Mrs. Robert Hilton Dewey

Mrs. Dewey - almost everybody called her "Lou" - would have wanted it that way.

A gracious, witty woman who was a behind-the-scenes force for historic preservation and the arts in Seattle, Mrs. Dewey was well-known for her love of good friends and good food.
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Mrs. Dewey and her husband, Robert Hilton Dewey, an Army captain, moved from the Midwest to Seattle in the 1950s.She fell in love with the city.

Through her jobs and participation in groups such as the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board, Historic Seattle and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mrs. Dewey was able to promote and fight for those things she loved most about the city.

For many years, she worked for Bill Speidel, the late founder of Seattle's Underground Tours.During those years, Seattle was growing as a cultural and civic center.Mrs. Dewey was in the middle of all that, as an account executive for Bill Speidel Public Relations, president of Bill Speidel Enterprises and executive editor of Speidel's Seattle Guide magazine.
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As editor of Seattle Guide, a publication of local events geared toward out-of-town visitors, Mrs. Dewey got to partake in, and promote, the cultural events she loved: symphony concerts, good restaurants, art-gallery exhibits.

Sheelah McFarland, an Issaquah insurance-company owner who worked for 10 years at Seattle Guide, recalls spirited discussions with Mrs. Dewey on topics ranging from Aubusson rugs to the relative merits of tenors Enrico Caruso and Jussi Bjoerling.
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Mrs. Dewey carried her love of the quirky and artistic into her personal life.
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Nobody cared about each other or the neighborhood" until the association united and focused it, said Tucker McHugh, co-founder of Caffe Appassionato, who worked for Mrs. Dewey at Seattle Guide.