Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Sunday, December 10, 2006 at 11:09:42 :
Marin Independent Journal
Wednesday, August 1, 1990
FAYE TYLER
Tribute to an extraordinary woman
Memorial service was held July 13, 1990 in San Rafael, Calif., celebrating the life of Faye Tyler. Her passing from this life on July 10, 1990, leaves her sister, Janie Gill of Miami, Texas, her daughters and their husbands, Paula and John Trippe of Mexico and California, Jan and David Stewart of Montana and California, her grandson Dave Stewart, of Alaska, her granddaughter and husband, Deborah and Tim Thompson of San Rafael.
Mattie Faye Addington was born on Oct. 25, 1910, in her grandmother Walker’s home in Lone Mound, Collingsworth County, Texas. Her beloved mother, Oregon Walker Addington, was a 43-year resident of Roberts County, Texas. Faye’s youth and young adult years were spent in Texas. At age eight, Faye was allowed to travel the six miles from the Darlington Ranch to the one-room schoolhouse with her 5-year-old brother, Paul, to attend class. They would ride their little pony each morning. On hot afternoons, traveling home from school, their pony would get tired, stop and nap in the middle of the road. No amount of coaxing or encouragement would make him budge. Their mother convinced them that this experience was “character building.” The Addington family moved from the Darlington Ranch to the Clarke Ranch. They lived on the Clarke Ranch until her first marriage to Wesley Davis in 1930.
While still a young woman, she left Texas, moving to Boulder, Colo., with her two daughters, Paula and Jan. Faye’s strength, intelligence, wit and humor made her one of the most respected of Boulder’s businesswomen. Her real estate brokerage firm, Spruce Realty, was a local landmark for over 30 years. In 1952, Faye married Clint Tyler of Boulder. They shared an exciting marriage until 1958, the year of Mr. Tyler’s death.
Faye continued in her career until 1978, when she moved from Boulder to Western Montana to live near her daughters and their families. She designed and built a home in the beautiful Seeley-Swan Valley on the double Arrow Ranch.
The last years of Faye’s life found her facing new challenges. Faye overcame daily pain and suffering from a degenerative heart and spine condition. Her spirit would not be broken. The warm weather of California beckoned and she moved to California in 1963. Nurturing a beautiful rose garden became her passion. Faye Tyler was not a publicly famous person, but her life was lived with a wisdom, beauty, strength and magnificence of character which is a cherished legacy.
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