Ou r Angel moved on October 20 from her beloved home on Useless Bay, Whidbey Island. Married to Matt 68 years. Sons Jeff (Carol), Vashon Island; Steve (Anna), Olympia, and David (Loretta), Mililani, HI. Five grandchildren—Mark, Vashon; Michael, Dallas; Hannah, Kirkland; Katrina Berg (Neal), Talent, OR, and Meg Sayre-Salvo (Fede), Tacoma. And one great- grandchild, Beau Berg.
Born in Seattle Nov. 3, 1936, to Les Teagle, Seattle restaurateur, and Virginia Walter Teagle. She was also blessed with loving step-parents, Rita Teagle and Jack Taylor. Her half-brother, Ed Teagle, predeceased.
Three high schools—Holy Names, Olympia and Ephrata, 1954.
On to UW where she began her lifelong adventure with the Tri-Delta Sorority. She loved the sisterhood. After Matt and Sheri returned from the service she returned to her alma mater, first as the Theta Alpha Corporation Board president, and then as the chapter advisor for four years. She won the Dorothy Nollan Award for her service.
Sheri and Matt raised the children in Seattle’s Magnolia District. She was active in the Magnolia UCC and the Magnolia Recreation Council. A member, too, of the Willye White Orthopedic Hospital Guild.
Sheri loved her Swedish heritage and enjoyed the friendships she made in the Ester Moe Lodge of the Daughters of Norway on Whidbey Island. Also, a longtime member with Matt in the Useless Bay Golf Club.
Gardening was Sheri’s thing. Hers was among those selected for the first Whidbey Garden Tour in 1996. Following that, bothThe Seattle Times and the magazine Country Gardens featured her gardens, her garden shop and the unique greenhouse that son Steven built. We were all so proud of her. And she loved her many garden tours in England and France.
For 40-plus years her pink house in Carmel offered the spring and fall getaway. For Sheri it meant Carmel beach walks, more friendships, and visits to her favorite shops. Matt played golf.
Summers meant boating in the family Grand Banks trawler, Jenny Wren. Seattle Yacht Club outstations at Port Madison and Ganges were her favorites.
Sheri loved to paint. Her friend from the Daughters group, Liz Leese, drew her into Nordic painting.That led toa week-long rosemaling school at Vesterheim in Decorah, Iowa.
Alzheimer’s was the focus the past several years. Sheri wanted to remain home and did. Until her final days she gave the best prayers—holding hands at every meal.
Special thanks to long-time caregiver Katie Bonn, the other caregivers who made her final year at home possible; those at Maple Ridge, and at the end, Whidbey Health Hospice. No services at her request.
Love you, Sheri, Mom, Grammie
