Obituary of Pamela Jane Boesiger

Pamela Jane (Thralls) Boesiger Pamela Boesiger passed away February 15, 2011, in Olympia. She was 59. Pam was born April 2, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Patsy Ellen and Vance Richard Thralls, Jr. Pam attended Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, California, graduating with the class of 1969. She went on to attend El Camino College in Gardenia, California, and Grossmont College in San Diego, California. On September 13, 1971, she married Richard Allen Boesiger in Santa Barbara, California, and together they raised three lovely daughters. The most important things in Pam’s life were her family and friends. She was a caring, loving mother, and very forthright and affable with everyone she met. She loved doing genealogy, reading, listening to music, singing, and renovating her 1910 Craftsman home. Pam is survived by her husband; daughters, Brienne Boesiger, Lannie Boesiger, and Tessa (Matt) Gubbe; grandchildren, Lucius Boe and Nia Grace; and sister, Melissa Thralls. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Vance Richard Thralls III; sister, Daphne Thralls; and grandparents, Lulu Jane and Vance Richard Thralls Sr., and Jason and Eona Flossy Wright. To leave memories of Pam or condolences for the family, please click on “View Guestbook” below. Donations may be made in Pam’s name to the following organizations that were close to her heart: 1. Viginia Mason Foundation Gynecologic Oncology Restricted Fund. Make check payable to: Virginia Mason Foundation. Mail to: PO Box 1930, D#1-MF, Seattle, WA 98111. Attach note: In memory of Pam Boesiger (This is where Pam received her radiation and chemotherapy treatments. She was so impressed with how the staff cared for and treated her, from the people in receiving to the doctors and nurses. She was so impressed that she had Dick order 25 bumper stickers that said “Radiation Oncology—a little bit of heaven on earth" and sent them to the Radiation Oncology Department at Virginia Mason.) 2. Providence St. Peter Foundation. Make check payable to: The Critical Care Education Fund # 138. Mail to: 413 Lilly Road NE, Olympia, WA 98506. Attach note: In memory of Pam Boesiger (Pam went to this hospital after a call to 911. She was treated in their Critical Care unit for three weeks until she passed away. Her doctor in the Critical Care Unit chairs a committee that researches early intervention of septic shock, which is almost always fatal.) 3. The Nature Conservancy. Make check payable to: The Nature Conservancy. Mail to: 1917 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. Attach note: In honor of Pam Boesiger to Shotwell's Landing. (Nature Conservancy has a native seed harvesting site directly across the street from Pam and Dick’s home in Littlerock. The previous owner of that land was a group called the Rainbow Family, and the land called Rainbow Valley. This group staged music festivals, which exposed local youth to easy access of drugs and alcohol. Pam was singularly instrumental in testifying against the owner, who was then convicted of numerous felonies and subsequently lost title to his land. When Nature Conservancy acquired the same property, they considered naming the property Rainbow Valley. When Nature Conservancy contacted Pam and Dick about this naming, Pam suggested Rainbow Valley not be used and to use Shotwell's Landing, which was historically correct. In the early settlement of this land, there was a trading post called Shotwell's Landing where indigenous people traded with the settlers at a place directly across the street from the Boesiger family house.) To leave memories of Pamela or condolences for the family, please click on "View Guestbook" below.