Whether she named the T-Dome or not, Barbara Bichsel was a no-nonsense Tacoma original
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2 hrs ago Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
May 19 Bichsel family dinners were quite the affair, according to 71-year-old Bill Bichsel, the second oldest of nine children.
Not only was the table packed with siblings, with 14 years separating eldest to youngest, but two of the strongest personalities in Tacoma at the time or in the time since had prominent seats.
Bichsel is named after his uncle, the late Jesuit priest and political activist better known as Father Bix, who spent his life fighting for Tacoma s voiceless and the causes he believed in, most notably peace, for which he was arrested more than 40 times.