Elly Tent Beare

November 12, 1926 – December 7, 2015

Elly Tent Beare passed away suddenly on December 7, 2015 from a heart attack at the age of 89.

She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Richard (Dick) of Sequim, Washington; a half-sister Lies Boeren of Ridderkerk, Netherlands; a son Michael and his wife Paula of Christchurch, New Zealand; a son Patrick and his wife Laurie of Coweta, Oklahoma; and a daughter Anna and her husband Eddie Slater and their two children, Athens and Miles, of Lake Stevens,

Washington.

Elly was born in Semarang, Indonesia on November

12, 1926 to Dutch parents. She lived in Indonesia until 1939 when she and her mother returned to the Netherlands.

In her teen years, while under German occupation in WWII, she delivered messages for the Underground and food to Jews in hiding.

Elly became a registered nurse and was offered a job in 1953 to return to Indonesia to work for the medical department of an American oil company.

In Indonesia she met Dick, who was working as a petroleum engineer, and they married in Singapore in 1956, settling in Canada and eventually coming to the States.

Elly enjoyed foreign travel, and being a mother and homemaker. She was generous, adventuresome, creative, and humorous, and she believed in the Lord.

Her body will be cremated and a memorial service will be held Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave, Sequim, WA 98382.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be given to Trinity United Methodist Church.