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of 5th and Hwy 14. Potluck 6
p.m. Meeting 6:30. Everyone
welcome.
Wednesday, March 4
March 3,10,17 and 28.
TEEN TECH: Egg Drop
SENIOR LUNCH: Senior lunch Challenge 3:30-5 p.m. at The
at the Lyle Lions Community
Dalles-Wasco County Public
Center on the corner of Hwy 14
Library, 722 Court St., The
and 5th . Doors open early, lunch Dalles. Want to make a mess in
served at 12 noon. Sixty and over the library? We will be having a
suggested donation $3.50, all
challenge to create a device or
others $6.50. Everyone welcome. mechanism that will protect an
LYLE LIONS: Lyle Lions
egg falling off the mezzanine to
Club Meeting at the Lyle Lions
the library floor. We will drop the
Community Center on the corner eggs until there is only one left.
HAPPENING
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DEATHS
Mary A. Hausinger, 75,
a resident of The Dalles,
Ore., died Feb. 21, 2020.
Spencer, Libby & Powell
Funeral Home in care of
arrangements.
Ora D. “Doris”
Anderson, 88, a resident of
The Dalles, Ore., died Feb.
21, 2020. Spencer, Libby
& Powell Funeral Home in
care of arrangements.
OBITUARIES
Gloria Jean Kennedy
April 16, 1936 ~ February 15, 2020
Gloria Jean Kennedy, a
lifelong Mosier, Ore., resi-
dent and business owner,
passed away Saturday
February 15, 2020, in Gre-
sham, Ore.
Gloria was born April
16, 1936, in The Dalles,
Ore., to Darrell Percy and
Lillie Adena (Hood)
Evans. Gloria’s ancestors
were Mosier pioneers.
She was part of the fifth
generation of the Evans
Family to live in Mosier.
Gloria grew up in Mosier
on the Evans f amily
homestead. Gloria attend-
ed school in Mosier all
twelve years and graduat-
ed from Mosier High
School in 1954. She stud-
ied business courses at
Oregon State University
in 1955. While attending
Mosier School, Gloria met
Bill Leroy Kennedy. Bill
and Gloria were high
school sweethearts. They
were married on Septem-
ber 1, 1957 at the Mosier
Christian Church.
While growing up on
the family farm, Gloria
honed her culinary skills,
picked cherries, peaches
and prunes, and packed
fruit in the family pack-
inghouse. A few of the
chores on the farm includ-
ed pruning fruit trees and
changing sprinkler lines.
Gloria and Bill worked to-
gether on the Evans farm
during high school. After
returning home from col-
lege, Gloria was employed
by the phone company in
The Dalles as a telephone
operator.
Gloria and Bill pur-
chased the Robert An-
OBITUARIES
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
drews store in Mosier,
Ore., in the year 1958, and
that was the beginning of
B i l l ’s M a rke t .
They
worked beside each other
in the grocery business
for 24 years. After selling
the grocery store in 1982,
she joined the work force
as a member of Kennedy
Excavating. Gloria was
the bookkeeper, took care
of the necessary permits
for projects and business
licensing, and was the
parts chaser. When need-
ed, she would drive the
dump truck and backhoe.
Being married to a
Mosier Volunteer Fire-
man, she became an inte-
gral part of Mosier Fire
Department Command
Control Center. With only
10 phones hooked up to
the Mosier fire phone sys-
tem at the time, one at
Bill's Market, and one at
her home, Gloria always
knew the location of the
fires. If you wanted to
know the location of the
fire, you called Gloria, day
or night.
Gloria and husband
Bill were staunch support-
ers of their children and
grandchildren’s sport ac-
tivities, as they proudly
watched their participa-
tion in ballgames or track
meets. Gloria and Bill
proudly watched their
children and grandchil-
dren participate in sports
activities.
She loved Sunday out-
ings with her family
whether it was rock hunt-
ing, Sunday drives, or try-
ing out the metal detec-
tor around old Mosier
James “Jim” Allen Elton
December 23, 1924 ~ February 15, 2020
James Allen Elton 95, was born December 23, 1924
in Los Angeles, Calif. He passed February 15, 2020 in
Lebanon, Ore.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents Guy and
Maureen, and his first wife Roberta.
Jim is survived by his wife of 50 years Shara, his
sister Bonnie Scheffler of Las Vegas, Nev., his chil-
dren Christie Beason (Tom) Ammon, Idaho, Bill Stur-
divant (Linda) Lebanon Ore., Judy McMichael (Mike)
Riverside, Calif., Janet Bates (Dave) Ammon, Idaho, 8
grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren and 1 great-
great granddaughter.
Jim was very proud of his assignment and ability,
to become an army medic saving many lives during
WWII. He received the Purple Heart for a gunshot
wound to the neck while coming ashore at Normandy
Beach.
Jim was a salesman to provide for his family, but it
was his passion that he left his mark on the world and
on our hearts. Jim was cowboy, a boat captain and a
pilot who built and flew his own experimental air-
plane.
In retirement Jim enjoyed spending time in his
shop on the ranch working on his projects.
God bless you Jim Elton, you will forever be a big
deal to our family.
area homestead sites.
Gloria and Bill took their
four kids everywhere they
went, whether it was to
Dairy Queen, the
Humdinger, the movies,
functions, as well as fami-
ly vacations to Yellow-
stone or the Grand
Canyon.
Gloria loved
cooking for her family, es-
pecially during holidays
and family gatherings.
She also enjoyed travel-
ing, tending to her flowers
and family history. She
was the official family
photographer.
Gloria is survived by
her four kids: Rick
Kennedy of Caddo Valley,
Ark.; Terry Kennedy (and
wife Sherri) of Hood
R i v e r, O r e . ; P e n n y
Kennedy of The Dalles,
Ore.; Dale Kennedy of
Mosier, Ore.; grandchil-
dren Fitzpatrick Kennedy
of Redmond, Ore.; Savan-
na Stein (and husband
Myken) of Fruitland,
Idaho; Matthew Neal (and
wife Lizzie) of Everett,
Wash.; Jenna Kennedy of
Hood River, Ore.; great
grandchildren Monte and
Matthew Stein of Fruit-
land, Idaho; niece Bonnie
Cook of Kennewick,
Wash.; nephew Gil Evans
(and wife Debbie) of
Mosier; g reat niece,
Megan Smith of Richland;
g reat ne phews Philip
Evans (and wife Davina)
of Mosier, Ore., Kurt and
(and wife Tiffany) of The
Dalles, Ore., and Lynden
Evans, as well as several
great- great nieces and
nephews.
A viewing will be held
from 9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
on Friday, February 28,
2020, followed by a Cele-
bration of Life at 11:00
a.m. at Anderson's Trib-
ute Center (1401 Belmont
Ave Hood River, OR 97031).
Interment will follow the
service at Mosier Ceme-
tery (State Road Mosier,
Ore.) with a reception at
the Mosier Grange Hall
(900 4th Ave, Mosier, OR).
Arrangements are
under the direction of An-
derson's Tribute Center
(Funerals • Receptions •
Cremations) 1401 Belmont
Avenue, Hood River, Ore-
gon
97031.
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