Pamela Sue Treece, a talented local artist, loving wife and mother, succumbed after a long illness Oct. 3, 2003, at Island Hospital in Anacortes. She was born July 13, 1948, in Alhambra, Calif., to Joseph A. Thompson and Shirley June Thompson.

On May 16, 1968, in Newport Beach, Calif., she married her high school sweetheart, Anthony S. Treece. Pam spent the next 20 years as a loving Navy wife traveling with her husband on his various assignments. In 1975 they settled in Oak Harbor after having fallen in love with the beauty of Whidbey Island on a prior tour of duty.

A professional artist and master carver, Pam won many awards at Quilceda and Puyallup carvers shows. Her love of the Pacific Northwest was reflected in her beautiful creations, which featured native plants, birds and animals.

Pam is survived by her loving husband of 35 years and their son Taylor. Her father, Joseph A. Thompson of Oak Harbor, and her sisters Marvis Oehm of Coupeville and Bonnie Thompson of Hollywood, Calif., also survive her. Also left behind to mourn her loss is her best friends, Michele Hill of Oak Harbor.

Her mother, Shirley Thompson, preceded her in death in May of 1992. A private family service was held Oct. 5.