Marie Aspiri was born on April 4th, 1916, in Boise, Idaho. She passed away peacefully on May 31st 2012 in her apartment at Exeter house surrounded by family. She was married to Abe Aspiri and they had two children, Ray Aspiri and Josephine (Aspiri) Benson Rumreich. She had fond memories of driving horse and buggy to school. They owned and managed the Russell Hotel from

1944 to 1952 in Emmett Idaho. Later they followed their grown children to Seattle. She and her husband worked hard on a large cattle ranch and she worked as a grocery checker for many years at Ralph’s Thriftway in Lacey Washington. Upon retiring they moved to Seattle where they had rental properties and an apartment house on Boylston.

A mass will be held at Saint James Cathedral Chapel (804 9th Street) at 10:00a.m. on Friday, June 8th with a lunch following. The internment will be at the Vashon Island cemetery at 3:30pm.

For a full obituary and condolences, please visit the online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com.

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