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- [S84] E-Mail, Marty Cordell [ccordell1@cfl.rr.com], 9 Mar 2008.
Memories of granddaughter Patti Conner Bourgault, daughter of Helen's brother Ralph:
We moved to Sedro-Woolley in 1957 when I was in third grade to help Grandma and Grandpa Conner with the store, etc. I can remember my little short mother, Margaret Smith Conner helping run the store and pumping gas. Dad was the new manager of the local office of Puget Sound Power and Light. Sister Sally helped a bit and even raised a family of raccoon babies in the back room. I just remember sitting by the register, close to the penny candy, and helping write down in ledgers what the people bought. The old wood floor was creaky and there was the lingering smell of smoke from a fire. We jokingly called the store "the little mint" probably because it never really made any money.
J.J. Conner died in Burlington on Oct. 30, 1963, and Sallie died on Dec. 23, 1965, also in Burlington; both were age 85 at their death.
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