Obituary of Claudia Ann Hawley

Claudia Ann Hawley, age 71, passed away peacefully in her daughters’ home on January 1st, 2022, after a long battle with dementia. Claudia is survived by her husband of 46 years Ronald Hawley of Grapeview WA, her children Rene Million (James) of Belfair WA, Renate Rectenwald (Ryan) of Moses Lake WA, Michael Hawley of Grapeview WA, and Kristina Trinka (Tory) of Belfair WA. She is also survived by her two sisters, Faith Anderson (Bobby), Georganna Megenity and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She is predeceased by her parents Lloyd and Orpha. She was born on April 9th, 1950, in Lewiston Idaho, to parents Lloyd and Orpha Megenity. Growing up she enjoyed working on the farm, spending time with family and barrel racing her horses. She met her husband Ronald in Othello in the summer of 1975. After a short romance the two decided to get hitched on December 6th, 1975. Shortly after their marriage they added two more children to the clan and moved to Grapeview, WA to settle down and raise the family. Claudia started her long stay of employment at Mason General Hospital in the Janitorial services department in 1981. While working she was also attending college, determined to move her way up. She wore many hats and held many positions, but she settled down in the Human Resources department as the Director of HR. She retired from Mason General Hospital on April 30th, 2015. Claudia loved her job and looked forward to helping others succeed in their career journeys. She enjoyed the chaos of sports, planting flowers, cooking, driving kids all around and her grandchildren. After retiring she spent a lot of time doing the things she loved. Riding her quad, camping with family, and spoiling her dogs were just a few of the things she enjoyed. Claudia was a selfless person who always put others before herself and was someone you could always count on. She was funny, loving, stubborn and very intelligent. Her beautiful smile and love for everyone will be missed deeply by her family and friends. No services are planned at this time. In lieu of flowers the family has requested that donations be made to the Alzheimer’s & Dementia association.