Emilia Felicita Isabel Obituary (1934

Emilia Felicita Isabel (Baca) Thompson Born to Marcos Baca and Perfetita Romero in Cubero New Mexico, January 20, 1934 Married: George A Thompson in Albuquerque New Mexico June 8, 1954 Died: March 25, 2015 Ellensburg, Washington, of dementia-related causes Proceeded in death by: Parents Marcos and Perfetita Baca, daughter Ethel Thompson, husband George Arthur Thompson Sr., 3 brothers San Juan Baca, Faustino Baca, and Steven Baca, 1 sister Mary Marquez and 5 infant siblings. Survived by: Children: George (Joyce) Thompson of Spokane WA, Elizabeth (Liz &Scott) Walker of Ellensburg WA, Marcos (Duke) Thompson of Bouse AZ, Mary Jane (Maria & Jeff) Jay of Springdale WA Grandchildren: Laura, Shelia, Stephanie, George (Thompson), Michael, Joshua J. (Walker), Kathy, Joshua P. (Thompson) James and Felicita (Jay) Great Grandchildren: Alyssa, Karissa, Kassandra, Kaleb, Jaxon, Kaylie, J. Jacob, Aubrey, Paisley, Annie, Vince, Josealynn, and Cayden Emily grew up in New Mexico, moved with her new husband George to his home state of Washington where they raised their children between Stevens, Pend Oreille, and Spokane counties. Her husband George died in 1984, and when Maria left for collage she found herself on her own. Emily was a very tough and strong willed person. She stayed on the homestead in the Springdale area out of town, where during the winter and spring she would on occasion find herself stuck in the snow or mud in her drive way, she would simply leave her car in the middle of the road stating "if someone wants to get by bad enough, they'll dig it out for me". (Emily went many years without a phone or running water). Once the car was at the house she would either only go in and out when the road was solidly frozen or walk in and out leaving her car parked at the road, which was nearly a mile. One winter when her sister Mary was with her, no one would go down the drive and her car was at the house, so she made arrangements to meet a friend at the road. She pulled a sled along and pulled it back to the house with the groceries her and Mary needed. She was very resourceful and never lost her sense of humor. One time dad would not build her a clothes line, when he came home that evening he was met by clothes hanging throughout the house on her "homemade line". Dad being 14 inches taller than mom nearly strangled himself on the lines before he found the light switch. Guess what The next day she had a proper clothes line. She always enjoyed an innocent little prank here and there; like filling a cup to the brim so you had to slurp it out before you could pick it up. Emily was a devoted stay at home mother and wife who was always cooking, sewing and taking care of others. She never cooked out of a box and was well known for her homemade Christmas candies and the ability to patch a patch on your clothing. Emily spent the last 10 1/2 years in Ellensburg with her daughter Liz, and greatly enjoyed helping baby sit her 3 youngest great granddaughters. One of which was Annie, who is only the age of 26 months, and was always keenly aware of what "Gram" needed or wanted and she was always right too. She will be greatly missed by all who were close. Emily was a woman not to be easily forgotten.