There is a family in Marysville that spans six generations.
Yes, six generations.
I know my family was proud for the few years we had four generations.
David Edwins shared the news. I said he must be mistaken. Why waste my time with these silly calls?
I asked him to read off the list of generations.
He did.
Henrietta Polinder, 94, lives in Lynden in her own home (born April 2, 1914).
Her daughter, Dorothy Kortlever, lives in Marysville (born July 23, 1931).
Her daughter, Darlene Edwins, married to David, lives in Marysville (born Nov. 14, 1950).
Her daughter, Lisa McEachran, lives in Bothell (born July 11, 1968).
Her son, Michael Regula-Morris, lives in Marysville (born Sept. 24, 1987).
He has two sons, Daedric and O’rion (born Nov. 3, 2006 and Dec. 22, 2008).
Count ‘em.
It’s six generations all right.
The bunch I met were funny, loving, and extremely close. McEachran was taking her grandmother, Dorothy Kortlever, to a casino that night, to play some slots.
“We are always together,” McEachran said. “We’re going to Oregon to visit family.”
Grandma Kortlever is very popular with all the grandchildren.
The local gang all go to the same church — South Everett Community Church in Everett. They love to act in church plays, such as “Little Women.”
Every Sunday after church, everyone goes out to lunch. They enjoy Red Lobster, Shari’s, and the Totem Drive In.
David Edwins is a pilot and a lot of family fun is sky high. The four-place single-engine airplane might be landed for lunch in the San Juan Islands or in Bremerton.
“We have Daddy dates,” McEachran said. “We each get a birthday flight.”
Great Great Great Grandmother Polinder is in pretty good health. She had a little heart trouble before the latest family portrait was taken a month ago.
The doctor asked her if the time came, would she want to be put on life support.
She said she had to keep living. She had a six-generation snapshot to take.
The Edwins live on three acres in Marysville, property his father bought in 1960. David Edwins said someone in the extended family always lives on the compound.
That’s the way he likes it, he said.
A granddaughter rents a room. A daughter and her family lives in a mobile home on the land.
When his three daughters were kids, they loved to go to Canada for trips. They rode the tram at Grouse Mountain and bravely walked across the Capilano suspension bridge.
“We’d all pile in a motorhome for three or four days,” McEachran said.
Asked if anything bad ever happened to the family, David Edwins had to think long and hard.
Well, there was the stock market crash in 1929 when David Edwin’s father, who was a big landowner, lost everything.
Other than that, he could only smile about his beautiful family.
Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com.
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