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Florence Janik
Florence Vera Tracy Janik died
peacefully at home on Jan. 13, 2010. Born on Jan, 25, 1922, in
Klamath Falls, Ore., she was the child of Joseph Tracy and
Hannah Anderson Tracy Wood and the stepdaughter of George Wood.
She is survived by her husband of nearly
66 years, Joseph John Janik; two sons, Josef Jan Janik
(Margaret) and Ronald Tracy Janik (Marva); a daughter, Kerrone
Lee Arbacauskas (Tony); two grandsons, Ben Arbacauskas and Rob
Freeman; four granddaughters, Leslie Janik, Tiffany
Janik-Pecknold, Megan Janik and Erika Owens; five
great-grandchildren, Sierra, Aidan, Shae, Savannah and Audrey;
and many cherished nieces and nephews.
Florence graduated from The Dalles High
School, class of 1940. She was a flag bearer of The Dalles
Booster Girls and a member of Rainbow.
She entered the Women Accepted for
Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES) in 1942 and was assigned to
Washington, D.C. While there, she met a handsome, Errol Flynn
look-alike, Joseph Janik, who had recently returned from the
Pacific. They were married on Feb. 7, 1944. While still in
Washington, their first son, Jan, was born.
In October of 1945, they moved to Joe’s
hometown of Chicago. After three years in Chicago, they decided
that Oregon would be a better place to raise a family and moved
to The Dalles.
They lived with Florence’s parents on
13th Street while Joe built their house on a vacant lot next
door. During their stay in The Dalles, Tracy and Kerrone were
born and Joe began his career with Pacific Power and Light.
Subsequent moves took them to North Bend in 1962, Beaverton in
1970 and Yakima in 1973.
While moving from place to place,
Florence always found employment to help make ends meet, but her
primary focus was on her family and raising their three
children. She loved gardening and wherever they lived always had
a beautiful garden and a list of “garden” projects for Joe to
work on in his spare time. She loved collecting antiques and had
many collections that she and Joe added to wherever they lived.
Joe retired from PP&L in 1978 and he and
Florence settled into retirement life in Pacific City, Ore.,
where she was active in the church and the library committee.
Florence and Joe were members of the Pacific City Library Club
which raised funds and helped build the Pacific City branch of
Tillamook County Library. Florence was an elected member of the
Pacific City Water Board and served on the board of Pacific City
Presbyterian Church.
Even though Florence and Joe were
somewhat reluctant to give up their independent life in Pacific
City, in 1998 they moved to Down Manor Retirement Home in Hood
River to be closer to their son Tracy and his family in Cascade
Locks. Their reluctance was overcome rather quickly and both
served terms on the Down Manor Civic Club board and Florence,
who loved playing games, was soon active in bridge, cribbage,
bunko and one of her favorites, mahjong.
In December 2009, they moved to Cascade
Locks to live with Tracy and Marva. As were the previous nearly
88 years of her life, her last weeks in Cascade Locks were full
of love and laughter.
A memorial service will be held at a
later date. In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory can be made
to Hospice of the Gorge or the Alzheimer’s Association.
Dorothy Graves
Dorothy Marguerite Shay Graves was born
April 25, 1916, to Dorothy G. B. and Walter W. Shay in Hood
River, Ore., at the “Stork’s Nest” — a maternity home owned by
her paternal grandparents, Alice and Walter E. Shay. Her
maternal grandparents were John and Anna Russell Lill, also of
Hood River.
Dorothy and her family lived in Hood
River until Dorothy was about 8 years old when they moved to
Portland, Ore. The family moved again to Woodland, Calif., where
her brother, Walter Ellis Shay, was born. Another move brought
them to Sacramento, Calif., and then one more move found them in
Burlingame, Calif., where Dorothy entered the eighth grade and
graduated from Burlingame High School.
Dorothy attended three semesters at the
College of San Mateo, taking business classes, and then went to
work as a bookkeeper in San Francisco, where she met her future
husband, William (Bill) J. Graves, at a local ice skating rink.
Dorothy and her mother had purchased a
home that sat on a double lot in Burlingame, so when she became
engaged to Bill the couple decided to build their own house on
the back of that double lot. Dorothy and Bill were married at
St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Burlingame on May 16, 1941.
Dorothy and Bill had two daughters and
several dogs and cats. In 1948 the young family moved to a
brand-new development in San Mateo known as “San Mateo Village,”
and over the years the family loved to go camping. Dorothy and
Bill also loved sailing on the San Francisco area lakes and bay
and often took skiing trips during the wintertime.
Eventually Dorothy went back to work as
a bookkeeper, retiring in the late 1970s. Bill retired a short
time later and they bought property in Pollock Pines, Calif.,
built a house there and lived a retired life of travel,
community connections, volunteerism and fun until Bill’s death
in 1987. Dorothy stayed in Pollock Pines for a few years and
then bought a home in Placerville, where she continued her
volunteer work at the library and hospital.
Dorothy loved to garden and was an avid
reader. She also continued her traveling, often with her eldest
daughter, as well as providing many levels of support to her
youngest daughter.
In January 2007 Dorothy’s younger
daughter suffered a terminal illness and at the age of 90
Dorothy decided that taking care of her own home in Placerville
by herself was too much, so she researched and planned a move to
a retirement community in Southern Oregon to be closer to her
surviving daughter.
While staying with her daughter in
Yreka, Calif., she suffered a stroke in September 2007 that
necessitated a move into a care facility. Her daughter found a
wonderful licensed care facility called “A Touch of Home” in
Etna, Calif., where Dorothy lived and was cared for by
compassionate and fun-loving caregivers, and where her daughter
was able to visit frequently.
Dorothy attended the Madrone Adult Day
Center once a week and also took a class at the College of the
Siskiyous during the fall of 2009.
In January 2010, Dorothy suffered
another stroke, was placed in the care of Madrone Hospice but
was able to be returned to her own room at “A Touch of Home” for
her final days surrounded by family, familiar people and her own
things. She died Jan. 11, 2010.
Dorothy was predeceased by her husband,
William J. Graves, and her daughter, Margaret L. Jewell.
She is survived by her daughter,
Katharine D. Graves, of Yreka, Calif.; grandson, Gregory T.
Pyles, of Hayward, Calif.; niece, Carole Noonan and family, of
Daly City, Calif.; nephew, John Musante and family, of Millbrae,
Calif.; as well as various Lills and Shays around the country.
The family wishes to extend its thanks
to the nurses and staff at Madrone Hospice as well as the owners
and staff of “A Touch of Home” for the care, love, friendship
and compassion shown to Dorothy.
Celebrations of Dorothy’s life will be
planned for later dates in the spring and will be held in
Placerville and San Mateo, Calif.
Dorothy requested any memorial
contributions to go to any of the following: Humane Society of
the United States, 2100 L. St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037;
Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation, 16200 Hwy. 101, Willits, CA
95490; Friends of the Library of El Dorado County Inc., 345 Fair
Lane, Placerville, CA 95667; Salvation Army of the U.S.A., the
office closest to your zip code.
Anne Winslow
Anne Mary (Lauby) Winslow, 94, of Hood
River, Ore., died peacefully at home on the evening of Jan. 14,
2010.
Anne was born Aug. 15, 1915, in Nezperce,
Idaho, the second child of Nicholas and Mary Lauby. The Laubys
homesteaded near Savageton, Wyo., in 1917 where two brothers and
another sister joined Anne and her older sister.
In 1922, the family moved to Mt. Angel,
Ore., where Anne and her siblings grew up. She graduated high
school from Mt. Angel Academy and attended business college in
Salem. Upon graduation, she worked as a secretary there.
On Sept. 25, 1937, Anne married Charles
E. “Tommy” Winslow in Mt. Angel and they made their home in
Salem. Tommy enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II and
Anne continued to work. After the war, they lived in Vancouver,
Wash., where Tommy worked for Bonneville Power Administration.
She was close with her sisters, Liz and
Veronica, and their husbands, Walt and Louie, and their
families, all of whom lived across the river in Portland. When
Tommy retired, they moved to the Oregon coast and then to Hood
River in the late 1970s. Tommy died in 1983.
Anne had an active life for many years,
enjoying genealogy and traveling, oftentimes combining both
interests. She made a few visits with her sisters and brother,
Joe, to Wyoming to see the extended Lauby-Schlautmann family.
Together, they went to a Lauby family reunion in Nebraska, and
even to Germany to visit more-distant relatives.
She liked to knit and crochet and made
afghans for several family members. Anne also enjoyed reading
and gardening. She was a kind, generous person who was always
smiling and happy with her life.
Anne is survived by her sister,
Elizabeth Cutshall; her brother Joseph; her sister-in-law,
Louise Lauby; five nephews, nine nieces and numerous
grand-nephews and grand-nieces; and her caregiver, Anita Allen,
and her husband, Terry; as well as her friends who live at
Anita’s.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; her husband; her older sister, Veronica; and her
brother Anthony.
A rosary will be said at 2 p.m. on
Wednesday, Jan. 20, at St. Mary’s Church, 1501 Belmont Ave.,
Hood River, followed immediately by a funeral Mass. After Mass,
graveside services will be held at St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Arrangements are being handled by
Anderson’s Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR
97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit
www.andersonstributecenter.com to sign the family guest
book.
Lyle Dillenbeck
Lyle Martin Dillenbeck, 92, passed away
at his residence at Hawks Ridge Assisted Living in Hood River,
Ore., on Jan. 14, 2010.
Lyle was born Nov. 15, 1917, in
Williamston, Mich. He was one of three sons of Ray C Dillenbeck
and Muriel (Merrifield) Dillenbeck. Lyle was raised in
Williamston.
After graduating high school he got his
barber’s license and worked with his father until he was drafted
into the Army Air Force on June 26, 1941; his basic training was
at the Portland Air Base in Portland, Ore. He was promoted to
private first class following his basic training.
Initially Lyle was an airplane and
engine mechanic, assisting in performing prescribed inspections
and maintenance of aircraft. It was his responsibility to see
that engines were in proper working order by doing tune-ups and
pre-flight inspections.
He met his wife, Virginia, on April 12,
1942, while he was stationed there.
Lyle was sent to radio mechanic
schooling in Los Angeles, Calif., and was subsequently promoted
to tech sergeant with the 47th Bomb Squadron. As a radio
mechanic he performed necessary maintenance and repair work on
AAF airborne radio equipment.
He made periodic inspections of radio
equipment, kept equipment cleaned; inspected antenna systems,
cords, plugs, telegraph key and control switches. He tested
equipment, made necessary adjustments and replaced needed parts.
He was deployed to Kahoka Air Base in
Honolulu, Hawaii. He and Virginia were married Aug. 10, 1942,
while he was on leave. He then transferred to Abemama Air Base
in the Gilbert Islands and was there for a little over a year
before being briefly deployed to Kansas, then back to Portland
Air Base with the 41st Bomb Squadron. He was given an honorable
discharge on Oct. 9, 1945.
After leaving the Army Lyle and Virginia
had a farm on Dethman Ridge in Hood River, Ore. During this time
they had two sons, Loyd and Don. Lyle also worked Diamond Fruit
Growers until he retired.
Lyle’s favorite hobby was rock
collecting. He loved to cut and polish the ones that he
collected. He got the nickname of “Rocky” from his coworkers.
He also loved working in his yard. He was a member of the Odd
Fellows Lodge in Odell.
Lyle was preceded in death by his
parents, his wife, Virginia, and two brothers, Max Dillenbeck
and Gerald Dillenbeck.
Lyle is survived by a brother, Keith
Sadler, of Williamston, Mich.; sons Loyd Dillenbeck and his
wife, Stella, of Alamogordo, N.M., and Don Dillenbeck and his
wife, Cindy, of Hood River; granddaughters Marcella (Dillenbeck)
Garland, of Anchorage, Alaska, and Michelle (Dillenbeck) Portnoy,
of Tempe, Ariz.; grandsons Aaron Dillenbeck, of Hood River, and
Nicholas Dillenbeck, of Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany;
great-granddaughter Kaelin Portnoy; and great-grandsons Elijah
and Samuel Garland; and many other friends and family.
Memorials can be made to the Gorge
Heroes Club and sent care of Anderson’s.
A funeral service with military honors
will be conducted 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at Anderson’s
Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031.
Graveside rites will follow at the Pine Grove Butte Cemetery.
Family friend and pastor, Carl Casey of the Parkdale Nazarene
Church, will officiate. Please visit
www.andersonstributecenter.com to sign the family guest
book.
Larry Young
Carrington Barrington “Larry” Young III,
a longtime resident of Hood River, died at Providence Hood River
Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, with his family at
his side.
A service to mourn his passing and
celebrate his life is planned for 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at
Anderson’s Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, led by
celebrant speaker and family friend Bob Huskey. Entombment will
follow at the Idlewilde Mausoleum. Friends are invited to visit
with family and viewing Wednesday evening from 5-7 p.m. at
Anderson’s.
Larry was the only son born to
Carrington Barrington and Mary Frances (Obdrzalek) Young II in
Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 17, 1926. Both of his parents died
by the time Larry was 6 and he was sent to live with relatives
in Portland, Ore.
Larry attended Benson Tech in Portland
and, like many young men during World War II, enlisted to serve
his country. He spent two years in the South Pacific on an Army
transport ship as a merchant seaman.
He bought his first car on Sandy
Boulevard and asked the salesman to point the car in the
direction of Hood River. Still in his uniform, not knowing how
to drive, he headed east to join Carl Heller, the man who raised
him.
Larry met the love of his life, Laura
Abercrombie, in Hood River. She lived with her parents behind
Heller’s Café on the west end of Hood River. Larry and Laura
married July 30, 1947, in that same house and at a very young
age took over the café.
Laura’s mom, Erna, became the mother he
always wanted and adored him until her death in 1983.
Larry was never ashamed to admit to
anyone that he and Laura were terrible at running a restaurant
and it took him 10 years working at SD & S Sawmill in Bingen,
Wash., to pay off the debt. He made longtime friends during his
logging industry career and respected the strength of people who
worked that job.
He and Laura had four children. Their
first-born, Carrington Barrington IV, died in infancy in
November 1949. They were blessed with three daughters, Carrie,
Barbara and Mary.
At age 32, with the encouragement of his
family, he began a 51-year career in Real Estate. His
orange-and-black Young Realty signs dotted property in Hood
River County until 1978 when he closed the office; however, he
continued to work in Real Estate from his back workroom office
until his death.
Larry and Laura loved to square dance.
Larry was a caller for several clubs including the Wy’east
Whirlers of Hood River, Checkerboard Squares, Swinging Archies
and Bachelors and Bachelorettes of Portland, Ore. He and his
clubs were honored in the Portland Rose Festival Starlight
Parade and performed at a halftime show for the Portland Trail
Blazers.
In addition to the square dance clubs,
Larry belonged to the Hood River Saddle Club, Odd Fellows and
the American Legion.
Larry loved to be with “his girls”
(wife, mother-in-law, daughters and granddaughters) and took
them on many vacations and trips over the years. They traveled
via horses, trucks, cars, vans, campers, trailers, motor homes,
jets and cruise ships.
Larry is survived and will be dearly
missed by his wife of 62 years, Laura; three daughters, Carrie
Weathers, of Hood River, Barb (and Kirk) Stein, of Hood River,
and Mary (and Steve) Stiles, of Milwaukie, Ore.; granddaughters
Darcie (and Rich) Ahrendt, of Troutdale, Ore., Jeannette (and
Mike) Whalen, of Oregon City, Ore., and Aimee Cooper, of
Portland, Ore.; step-grandson Josh (Wendy) Stiles;
great-grandson Payton Ahrendt; step-great-grandchildren Brycen
and Makenzie Stiles and Andrew Ahrendt; two nieces and a nephew;
and his “kid” brother Bill (and Kathy) Johnnson.
Memorial contributions in Larry’s name
can be made to West Side Fire Department and/or Providence Hood
River Memorial Hospital and sent in care of Anderson’s Tribute
Center, 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000.
Please visit
www.andersonstributecenter.com to sign the family guest
book.
Micki Towell
Michael Ann “Micki” Towell passed away
Jan. 7, 2010, at Portland Providence Hospital, with her family
at her side. She was born Nov. 8, 1940, in Eureka, Calif., to
George and Lenore (Michael) Falkenstein.
Soon after, her family moved to
Bottineau, N.D., where her grandparents and other family lived.
Micki had many happy memories of North Dakota and especially of
her summers on Lake Metigoshe.
Micki’s family moved to Marysville,
Calif., when she was a teenager. After graduating from
Marysville High School in the top of her class, she enrolled in
the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, she
participated in the burgeoning student movements of that era and
was also active in the Berkeley Presbyterian church.
She spent a memorable summer in Sitka,
Alaska, working in the TB ward of a hospital and doing other
volunteer work. Micki graduated from Berkeley in 1961 with a
degree in psychology and then began teaching in Winters, Calif.
Micki married James Arthur Towell on
June 27, 1964, at Marysville Presbyterian Church. They moved to
Tacoma, Wash., when Jim was stationed at Fort Lewis, then moved
to Bremerton, Wash., in 1966, where they raised their children,
Andy and Kristie.
In Bremerton, Micki taught at
Brownsville and Woodlands elementary schools. After earning her
master’s degree in library science from University of the Puget
Sound in 1981, she worked as an elementary media specialist.
Micki loved teaching and she was the
consummate librarian — there was no question too obscure. Most
importantly and above all other activities, Micki was a
wonderful mother who was truly interested in and supportive of
her family.
Micki and Jim moved to Seaside, Ore., in
2001. Even though she was retired, Micki was busier than ever.
She served as president of the Seaside Historical Museum,
created countless beautiful quilts, belonged to Cannon Beach
Presbyterian Church and took many long bird-watching walks on
the beach.
She had an unquenchable interest in the
world and its people. Each year, Jim and Micki would travel —
throughout the United States, Central America and Europe. In
2007 and 2009 she traveled with a group of teachers from the
group “Children of the Nations” to Malawi and Uganda, Africa.
During these trips, she worked with
children and teachers from those countries, sharing teaching
techniques and her love of books and storytelling.
She made life-long friends on these
journeys.
In October 2009, Jim and Micki moved to
Hood River, Ore. Micki loved being close to her grandchildren,
and treasured cooking with them, volunteering in their classroom
at Pine Grove Elementary and bringing them with her to Riverside
Community Church. Her time here was absolutely precious and will
never be forgotten.
Micki was preceded in death by her
parents. She is survived by her husband, Jim Towell, of Hood
River; her son Andy and his wife, Darcie, and daughter, Kiera of
Woodway, Wash.; her daughter, Kristie, and her husband, Guy, and
their children Toby and Tavish, of Hood River.
Services will be held on Jan. 23 at
Cannon Beach Presbyterian Church. Her ashes will be buried at
Pine Grove Butte Cemetery, Hood River. Memorial contributions
can be made to Children of the Nations (COTN), Attn: Larry
Arnold, P.O. Box 3970, Silverdale, WA 98383, and the Micki
Towell Scholarship Fund in care of Woodlands Elementary School,
7420 Central Valley Road N.E., Bremerton, WA 98311-8963; (360)
662-9700.
Arrangements are under the direction of
Anderson’s Tribute Center, 541-386-1000. Please visit
www.andersonstributecenter.com to sign the family guest
book.
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