Mary Fields Stoebuck

Mary Virginia Fields Stoebuck was born in Eureka, Kansas on December 26, 1929, to Lester Lewis and Bessie May (Smith) Fields. When she was 12 her family moved to Wichita, Kansas, where she attended East High School and went on to graduate from Wichita State University in 1951 with a BS in Home Economics, a minor in Mathematics, and with a Kansas Teacher’s Certificate for Secondary Education.

Mary married her high school sweetheart, William Brees Stoebuck, on December 24, 1951. After making 17 moves in their first 17 years of marriage, first with the Air Force, and then for Bill’s career, they made their home in Lake Forest Park. Also, over the years of Bill’s various sabbaticals they enjoyed living in Lexington, Virginia, San Francisco, and Tübingen, Germany, while Bill was a visiting professor at several universities. They also traveled to Europe, Asia, and Hawaii, besides being avid boaters for over 50 years, sailing and motoring throughout the Puget Sound and American & Canadian San Juan's.

On the family’s return to Seattle in 1967 Mary found her real calling in life as a genealogist. For the next 40 years she researched the family trees of not only the Fields & Stoebuck lines, but many other people she met at the Seattle Public Library, The National Archives at Seattle, various LDS libraries, Seattle Genealogical Society, DAR, and the Fiske Genealogical Library, which she was one of the founders, and its first VP. When she wasn’t doing research, she could be found volunteering as a Sunday school teacher or superintendent or with the ladies’ guild at whatever church the family was attending at the time. She was an active member with PEO, Chapter G, DAR, first with Peter Puget chapter in Edmonds and then Mercer Girls chapter in Seattle, and the Cameo Society.

She is survived by her daughters Elizabeth Wilson, Catherine Rose, and Caroline Stoebuck; grandchildren Julie Bong (Dustin), Apryl Alaibilla (Ramondo), Roy Rose (Nadine), Emma Wilson and Abigail Wilson; and great-grandchildren Sienna Rose, Zane Alaibilla, Jaxon Rose, and Ava Rose. She is also survived by her sister-in-law Beverley Olson and numerous nieces and nephews. She’s preceded in death by her parents Lester & Bessie Fields, husband of over 60 years, Bill, younger brother, Alan Fields, sister-in-law, Ruth Fields, and brother-in-law, Richard Olson.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of Washington (http://www.alz.org/alzwa/) or Fiske Genealogical Library (https://fiskelibrary.org/index.html).

A graveside memorial service and interment will be at Acacia Memorial Park & Funeral Home, 14951 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155 on Tuesday, 31 August 2021 at 2:00 pm. Viewing will begin at 1:00 pm. to attend we are requiring the wearing of a mask and those 12 and older to be fully vaccinated.