Memorials

My mother, Jean Marilyn Claussen Trafton, passed away on October 5, 2007 in Hillsborough, California, after a long illness. She was 83 years old.Jean was a top-notch equestrienne. She ran for California Rodeo Queen, and was Miss Northern California. She rode horseback in the rodeos in New York’s Madison Square Garden, and in Boston Garden, in 1941.  My mother met the man she was to marry, Harold Robert (“Bob”) Trafton at Stanford University, where they both graduated. My father then joined the Navy, and went straight into Officers Candidate School at Notre Dame. My mother was graduated from Stanford with a Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduation, she became a newspaper reporter. My mother was brilliant, cultured, charming, gracious, and elegant. She loved her family, and she cared about her friends. She was active in the community, and was passionate about the arts. My mother was preceded in death by her parents and her sister. As a wife, mother, and grandmother, she will be sorely missed. — Kathy Trafton

Diane was preceded in death by her husband Mark Clark and sister Nancy Jane Cook Survivors include her mother Mrs. William (Kate) Hopkins her sisters Cathie Marie Hopkins, Martha Anne Barrett her nieces Jennifer Wamer, Cynthia Lusby, Sarah Stanford and Elizabeth Barrett as well as 3 great nieces and 3 great nephews.Diane grew up in Toledo Ohio after which she moved to Beaver Washington to join her sister Cathie in the early 70s. There she met Mark Clark and they were married at Rialto Beach near Forks Washington. Diane and Mark had adventurous spirits. They moved to Haiku ,Hawaii in the 80’s and stayed until Mark died unexpectedly in 1996. Diane moved back to the Beaver area and with help from close friends refurbished and remodeled her small home which she loved.  She was employed at West End Outreach Services where she worked at the “clubhouse” for the last 10 years. Those of us who knew Diane knew that she was a caring “Auntie” to the many children she knew including her own nieces and nephews. Diane was an amazing correspondent. She must have sent 200 birthday card every year and 50 gourmet Christmas packages. Diane loved her Mother and Sisters and visited them often in Port Townsend. She loved gardening Diane had an eye for original and local art. Diane will be greatly missed by her family and friends.