The Good Lord waved Eileen M. Brayton around third base, Sunday, May 9, 2021, and brought her home. Born Jan. 31, 1928, to Clara and Ray Lyman in Kirkland, Wash., Eileen passed away, like a whisper, at 93, in her home surrounded by her family.
Eileen was one of three sisters. She grew up in Kirkland, attended Kirkland High School, and entered WSU (WSC) where she met, and married, her husband of 67 years, Charles âBoboâ Brayton. After 11 years at Yakima Valley Junior College, where Bobo taught, coached baseball, football and assisted in basketball, they moved to Pullman in 1961, where they raised their family and Bobo coached the WSU Cougar baseball team for 33 seasons. After Bobo retired in 1993, the couple retired to their Red Cougar River Ranch outside Pullman until Boboâs death in 2015. Eileen moved to Spokane in 2017, where she remained until her passing.