Tootsie has passed away - from The Seattle Times:
Tootsie Clark, known for handing out cinnamon rolls at reopening of North Cascades Highway, dies at 95
Ethel Madrene Clark, better known as “Tootsie” and famous for her cinnamon rolls and generosity, has died at age 95.
“She passed on Sunday at home, where she wanted to be,” her son, Donald Clark, said Tuesday.
With enthusiasm and a baking pan, Mrs. Clark made the annual reopening of North Cascades Highway each spring into a beloved and festive event.
Since the 1970s, she made it her mission to be first to cross the mountain pass on Highway 20, which closes each winter because of heavy snowfall and avalanche danger.
It became a tradition that she would carry out even in her last year of life.
Never participated in these festivities but I have eaten at the family restaurant many many times (and handed out breadcrumbs to the bunnies)
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