Charline Austin

Charline was loved by everyone she met during her life. Charline had a way of making people feel loved, comfortable and important to her because they were, even if that meeting was brief. Charline was described by everyone who knew her as wonderful, amazing, talented and beautiful.

As an elementary school teacher, if you were lucky enough to have "Mrs. Austin" you would leave her classroom everyday feeling confident and knowing you could accomplish anything you put your mind and hard work into. Charline encouraged her students to be curious and creative in all things. You also discovered very quickly that Mrs. Austin was not a pushover and you learned respect for the rules.

Some of the things Charline truly enjoyed was supporting her husband Ted's love of old cars. Charline didn't drive the cars but loved spending time with the other club members and traveling to car shows with the group.

Charline had a true zest for life, enjoying RV travel with Ted, discovering and exploring new places and things like zip lining.

Charline loved family gatherings and spoiling all the nieces and nephews.

Charline was a lover of animals and had adopted two different stray cats that showed up on their porch.

Charline called them kitters and kitty respectively. Charline even put heating pads in their insulated boxes so they wouldn't be cold. The cats would spend time with Charline while she was tending to her flowers.

Later in Life Charline enjoyed quilting and making quilts for her family and the Wounded Warrior Project with the other women in her quilting group

A celebration of life for Charline will be held Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM at Island Lake Park, 1087 NW Island Lake Road, Poulsbo, WA 98370.