Lilac Queens: Shari Lynn (Fain) Wikstrom

Year crowned: 1956

High school: Sacred Heart School of Nursing*

Catching up: Shari (Fain) Wikstrom has been a resident of Seattle for 49 years. She and her husband Bob have been married 47 years. They have three children and six grandchildren.
She enjoys walking, gardening and is an avid cribbage player who continues to travel to national tournaments.

* From 1940 to 1957 the queens were sponsored by garden clubs, not their schools.