Ethel Everdina Dougliss, born on April 3, 1931, to Theodore and Mary (Borgman) Dougliss, passed away peacefully on December 19, 2020 in Coupeville, Washington. She is survived by her loving children, Karen Franzen (Mark) and Michael Dougliss (Joanie), both of Oak Harbor, WA; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and her beloved sister, Margaret Dougliss, of Coupeville, WA. Ethel is predeceased by her parents, Theodore and Mary Dougliss; her brothers, Theodore Dougliss, Jr. and Wesley Dougliss; and her sister, Geneva Thiefield.
Ethel was born and raised in Oak Harbor, WA and attending school until the 8th grade. She and her sister, Margaret were, and always have been, inseparable. Not only have they lived together their entire lives, but in the 1950’s, they enjoyed playing piano and singing at the USO in downtown Oak Harbor (where the American Legion building is now). Ethel raised Karen and Michael “in the big house” that she shared with Margaret, and she attended Lighthouse Christian Center (now known as Life Church). Often, she would watch Mike’s Pomeranians, as she loved their joyful energy.
Having recently survived a COVID infection, it has been noted that ‘it’s a good bloodline’ the Dougliss family has; during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918, Ethel’s grandfather, William Dougliss; her grandmother, Everdina Dougliss; her father, Theodore Dougliss; her uncle, Albert Dougliss; and her aunt, Elizabeth Dougliss, all came down with the Spanish Flu and survived. Fast forward 102 years, and it is no doubt due to the ‘antibodies in the bloodline’ that Ethel and sister, Margaret, both survived having COVID during the pandemic of 2020.
Ethel will be greatly missed by her loving family; services will be held at Wallin Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 30th. Open casket visitation will begin at 12 noon with a Funeral to follow at 1pm. Interment at Maple Leaf Cemetery will follow the funeral at 2pm. The family is grateful to the staff at Regency Coupeville for the excellent care she received during her 4 year stay there and asks that donations be made in Ethel’s name to Regency Coupeville in lieu of flowers.