The Baughn Family

Surrounded by family Alta peacefully went to meet her Savior on May 28, 2019. She was born on June 24, 1916 in her grandmother’s home in Spokane. During the majority of her life she called Spokane home but also resided briefly in California, Louisiana and Nebraska. She attended Lewis and Clark High School. In 1934 at the age of 18 Alta married David C Mackey (deceased) and they raised two children. She became one of the original “Rosie the Riveters” during World War II when employed to operate a cutting torch (She was called a burner) at a shipyard in Richmond, CA. After the war they returned to Spokane where she was later employed as a bookkeeper for Troy Laundry. She was a member of Fourth Memorial Church and remained active in the Young at Heart Senior Group until she was 95 when she gave up driving. She is survived by their children, Sharron Dye (Mead, WA) and David G (Janet) Mackey (Mariposa, CA). She was a wonderful grandmother of 10 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 35 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at the Sunset Chapel, Fairmount Memorial Park on June 24, 2019 at 1:00pm followed by a brief graveside service. Upon her request in lieu of, flowers donations may be made to Anna Ogden Hall of Union Gospel Mission.