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Marie Lyon
Marie Esther Lyon of Bend died Jan. 16, 2004, of natural causes.
She was born on Aug. 13, 1922 in Yakima, Wash., to Willis A. and Edythe M. (Graves) Jarvis.
She grew up in Klickitat Wash., and later in Hood River, graduating from Hood River High School in 1941.
She married
Hurshel James Lyon on April 17, 1942, in Vancouver, Wash.
Marie was a long-time member of the Pine Grove United Methodist Church and First United Methodist Church in Bend. She volunteered with Interfaith Care Volunteers of Bend, and loved gardening, hiking, cooking, singing, and nurturing her children, grandchildren, and friends.
She is survived by her daughters, Joani Schollian of Ontario, Ore., Sheila Seber of Silverton, Ore., and Carmy Seeber of Palmdale, Calif., and Sherry Lyon of Bend, 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a grandson.
A graveside service is planned for 1 p.m. on Jan. 23, at Pine Grove Butte cemetery, Hood River. A memorial service is planned at 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 24, at Niswonger, Reynolds Funeral Home, 106 N.W. Irving, Bend, which is handling arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bend-LaPine Hospice, 2075 N.E. Wyatt Ct., Bend, OR 97701.
Nancy Hoover
A funeral service for Nancy Hoover, 49, of Underwood, Wash., will be on Jan. 23, 2004, at 1 p.m. at Underwood Community Center.
Vault interment will follow at Chris Zada cemetery in Underwood.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Sterling Savings Bank, where a trust fund will be established to benefit Nancy's grandchildren. Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon is handling arrangements.
Ronald Lakey
Longtime Hood River resident Ronald Lakey passed away Jan. 16, 2004, of heart complications. He was 75 years of age.
He was born to Charles and Evelyn Lakey on Oct. 25, 1928, in Soda Springs, Idaho.
Ronald is survived by his wife Maradene, daughter, some of his 11 siblings, step daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his son Larry Lee and some of his siblings. Private interment will be in Idaho.
Arrangements by Anderson's Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
Maura Rosa Cody
Maura Rosa Montero Cody died in Tucson, Ariz. on Jan. 17, 2004. An aneurysm near the heart artery was the cause of death. Rosary was offered on Jan. 22, at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Tucson with a funeral mass following on Jan. 23. This would have been her 46th birthday.
Mrs. Cody is survived by her husband, Sam, son John Paul, and daughter Maria, all of Tucson; her parents Guadalupe and Esteban Montero of Colima, Mexico; brothers Jeronimo (Alice) of Stayton, Oregon; Efrain and Saul of Springfield/Eugene, Ore.; sisters Hilda (Jose) Prado, Parkdale, Ore.; Zoila (Carlos) Marquez, Odell, Ore.; and Maria, Lorena and Janette of Springfield, Ore. Also surviving are parents-in-law Charles and Frances Cody of Hood River, and brothers-in-law Glen (Donna) and Lee (Pam) Cody.
Nephews surviving are Antonio Marques, Polin and Esteban Montero, Anthony Montero, and Matt Cody. Nieces Carla Marquez, Mindy and Karina Prado, and Viviana and Johanna Montero also survive.
Rosa Montero came to the United States in 1980 after completing her degree in nurses training at the University of Colima in Mexico where she specialized in geriatric care. She was a guest in the home of June and Wilbur Halliday and worked at the Parkdale Day Care Center.
She met Sam at his parents' home and they were married
in 1982, and she gained her citizenship papers in 1989. She traveled with him to various U.S. cities in his occupation with the U.S. Government, each time becoming an active participant in her church, and each time preparing a charming and welcoming home.
Continuing work with children, she was currently employed by the Vail School District, Desert Willow School, in the preschool department. Rosa was especially talented in the care of special needs children. She also continued her work with the church and was currently involved in six groups within her church. Always a hard worker and an advocate for healthy living and exercise, she found time to be a friend to many.
Rosa Cody touched many lives during her earth journey. She will be remembered for her deep love and compassion for everyone, her joy and sense of fun, and her constant witness to her faith.
Nancy Hoover
Mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, friend. Nancy Lynn Hoover passed away Jan. 18, 2004, at the age of 49. Nancy was born in Hood River on March 25, 1954, to Robert and Betty (Abrams) Morby of Underwood, Wash., where she was raised and lived her life. She was crowned prom queen her senior year at Columbia High School and graduated in 1972.
Nancy married
Jay Hoover in September of 1972 and in April of 1973 they became parents of a daughter, Kristina Lynn. Nancy worked at Underwood Fruit as office manager for the past 20 years. For 18 years she was also the caretaker for the Underwood Community Center, where she met many people and made lots of friends. Nancy always had a smile on her face no matter what kind of day she was having.
Nancy enjoyed spending her free time in her yard. She loved flowers and plants and making her yard beautiful. In 1992, her 'Sunshine, ' Brittany Lynn was born. They bonded from the moment their eyes met. Nancy did everything for her. She was such a proud grandma. Brittany and Nancy went to Long Beach, Wash., every year for three or four days - just the two of them - and on hot days they would pack up and head to Big Cedars. They were each other's life.
In 2002, Nancy's 'Little Man, ' Kaleb Robert was born, making her an even prouder grandma. She was there for the births of both her grandchildren. She made so many memories with them and taught them both so much.
Nancy is survived by her daughter, Kristina Lynn Hoover, and grandchildren Brittany Lynn and Kaleb Robert, all of Hood River; her father, Robert Morby, of Underwood, Wash.; her sister and brother-in-law, Bev Browning and Lee of Dufur; her brothers and their wives: Don Morby and Kim of Mill A, Wash., and Rob Morby and Mary of Ferndale, Wash.; best friend Ginger Norconk, of Beaverton, Ore.; her special man Eduardo Vargas, of White Salmon, Wash.; many cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and lots of friends. She was preceded in death by her mother and best friend, Betty J. Morby.
Nancy touched many lives and had so many friends whom she loved so much. She always cherished every memory she made. She will be forever missed.
A funeral service for Nancy was held on Friday, Jan. 23 at the Underwood Community Center with vault interment at Chris Zada cemetery in Underwood.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Nancy Hoover Memorial Fund, which will benefit her beloved grandchildren, at Sterling Savings Bank, P.O. Box 67, White Salmon, WA 98672. Gardner Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Boyd Picking
Hood River resident Boyd Picking died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital. He was 85 years of age. Private family services and vault interment will be at Pine Grove cemetery. Boyd Picking was born June 24, 1918, in Lynch, Neb., to Fred and Bertha (Bishop) Picking. He came to Hood River in 1934 with his family. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, stationed in England.
After the war he worked in the woods and then owned and operated a service station at Dittbenner Corner for a number of years. Boyd then worked at Krieg Millwork until he retired. He married
Betty Jo Lane in 1955. She preceded him in death.
He is survived by his son, Jeff, of Hood River; stepson Greg Lane of Vancouver, Wash.; sister Maude Baskins of Hood River; and two brothers, Vernon Picking of Corvallis, Ore., and Melvin H. Picking of Hood River.
Arrangements are by Anderson's Tribute Center.
Frank Princehouse
Parkdale resident Frank Princehouse died Friday, Jan. 23, 2004, at the U.S. Veteran's Hospital in Portland, Ore. He was 66 years of age.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m. at Anderson's Tribute Center in Hood River.
Arrangements are by Anderson's Tribute Center.
Mary Wonsyld
A funeral service for Mary Ruth Reynolds Barnes Wonsyld will be held Friday, Jan. 30, 2004, at noon at Anderson's Tribute Center with a reception immediately following. Vault interment will be at Pine Grove cemetery. Mary R. Wonsyld passed away quietly in Hood River the morning of Thursday Jan. 22, surrounded by her family and friends.
Mary Ruth Reynolds was born April 12, 1926, in the small Texas town of Ranger, near Houston, to Benjamin Allen Reynolds and Bonnie Ruth Ricker. She grew up in a tight knit family of aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives who loved music and story telling.
Her parents divorced when she was a child and her mother soon married
Guy Barnes, who raised and loved Mary as his own child. Her father, Benjamin, was killed in a tornado when she was only 12 years old.
Mary was 13 years older than her closest sibling and was soon nicknamed 'Goose' by her brother and sisters because of her storytelling and mothering of them. Her grandchildren fondly remember nights laying in bed with 'Grannie' while she told them stories of Hansel and Gretel and the Three Little Pigs.
Mary's stepfather Guy came to Vancouver, Wash., in 1942 in search of a better future for his family. Mary, along with her mother, brother Guy, and sister Jane came soon after on a train from Texas. Her youngest sister June was born in Washington State.
Mary worked in the Vancouver shipyards during World War II as one of the original 'Rosie the Riveters, ' working in the telegraph office, delivering messages around the shipyards. This is where she met her husband of 57 years, Leonard Wonsyld. She was also part of the christening ceremony for the U.S.S. Midway.
Mary and Leonard married
May 15, 1946, in Vancouver, Wash., and soon welcomed their daughter, Rae, into their family. By the 1950s they lived in the community of Dee at the Dee Mill, and eventually moved up to Dee Flat where they lived while their children grew up.
Mary worked as a secretary at Parkdale Elementary School and was always a welcome and well-known face in the Parkdale community by students, staff and parents. Later she moved on to work for Hood River County Juvenile Department helping troubled kids.
After retirement Mary and Leonard traveled in their RV around the U.S., their favorite stops being Texas, Tennessee and all corners of Oregon along with spending their winters in Arizona and making trips into Northern Mexico.
Mary was an artist and loved to paint and draw, making paper dolls for her grandchildren, pine needle baskets and paintings of her favorite subject, Mount Hood. She also loved genealogy and spent countless hours researching her family tree.
Mary's battle with arthritis curbed her ability to pursue her favorite hobbies, but she still managed to make cards and small paintings for her great- grandchildren for Christmas and birthdays and delighted in seeing and spending time with them as with all her family whom she dedicated her life to.
Surviving Mary are her children; Rae and Gary Whiting, Beaverton; Kary and Dan Betz, Hood River; Beverly and Frank Garner, Troutdale. Also surviving are grandchildren; Rachell and Chad Lindley, Jeffrey Whiting, Seth and Kimberly Garner, Angela Gray, Russ Gray and Jonny Betz.
Her great-grandchildren are Alexa Lindley, Savannah Garner, Paige Lindley, Ryan Gray, and Chloe Garner. She also leaves behind sisters Jane (Mrs. Bud) Arrowsmith of Tennessee, and June (Mrs. Chuck) Anderson of Washington State, and brother Guy (Kathie) Barnes of California, brother-in-law Ralph (Patricia) Wonsyld of Hood River, Lauana (Mrs. Melvin) Sparks of Parkdale, and brother-in-law Riley Moore Jr. of Washington as well as nieces, nephews and countless treasured friends.
Preceding her in death are husband Leonard Wonsyld, mother Bonnie Ricker Barnes, father Benjamin Reynolds, stepfather Guy Barnes, grandparents; Benjamin F. Reynolds, Flora Speck Reynolds, Nathan Dempsey Ricker, Mary Bradford Ricker, Edna Allison Barnes and Ephraim Barnes. Also preceding her in death are mother-in-law Lois Wilson Babcock, fathers-in-law Tony Wonsyld and Riley Moore and beloved friends Harold and Peggy Brower.
Although her family grieves at the loss of someone so loved, we also rejoice in knowing that she is once again free.
Thomas McGreer
Thomas Henry (Hank) McGreer passed away on Jan. 25, 2004, at the age of 94. A Hood River resident since 1983, he was an active member of the community and a loving friend and neighbor to many. A gentle-hearted man with an infectious smile and warm laugh, he will be missed greatly.
The eldest of five siblings, Hank was born on Jan. 5, 1910, in Cedaredge, Colo., to Hugh Dimond McGreer and Irene Kruse McGreer. At age three he moved with his family to Fossil, Ore., where his grandfather Thomas Henry McGreer had forged ground on the new family home. Living the simple life, Hank worked alongside the family on the ranch, and traveled by horseback to the Clarno School. He later attended High School at Shaniko and Tygh Valley. He left the ranch in 1929 to attend The Milwaukee School of Engineering (Milwaukee, Wisc.) and completed his Bachelors of Science degree in Engineering in three years.
While in college, he met his wife Ruth at a Milwaukee hotel where they were both employed. They were married
Sept. 1, 1933, and drove to Oregon, camping along the way. In 1940, they moved to Chicago so that Henry could complete his graduate work.
Hank worked as an engineer for the Idaho Power Company, Westinghouse, Argonne National Laboratory, Harza Engineering and Fermi National Laboratory. In 1950, he moved with his family to Wheaton, Ill., where he built his family's home. His career later presented him with an opportunity to work overseas, where he supervised the design of transmission systems to provide electricity for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
It proved to be a fulfilling adventure for the family and even after their departure three years later, in 1968, it was a land and people that continued to touch his heart. His journeys continued when his work later took him to Cairo, Egypt to work on the Aswan Dam. In 1980, Hank retired and returned with Ruth to Oregon, taking up residence in Hood River. Two years later, at age 73, he built his retirement home on Cherry Drive.
A dedicated humanitarian, Hank was involved in many social causes, never forgetting the needs of his fellow man. He was an active member of the Southside Congregational Church (Chicago), First Presbyterian Church (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) and Elmhurst Presbyterian Church (Elmhurst, Ill).
In Hood River he was a member of the Riverside Community Church congregation, as well as a member of the Hood River Lions for more than twenty years. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend. Passionate about science and mathematics, Hank always embraced new technologies and ideas - even using a personal computer and Internet into his nineties. But first and foremost, he was a man of God who deeply believed in the simplicities of life and the rights of equality for his fellow man.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Ruth Mappes McGreer; his sister, Helen McGreer Lewis, of Seattle, Wash.; his son, Thomas Henry McGreer and his wife, Vicki, of Marietta, Ga.; his eldest daughter, Mary McGreer Olson and her husband, Robert, of Hood River; his youngest daughter, Irene McGreer Reidy, of Ridgewood, N.J.; his granddaughters, Jennifer and Meredith Olson of Portland, Ore., and San Francisco, Calif. (respectively); and his grandson, Wesley Reidy, of Bloomington, Ind.
A visitation will be held at Anderson Tribute Center in Hood River on Jan. 30 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The funeral will be held on Jan. 31 at 11:30 a.m. at the Antelope Community Church in Antelope, Ore. In lieu of flowers, donations in kind may be made in Hank's name to the Hood River Chapter of the Lions Foundation.
Frank Princehouse
Parkdale resident Frank Princehouse died Jan. 23, 2004, at the Oregon Veterans Administration Hospital in Portland, Ore. He was 66 years of age.
A celebration of life service will be held Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, at 2 p.m. at Anderson's Tribute Center. Interment will be at Idlewild cemetery.
Frank was born at home on Trout Creek Ridge on June 23, 1937, to Virgil and Alice (Klingbeil) Princehouse. Frank was raised and educated in the Hood River Valley. Attending first at Dee School, then Parkdale and then graduating from Wy'East High School in 1956.
Frank worked in the timber industry after high school with his father, who owned a contract logging outfit harvesting wood.
In the early 1960s Frank enlisted in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. Frank followed construction as a heavy equipment operator until his health forced his retirement.
He married
Anita Linder and they had two sons, Scott and Jeff. They later divorced.
Frank is survived by his mother, Alice Princehouse of Parkdale; brother Dave Princehouse and Valori Worth of Hood River; sister Mayme Jones of Eugene, Ore.; sons Scott and Diane of Arizona and Jeff and Jill of Bay City, Ore.; grandchildren Travis, Kristine, Katy and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Frank was preceded in death by his father Virgil in 1981.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of choice c/o Anderson's Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
