Camillia was one of eight children, all born in Tacoma, WA in the

early 1900's. Her mother came over from Ireland where she had

lived in a  nunnery until she was 16 years old and came to America.

Her father was a hard-working man of English/Scotch ancestry; he

worked as a longshoreman on the Port of Tacoma waterfront.

Camillia was one of the older children, so she was used to tending

the smaller ones until she was old enough to go to work. She

worked as an usher in the theaters in downtown Tacoma and later

as a sales clerk in the major downtown department stores. She loved

just going out with her sisters and friends for dancing and parties.

She met and married Paul Ivan Cutler (Sr). After they were married,

they had two children, Paul, Jr. and Sharon Morleen. Paul, Sr. went

into the gas station business during the Depression, and Camillia

kept the books and paid the bills. Later, when the children were

grown,Paul took a less strenuous job and Camillia went back to work

at the People's Store in downtown Tacoma. She was a very loving

and caring person with family and friends. Also, she loved to have

family gatherings, and those were some fun gatherings.

Camillia and Paul retired and just enjoyed the grandchildren, of which

there were several by then. One of her loves at that time was Bingo.

They also did some traveling. Once, she went on a cruise with her

sister; with her seasickness she couldn't handle that for long and even

tried to get a helicopter to come take her off that rocking boat!