Washington - Terry Craig's 95-year run through remarkable times ended July 28.

She was persistent and got things done. Whether it was speaking loudly in English to find help in a French train station to getting a laptop in her 90s so she could stay in touch on Facebook - and do some online shopping.

Harriet Mae Stewart was born to Charles Allen and Roberta Mae (Wilson) Stewart in Portland, Ore. She followed her older sister Allene into the family. She was named for her beloved "ganny," Harriet Louise Stewart.

The family survived through the rough times on a ranch near Gerhardt, Ore., where her mother ran things during the week as her dad commuted to work on the Portland docks. She graduated from high school at 16 after the family moved back to Portland.

She worked and saved money to study at Willamette University in Salem, Ore., knowing that education was the key to independence. She also pledged Chi Omega, making lifelong friends.

Then she met a young Merchant Marine, Leon R. Craig, on a double date. It was Lee who first called her "Terry."

They married on Aug. 17, 1947, in Portland and following a honeymoon cruise to Alaska settled into a tiny apartment in Seattle where Lee was getting his BA degree at the University of Washington. Terry worked for the UW while taking classes. She earned her degree in 1950.

It was also when she met her "forever friends," other young married women putting their G.I. husbands through college, who formed a bridge club that met monthly for decades.

Daughter Kimberlee was born in 1954 and son Stewart Allen in 1959. When Lee died of a heart attack in May 1967, Terry's persistence got them through. She managed Dr. George E.M. Atkins' pediatric practice for 26 years.

Mutual friends introduced her to Frederick D. Baker, Jr., a widower also with a daughter and son. They married in June 1981.

She continued her career with Safeco Insurance and then Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Once "retired," she and Fred started Terry's Package and Post in their North City neighborhood.

Terry and Fred moved to East Wenatchee in 1992 to be close to family. Fred died in December 2003.

Terry continued to quilt, travel, play bridge and read books. She moved to Bonaventure Senior Living in 2015 after heart surgery. She recently moved to The Maple Lodge in Wenatchee.

Besides her parents, sister and husbands, Terry lost an infant brother, Robert, to death before her and her best friend Barbara Neely Allen, our Aunt Bobbe.

She is survived by her children Kimberlee Craig (Nick Babcock) of Wenatchee and Stewart Craig (Dena) of East Wenatchee; Fred's children Linda Delaney (Mike) of Spokane and Frederick Daniel "Dan" Baker III (Lisa Wallace Baker) of Seattle. She was nana to her eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

We will celebrate her life at 2 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, at First United Methodist Church, 941 Washington St., Wenatchee.

If you'd like to honor Terry, please consider a donation to the Little Essentials Pantry at First United Methodist Church, or a charity of your choice.