Veronica Clara Inman (1926 — 2015) | Passages
Published 9:00 am Sunday, October 18, 2015
Veronica Clara Inman, cherished wife, mother, grandmother and sister, 89, of Friday Harbor, Wash., passed away on Friday, Sept. 25 at Hearthstone Adult Family Home in Friday Harbor.
She was born on March 16, 1926 in Winona County, Minn., and was one of six children born to Raymond and Coletta (Nepper) Heaser.
Veronica graduated from Aitkin High School in 1942 and went to Minneapolis to trade school where she learned International Morse Code.
In 1944 she moved to La Junta, Colo., to work for the Santa Fe Railroad and used American Morse Code in her work. Veronica moved that same year to Seattle to attend Civil Aeronautics Administration (C.A.A.) School (now known as the Federal Aviation Administration).
In 1945 she was sent to Kodiak, Alaska as an aircraft communicator for the C.A.A. There she met Richard, who also worked for the C.A.A. in the Air Traffic Control Section, and they were married on April 12, 1947.
Veronica and Richard lived in several towns and cities in Alaska including Tanana, Big Delta, Yakutat, Fairbanks and Anchorage. In 1971 Richard retired from the F.A.A. and moved with Veronica to Friday Harbor, Wash.
Our parents loved the island life on “the rock” and liked to work on their home and gardens.
They also loved to travel and spend time with their family, friends, and pets. Mom was an accomplished seamstress and also liked knitting, crocheting and tatting.
She loved all birds and animals, especially the family pets and the deer that wandered the family property.
We were blessed with a wonderful Mom and Dad and are grateful that they are together once more. They will be loved eternally and may they rest in peace.
A special thank you to Darlene Eames and her extraordinary staff at Hearthstone Adult Family Home for the gentle, loving care given to Mom.
Veronica was preceded in death by her husband, Richard (Dick) Inman in 2001; her parents; her sister, Marie Jones and two brothers, Raymond Heaser Jr. and Al Heaser.
She is survived by two daughters, Marti (Pat) Hughes and Susan Thornton; grandchildren, Jennifer Hughes (Jon Gies), Brian Hughes and Stacy Thornton; a sister, Marjorie Iten and a brother, Robert Heaser.
Memorials may be made to the Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor or a charity of your choice.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 23 at Saint Francis Parish in Friday Harbor.
A reception will take place at Heffernan Hall next door to the church following the Mass.
Arrangements are in the care of Evans Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., Anacortes, Wash. and the San Juan Islands.
To share memories of Veronica, please sign the online guest register at www.evanschapel.com.
