Death Notice: Delores Sharon Foster “Dee”, 76, White Salmon

Delores Sharon Foster “Dee” passed away on September 22nd, 2024, in Vancouver, Washington.

Dee was born on August 3rd, 1948, and was 76 years of age at the time of passing.  

Services for Dee are planned for 12 NOON, Thursday, October 17th, 2024 at the Carson Cemetery. 

Arrangements are under the direction of Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, Washington.  Visit www.GardnerFH.com to share a story or leave a note for the family.      

Death Notice: Lynde Sue Fink Curtis, 70, White Salmon

Lynde Sue Fink Curtis

Lynde Sue Fink Curtis of Klickitat, Washington passed away September 21st , 2024, in White Salmon, Washington with her daughter and granddaughter by her side.

Lynde was born January 29th, 1954 in White Salmon, Washington, she was 70 years of age at the time of passing. Memorial Services in Klickitat are pending and will be announced soon.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gardner Funeral Home (156 NE Church Avenue, White Salmon, Washington). Visit www.GardnerFH.com to share a story or leave a note for the family.

Death Notice: William Nielsen, 68, White Salmon

William Nielsen passed away on September 6th, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. William was born January 10th, 1956, he was 68 years of age at the time of passing.

Arrangements are under the direction of Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, Washington.  Visit www.gardnerFH.com to share a story or leave a note for the family.      

Death Notice: Chris Robert Flint, 68, White Salmon

Chris Robert Flint, age 68, a resident of White Salmon, WA, passed away on June 23, 2024.

Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Death Notice: Arthur Howard Blades, 79, White Salmon

Arthur Howard Blades passed away on May 29th, 2024 in White Salmon, Washington. Arthur was born December 28th, 1944, and was 79 years of age at the time of passing.

Services are pending with arrangements under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center • 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.  Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family.

Death Notice: R. “Bernie” Krager, 89, White Salmon

R. “Bernie” Krager passed away on May 10th, 2024, at home in White Salmon, Washington.  Bernie was born June 8th, 1934 in Twin Falls, Idaho, he was 89 years of age at the time of passing.  

Services are pending with arrangements under the direction of Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, Washington.  Visit www.gardnerFH.com to share a story or leave a note for family.      

Obituary: Joyce Graff, 78, White Salmon

Joyce Graff passed away on March 8th, 2024 in White Salmon, Washington. Joyce was born January 18th, 1946 in O’Neill, Nebraska, and was 78 years of age at the time of her passing.

Joyce was born in the O’Neill General Hospital to Gerald E. and Ann Elizabeth (Strong) Smith joining three older sisters; Sammie Jean, Geraldine Ann, and Judy Ellen followed by a younger sister, Kathryn.

Joyce lived in various places in Washington as her family moved, including; Renton, Kent, Maple Valley, Naches, and White Salmon. She attended and graduated from Kent Meridian High School Class of 1964. After graduation, she married David Graff on July 10, 1964. Joyce continued her education at Peterson Business School in Seattle, Washington.

Joyce worked 22 and half years for General Electric in their Lamp Division and later for PACCAR, Parts Division before retiring. She was an avid seamstress and quilter and also enjoyed the Great Outdoors of the Pacific Northwest; hiking and camping. Joyce was a Christian and belonged to The Nazarene Church.

Joyce is survived by children, Lisa A Siebenaler, and husband, Paul Siebenaler; grandchildren, Mathias Siebenaler; siblings, Geraldine Ann Parks Miller and Kathryn Lucille Surber; 11 nephews and 7 nieces. She is predeceased by her husband David Graff, who died (2014); children, Daniel David Graff (2021), siblings Sammie Jean McConnel-Stockton and Judy Ellen Brookbank Braxton.

Services for Joyce are as follows;

A Celebration of Life ceremony will be held at 1:00 P.M., Saturday, May 11th, 2024 at 685 NE Wauna Ave, White Salmon, Washington.

A Memorial Service & Urn Committal will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, July 13th, 2024 at Mt. Olivet Cemetery of Renton, Washington is still pending.

A Celebration of Life ceremony will be held at 1:00 P.M., Sunday, July 14th, 2024 at Steel Lake Park, Federal Way, Washington.

Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center • 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.

Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family.

Obituary: Thomas George Meaney, 78, White Salmon

Thomas George Meaney

Tom Meaney, 78, of White Salmon, Washington was the eldest of Ruth and Edward Meaney’s three sons.

Tom grew up in Portland, Oregon. He attended All Saints Elementary and Jesuit High School. He graduated from Wilson High School in 1963.

Immediately after high school graduation, Tom joined the Marine Corps as his father had done before him. He thought since the base was at Camp Pendleton, he would be able to go surfing. Unfortunately, he didn’t learn to surf. Instead, he did two tours of duty to Southeast Asia, serving in Vietnam. He remembered these days in Vietnam every day for the rest of his life.

After an honorable discharge from the Marines, Tom enrolled at Portland State University as a political science major, and, at about the same time, he opened Tom’s Rugs, an Oriental rug store in Sellwood.

After a few years in the rug business, he sold the store to a friend, became a part-time house painter, and joined Mt. Park Racquet Club. The tennis club became his second home for the next twenty-five years. Tom was a natural athlete. He played tennis, racquetball and squash and was always available for a cocktail after a match. 

He met Rae Carey while playing tennis at Mt. Park. They married in 1990 and in 2000 they moved to White Salmon. During these years he enjoyed many holidays in Hawaii where he, finally, went surfing. 

Tom will be remembered for how much he enjoyed talking to people and for the unlimited number of stories he had to tell. He was kind and generous, and he loved animals, especially all of the wildlife that visited his house in the country.

Tom died soon after being diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his brother, Ed Meaney. He is survived by Rae Meaney, brother Phil Meaney, sisters-in-law Liz and Chris Meaney, his cousins Charles, Delores, John, and Mary-Kay, and a few life-long friends.  

There will be a burial service at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon November 2nd, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. 

Memorial donations may be made to Rowena Wildlife Clinic 6900 Highway 30WThe Dalles, OR 97058 (rowenawildlifeclinic.org)      

Thomas George Meaney, 78, White Salmon

Thomas George Meaney, age 78, a resident of White Salmon, WA, passed away on October 22, 2023.

An Interment will be held at Willamette National Cemetery at a later date. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.  

Death Notice: Kristie Lee Gensler, White Salmon

Kristie Lee Gensler passed away on July 24, 2023 at home in White Salmon, Washington. Kristie was born on July 21, 1951 in Mount Pleasant, Utah and was 72 years of age at the time of passing.   

A graveside committal service is planned for 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 2nd, 2023 at the Upper Valley Parkdale Cemetery (6917 Allen Road, Mount Hood Parkdale Oregon 97041). 

Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center • 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.   

Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family. 

Obituary: Steven B. Andersen, White Salmon

A woodworker and lifelong bird watcher, Steven has decided that if there is a life after death, he wishes to come back as a Rufus-sided Towhee. 

Steven B. Andersen of White Salmon, Washington, 74, passed away on January 1, 2023. He is survived by his wife, Juanita, of White Salmon, Washington, as well as his daughter Jennifer Rashleigh of Portland, Oregon; and his grandchildren: Emmett, Rosalynn, Katelyn, Brendan, and Isla.

Steven was born on February 18, 1948, in Corvallis, Oregon. He graduated from Gold Beach Union High School and then graduated BA, MS, in Resource Geography at Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon.

Steven was a veteran of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1967-1970, Field Station No. 1, Lakehurst, New Jersey. He served in support of the primary recovery satellite communications system for the Apollo 11 moon landing.

From 1980-1987, Steven was the planning director for Klickitat County while living in Goldendale, Washington. He later was the founder and principal planner of Cascade Planning Associates in White Salmon, Washington.

Steven’s proudest achievement as a land use planner was the successful lobbying of Congress on the behalf of Klickitat County for the expansion of the Dallesport Urban Area of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. A woodworker and lifelong bird watcher, Steven has decided that if there is a life after death, he wishes to come back as a Rufus-sided Towhee.  

Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center • 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.  Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family.

Death Notice: Jack Bartol Britton, White Salmon

Jack Bartol Britton, age 83, a resident of White Salmon, WA, passed away on July 4, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Obituary: Mary Lois “Mel” Taylor, White Salmon

Mary Lois “Mel” Taylor left this world and entered her Heavenly home on April 4, 2022 she passed in White Salmon, Washington. Mary was born on February 11, 1926 and was 96 years old at the time of her passing.

Mel was born in Seattle, Washington to Homer Thomas and Louis (Teroller) Bovee. She was born with her win brother, Chuck and joined sisters, Jane and Helen.

Mel attended schools in Seattle until she left for Whitworth College in 1944. She graduated with degrees in Speech, Drama and Bible in 1948. While at Whitworth she met her future husband, Cliff Taylor, who recently returned from serving in the US Army during WWII. They married on June 14, 1947, at her parents’ home on Whidbey Island, Washington. After Cliff’s graduation in 1949, they moved to The Cheyenne/Crow Reservation in Busby, Montana where Cliff taught 5th grade. They were house parents to 30 children, and while they were there Mel cooked two meals a day for all of them of a coal stove.

In 1963, after three moves to various teaching jobs, Cliff was hired to teach “new math” at Wy’East High School. In 1969 Mel got her realtors license and spent her career at the Don Nunamaker, Realtors, earning “Realtor of the Year” in 2001. She retired in 2011 at the age of 85. She was appreciated for her love of helping others and for her cinnamon rolls that graced each new home sold.

Mel always said she was rich in family! She is survived by; her children, Mary Beth (& Tim) Copper, Lee Ann (& Marv) Routson, John (& Janet) Taylor, and Lisa (& Dave) Calmettes; seventeen grandchildren; forty great-grandchildren; and a host of friends that she has collected over her 96 years.

She was preceded in death by; her daughter, Jo Ella Sellers (Gilbert) in 2005; her husband, Cliff Taylor in 2014; and twin brother, Chuck Bovee in 2021.

As Mel grew older, her great longing for Heaven was evident. Many hours each day would find her reading her Bible, devotional and talking about the Lord, Jesus. One of her favorite verses was Psalm 16; 4-5.

A time to Celebrate Mel’s life is planned for 7:00 p.m., Friday, June 3, 2022, at the CMA Church (2650 Montello Avenue, Hood River, Oregon).

Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals • Receptions • Cremations) 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.

Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family.

Death Notice: Mel Taylor, White Salmon

Mel Taylor passed away on April 4, 2022, in White Salmon, Washington. Mary was born on February 11, 1926, and was 96 years old at the time of her passing.

Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals • Receptions • Cremations) 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031. Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family.

Death Notice: Mary Lois Taylor, White Salmon

Mary Lois Taylor passed away on April 4, 2022 in White Salmon, Washington. Mary was born on February 11, 1926 and was 96 years old at the time of her passing.

Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson’s Tribute Center (Funerals • Receptions • Cremations) 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031. Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family.

Obituary: Virginia Barbara Urich “Ginny”

Virginia Barbara Urich “Ginny”

Virginia Barbara Urich “Ginny” passed away Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 in White Salmon, Washington.  She was born September 2, 1922 in and was 99 years of age at the time of her passing.

Ginny was born in Jasper, Indiana to Leo and Anna (Jerger) Ulrich.  She grew up in Indiana attending Jasper Elementary School and graduated from Jasper High School.  She continued her education at St. Mary’s and Elizabeth Hospital Nursing School in Louisville, Kentucky and then attended anesthesia school at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

After graduation, she worked at St. Mary’s and Elizabeth Hospital in their surgery department.  She worked as a surgical nurse for many years before deciding to specialize in anesthia.  Ginny took a position in Indianapolis, Indiana as a nurse anesthetist at St. Vincent Hospital.  In 1963, she found her new job at the Hood River Memorial Hospital making her dream come true moving to the Pacific Northwest.  She retired from anesthesia in 1987 but continued to work part-time as a nurse in the recovery room until 1999 when she retired from Hood River Memorial Hospital.

Ginny loved playing the violin where she played in the high school orchestra from the ages 13-18. She loved sewing and crocheting and made many Barbie and doll clothes for her daughter and granddaughters, and for many birthday parties. Another thing she enjoyed doing was her ceramics. She was very involved in her granddaughter's lives, everything from, dance recitals, sport activities, school programs, and everything in between. She loved to travel.  Some places included being on a sailboat to the Bahamas. Many, many family trips to New York, Washington, DC, Kentucky, and her home state of Indiana. In 2006 she went on a trip to Egypt. A special trip she took with her parents in 1950 to Florida. That was always a special trip for her.  She loved playing Rummy and Solitaire. 

She was a devoted Catholic and an active member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church from 1963-2021 where she was also a member of the Church Choir.

Ginny is survived and will be dearly missed by her daughter, Sarah Urich Goebel (Kurt); granddaughters, Anna Belcher (Jeremy) and Mechelle Niezgoda (Ben); great-grandchildren: Hunter Bryant, Madalyn Bryant, Bella Belcher, Lou Lou Belcher, Kennedy Niezgoda, Havona Belcher, Journey Belcher; many nieces, nephews and her many friends she collected over the years from the hospital, church, and bunco.

She was preceded in death by her parents (Leo & Anna), siblings (Isidore, Antoinnette, Eugene, Jerome, Kenny, &  Emil) and a few nieces & nephews.

Ginny was an independent, strong, loving, giving woman.  Services to honor her are planned as follows;

Rosary & Vigil Service

6:00 p.m., Thursday, September 23rd, 2021 at Anderson's Tribute Center (1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031).  ~ viewing to proceed from 9am to 6pm ~

Catholic Funeral Mass

10:00 a.m., Friday, September 24th, 2021 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church (1501 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031). 

Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family or to access live stream links for both events.