Ariel Wright Henderson Stranne, age 97

      Ariel Wright Henderson Stranne died July 27. She was born August 2, 1915, the fourth of six children born to Irma and Percy Henderson on Bainbridge Island where she lived virtually all her life.

      Ariel attended grade school at what has become known as the “Seabold Hall” and high school at the “consolidated” high school in Winslow. She remembered times in the winter when the students on the school bus would have to get out and help push the bus through the mud up Joe Peterson’s hill. One of the highlights of those days was traveling with her sisters in the summer, by steamer and train, to the Sumner area. There they helped harvest beans and berries.

      She married Sig Stranne and they lived and raised their children, mostly in Seabold where they were surrounded by her parents and siblings. Sig passed away in 1977.

      She lived her life with faith, love and enthusiasm.

      Ariel was preceded in death by her husband, daughter and one grandson. She is survived by her son, seven grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, plus the families of her brothers and sisters.

      A service will take place on Sunday, August 4 at 1 p.m. at the Ravenna United Methodist Church in Seattle.