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Aubrey 'Orb' Smith
Aubrey H. 'Orb' Smith passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in Mosier, Ore., on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, at the age of 93.
A memorial reception will be held on Friday, Jan. 25, at noon at Anderson's Tribute Center.
Born in Kato, Mo., on June 9, 1914, Aubrey was the oldest of 10 children born to Abbey Indiana Smith. Aubrey married
Nancy Logan on July 24, 1939. They were blessed with two children, Carol and Sonny.
They moved to Oregon in 1947 where he worked in the timber industry, and later went to work at AGA Fruit Company until his retirement. Most of us remember Aubrey taking our toll at the Hood River Bridge with a smile and a joke. He retired a second time at the age of 80 years.
Aubrey's hobbies in his younger years were hunting and fishing. In his retirement years he enjoyed collecting antiques and restoring antique furniture. His most enjoyable times were spent watching his grandkids playing sports.
Aubrey was preceded in death by eight of his brothers and sisters.
He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Nancy Smith; daughter, Carol Williams, and her husband, Bill, of Helix, Ore.; son, Sonny Smith, and his wife, Rhonda, of Lyle, Wash.; sisters Deloris (Oakie) Wirss and Pearly Jean Frazier of Hood River, Ore.; five grandsons: Jeffrey Iles, of Helix, Ore., Tim, Jeremy and Chris 'Bubba' Smith, of Mosier, Ore., and Nathan Smith, of Hood River, Ore. Fifteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson, Josh Iles, of Helix, Ore., also survive.
Grandpa was dearly loved by his family and will be greatly missed.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; (541) 386-1000.
Donald Wayne Hill
Donald 'Don' Hill passed away on Jan. 16, 2008, in Yuma, Ariz., with his loving wife of 36 years, Edie, by his side. He was born Feb. 11, 1926, to Sterling and Maude (Cox) Hill in Lincoln, Neb.
He was a roving ranch hand and rodeo cowboy in his younger years. He was also a Korean War veteran. He was a farrier and horse trainer and a large animal technician for Hood River Veterinarian. He retired in 1981 from Martin Marietta Aluminum.
Don was a kind, loving and generous man, who had too many friends to count. He loved to fish, loved clamming and hunting and he loved his Labrador dogs. He was dearly loved and will be greatly missed by all.
In addition to his wife, survivors include his daughter, Diann (Kris) Wallin; a grandson, Christopher (Michelle) Hill; his granddaughter, Kelsea Wallin, and his great-grandsons, Jared and Ty Hill. He was very proud of his family.
His brothers, Sterling and Jerry Hill, preceded him in death.
Memorial donations may be made in his name to the South Pacific County Humane Society, P.O. Box 101, Long Beach, WA 98631.
Fayette Daniels
Fayette Maude Daniels passed away Jan. 26, 2008, at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, at the age of 92. She was a longtime resident of Hood River and will be remembered for her active volunteerism in the community.
A time to honor and remember Fayette will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Anderson's Tribute Center. A reception will follow at Tucker Road Baptist Church then interment at the IOOF cemetery of The Dalles, Ore.
Fayette was born July 2, 1915, in Portland, Ore., to Joseph and Gertrude (Beach) Henderson. On April 6, 1975, she married
Willie R. Daniels at Shaniko and they moved to Hood River in 1977. Willie preceded Fayette in death on April 3, 1986.
Fayette was active in the Hood River County Fair and 4-H programs and volunteered for the Lions Club, Rotary and Kiwanis.
She is survived by a brother; Joseph Henderson, of San Diego, Calif., and special friends and caregivers in the Hood River area including Carol Hoffmann.
Any memorial contributions can be sent to Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; (541) 386-1000
Frankie Summage Zeller
Frankie Summage Zeller was born in Clarkston, Wash., on Jan. 30, 1971. He passed away on April 3, 2008, with his loving family at his side.
Frankie's family is planning a time to celebrate his life and mourn his passing at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at Hood River Valley High School in the Bowe Auditorium, 1220 Indian Creek Road.
Frankie and his sister, Nadine Summage Stathas, lived in Redding, Calif., with various relatives through his first 12 years. He had many fond memories of time spent with Uncle Jeff and Aunt Audrey Carson, his Uncle Calley Jones and his grandfather, Ted, and grandmother, Billie Carson.
Frankie and his sister then moved to The Dalles, Ore., where they lived with their Uncle Will and Aunt Debbie Wingfield and their son, Jared. In 1987 Frankie moved to Hood River and became part of the Zeller family.
Frankie attended Hood River Valley High School and graduated in 1989. He was a record-breaking weight lifter and was also active in track, baseball and football; but his favorite sport was football.
After high school be went to Alaska and worked on a commercial fishing boat for four years. He then started a power washing business in the Portland area and eventually became a successful general contractor.
While in Portland he met Hedley Sandness; they married
on Sept. 16, 2000, and were blessed with three children (two by blood and another by love): Jordyn, Jacob and Lindsey.
Frankie enjoyed jet skiing, fishing, hunting, boating and golfing, and especially spending time with his family and friends. He genuinely loved life and made the most of it.
Frankie is survived by his mother, Dianna, of Hood River, Ore.; sisters Marchi Colwell of Hood River, Nadine Stathas, of West Linn, Ore., Gladys Edwards, of Redding, Calif., Tammy Summage, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Tiffany Booker, of Seattle, Wash.; brothers Jeff Zeller, of Hood River, Ore., and Rocky Summage, Kelly Summage, Michael Summage and Oscar Summage, all of Redding, Calif. He is preceded in death by Frank Summage Sr. and sister, Janice Summage.
Frankie will be deeply missed by all who had made contact with him throughout his life. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made in his name for a fund that will be established for his children's college fund. Please send remembrances 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.
Orlon Westly Martin Jr.
Orlon Westly Martin Jr., a longtime Hood River, Ore., resident, died April 4, 2008, at Ashley Manor. He was 66 years of age.
Services will be held on Thursday, April 10, at 2 p.m. at Anderson's Tribute Center.
Orlon was born Aug. 14, 1941, in Charleston, W.Va., to Orlon and Letha (Sharp) Martin Sr. He was raised and educated in West Virginia, coming to Hood River in 1962.
He was preceded in death by his father, Orlon Martin Sr., and a brother, Dennie Martin.
Orlon is survived by his mother, Letha Martin; brothers David Martin and Carl Martin and sister-in-law, Wanda, all of Hood River, Ore.; sisters Nancy Belcher and her husband, James, of Peytona, W.Va., and Janet Light and her husband, Donald, of George West, Texas. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Vault interment will be at Mt. View cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; (541) 386-1000
Edith Henry Kilbuck
Edith Henry Kilbuck, noted harpsichordist and Professor Emerita at Lewis & Clark College, died peacefully in Portland on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008, four days short of her 77th birthday.
Born in Hood River, Ore., in 1931 to Emma Stratton Kilbuck and Joseph Henry Kilbuck, she attended local public schools, skipping sixth grade and graduating first in her class of 91 students from Hood River High School in 1948.
Her musical life began at the age of 5 with piano lessons, financed in part by her older brother John's paper route. She later began commuting by Greyhound bus from Hood River to Portland to study piano with David Campbell, and was an accomplished performing artist and accompanist by the time she was a teenager.
In these years she was the pianist for Hood River's Music Association junior and adult orchestras, whose Finnish-born conductor, Boris Sirpo, called her 'Eda, ' a name that her family adopted and used at home.
She graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 1952 with a degree in piano, and earned a master's degree in piano and accompanying piano from the Juilliard School of Music in 1955.
Kilbuck was the first recipient of the Lillian and Paul Petri award (1962), which enabled her to study piano and accompaniment in Vienna for one year. With the support of additional grants she also spent time in Florence, Prague, Antwerp, Haarlem, and Oxford, and became an expert in German Baroque keyboard music.
She served on the faculty of Lewis & Clark College from 1963 to 1989, where she was highly and affectionately regarded for her excellence as a teacher and music coach. A chronic arthritic condition induced her to switch from piano to harpsichord, and in 1969 she gave her first solo recital as a harpsichordist. She completed her doctorate in harpsichord and music history at the University of Oregon in 1976, during a sabbatical leave from Lewis & Clark.
Dr. Kilbuck, better known to colleagues and friends as Edith, received Lewis & Clark College's Distinguished Alumni Award for distinction in her field in 1995.
Among her many concert appearances, Dr. Kilbuck spent three summers at the Aspen Music Festival as vocal coach and pianist, and performed regularly at the Eugene Summer Music Festival, both in chamber music ensembles and as soloist with the orchestra. Together with Endre Granat, she performed and recorded Bach's Complete Works for Violin and Harpsichord (Orion, 1976).
In 1987 and 1988, she performed the entire 'Well-Tempered Clavier' by J.S. Bach in a series of four solo concerts. The Oregonian's music critic, David Stabler, praised her 'remarkably brave approach to what is often referred to as the 'Old Testament' of keyboard music.'
Edith Kilbuck was descended from the Delaware chief Gelelemend, a signer in 1778 of the first American Indian treaty with the United States. In 1884, Gelelemend's great-grandson, John Kilbuck, Edith Kilbuck's grandfather, was the first Delaware to be ordained a Moravian minister.
A graduate of Moravian College, John Kilbuck served as a missionary in southwestern Alaska. His diaries and those of his wife, also named Edith, provide much of what is known of Yupik life in the late 1800s. The Kilbuck Mountain Range in southwestern Alaska bears their name. Dr. Kilbuck's personal interest in the music of the Moravian Church led her to spend four months in Herrnhut, East Germany, researching original scores and manuscripts.
Proud of her Native American heritage and gifted with dignity, integrity, and professionalism, Edith also spread warmth and kindness, even as illness separated her from her beloved harpsichord in her later years. She was a vibrant presence, had a disarming sense of humor and an infectious laugh, and never once lost the twinkle in her eyes, even in her last days.
She is survived by her siblings, Katherine Beggs, Elizabeth Asbury, John Kilbuck and Helen Muchow, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her sister, Margaret Johansen.
A memorial service will be held at the Agnes Flanagan Chapel of Lewis & Clark College on Friday, April 11, at 3:30 p.m. Contributions in Edith Kilbuck's memory may be made to the college's music department in support of its chamber music program, dear to Edith's heart. The designation 'Edith Kilbuck Memorial' should appear on the check's memo line. Contributions may be sent to: Lewis & Clark College, Department of Music, 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR 97219-7899.
Vernon Orcutt
Vernon James Orcutt, a Newberg, Ore., resident, died March 31, 2008, at Chehalem Health and Rehab. He was 93 years of age.
Graveside services and interment was held on Friday, April 4, at 2 p.m. at Idlewilde cemetery in Hood River, Ore. Rev. Steve Funk officiated.
Vernon was born June 29, 1914, in Tiff City, Mo., to Ira and Julia Pearl (Howard) Orcutt.
He was raised in the Ozarks, coming to Newberg, as a teen for a couple of years and then returned to Oklahoma.
On April 29, 1935, he and Lucille Haughn were married
in Neosho, Mo. They came to Hood River in 1943 and lived in the Pine Grove area.
Vernon owned and operated a painting and wallpaper hanging business. He was a member of the Mt. Hood Assembly of God Church. Vernon enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and was an avid fisherman.
Preceding him in death were his wife, Lucille, in 2007 and one child, VJ Orcutt, in 1980.
He is survived by daughters Mary Brewer, of Miami, Okla., Dora Bailey, of Dundee, Ore., and Linda Hazen, of Willard, Ore.; 17 grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, eight step-great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren.
Remembrances may be made to Trout Unlimited in care of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; (541) 386-1000
Billie Harper
Billie Lee Harper, age 77, died March 26, 2008, in Parkdale, Ore.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
Billie was born Sept. 1, 1930, at home in Ionia, Mo., to Denver and Adella (Brashear) Harper.
At the age of six he moved with his family to Parkdale. He attended Parkdale schools and helped on the family farm raising hay, alfalfa and cattle.
On June 26, 1954, he and Barbara Iles were married
in The Dalles, Ore. She died Oct. 27, 2007.
He worked for 45 years at sawmills in Odell and Mt. Hood. Billie was loved by his community and friends. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Billie was a master craftsman of knives and leather goods. He was very knowledgeable about all types of firearms. Billie took great care of his family.
He is survived by his daughters, Judi Beers and her husband, Jack, of Adams, Ore., and Kelly Harper of Newport, Ore.; sister Neola Walker of Parkdale, ; sister-in-law Sherry Godfrey of Tillamook, Ore. and her daughter, Mandy, and her grandson, Tyler.
He is also survived by two grandchildren, Jay T. and Ann Beers; nephews Pat Walker and Nick Kirby; several nieces and best friend Bill Lassen and his wife, Ina.
Arrangements by Anderson Tribute Center (Funerals - Receptions - Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031
