Donna Willette Video Interview
Document Type
Article
Interviewer
David Franklin
Contributor
Roslyn, Ronald, Cle Elum Heritage Club
Files
Watch Interview Here
Description
Donna has a love of hiking and mountaineering. She lived in Colorado until she was 12 and the family relocated to Easton. She was raised by her grandmother and started her own family right after high school. In this interview Donna talks about growing up in Easton and finishing school in Cle Elum. From the time her youngest child was five years old she was taking her three children hiking. She discusses growing up in a small community where they walked everywhere and heated with coal. In the 1970's she attended Central Washington University and became an EMT2, later becoming director of ambulance services for Kittitas County.
The peaks she’s summited: Mount Stuart, Bear Mountain, Mary Peak, Earl Peak. Koppen, South Engles Peak, Iron Peak, Navajo Peak, Peoh Point (three times), Silver Peak, and Miller Peak.
Publication Date
11-18-2022
Recommended Citation
Willette, Donna, "Donna Willette Video Interview" (2022). Roslyn Ronald Cle Elum Heritage Club Interviews. 14.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/rrcehc_interviews/14
Publisher
Central Washington Archives and Special Collections
Subject
oral history, Kittitas County, Easton, Cle Elum, hiking, mountaineering, EMT, ambulance
Disciplines
History
Rights
Educational use only, the creator retains copyright and information is provided here for educational use only.
Language
English
Spatial Coverage (for ex: Ellensburg, WA)
Kittitas County, WA
Format
mov