she would be able to tell them what was going on. She could remember things that most of us had forgotten. Most of the information was kept in her head, so you see, we have lost a very important part of our family.

If you met Lylah, you were a friend for life. She was very unique in her open acceptance of everyone and genuine caring. She spent her last 5 years at Scriber Gardens Retirement Home, making friends, playing Bingo and cards, going on the weekly outings and running their store. Lylah was also well known for her poems, costumes and sense of humor. She will be missed by all her friends there as well as her lifetime pals from Kalispell, Salem and Seattle.

Lylah is survived by her two daughters, Sunny McNett (Dan) and Kristi Adams (Dave), her grandchildren, Troy Gleeson, Brent Gleeson, Heidi Kelly(Brock), Tricia Adams (Andrew Knee), Carrie Goetz (Mike) and great grandchildren, Katie Gleeson, Emma Kelly, Desivie Daniels, Alivia and Jacob Goetz, many nieces and nephews and three sister in laws. She was preceded in death by her husband Jack Peavy and her 5 siblings Hazel, Royal, Bert, Chet and Helen.

Funeral Information

Services will be held at Evergreen Washelli Chapel, 11111 Aurora Ave. N., Seattle on August 7 at 3:00 pm, reception following.

Donations Information

Donations in Lylah’s name may be made to ALS Division of MDA – 701 Dexter Ave. N – Seattle, WA 98109 in memory of Jack W. Peavy.