Fosum voted women's leader

OLYMPIA — Carol Fossum of Puyallup was voted president of the Southwestern Washington Synodical Women’s Organization at its annual convention in October at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Also taking office were Vice President Mary Ann Nelson, Secretary Kathy Ifft and Treasurer Shirley Hines. Linnea Glover, Beth Lindell, Janean Moriarty, Kathy Newton, Dorothy Reed, Lori Schmidt and Sue Anna Tucker will be board members.

Some 110 women attended the event with the theme “Sunday People in a Monday World.”
 
Past presidents were honored during the organization’s 25th Anniversary Celebration banquet. They included B. Nancy Lynch, Nancy Jo Armstrong, Kay Ronde, Sue Ferber Goodspeed, Kathy Jacobson, Elaine Rodning, Georganne Robertson and Anita Christian. Offerings collected helped support the Living Stones Prison Congregation of Shelton and others.