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Pearl Towle
Pearl Lavina Towle, 98, passed away May
21, 2009, at Hawks Ridge Assisted Living, in Hood River, Ore.,
with her niece by her side.
A memorial service will be held at 10:15
a.m. on Monday, June 22, at Hawks Ridge.
Pearl was born July 18, 1910, at White
Cloud, Kansas, to Charles Raymond and Lucy Emiline (Brown)
Rouse. Her father preceded her in death when she was a very
young child.
Pearl was an independent woman; she had
many loves in life and was a collector of friends. She was a
gifted seamstress, and enjoyed making many articles of clothing
for family and friends over the years.
Pearl was also talented in the kitchen
as shown by her decorating of cakes, making candies and all
kinds of other goodies. Collecting tea cups and saucers was a
passion of hers and by the time of her death she had at least a
couple hundred. They are all very special and beautiful.
Pearl loved entertaining friends and
family and she loved a good party. She and her husband, Elwin,
were members of the Elks Club, Elwin having served as Exalted
Ruler.
Her family has such fond memories of her
Christmas Eve celebrations. She loved giving and receiving
gifts; no one could take as long as Pearl to open a gift.
Pearl worked in many capacities over the
years, but her fondest memories were of the bar and restaurant
that she owned and operated from 1945 to 1947 in Portland. She
then traveled with her daughter Jan to Alaska to join her
husband. She ran a mess hall, feeding the men who worked on the
Alaskan Canadian Highway.
Pearl was a consummate lady, and even in
her 90s was very concerned about her appearance, her attire, and
dressed to the nines on every occasion. Her nails were always
beautifully groomed and polished and if they weren’t she always
asked someone to help her. She had many friends at Hawks Ridge,
including both the professional staff and residents.
Pearl is survived by her daughters,
Edith “Jan” Burum Bell, of Kansas, and Tia Towle, of Portland,
Ore.; sister and brother-in-law Janie and Red Brauckmiller, of
Hood River; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces,
nephews and friends — too many to list.
In addition to her parents she was
preceded in death by her husband, Elwin Towle; her son, Robert
Burum; and two brothers, Harold Rouse and Blair Jarvis.
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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