Dorothy Kaufman

Dorothy May Kaufman died Thursday, March 7, 2008, at her home in The Dalles, Ore., with her family at her side.

Services will be held on Tuesday, March 11, at 11 a.m. at Anderson’s Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River. A reception will follow.

Dorothy May Arnett was born May 31, 1918, in Booker, Texas. She was the youngest of four children born to Chester A. Arnett and Sarah Annie Smith. In 1920 she and her family (father, mother, brothers Chester and Howard and sister Margaret) traveled by covered wagon from Texas to Oklahoma and finally settling in Missouri.

She attended school in Anderson, Mo., in the 1920s (a school building still operating when her son Jack went to elementary school in the 1940s). There she met and married Samuel R. Kaufman in 1936.

Dorothy loved working outdoors in the fields and gardens. She also liked to play pinochle and take long walks with her grandchildren, which usually included a beloved dog companion. She also liked to travel to see country music performers, some as far east as Branson, Mo.

Due to bad health, Samuel, who was called by most people “Pete,” was advised by doctors to move west. They settled in Hood River, Ore., in 1949, where they both worked for Apple Growers Association which later became Diamond Fruit Growers. Pete retired from Diamond Fruit Growers shortly before his death in 1973. Dorothy retired in 1983.

Dorothy was a member of Teamsters Local 670. She was not affiliated with a local church but had deep spiritual connections, throughout her lifetime, to Mt. Zion Church in Anderson, Mo., where her father often pastored.

Dorothy is survived by her son, Jack Kaufman, and his wife, Carolyn, of The Dalles. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Jody Bynum of Texas, Jack Kaufman Jr., of Oklahoma, and Ron Kaufman and his wife, Rebecca, of Mosier, Ore.

She is also survived by six great-grandchildren: Chris Bynum, Tiffany Kaufman, Araha Kaufman, Amber Godwin, Caleb Godwin and Kirsten Godwin; and two great-great-grandsons, Edward Bynum and Mehki (Kaufman) Johnson. She also leaves behind her beloved dog, “Buffy,” and numerous nieces and nephews.

Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents, all her siblings, her spouse, Samuel Kaufman, and a great-granddaughter, Angie Bynum.

Interment will be at Mt. View Cemetery in Hood River, Ore.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Gorge in care of Anderson’s Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; (541) 386-1000; www.andersonstributecenter.com.

Alfred ‘Al’ Cooper

Alfred Henry “Al” Cooper, a longtime Hood River, Ore., resident, died March 8, 2008, at home. He was 84 years of age.

Services will be held on Saturday, March 15, at 11 a.m. at the Hood River Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Visitation will be held on Friday, March 14, from 4-7 p.m. at Anderson’s Tribute Center.

Alfred was born Feb. 2, 1924, in Fulton, Kansas, to Conrad and Emma (Goedeke) Cooper. He came with his family at the age of six to Mosier, Ore. He attended school there and then moved to Hood River, Ore., in 1941 and graduated from Hood River High School in 1946.

On Nov. 7, 1975, he and Ralene Newbold were married at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Temple in Oakland, Calif. Alfred had worked as office manager for the Union Oil Distributorship for many years. In addition to church activities, Alfred enjoyed children, genealogy, rodeos and drawing (mostly horses).

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Willard and Charles, and a sister, Nellie Porath.

Alfred is survived by his wife, Ralene, of Hood River, Ore.; sisters Martha Hooker and her husband, Ken, of Hermiston, Ore., and Emma Barber, of Hood River, Ore. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Missionary Fund at the Hood River Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or the West Side Fire Department in care of Anderson’s Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; (541) 386-1000; www.andersonstributecenter.com.