Pauline Antoinette Marie Cotterell, born in London in 1924 and grew up traveling the world with her mother & father, the latter a Civil Engineer. While in the British West Indies Pauline enlisted in the British Army in 1943.
After her Army service and a bit of time in Vancouver she headed to Washington DC where she worked for the Embassy. There she met and married Robert W. Tallent, a USMC combat correspondent. She later naturalized her US Citizenship.
It was her husband’s service with the Marine Corps that moved their young family to Southern California where he work with Warner Brothers studios as a set advisor in the late 1950’s. They lived for two years in Norwalk, then another two years in Van Nuys and eventually purchased the family home in Winnetka to raise their family of five children.
In the 1970’s Pauline returned to school and studied for her real estate sales license and subsequently broker’s license. A couple of years in this career was all Pauline needed to open her own office and establish Tallent & Associates Realtors. She went on to serve the local community for their residential, commercial and land needs for over 40 years, finally gaining Emeritus status with Board of Realtors.
Honors include being selected as the first woman invited to join the local Rotary, she later went on to become the chapter’s first woman president. Pauline served as Board Member of the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce for over 30 years and co-chaired their annual Oktoberfest fundraiser. Her greatest passion was the annual Toys for Tots drive and Christmas Party at her offices, collecting hundreds of toys each year.
Pauline was preceded in death by her husband Robert W. Tallent and her eldest daughter Deborah. She is survived by her sister Helen (Stuart) Campbell, her children Karen, Bradford (Candice), Barbara (Reinhardt) and Stephanie (Stan), and 12 grandchildren Michael, Jennifer, Barbara, Heather, Adam, Craig, Robert, Michelle, Alex, Sandor, Danielle and Ashley, and 14 great grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be held 2:00 PM on Saturday, August 10 at St. Martins-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church at 7136 Winnetka Avenue, Winnetka, CA.
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