Darlene H. Cahill Obituary (1934

Darlene (Pugh) Cahill, 86, passed away of natural causes on July 22, 2020, just short of the late start of the baseball season that she always so looked forward to and enjoyed. She wrote that her lifetime loves were "Dogs, Cats, Reading and BASEBALL". Darlene was born July 17, 1937, in Carbonado, Washington, to Clyde and Sena Pugh. In the spring of 1942, the Pugh family moved to Ellensburg. Darlene graduated from Ellensburg High School in 1951 and continued her education at Central Washington College of Education, receiving a bachelors degree in Education in 1956, and a second bachelors degree in English in 1957. In 1956 Darlene and Wayne (Scotty) Cahill were married. They made their home in Ellensburg where she taught 8th grade at Morgan Junior High School from 1956 to 1959. Her first class gave her a gift of their appreciation, an engraved silver plate, at the end of that school year. It is a gift that she kept with her until the day she died. In 1959, Darlene and Wayne moved to Seattle where they attended graduate school at the University of Washington where she was a teaching assistant in the Freshman English department. But Darlene was anxious to do the kind of teaching she had enjoyed in Ellensburg. So, when in 1959 she was offered an 8th grade teaching position on Vashon Island, Washington, she and Wayne moved to Vashon where they stayed until Darlenes retirement in 1989. For some of that time both she and her sister were fortunate enough to both be teaching the same subjects in the same school on Vashon Island. In 1989, with both Darlene and Wayne retired, they moved back to Ellensburg. However, Darlene did substitute teaching for the Ellensburg School District at the high school level for a short time, but then became active with the Kittitas County Retired School Employees Organization. Darlene is proceeded in death by her husband, Wayne, in 1998, and by her three brothers, Elmo, Durward, and Burton. She is survived by many caring nieces and nephews, and by her sister, Audine Moy. They were not only sisters, but also best friends. A very special thanks to the members of the staff at Meadows Place who Darlene referred to as her friends. They made it feel like home for her. At Darlenes request no services will be held.