Forget-me-not: Mothers and Sons

An installation by Marie Watt commemorating Northwest servicemen and -women killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Viola Ruth Gustafson Tillstrom
1913–1993
Keith Tillstrom

Besides being rather strict and authoritarian, reflecting the family’s religion, my mother played Gershwin (hiding sheets of music from parishoners), introducing me to secular music; and made certain I had a library card.