BOMBER MEMORIAL

JULIANNE "JULIE" AUNGST KAWABATA ~ Class of 1961
August 1, 1943 - April 4, 2013

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Julie, 69, died at her home, on April 4, 2013, after a battle with breast cancer. A lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, Julie was born in Portland, only child of Raymond (deceased) and Diane Aungst.

She grew up in Richland, returning to Portland after graduating from Willamette University. She later earned a Master's Degree in Library Science from the University of Portland. Julie worked as a special librarian for 20 years for Tektronix and Tri-Met, then as a freelance indexer. She indexed over 850 books for many well-known authors and publishers, and volunteered with Vintage Tek. Julie was passionate about words, with a love of reading, editing, libraries and books themselves. Also an avid traveler, she most recently visited Brussels and France.

She loved good coffee and sharing a story.

She leaves behind her son, Jamie; mother, Diane Aungst; cousins, Susan Hayden and Sally Dewey; former husband, Fred Kawabata; dear friends, Lois White, Anne Marie Claire, Pat Taylor and John Beaston. We will miss her laugh and gentle, better nature and the spirit she brought to living each day.

Celebration of Life was on April 27, 2013 at Metzger Park Hall near Tigard, OR. A private memorial service was held April 10, 2013.

online guest book till 4/19/14.

Published in The Oregonian on April 19, 2013.