Inez Regina Coulter, 88, lifetime resident of Aberdeen and 1948 graduate of Weatherwax High School, died Friday, May 3, 2019, at Grays Harbor Health & Rehab Center in Aberdeen.

Inez was born on June 26, 1930, in Aberdeen to Bernt and Elizabeth (Hogberg) Sandstrom. While she was in high school, Inez worked at Kresses Department Store and then after her graduation she worked in Service Charge Department at the National Bank of Commerce in Aberdeen.

On July 2, 1949, Inez married Charles Coulter in Montesano. He passed away on Nov. 1, 2018.

Soon after her marriage, she quit her job at the bank to raise her children.

She was a member of Amazing Grace Lutheran Church in Aberdeen, proud of her Swedish heritage, enjoyed spending time with her family, gardening, vacations, collecting dolls, antiquing and collecting rocks.

Ines is survived by two sons: Charles E. (Sue) Coulter, Jr. of North River and Randy R. (Angie) Coulter of Aberdeen; four daughters: Sandi (Tom) Connell of Union, Washington, Susie (Joe) Veloni of Hoquiam, Cindy (Brad) Evans of Central Park and Teri (Doug) Seath of Central Park; 16 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers: Hank and Bernt Sandstrom and a sister Nancy Miller.

There will be a time of visitation and viewing on Monday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Fern Hill Funeral Home’s Chapel. A funeral service will take place at 1 p.m. in the Chapel.

Arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen, Washington.