Wahkiakum County Eagle-September 1996

Mildred Darlene Prestegard
             
  Age 63, a Hoquiam resident for the past 26 years, died at 
her home.
  She was born at Garibaldi, Ore., to Emil and Mary 
Elizabeth (Lupro) Hard.  She had also lived on Bainbridge 
Island and in Bellingham, 
where she attended school.  She then lived in Alaska for 
two years before moving to Cathlamet, where she went to 
high school.
  In 1951, she married Leslie Prestegard on Puget Island.  
He survives her at the family home.
  Because her husband was transferred from place to place 
in his employment, the couple lived in Oregon, Arizona, 
California, Alaska and Oklahoma, as well as Washington.
  She learned the art of flower designing in Bellingham and 
had worked for florists in Aberdeen, Montesano, Elma and 
Hoquiam.
  She also loved to work with flowers in her own garden, as 
well as being with her grandchildren.
  Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, Michael of 
Redmond; two daughters, Patsy Wilder of Olympia and Beth 
Beauchamp of Laramie, Wyo.; a stepbrother, Marty 
Hendrickson of Renton; a stepsister, Linda Curtis of 
Seattle; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
  There was no funeral.
  Coleman Mortuary of Hoquiam was in charge.


Mildred Darlene (Hard) Prestegard
Burial place unknown
21 Sep 1932-02 Sep 1996
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 
Museum)