Our precious mother, Carolyn Joyce Mustain, passed on into the arms of Jesus and the angels on Wednesday, Sep-tember 23, 2020. She was 82 years old.

Carolyn was born June 1, 1938 in Taylor County, Iowa to HJ and Viola (Watkins) Day. She was the youngest of five children. The family moved to Yakima, WA when Carolyn was three years old. Carolyn lived in Yakima and gradu-ated from Yakima High School (Davis High) in 1957. She attended Yakima Valley Community College for one year.

She married Tom Mustain, (they divorced after 25 years of marriage), and together they have 3 children, Jeanette, Bryan, and John. The family moved from Yakima to Kennewick in 1967.

Carolyn was active in PTA, the First Christian Church, Little League Baseball, and Cub Scouts. She also enjoyed family camping trips, selling Avon, sewing, and spent many years working in the customer service industry. She worked in retail sales selling clothing, fine jewelry, and fine furniture, where she was a designer.

Carolyn is survived by her daughter, Jeanette Ogren (Darrin) of Kennewick, her sons, Bryan Mustain (Linnet) of Kennewick, John Mustain (Judi), of Rathdrum, Idaho, her grandchildren, Nicole Whitlow (Greg), Adam Ogren (Ro-sie), Stephanie Mustain (Steve), Christopher Ogren, and Nicholas Ogren. Carolyn has 3 great grandchildren, Presley, Hadley and Jackson. She also has numerous nieces and nephews, and several friends at the Royal Columbian Re-tirement Inn.

Carolyn was preceded in by her her parents, HJ and Viola (Watkins) Day, her brothers Robert, Rimel, and Virgil Day, and her sister Maxine (Day) Branton, and a niece, Sonia Day.

Everyone loved Carolyn and her positive, happy personality. She loved life and lived it to the fullest. We love you, Mom, and miss you so much.

A graveside service will be held Saturday, October 3, at 1:00.

Donations can be made in Carolyn’s name to Heartlinks Hospice.

Special thanks from the family to the Royal Columbian staff and Heartlinks Hospice for their living care of Carolyn.