Agnes Laush

Agnes Laush was born in Auburn, Washington on July 27, 1931 to James (Scotty) and Gertrude Waugh. She was the youngest of four children. Agnes graduated from Auburn Senior High School in 1949 and attended the University of Washington studying music. She married Peter Jack Laush, Jr. on August 20, 1955 at the White River Presbyterian Church. They had four children Peter, Mike, David and Patte. The family spent most of their life in Auburn, except for a year in San Diego and Tehran, Iran due to Jack’s career. Agnes was very involved with the church all her life. She sang with the choir for over 50 years and had a very beautiful soprano voice and sang many solos. Agnes was the Office Manager at the White River Presbyterian Church from 1982 until she retired in 2002. She was very involved with the American Legion Auxiliary including the 8 & 40 and Evergreen Girls State and also traveled across the country supporting her children who were members of the Black Watch Drum & Bugle Corps. Agnes and Jack enjoyed many years attending Seahawks football games with their family. She always enjoyed a good tailgate party and a Seahawks win. Agnes loved to watch the Mariners on TV, and even enjoyed watching golf. Agnes deeply loved her family; she loved spending time with her grandchildren – PJ, Matthew, Marc, Sara, Nickolas, Eddy, Heidi, Hunter, Chase, Kyle, and Connor. She also had four great-grandchildren Ethan, Haylie, Kamden, and the most recent addition Kaesen. She was extremely close to her sister Lydia Pollard and her very large family. She spent over 25 years attending weekly breakfasts at Denny’s with her “Koinonia” group. She loved to play monthly family bingo, “runs & clusters” and spending her Sundays enjoying dinner at her niece Suzy’s. Agnes loved shopping and spending time with her good friend Sandy. Agnes is survived by her four children and their spouses, eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren as well as her oldest sister Lydia Pollard and over 50 nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life service was held Saturday October 1, 2011 at the Auburn First United Methodist Church. Gifts in memory of Agnes can be given to Auburn First United Methodist Music Ministry or The Washington Talking Book and Braille Library.

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