Cowlitz County WA Archives Obituaries.....Maki, Pearl  May 24, 2006
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Published in The Daily News on 5/25/2006.      www.tdn.com/obits
 	 	
Pearl Maki died peacefully on May 24, 2006 at the age of 90 in the Frontier 
Nursing Home in Kelso, Washington. 

She was born at home on October 17, 1915 in Curtis, Wisconsin to second 
generation German immigrants Arthur and Lena Tonn and spent her early years in 
Curtis, Wisconsin. She eventually met and married Wilho T. (Bill) Maki. 
Following their marriage, they moved to a farm in Owen, Wisconsin. In 1954, 
Bill and Pearl sold the farm and moved west to Longview where they had friends 
who had moved ahead of them. 

Pearl took a job with the County Juvenile Detention Center in Kelso where she 
really enjoyed the position as Matron. She enjoyed helping the kids who crossed 
her path and enjoyed and took pride in cooking for the county judges for 17 
years before retiring in 1983. Pearl was content to stay close to home during 
her retirement years enjoying family and hearing of their successes. 

Pearl was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Wilho (Bill) Maki and a 
son, Karl Arne Maki. 

Pearl is survived by a twin sister, Lyrl Heckman of Chicago, Illinois; two 
daughters, Judy Maki McBrayer of Luck, Wisconsin and Elaine Maki Traub of 
Beaverton, Oregon; and a son, Don Maki of Kalama. Also surviving Pearl are her 
grandchildren, Mike McBrayer of Amery, Wisconsin; Nancy Elert of Luck, 
Wisconsin; Mark Traub of Redmond, Washington; and Jason Traub of Issaquah, 
Washington. Pearl also leaves 4 great grandchildren, Nicholas and Sarah Elert 
of Luck, Wisconsin and Conner and Ryan McBrayer of Amery, Wisconsin. 

Pearl will be greatly missed by family and friends and we all grieve her 
departure but God has a better plan for her. The family would like to thank the 
staff at Frontier for their caring service to Pearl during her two year stay. 

Private Services will be at the Steele Funeral Mausoleum at 2:00 p.m. on 
Friday, May 26. 

	


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