Beryl MacLEAN 

She taught speech and debate for 20 years and even
after retirement Beryl Anna Puckett Mac Lean was a
life-long learner who read and was computer savvy.
Mrs. MacLean, 89, died June 30 at her home in Cypress,
Texas. She was born Feb. 2, 1918, in Tacoma, grew up
in Wenatchee and graduated in 1940 from Whitman
College where she was an Alpha Chi Omega. She later
received a Master's degree from Duquesne University in
Pennsylvania where she began teaching school. She was
praised for excellence in developing speech-and-debate
curricula used throughout the state. Mrs. MacLean and
her husband, Richard retired and moved to Vashon
Island were they lived for 20 years and later moved to
Federal Way and then Houston. She was especially proud
that a scholarship was set up in her name at a
community college. Mrs. MacLean was preceded in death
by her husband of 56 years and her sister, Velda
Puckett Quade. She is survived by her son, Richard I.
MacLean of Seattle, and daughters, Mary Kathryn Milks
and B. Annie-Jean Mac Lean, both from Houston; four
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. A
Memorial Service will be held in Cypress on Thursday.
As education was such a priority in Mrs. MacLean's
life, her family requests that donations be made to
the Beryl A. MacLean Educational Foundation, Cy-Fair
College, 9191 Barker Cypress Rd. Cypress, TX
77433-1383 instead of flowers. 

Published in print on 7/3/2007. 
Seattle Times