Julia Kamilla Larsen died March 17, 2003, at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle. She was 93 years old.

She was born April 18, 1909, in Portage, Wash, the fourth of seven children born to Laurits and Jorga Larsen.

She lived in the home built by her parents in the early 1900s on Maury Island. She attended Maury Grade School and Burton High School. She continued her education off island at Bellingham Normal School and became an elementary school teacher. He first position was at Lisabeula School where she taught grades 1-8 in one classroom.

Most of her years teaching were in Fall City, Wash., and later in Seattle at Jefferson and Georgetown elementary schools.

She attended Sunday School Class on Maury Island in the afternoons as ministers on the island took turns conducting church services. She chose to be baptized at the Burton Church and later accepted Christ as her savior at an evangelistic meeting sponsored by a very active young people’s group from the west side.

She shared apartments with her sister Grace on Broadway and then in Ballard. After her retirement, she moved back to the family home on Maury in 1997 where she lived until her recent illness took her to the hospital.

Julia loved to shop and was very good at finding bargains. She enjoyed beautiful dishes, china and teacups and was a very thoughtful, warm hostess.

Survivors include her special sister Grace and eight nephews and nieces, many grand nephews and niece and great grand nephews and nieces.

Services were last Saturday at Island Funeral Service Chapel followed by a graveside service at Vashon Cemetery.

Arrangements were entrusted to Island Funeral Service.