Public memorial will honor Tacoma’s first woman mayor on Saturday
A public memorial honoring Karen Vialle, a Tacoma Public Schools board member and the first woman mayor of Tacoma, is set for Saturday.
Vialle died on July 21 after a long battle with lung cancer. She was 76.
The memorial will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the University of Puget Sound’s Kilworth Chapel, 3410 N. 18th St., Tacoma.
In lieu of flowers, Vialle’s family is asking for donations to the Karen Vialle Scholarship Fund created by Metro Parks Tacoma and the Greater Metro Parks Foundation.
The scholarship is part of the Metro Parks’ Active Kids Fund, which benefits low-income kids in Tacoma and provides access to sports, arts and culture, and STEM enrichment activities.
Allison Needles
The News Tribune