Edna Lucille Antich, a long-time resident of Grays Harbor, died peacefully Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at Grays Harbor Community Hospital with her family at her side. She was 91. Edna was born in Ellensburg, Washington, on October 22, 1921, the daughter of Charles E. and Anna P. (Wilson) Culp. She was the youngest of their 7 children. Edna married Edward N. Antich on August 15, 1947. He preceded her in death in 2003.
Edna graduated from Ellensburg High School in 1939, and received her teaching certificate from Central Washingon College in 1942. She came to Hoquiam and taught at Emerson School for two years before moving to San Diego to work at the Naval Air Station during World War II. She returned to Hoquiam in 1944 where she taught at Lincoln and Emerson Elementary Schools until 1949.