Brenda Louise Potts went home to our Lord on August 17, 2013 after a long challenge with cancer. Born Brenda L. Schimmel in Seattle on July 10, 1961, she graduated from Bothell High School in the class of 1979. At school she enjoyed volleyball, art and volunteering as a candy striper. She went on to work at Pay n’ Save and Bartell Drugs for over thirty years. While at Bartell’s she enjoyed waiting on many wonderful customers in camera and cosmetics. Brenda’s sister, Jo, nicknamed her “B” and she liked it because it made her “feel special”.
Remembered by all who knew her as kind and patient, she often helped people without them knowing it and most often without acknowledgement. She loved taking photographs especially of her children, Robbie and Amy. Every year she created a family pictorial calendar to commemorate trips, holidays and special events. She loved listening to music performed by her children in school band. She had a devoted relationship to her church, Evergreen Community Church in Bothell, WA. As a church member she enjoyed volunteering in support of the Awanna children’s program. For fun, she and her children often attended the summer movies by the lake in Kirkland. Brenda’s favorite times were Christmas and the Fourth of July. Brenda and her children enjoyed seeing the Christmas lights at Warm Beach and at Evergreen Church. She also really loved shooting off fireworks with her Dad creating their own displays. Among her favorite items she collected during her life was a glow in the dark cross that her god mother Mamie, gave her. She also took special care of the Barbie Dolls she had since childhood.
She will be missed by her children Robert and Amy Potts, her mother and stepfather Wanda and Boyd Cochran, her sister Jo Cochran and her nieces Shaleena Owens and Christina Cochran. She leaves behind many loving family members including mother- in- law Nancy Potts and step mother Dee Schimmel and many others in the Weber, Schimmel, Cochran and Potts families, as well as many dear friends. She was preceded in death by her father Don Schimmel, her former husband Robert J. Potts, and her brother Travis Cochran.
The family would like to thank Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Evergreen Hospice for their compassionate care of our loved one. Further, we would like to thank all the friends and family who have supported her through this time.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers remembrance contributions can be made at any Chase Bank in the name of Robbie and Amy Potts. Graveside services will be held at Floral Hills Cemetery on September 6th at 3:00 pm. Life celebration services will be held at Evergreen Community Church in Bothell, WA at 2:00 pm on September 7th.