Moana (Poaha) Wampler passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Maui Memorial Hospital, after a short battle with pneumonia. Family and loved ones were by her side.

Moana was born Feb. 18, 1928, the 11th of 13 pure-Hawaiian children who were all raised in a Hawaiian ranch lifestyle. She worked hard on the ranch and was a self-taught musician.

Moana met Joseph Wampler in Hawaii just after World War II. They were married in 1953. Shortly after, they moved to Hood River, Ore., where their family helped operate Joe’s father’s apple and pear orchard.

In the nearly 35 years she spent in Hood River, she became best known as “Moana the bus driver.” She drove bus for the Hood River County School District for more than 20 years. She was respected and adored by her students and coworkers, as long as you behaved.

She was very involved in her children and grandchildren’s activities. One of her favorite things to do was bowl with her friends and family at Orchard Lanes.

Joe and Moana moved back to Molokai after their retirement in 1987. They built a new house and started a taro and papaya farm. They also raised horses, cattle, pigs and many other farm animals. Family and friends spent a lot of time helping out around the farm. In return, Moana made sure everyone was well-fed and had a place to stay.

Moana was a member of the Kaahumanu Women’s Chapter 8 in Molokai, the Na Wahine U'I Molokai Halau, Alulike Keolapono Kupuna member and the Blessed Damian Catholic Church.

She was proceeded in death by her husband, Joseph Wampler; they had an active and full life together for 52 years.

She is survived by her children: son, Joseph (Charmaine) Wampler; daughters Charmaine Zablan, Donna Howard (Sam Ishii), and Hazel White; sister, Eliza Kauila Reyes; 11 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held on Maui at Ballard Mortuary in Kahului on Thursday, Aug. 21, with visitation at 10:30 a.m., services at 12:30 p.m. and reception to follow. On Molokai at Kaunakakai Blessed Damian Catholic Church on Saturday, Aug. 23, visitation will be at 8 a.m., services at 11 a.m. and reception to follow.

Edward Jake Neufeldt passed away Aug. 11, 2008, at the Portland Veterans Hospital.

Edward J. Neufeldt, son of J.K. (Jake) Neufeldt and Annie Wiebe Neufeldt, was born Jan. 2, 1920, at 1108 Stump St. in Dallas, Ore. He lived there only a few years before the family moved to a farm near Houston, Texas.

Ed enlisted in the Marines on Aug. 27, 1941, in Houston to serve for four years. He trained in San Diego, Calif. After Pearl Harbor, he was sent to Guadalcanal; also known by the code name, “Cactus.” He landed right after the Japanese bombing of Henderson Field, being the first one out of his squadron to arrive.

He was a tech sergeant-line chief in the Dive Bomber Squadron, VMSB 132, in the First Air Wing that landed Oct. 20, 1942. A few months later, he was blown out of a foxhole by a nearby exploding bomb and received a lower-back injury. Soon after, he had an operation that doctors had never done before. He spent a year in a convalescent hospital at Swarthmore, Penn.

While on Guadalcanal the food was scarce. A soup was made of dried vegetables, and sometimes chopped-up SPAM, of which he couldn’t stand the smell. He chose to live on coconuts and bananas from the jungle.

The Army, based on the other end of the island, had plenty of canned food and supplies. Later he “commandeered” a beat-up jeep, removed any identifying marks, and he and some buddies drove to the Army depot and “borrowed” as much food as they could load into the jeep. They took supplies like gallon cans of peaches, cooking oil, flour and canned meats. He told of making donuts with some of the cooking oil, and remarked, “What a treat.”

Ed was honorably discharged for medical reasons from the Marines in Philadelphia on Nov. 24, 1943. While Ed was in the service his parents and family had moved to Salem, Ore. Soon after he returned to Salem he met his future wife, Lois Hammer, during a blind date to a group wiener roast. She, a senior in high school, was a little wary at first.

In the meantime, he went to work for Safeway Inc. as a clerk. He later advanced to a relief manager after a few months. Ed and Lois became engaged shortly after.

In the spring of 1946, he was offered a job as store manager in Coquille, Ore., if he could improve the business in two weeks. In two weeks, he doubled the gross amount. He had accumulated some cases of Crisco, sugar, and other hard items to get during the war and made big displays.

Lois graduated from Salem High School on a Wednesday, and three days later, June 1, they were married. They moved to Coquille, where they had two sons, Roger and Douglas.

Ed was a member of the Toastmasters and the Coquille Active Club, a philanthropic group for men ages 39 and under. While an Active Club member, the group had a raffle for a washing machine (in 1946, due to war efforts, electric appliances were very hard to come by). Ed bought the remaining tickets he had on the last day before the raffle.

At 9 p.m. there was a knock on the door telling him that he had won the washing machine. After that, NO member was allowed to win. Ed and Lois, being new parents, made good use of the “Launderal” — which shook their little house every time it went into a spin.

Ed loved to fish, catching his first salmon in the Coquille River in 1947. He had his own version of fly fishing. By dangling the line from a high bridge, built for logging, he caught trout and striped bass most every time near Coos Bay.

In 1953, Ed was offered a manager position at The Dalles Safeway. During the building of The Dalles Dam, with road and railroad construction, business was good. The store had the highest volume of all the Safeway stores during that time period.

Ed loved and catered to all the local little kids, giving them bubble gum or candy treats. He enjoyed their antics and may have even helped guide a few to being honest citizens as he made them understand that “taking” things without paying had its penalties.

Ed and Lois took ballroom dancing lessons from Loren and Marianne Fletcher for several years. They were members of the Carousel Dance Club and the 100 Club, a formal dance group. They even took a cruise to Mexico and taught ballroom dancing lessons.

He liked to build small wooden craft items for family gifts. Ed also enjoyed his four-wheeler and later his electric cart for transportation.

After retirement they trailered to San Carlos, Mexico, for 21 winters, staying four to five months each year until 2002. They traveled closer to home then as Ed’s health began to fail. Later they had to drive to Gresham three times a week for dialysis treatments. This continued for six months until an opening in the new Providence Ray T. Yasui Dialysis Center in Hood River became available.

Ed truly loved all his children and grandchildren, each for their individual qualities. He enjoyed watching them mature and then raise their own families. The grandchildren all enjoyed his many stories of his early family life and his many experiences during World War II.

He told stories of the many times he caught shoplifters stealing merchandise from his grocery stores, including the interesting antics they pulled to make off with the goods. He reminisced about pranks he and his employees pulled on each other as well as how he rigged peep holes to spy on those who helped themselves to goods or cash from the money drawer, catching them in the act.

Ed is survived by his loving wife, Lois, of 62 years; sons Roger and his wife, Ada; and Douglas and his wife, Darlene; daughter Peggy Jo Leslie and her husband, Steve, all of Hood River; grandchildren Jane Osborne and her husband, Joel, of Hood River, Teresa Ellifritz and her husband, Larry, of Hood River, Jason Neufeldt and his wife, Alisa, of San Diego, Calif.; Stefanie Hughes and her husband, Bob, of Middleton, Idaho, and Chase Drum and Grant Drum, of Hood River.

Also surviving are five great-grandchildren: Cailey and Madeline Hughes, Alex and Emilie Ellifritz, and Aaron Osborne; sisters Mary Prebilsky of Salem, Ore., Vivian Benton, of Waelder, Texas, and Anna Mae Lee and her husband, Perry, of Salome, Ariz.; brothers Bill Neufeldt and his wife, Shirley, of Salem, Ore., and Tex Neufeldt and his wife, Charlene, also of Salem, Ore.; and several nieces and nephews.

Ed’s mother-in-law, Florence Hammer, of Hood River, who will be age 102 in October, also survives.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his brothers, Raymond Neufeldt, of Nashville, Tenn., Roy Neufeldt, of Tucson, Ariz., and Robert Neufeldt, of Salem, Ore.; as well as his sisters, Alice Drachenburg, of Rosenberg, Texas, and Patsy Barker, of Salem, Ore.

Patricia “Pat” Neale Robertson, 79, a resident of The Dalles, Ore., passed away at a local care facility on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.

She was born in Glendale, Calif., on Aug. 15, 1928, to Lester and Mearl Neale. She graduated from high school in California and went to college in Utah.

Pat met and married Mel Robertson. They lived in Cook, Wash., and Hood River, Ore., and settled in The Dalles where Patty worked as a medical transcriber for many years. She had a great eye for color and enjoyed using her talent in the garden, and while sewing and quilting.

She is survived by her children, Karin Waterman, of Pegram, Tenn., and Richard Waterman, of The Dalles; her three grandchildren, Kathryn Waterman and Margret Waterman, of California, and Rebecca Waterman, of Ohio; and her very close friends, Heinz Muller, of Hood River, Ore., Michael Dalton, of Hood River, Ore., Cheryl Boothe, of Arizona, and Teresa Albert-Waterman, of The Dalles, Ore.

Pat chose to donate herself to Oregon Health and Science University to help the medical profession. No formal funeral services will be held at this time. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home, 1100 Kelly Ave., The Dalles, is in care of arrangements.

On May 13, 1920, Ralph Wallace York and Cora Mae Jones York celebrated the birth of their only child, Robert William York, in Boise, Idaho. After a long and happy life, Bob York died on Aug. 13, 2008, at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue, Wash., at the age of 88.

In 1938, Robert “Bob” York and Elizabeth “Betty” Bracken graduated from Boise High School, where both were honor students.

In Boise, Bob grew up in the printing industry at the family-owned Syms-York Company, but he chose a different career path. He graduated in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado, where he rode around campus on his unicycle, played flute and piccolo in the band, and was a member of Acacia Fraternity, the American Institute of Electrical Engineering and Kappa Kappa Psi.

Upon college graduation in 1942, General Electric recruited Bob to Connecticut. A few months later, Betty took a train from Boise to marry Bob in Bridgeport on Jan. 30, 1943. GE transferred Bob and Betty around the Northeast, but they spent most of their time near Syracuse, N.Y.

Bob and Betty moved to Hood River, Ore., in 2002, and Bob moved to Mercer Island, Wash., in December 2007.

In 1966, Bob and Betty bought a waterfront lot on Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks. Their children, Carol and Bruce, have fond memories of helping build their camp, an Adirondack cabin, where they spent every summer.

They were actively involved in the Big Moose community with road projects, canoe trips and boat parades. Together Bob and Betty climbed many of the high peaks and trails in the Adirondacks and in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

Bob skied until age 80, was a longtime ski race official at Labrador Mountain, and served as the ski club president.

Bob had a distinguished 41-year career at GE, where he received management awards for value improvement, and worked on radar (radio detection and ranging) when it was a classified term. He was an advance producibility engineer and a manufacturing project manager in specialty electronic components, from radio, TV and Hi-Fi to antenna array and locating systems, and business information systems.

He was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Elfun Society and the Masons.

Friends describe Bob as dependable, tenacious and pragmatic, with a wry sense of humor. He could fix anything — except broken balloons (much to the dismay of his daughter).

Bob and Betty loved to go for sightseeing drives near and far. After retiring, they enjoyed group travel to Europe, Central America, Australia and New Zealand. Bob patiently went along with Betty, who wanted to go everywhere and do everything, but he rarely enjoyed foreign food. He was a meat-and-potatoes man from Idaho.

Bob was also a man of few words, which made for a happy couple because Betty could fill all the quiet time. They were quite a pair.

Married nearly 64 years, Betty preceded Bob in death (2006), which was exactly the way she wanted it to be. Bob missed her terribly, and his final words, spoken to his daughter, were, “I’m supposed to be with your mother.”

Survivors include his daughter, Carol York, and her husband, Pete Fotheringham, of Hood River, Ore.; son, Bruce York, and his wife, Kim, of Mercer Island, Wash.; grandson, Ben York, and granddaughter, Casey York, of Mercer Island; sister-in-law, Claire Dixon, of Richmond, Va.; and cousins Dr. Stan Boyd, of Eugene, Ore.; Marilyn Easton, of Warrenton, Ore., and Linda Copple Trout, of Boise, Idaho.

The family suggests remembrances to Big Moose Chapel, Big Moose Lake, Eagle Bay, NY 13331.

Arrangements are under the direction of Flintoft’s Funeral Home, Issaquah, WA.

The wife of the late Rev. Charles R. McDonald passed away at her home in Gresham, Ore., on Aug. 14, 2008. Marcile was born Jan. 27, 1927, in Los Angeles, Calif.; she met and married Charles McDonald in Boston, Mass.

Charles was a United Methodist minister and Marcile was an elementary school teacher in Hood River, Ore., for Pine Grove and Westside schools. Following her retirement, she enjoyed travel and especially frequent trips to the Oregon coast.

As an only child, Marcile loved spending time with her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and she was blessed with many longtime and cherished friends. She will be missed by many.

Marcile was survived by her son, Scott R. McDonald, of Mt. Vernon, Ore.; daughter, Lisa L. Sampson, of Battle Ground, Wash.; son-in-law, Tony Sampson; daughter-in-law, Linda McDonald; grandchildren Dalton, Myha, Rose, Evan, Lydia, Cielan, Jesse, Casey, Steven and Christy; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Family and friends will celebrate her life on Sept. 20 with a memorial brunch from 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Please call (360) 687-9432 for location and directions. Ask for Tony or Lisa.

In remembrance of Marcile, donations may be made to the Oregon Humane Society in her name.

Delores M. “Dee” Shute, a longtime Hood River, Ore., resident, died Aug. 15, 2008, at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital. She was 58 years of age.

A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23, at 2 p.m. at Anderson’s Tribute Center. Hawaiian attire is appreciated and preferred. The family requests that stories of Dee be brought to the service to be read.

Delores was born March 11, 1950, in White Salmon, Wash., to Harry and Laura (Barndt) Shum. She was raised and educated in White Salmon, graduating from Columbia High School.

On Sept. 18, 1969, she and Kenneth Shute were married in Reno, Nev. She moved to Hood River and worked for United Telephone Company for 15 years. She then worked as the Hood River Municipal Court Clerk for 10 years.

Dee enjoyed going to yard sales, flea markets, casinos and Hawaii. She coached Odell Little League for seven years and All-Star girls softball.

She is survived by her husband, Ken Shute, of Hood River, Ore.; her daughter, Lauriel Hutson, and son-in-law, Rick, of Hood River, Ore.; her son, Chris Shute, and daughter-in-law, Sunshine; her sister, Harriet Atkisson, of White Salmon, Wash.; and grandchildren Cleve and Tasia Hutson and Cody, William and Dustin Shute.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Hood River Police Officers Association or Odell Little League in care of Anderson’s Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; (541) 386-1000. Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to view and print the obituary and sign the guest book for family.