Sinclair "Missy" Craven Malm Obituary (1930 - 2021)

Missy Malm passed away on February 17, 2021 in Bremerton, WA. She was born on April 3, 1930 to U.S. Navy Capt. Francis S. Craven & Catharine E. Craven in Washington, D.C., the third of their four children. Due to her father's naval career the family moved often. They lived in Long Beach, CA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Newport, RI before settling permanently in 1940 in Hunts Point, WA. Missy attended schools in Bellevue, graduating from Overlake High in 1948. She attended the University of Washington until 1952, where she was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. On a fateful night in June 1951 she met newly commissioned U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Richard Malm. On March 28, 1953 they were married at Epiphany Church in Seattle. Duty took the Malms to Astoria, OR, Boston, MA, Wildwood, NJ, New London, CT, Annapolis, MD, Tigard, OR, Oakland, CA, and Medina, WA. When her husband retired in 1981 Medina became their permanent home. Throughout her adult life Missy diligently attended to her family taking on all manner of extra tasks during the sometimes protracted deployments of her husband. For fifteen years Missy worked at Calico Corners in Bellevue, WA. An avid planter, re-planter, and plant tender, Missy became a King County Master Gardener. Her beautiful front garden in Medina was the envy of all who saw it. She sewed most of her family's clothes, upholstered and refinished all their furniture, painted their homes inside and out, fed them very well, and was also an accomplished artist. Missy's greatest treasures were her four exceptional children: Cammy(Mark), Nancy(Bob), Eric, and Christopher(Karen), her five wonderful grandchildren: Katie and Marie, daughters of Gammy and Mark LaRiviere, Evie, daughter of Eric Malm and Julia Blair, Carly and Joseph, children Of Christopher Malm & Jennifer Caster, and her four adorable great-grandsons: twins Ellis & Henning, sons of Evie and Adam Sunderland, and Franklin and Arthur Warkentin, sons of Marie LaRiviere and Alex Warkentin. Missy's brothers Truxtun, Robert, and Sandy preceded her in death. The Malm family suggests donations to your favorite charity in lieu of flowers.