Dolores (Dee) Corwin

Dolores (Dee) Corwin, a resident of Olympia was born in Woodland, CA on 10/10/1031. Her father and mother, Charles & Lillian Schaupp, farmed in Esparto, CA. Her brother, Clarence, farmed the land after their parents died. In 1954 she married her High School sweetheart, Art Corwin, an air traffic control operator. Art and Dee celebrated their 62th anniversary in 2016. Daughter Zoe an accountant/CPA lives in Tumwater, WA and now works for the State of WA. Son Brad died in 1978 causing much sorrow. Brad left his son, Ion Fleming and 3 Great Granddaughters, Jordon, Charlotte and Alice who now live in Colorado.

For promotions Art transferred several times. They lived in San Francisco CA, Tucson AZ, Great Falls MT, Los Angeles CA, Albuquerque NM, Sacramento CA, Litchfield Park AZ, Scottsdale AZ, and Federal Way WA. They toured every continent except Africa & Antarctica; traveled all 50 States; all but one Providence in Canada; sailed on eight cruises, attended 15 Rhoads Scholar trips; drove many times through the years to CA; to visit family; road trips were their favorite.

On the farm Dee raised and sold chickens and rabbits. She begged for a piano at age 6, started piano lessons at age 7, violin at age 11, organ at age 21; would have liked to have been an opera singer; she completed a two year pre-nursing course at UC Berkeley, graduated with a BS degree in nursing from the UCSF School of Nursing at age 21; worked as a pediatric nurse, a public health nurse, a nursery room nurse, a health coordination for Head Start in San Mateo CA, a school nurse, and a Hypertension Control Coordinator for the State of Arizona; she volunteered as teacher assistant for the special education, mental health worker assistant, Blue Bird and Cub Scout group leader, Sunday School teacher, church organist, accompanist, food bank worker, community supper coordinator, emergency shelter worker, fund raiser for the Friends of the Lacey Library, collected books for needy children, a Long Term Care Ombudsman, and member of Lions International in charge of vision and hearing problems, she loved classical music, needle arts, sewing, books, birds and bird watching, animals, nature, travel, boating, the arts, computers, bridge games.

Dee is a member of the United Churches of Olympia and The Capital City Newcomers Club. She was always ready to try something new and looked forward to living in and seeing new places.