Russel Thomas Foster, age 91, resident of The Dalles, Oregon passed away November 30, 2019. A family directed memorial will be held Sunday December 8, 2019 at 11:30 AM at The Seventh Day Adventist Church, The Dalles, Oregon.
Coleen Debra Johnson, age 65, resident of Warm Springs, passed away at a local hospital November 27, 2019. Services were held Friday November 29, 2019 at Spencer Libby & Powell Gathering Hall and Warm Springs Long House. Burial followed and is at Lower Seekseequa County Cemetery, Warm Springs.
Judith Carithers Norman, age 87, resident of Maupin, Oregon, passed away November 26, 2019. At Judith's request there will be no services.
Lawrence Merrill Bordner III, age 71, resident of Goldendale, Washington, passed away November 17, 2019 at the Oregon Veterans Home. Lawrence served our country in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, and will be laid to rest in a private ceremony at Willamette National Cemetery.
Myrtle May Conn Jacobs, age 55, resident of Grass Valley, passed away November 17, 2019. There are no services planned at this time, services information will be update and published on Spencer, Libby & Powell Website once plans have been finalized.
Wanda Jean Fisher, age 93, resident of The Dalles, Oregon passed away November 20, 2019. She will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband Paul McKelvey Fisher at Willamette National Cemetery in a private service.
Donna Beth Henkle, age 83, resident of The Dalles, Oregon, passed away November 13, 2019. There are no services scheduled at this time.
Alejandro Lozano-Rivas, age 33, resident of Wasco, Oregon, passed away November 11, 2019. Graveside Committal Services will be held 1:00 Friday November 15, 2019 at IOOF Cemetery, 1100 18th St, The Dalles, Oregon. Rev. Father Ron Maag Officiating.
Jennifer Lynn Heldstab, age 48, resident of The Dalles, Oregon passed away November 7, 2019. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. A family directed Celebration of Life will be held 11:00 AM Saturday November 23, 2019 at Covenant Christian Church, 2630 E. 18th St., The Dalles, Oregon.
Carol Jean Dine, age 67, resident of The Dalles, Oregon passed away November 7, 2019. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. A family directed Celebration of Life will be held at Spooky's the time and date are pending and will be posted on Spencer, Libby & Powell Website when the details are finalized.
Nyle Rodelle Hill Jr., age 73, resident of The Dalles, Oregon passed away November 6, 2019 at a local hospital. There are no services planned at his request.
Anita Augusta Hooper was born July 14, 1921 the youngest of five children to Arnold Alan and Mary Dorothy (Haynes) Dunlap. She died at age 98 in The Dalles on November 5, 2019.
Anita was raised in Kent and Grass Valley in Sherman County. She was an outdoor kid who especially loved Camp Sherman and the Metolius River.
The Dunlap’s moved to Grass Valley after her father’s general store in Kent burned. Anita’s father was the manager of the Grass Valley Grain Growers for many years, a position she later held. During her tenure of about ten years, the concrete elevators in Grass Valley and Kent were built and put into service.
She married Kenneth Barnett, until his death aboard a U.S. Navy ship in World War II. She then joined the WAVES, and acronym for Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service in the U.S. Navy. She was assigned to Camp Adair near Corvallis, Oregon, her roll was to help returning veterans recover, there she met Harry Herschel Hooper.
Harry was another Navy man. He suffered in a Japanese prison camp for more that three and a half years after his ship the USS Pope (DD-225), was sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea. They were married in 1946, and moved to Harry’s hometown, The Dalles, Oregon. Harry work at the Sunshine Mill. Harry became the owner of a farm property near Hazelton, Idaho in 1949, when his name was drawn as the winner of a contest. They moved to Idaho and developed and farmed that property for several years.
They later moved to Grass Valley, where they purchased the Motel and Union 76 Service Station. While in Grass Valley their son Floyd Arnold Hooper was born on October 13, 1952. Floyd has now recently retired and lives with his partner Terrie Haag at Pine Hollow, Oregon.
Harry had suffered permanent injuries during his internment, making it difficult to sustain the kind of work the service station required so they sold the Motel and Union 76 Station. Soon they were operating a feed lot near Tygh Valley. Then they leased property on Juniper Flat, where Anita led an effort to create a rural fire protection district and became the first fire chief.
After several years of successful farming they bought a place on Hood Canal in Washington and divided their time between that home and a place in Yuma, Arizona.
Anita loved to water ski slalom style, but when she turned 80, Harry decided it was time for them to quit, and sold the boat. They eventually decided to also slow down on travel and bought a home in The Dalles. After one of their morning card games following breakfast, Harry dosed off in his chair… and didn’t awaken. Anita lost her partner of sixty -five years on October 10, 2011.
Anita continued her independent ways, despite macular degeneration and hearing impairment. She played cards and had good friends that provided transportation. Her only medication was an occasional aspirin. Anita continued to live independently at her home in The Dalles until three months ago, when she moved to Flagstone Senior Living in The Dalles.
The family is planning a Memorial Event 2:00 Sunday November 24 at The Pavilion in Grass Valley, Oregon. Music and tributes will be provided by the Mobley Family.
Contributions to the Grass Valley Pavilion in Anita’s memory are encouraged.
Zada Rae Davis, age 83, resident of Rufus, Oregon, passed away November 4, 2019. There
will be family directed services at a later date.
Charles Hadley Swisher, a resident of Dufur, Oregon, passed away October 24, 2019 at the age of 96. He was the oldest of two sons to Haymon Swisher and Hazel (Keller) Swisher. One of his grandfathers was a founder of the mining town Cornucopia, Oregon in 1886 following the discovery of gold in the area. His first Job was working in the famous Queen of the West mine.
As a senior in high school in Baker City he competed a s along distance runner. After high school he moved to Cornucopia and stayed with his father there until 1941 when he moved to Portland to take a course a Benson Tech High School. Boeing hired him out of the class there for sixty-two and a half cents an hour. Charlie soon discovered her could make one dollar- forty-five cents an hour working at the shipyards in Portland.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, Charlie signed up for the Naval Air Corps. He was stationed at Oak Harbor, Washington working on Catalina Sea Planes with self-sealing gas tanks.
On October 3, 1944 Charlie married Pearl G Schuls in Mt. Vernon, Washington.
Charlie joined the Corps of Engineers in 1952 first working as a security guard. In 1963 one of his bosses discovered how smart he was and offered a promotion to be the supervisor of the navigation locks at the John Day Dam. In the early 1970’s he was named the head of park and recreation facilities at The Dalles Dam until he retired and moved to Dufur in 1990.
Charlie was strong in his Catholic faith and was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was also a member of the Elks and the Eagles.
He is survived by his son, Gary Swisher (Becky); daughter, Sharon Swisher; five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life will be held 1:00 Saturday December 7, 2019 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 420 NE 1st Street, Dufur, Oregon, 97021, with Rev. Father Fabian Nwokorie and Rev. Father Magg officiating.
Christian Burial Committal will be at St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, 1222 W. 10th Street, The Dalles, Oregon with Rev. Father Joseph Levine officiating.
Carl Mark Blount, age 78, resident of The Dalles, Oregon passed away November 2, 2019 in The Dalles, Oregon. There are no services planned at this time.
Douglas A McAllister, age 76, passed away Wednesday October 16, 2019 at The Oregon Veterans Home in The Dalles, Oregon. Arrangements are pending.
Kelly Sue Dillard, age 50, resident of Dufur, Oregon, passed away October 19, 2019. There are no services planned at this time.
Richard (Rick) James Darnielle was born August 6, 1961, to Jim and Leah Darnielle. He was a lifelong resident of The Dalles, Ore. He passed away on October 21, 2019, after battling illness for many years.
Rick was raised in the 8 Mile Creek area, all during his childhood, where he loved being on the ranch with his father and grandfather. He learned all that he could about farming and ranching, which was his passion in life.
In 1981, he married his sweetheart, Sharon Nodurft, and in 1984 they had their first child, Cody James. Soon to follow in 1991, their second child was born, Shayn Anthony. Rick was always proud to show his sons the wholesome way of life as a farmer, rancher, hunter and fisherman. He enjoyed the time that was spent with close friends.
He is preceded in death by his father, Jim Darnielle; grandparents, Harry and Dorothy Darnielle.
He is survived by Sharon Darnielle of The Dalles; sons, Cody (Kimberly) Darnielle of The Dalles, Shayn (Hayley) Darnielle of North Dakota; grandsons, Jaxen and Noah Darnielle (Cody and Kimberly).
A remembrance of life will be held on November 1, 2019, at 1 p.m. at the Sorosis Park Shelter., 300 E Scenic Dr., The Dalles, Oregon.
Clarence Eugene Farrar, (61), loving husband, brother, and friend died peacefully at MCMC on October 15, 2019. He will have a private ceremony among family members in the near future.
Clarence was born in Portland on August 7, 1958. He loved to fish, play pool, darts and Texas Hold ‘em. He loved hanging with his friends at the Moose and his beloved wife Conney Isaac Farrar.
Clarence graduated from Wishram high school, attended WSU, worked at Boeing in Seattle and Burlington-Northern Railroad.
He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph Smith and Ardus Wakefield.
His siblings include Karla Smith-Watson (The Dalles), Joseph Smith (Portland), Catherine (Kitton) Smith (Whidbey Island) and Mike Smith (Portland).
His children include Angie Hornshaw and Cherish Yandell (Whidbey Island), Casey (Cassandra) Smith (Seattle), and Calrence (Leo) Farrar IV (The Dalles).
Donations for family to Rivermark Credit Union.
Margaret Matilda Larsen, 92, of The Dalles, Ore., died Friday, October 11, 2019, surrounded by her family at her home. Margaret was born to Joseph and Esther Leonore Boisvert March 5, 1927, in South Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years David Harry Larsen, and her brother William Bosivert, and is survived by her brother John Trueman, Quesnel B.C., Canada, and sister Cathrine Fosbery, Merritt, B.C., Canada, and four children: Harry Larsen, wife Mary Jo, The Dalles, Ore.; Sandra Horwitz, husband Ted, The Dalles, Ore.; Annette Fernald, husband Dennis, Battle Ground, Wash.; and Steven Larsen, wife Nancy, Troutdale, Ore., and eleven grandchildren: Richard, Stephanie, Larry, Tina, Jason, Justin, Autumn, Logan, Chandler, Branson and Kobi, and four great-grandchildren: Cassidy, Finley, Emerson and Oliver. A service will be held at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Ore., on Monday, November 4, 2019, at 10 am, with a gathering for family and friends afterward at 2414A SE 17th Ave., Battle Ground, WA 98604.
In lieu of flowers, the family wishes donations to be directed in Margaret’s name to the Foundation for Women’s Cancer at 230 W Monroe, Suite 710, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
The family of Margaret Larsen would like send a special thank you to The Heart of Hospice and all those who were there with us during a difficult time.Margaret Matilda Larsen, age 92, resident of The Dalles, passed away at home October 11, 2019.
Margaret will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband David Harry Larsen in a Committal Service scheduled for 10:00 Monday November 4, 2019 at Willamette National Cemetery.
Please note: updated service information, (previous scheduled date was changed to accommodate the family).