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Daniel Simons
Daniel Charles Simons, 77, passed away on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, at his home in
Hood River, Ore.
He was born June 21, 1931,
at Waterloo, Ore.,
the fourth child of Rheuben and Icie Simons. He grew up in
Sweet Home, Ore.,
and attended high school there, where he was active in student
government and played baseball. He graduated from
Sweet Home
High School in 1949.
When his dad died in a car accident, leaving behind a wife and
eight children, Dan took part-time jobs to help support the
family. Like his father, he logged, and then worked in plywood
mills. His love of the woods would endure a lifetime. He made
his career in the wood products industry and when he wasn’t
working, enjoyed camping, hunting and fishing.
After high school he joined the Army and served his country in
the Korean War where he earned the rank of sergeant. In 1956, he
married Jo Ann Ellen Coyne, also of Sweet Home. They had been
married 51 years when she died last spring.
They had three children and raised them in
Albany,
Grants Pass and
Corvallis.
Dan attended Portland
State and
Oregon
State University
where he studied forestry. He worked for Vancouver Plywood
managing their Albany
and Grants Pass
mills. Later, when the company was sold and operated as
Southwest Forest Products, he became a district manager for some
of their Northwest plywood mills. He retired from Random Width
Inc., of Albany, in
the 1990s, but continued to stay current on industry news
through his membership in the Plywood Pioneers Association.
A lifelong sports fan, Dan followed many teams, but none more
avidly than the Oregon State Beavers. Every football season was
anticipated with high hopes and expectations. He flew the
Oregon
State flag at his home and his
copies of the Beavers’ media guide were dog-eared and worn from
his devoted study to players’ biographies and statistics. His
children have fond memories of being huddled together under
plastic at rainy Corvallis
football games.
Dan also enjoyed classic cars. His prized possession for many
years was a Model A Ford he’d restored. He loved driving it in
parades and for his daughter’s wedding.
Perhaps his greatest joy, however, was his children and five
grandchildren, whose activities and accomplishments he followed
with much interest and pride.
Dan is survived and will be dearly missed by his daughters,
Mylene Walden and her husband, Greg, of Hood River, and Marta
Simons, of Hood River; his son, Mark Simons, and
daughter-in-law, Debi, of Salem; his sister, Bethel Terry, of
Albany; brothers Rich and Terry, of Portland, and Leo, of North
Dakota; and grandchildren Anthony Walden and Hannah Simons, of
Hood River, and Leeland, Kinsey, and Daniel Simons, of Salem.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at St. Mark’s
Episcopal Church of Hood River. Chaplain Mark Thomas will
officiate and military honors performed by the Oregon Honors
Team. Interment will be at Idlewilde Mausoleum of
Hood River.
Memorials are suggested to either Hospice of the Gorge or the
American Heart Association in memory of Dan and sent care of
Anderson’s.
Arrangements are under the direction of
Anderson’s
Tribute Center
(Funerals, Receptions, Cremations),
1401 Belmont Ave.,
Hood River, OR
97031;
(541) 386-1000.
Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to sign the family
guest book.
Kenneth Anderson
Kenneth “Ken” Lloyd Anderson, a longtime
Hood River, Ore., resident, died Jan. 28, 2009, at Providence
Hood River Memorial Hospital. He was 77 years of age.
Services will be held on Monday, Feb. 2,
at 1 p.m. at Anderson’s Tribute Center with a reception to
follow at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Visitation will be Monday,
Feb. 2, from 10 a.m.-noon, also at Anderson’s Tribute Center.
Ken was born Sept. 27, 1931, in
Garrison, N.D., to Ralph and Barbara (Walters) Anderson. He was
raised and educated in North Dakota, coming to Hood River in
1945.
Ken served in the U.S. Navy during the
Korean Conflict. In 1956 he and Margaret Krussow were married in
Hood River. He worked as dispatch operator for Pacific Power for
more than 29 years until his retirement.
While with Pacific Power the family
resided in Albany, Bingen, Bend and Portland. They settled in
Hood River in 1970. Ken was a member of Immanuel Lutheran
Church. He enjoyed community service, bowling and gardening.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and two brothers.
Survivors include his wife, Marge, of
Hood River, Ore.; daughters Debra Wakamatsu and her husband,
Paul, of Wyoming; and Susan Huitt, of Portland, Ore., and
Kenneth Anderson Jr. and his wife, Tovy, of Hood River; niece
Cindy Kemper and her husband, Mike, of Las Vegas, Nev.; eight
grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and
nephews.
Private vault entombment with military
honors will be at Idlewilde Cemetery Mausoleum.
Memorial contributions may be made to
Immanuel Lutheran Church or the American Heart Association 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.
Raymond Horn
Raymond “Buzz” Leroy Horn, 82, of Rancho
Bernardo, Calif., born in Hood River Ore., passed away Nov. 8,
2008.
Raymond was the dear father of Gary and
Roger Horn and Darlene Carter; beloved grandfather of nine
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; the younger brother
of Glen Horn (deceased) of the Dalles, Ore.; and uncle,
great-uncle and friend to many.
Raymond, known as Buzz to his friends,
grew up in Hood River, Ore., and entered into World War II in
June 1944 where he served in the Pacific until March 1946.
Upon returning to Hood River, he worked
with his father and his father’s brothers in their logging
business until early in 1952 when he moved to Portland, Ore.,
where he worked primarily in the laundry business.
In 1967 he moved to Seattle, Wash., to
be a plant manager with an industrial laundry, then between 1970
and 1972 he lived in Portland, Ore., and Downey, Calif., and
worked as plant manager in both cities.
Late in 1972 he moved to St. Louis, Mo.,
to become a general manager of an industrial laundry in East St.
Louis, Ill. In 1987 he retired and moved to Rancho Bernardo,
Calif., where he lived and played golf with his many friends. A
memorial was held Dec. 8, 2008, at Point Loma National Cemetery
where he was interred. Memorials may be made to the American
Cancer Society.
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