Alma Margaretta Blair

BLAIR — Alma Margaretta (Lemley), 87; born Feb. 8, 1927, Harrah, Wash.; died July 7, 2014, at her home in Olympia, Wash. Surviving: husband, Richard L.; 4 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

Her parents were Retta and George Lemley and she was the last of nine children. 

Alma was multi-talented and loved doing a variety of activities. She helped build their home on 26th Ave. in Olympia, loved to draw and would doodle on any piece of paper she could find. She loved to sew and was a professional seamstress and drape maker. She was a member of the Lacey Church. 

Preceding her in death are her two sons: James Lee, 1947–2006; and Donald Ray, 1958–1981.