Julia M. (Pugel) POTPINKA 

Died Feb. 26, 2003. Julia was born July 30, 1917, in Pueblo, Colorado, to 
Louis and Mary Pugel. The family moved to Longview in l927, where 
Julia graduated from R. A. Long High School before going on to Whitman 
College. She graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Whitman 
in 1937 with a degree in French. She married Joe Potpinka during World 
War II, and they lived in the Seattle area until his death in l981. They had a 
daughter, JoAnn. Julia served during the war as a temporary member of 
the U.S.Coast Guard Reserve, and worked for the Employment Security 
Department in Olympia. Then for 20 years she worked in the business 
department of Valley General Hospital, Renton. She lived for the past five 
years at the Exeter House in Seattle. She was a talented calligrapher and 
created artistic greeting cards. For several years in her retirement she 
worked as a volunteer in the main branch of the Seattle Public Library. In 
addition to her daughter JoAnn Bauer, she is survived by her brothers Jim 
and his wife, Jane, and Ed and his wife Echo, of Seattle. Another brother, 
Stan, died in l991. She also leaves a grandson , Jeff Harper, granddaughter 
Deirdre Gray Tullier, a great-grandson Elias, as well as many nieces and 
nephews. Funeral will be held Monday, March 3, at 11 a.m., at St. Therese 
Church, 936 35th Avenue, Seattle. Interment will follow at Mt. Pleasant 
Cemetery, Seattle. Memorials are suggested to St. Vincent de Paul 
Society. Hoffner Fisher & Harvey. 

Published in print on 3/1/2003. 
Seattle Times