Sharon Lynn Mills

January 28, 1953 – January 21, 2015

Sharon Lynn Mills of Mabton, WA was surrounded by her family when she passed away from her ten year battle with cancer on January 21, 2015.

Sharon was born to Bruce Elwood and Gloria Mae Hendrickson in Seattle on January 28, 1953. She has an older sister Cheryl Mae.

Her second grade year the family moved to North Bend, WA and she graduated in 1971 at Mt. Si High School. She worked at the Show Hall North Bend Movie Theater where she met the love of her life Terry Edwin Mills. Terry and Sharon were married on June 12, 1971 in North Bend. She also worked at Ralphs grocery store, The B and B grocery store, the MarT Café in North Bend, Weyerhaeuser and then owned and operated the Bendigos Abode Antique shop for 11 years. She was the president of the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce, and President of the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum.

In 1997 Terry and Sharon moved to Eastern Washington where they built their home together.

She worked at the Aldercreek and Windy Ridge Vineyards. She then hired on at the Columbia Crest Winery where she worked in the gift shop and gave winery tours. In 2003 she organized a fundraiser for the Crow Butte Park and raised over $10,000.

Sharon is survived by her husband; Terry, her father Bruce Elwood, her mother Gloria Mae of Cathedral City, CA, her sister Cheryl Mae and husband Al McGuire of Cathedral City, CA, her daughter Tami Lynn Mills and Fiancé Travis McDaniel of Graham, WA, her son Todd Clinton Mills and wife Elizabeth of Kent, OR, her grandsons Joseph Garrett Mosselli, Jacob Andrew Mosselli and Zachary James Mosselli, her granddaughters Kella Ashley Bariletti, Isabella Lynn Mills and Rilea Louise Mills, and her other grandkids Zach Griffin, Tanner McDaniel and Hailey McDaniel.

Sharon loved building bon fires and bringing family and friends together. She put on the Six Prong Skeet shoot at their homestead 14 years running. Her children and grandchildren were the lights of her life.

Special thanks to the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum, City of North Bend and the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Rockhill and Sarah Layman of the University of Washington, the Kennewick Cancer Society, and everyone who supported her in her fundraiser to help battle her cancer.

A celebration of her life is planned for September 12th at Six Prong. All family and friends are welcome to attend.