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Howard Nellermoe
Howard G. Nellermoe, born Aug. 22, 1938,
peacefully passed away April 14, 2009, at Kaiser-Sunnyside
Hospital surrounded by his family.
He was born to John and Mabel Nellermoe
in Hickson, N.D. He graduated from Concordia College in
Moorhead, Minn., as a school teacher.
In 1961 he married JoAn Fuglestad and
they moved to Hood River, Ore., where he taught and coached for
24 years before retiring in 1985. It was at that time that he
moved his family to Gladstone, Ore., where they have resided
ever since.
He volunteered for the Clackamas County
Retired and Senior Programs. Howard loved to play cards,
particularly bridge, with the Gladstone Senior Center. He also
loved all sports and if he wasn’t playing or watching it on TV,
he was volunteering and watching the youth of Gladstone High
School. There he volunteered as scorekeeper for the girls
basketball and boys baseball teams.
Howard and JoAn are members of the Sons
of Norway. They enjoyed traveling together; including an
extended trip to Norway in 2000.
He is preceded in death by both his
parents, John and Mabel Nellermoe, and his brothers: Ken,
Richard and Allen.
He is survived by his wife, JoAn, of
Gladstone; his daughters, Cherie Flory and her husband, Perry,
of Parkdale, Ore., Terrie Bradley and her husband, Steve, of
Milwaukie, Ore., and Rachael Mahaffie and her husband, Bill, of
Eugene, Ore.; sons Michael Nellermoe and his wife, Crystal, of
Milwauke, Ore., and David Nellermoe, of Gladstone, Ore.;
brothers Donald, Roy and John Nellermoe; and sister, Betty Hase,
of Hood River. He also had nine grandchildren and many nieces
and nephews.
A memorial service was held April 20 at
St. Stephens Lutheran Church in Gladstone.
The family requests in lieu of flowers
that donations be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation or
to the Sons of Norway.
Donna Murray
Donna Mae Murray, wife of the late
Johnny Murray, passed away in Hood River, Ore., April 22, 2009,
at the age of 75. She was born in Sylva, N.C., on Aug. 9, 1933,
the daughter of Stella (Gunter) and Nathaniel Green.
During her life, Donna worked in many
capacities. For many years, she and her husband delivered the
Oregonian to residents in the Hood River County area. She was
also a bartender and waitress, but her most defining job, one
that was more of a calling, was that of caregiver.
Donna dedicated decades of her life
caring for not only her own children, but foster children as
well. She had a big heart for people and volunteered with the
Special Olympics program and other various activities for
developmentally handicapped adults in Hood River County. Donna
also enjoyed gardening, cooking, fishing, traveling and most of
all, helping others.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, John R. Murray; daughter, Teresa J. Murray; sisters
Myrtle Carpenter and Gertrude Reese; and brothers Fred Green and
Virgil Nations.
Survivors include her daughter, Carol
Daniel, of Cascade Locks; son, Victor Hobbs, of Bend;
grandchildren Shelly Knopsnyder, of Springfield, Ore., Sam
Kuhnhausen, of Glenwood, Wash., Shannon McBride, of Redmond,
Ore., Sybil Hernandez, of Morocco, and Brandon Hobbs, of
Redmond; and eight great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m.
Saturday, April 25, at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon,
Wash., with private entombment at Idlewilde Cemetery in Hood
River.
Bonita Meyers
Bonita Joan Meyers passed away at 3:30
p.m. on Monday, April 20, 2009, at Liberty Country Place in
Centralia, Wash. Bones, as she was known to many, was born on
May 19, 1930, in Hot Springs, S.D., the daughter of Vincent and
Stella (McHenry) Judd. Her family moved to Hood River, Ore., in
1944, where she graduated high school and met her spouse of 60
years, Marvin “Cy” Meyers, the son of Elmer and Alma (Kitchel)
Meyers.
Cy and Bones were married on Jan. 19,
1949, in Hood River; they moved to Winlock in 1960 and have
lived at their current address since 1961. Both were active
members of the community.
Bonita took joy in activities that would
create fun for others. One of her first volunteer efforts was as
a Den Mother for the Boy Scouts. During the 1960s she was a
member of the Women’s Club, which staged the Halloween Spook
House and produced floats for the Egg Day Parade. One of their
most memorable activities was the stage show productions these
ladies created for the crowds on Egg Day.
During the 1970s she was a member of the
Booster Club which supported the athletic programs for Winlock
schools, both through fund-raising and in turnouts for team
events.
During the mid-1970s, as then-editor of
the Lewis County News, Bones was instrumental in a fund-raising
effort which produced the first ambulance to serve Winlock and
in establishing a first-responder team of volunteers to meet the
emergency needs of the sick and injured. Of late, she has been
involved with the development of Winolequa Park in Winlock.
Bonita worked for the Lewis County News,
now The Town Crier, off and on, from 1967 until January of 2009,
when she became too ill to continue.
She enjoyed sewing and could make
“clothing, curtains or costumes,” but was interested in learning
anything new that she could make for others. Over the years she
delved into cabinetry, bricklaying, upholstery and sign-making
(a phase that saw her gifted with power tools instead of perfume
at Christmas).
Bonita was a Catholic by faith, a
Republican in politics and a self-made writer by profession. She
never missed a Hood River High School reunion.
Bonita was preceded in death by her
sisters, Barbara Springfield, of Hayward, Calif., and Bertice
Pluymaekers, of Vancouver, Wash.; and brother, James Vincent
Judd, of Milwaukie, Ore.
In addition to Cy Meyers, Bonita is
survived by her sisters-in-law, Art and Isabel (Meyers) Kirscht,
of Richardson, Texas, and Doris (Meyers) Lewis, of Hood River,
Ore.; children and grandchildren: David and Virginia Meyers,
daughters Rachel and Michelle, of Vancouver, Wash., daughter
Lisa (Meyers) Stalnaker, of Lacey, Wash., granddaughter, Kirsten
Stalnaker, of Winlock; son, Jason Meyers, of Tacoma, Wash., and
son, Sam, and Eby Meyers, children John, Cy and Rebecca, of
Winlock; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life will be held
Saturday, April 25, at 1 p.m. at the Winlock Middle School gym
with a reception to follow. a Mass of Christian Burial will be
held Monday, April 27, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at noon.
A reception will follow.
Memorials may be made to the Shannon
Lewis Heart Fund. Services are under the direction of Cattermole
Funeral Home, (360) 785-3881.
Norma Hays
Norma Lee Mooney was born March 5, 1929,
to Guy E. and Lola E. Mooney in Gillette, Wyo., joining brothers
Fred and Everett Mooney and sisters Winna Fae Adams, Ora Mae
Hartley and Pat Galligan.
The family migrated to Hood River, Ore.,
in the spring of 1936. Norma graduated from Odell High School in
1947 and married Robert L. Hays, from Tillamook, Ore., in 1952,
where they lived.
The couple had five children: Debi
Blocker, Connie Lorch, Brad Hays, Joel Hays and Robert Hays; 11
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Bob and Norma moved to Forest Grove,
Ore., in 1970 before retiring in Crooked River Ranch, Ore., in
2000. There Norma passed away April 19, 2009, in her home.
Services will be held in Washougal,
Wash., on April 25 in the home of Connie Lorch.
Norma Lee Hays, a woman known for her
excellence and love.
Lois Williams
Lois Harrison Williams passed away April
22, 2009, at the Rock Cove Assisted Living home in Stevenson,
Wash., with family by her side.
Lois was born July 9, 1917, in Olson,
N.D., to Wilburn Leslie and Ella Florence (Stone) Smeltzer. She
moved with her family at a young age to the Pacific Northwest
and has lived in and around Cascade Locks, Ore., for the past 70
years.
Lois was twice widowed; she was married
to Gibson Harrison in 1938 and he passed away in 1973. Lois and
Gibson never had any children but she had a very dear love for
all of her nieces and nephews and treated them as if they were
her own. In 1977 she wed Ted Williams and they enjoyed traveling
the world together; Ted passed away in 1998.
Lois was a fixture in the community of
Cascade Locks and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. She
was very active in the Cascade Locks Community Church, where she
taught Sunday school for 30 years.
Lois also had worked for the Port as a
toll taker at the Bridge of the Gods for 25 years; she
volunteered for the Cascade Locks Museum; was active in the
Garden Club and the Sewing Club of North Bonneville; and she
could often be found behind her sewing machine making PJs,
aprons and quilts for her family and friends.
In her younger years she enjoyed square
dancing with Gibson.
In addition to the host of friends that
Lois has collected over the years she is also survived by her
two sisters, Shirley Carr and her husband, Gerald, and Florence
Parbuhn and her husband, Carl, all of Cascade Locks, Ore.; 16
nieces and nephews, all of whom she loved dearly: Mary, Dawn,
Billy, Karen, Elaine, Sally, Dan, Leslie, Debbie, Jerry, Cathy,
Mike, Jeff, Mark, Nancy, Becky and their families; two
sisters-in-law, Dorothy Smeltzer and Madaline Smeltzer; and the
family of her late husband, Ted Williams; four daughters:
Yvonne, Darlene, Joyce and Cindy and their families.
In addition to her parents and two
husbands, Lois was also preceded in death by two brothers:
Darrell Amos Smeltzer and Duane Arden Smeltzer.
A time to mourn Lois’ passing and
celebrate her life is planned for 11 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at
the Cascade Locks Community Church. A reception will immediately
follow her service; then at 1 p.m. will be interment at the
Cascade Locks Cemetery. Pastor Glen Damon will officiate.
Memorials are suggested to Hospice of
the Gorge in memory of Lois and sent in care of Anderson’s
Tribute Center.
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.
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