Dolores Langill Briggs ascended on wings of angels June 7th, 2019. Dolly was born September 17th, 1931 to Sydney and Germaine Langill in Everett, Washington and grew up in several places, Skykomish, Monroe, near Fall City, and then Snoqualmie, Washington. She married Harry Ellsworth Briggs Jr. on July 30, 1948. They soon had four children: Rand, Robert, Mary (Buck), and Pamela (Randall).

They raised their family in Skyway, Washington, first in a tiny home near the drug store where she would later work, then moving to S 129th St on the corner, where they built a home designed by very close friends, Marlene and Leo Echaniz. Harry shoveled every bit of blue clay that had to be removed for the basement and found an artesian well in the process. He then helped Leo with the construction. Dolly lived in that home till she had to move in October of 2009. She moved to Port Angeles, where the air was less polluted as she had been diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis. In her final 3 years, she was a resident of Park View Villas in Port Angeles.

Dolly was a loving Mother and Grandmother, and a consummate Homemaker. She honed her skills sewing garments for her family, and later countless quilts that were gifted to those she loved and cared for. Her cooking and baking skills were legendary, a gift that she shared with her daughters and granddaughters.

She held a number of positions through her working years, as a waitress, a blueprint courier at Boeing, drug store clerk, and many years as a member of the Teamsters Union as a warehouseman, first at Nordstrom warehouse, then Leveld wholesalers and finally with Associated Grocers

Her passion for genealogy was sparked by the discovery through Yankee magazine that she had living Langill (Langille) relatives in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1979. After retiring, she and Harry visited her many cousins in Dartmouth and Truro, Nova Scotia. She continued tracing her roots to and traveled to meet Dundas relatives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and saw in Roselare, Belgium the church and the village of her mother's Belgian childhood.

She was a three-time survivor of cancer and volunteered many hours of her time to support the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop in Kent Washington.

Dolly had nine beloved grandchildren: Jessica, Elizabeth, Harry, and Emily Briggs, Sara Briggs, Susi (Vine) and Matthew Buck, and Mallory and Max Randall. She cherished her five Great-Grandchildren: Gavin and Andrew Buck, Parker Stafford, and Sydney and Meghan Rivers.

She was proud of her grandsons' service to their country, with two serving in the US Army, and one in the US Marine Corps. She also shared her skills of baking, knitting and crocheting with her granddaughters, who continue her tradition of fine handiwork. She held herself to a high standard and lived by example, and her loss is deeply felt throughout her community of friends, all of whom she treated as family.

Dolly was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and a life-long member of the Methodist Church, and a Celebration of Life will be held at 2pm on July 14th at the Port Angeles First United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County

Drennan & Ford Funeral Home in Port Angeles is entrusted with her arrangements. Please sign the online guestbook for her family at www.drennanford.com .