Death Notice: Jeffrey Earl Smith, 62, Wasco

Jeffrey Earl Smith, age 62, a resident of Wasco, OR, passed away on October 25, 2024. A viewing will be held November 22, 2024, 10-11:30 am at the Wasco Community Church with a Graveside Service to follow at 1:00 pm at Wasco Sun Rise Cemetery. A Celebration of Life will be November 23, 2024, 12-3 pm at The Dalles Middle School.

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

Death Notice: Nancy Irene Lauterbach, 91, The Dalles

Nancy Irene Lauterbach, age 91, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on October 24, 2024. A Memorial Mass will be held on Monday, November 18, 2024, 11 AM at St. Peter Catholic Church. A reception will be held immediately following the services at St. Peter’s Parish Hall.

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

Obituary: Guadalupe Robledo, The Dalles

It is with great sadness that we announce her unexpected passing. Guadalupe is survived by her children Jose Robledo (Kyndra Scofield), Anthony Zapien, Jasmin Vejar, and Dominic Vejar. Her long-time partner Jorge Vejar Ramirez. Her granddaughters Ximena Robledo and Nami Robledo. Her cousin Jose Luis Aleman (Jasmin Aleman). Her brothers Uriel Sapien, and Jesus Sapien. Her sisters Alicia Sedano, Librada Villa (Frery Villa). She was preceded in death by her father Jesus Zapien Valdovinos, her mother Esther Sapien Aleman, and her brother Gilberto Zapien.                                                             

Lupe was and still is a cherished person who was known for her kind and loving heart. She was a loving mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, spouse, and friend. Her children and grandchildren were the light of her life, and she loved spending time and caring for those she loved, listening to music, planning parties, and playing loteria, and puzzles. She was also known for making the most delicious food. It didn’t matter if she knew you her whole life or just met you yesterday, you would always be welcome, she was the type of person who always made you feel like you were at home. She was headstrong, funny, and always down for a good time.                                                                          

Lupe was a beacon of kindness and the type of person that we should all strive to be, she will forever reside in our hearts, and her spirit will live on through the love she so willingly shared.

Mass will be held at St. Peters Catholic Church, in The Dalles. Thursday, September 26th at 10 am.

Death Notice: Charity Ann Mahan, 75. The Dalles

Charity Ann Mahan, age 75, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on September 27, 2024.

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

Obituary: Jean Anne (Hanel) Casey, 79, Hood River

Jean Anne (Hanel) Casey, 79 years old, passed away on May 16, 2024, at home with her husband, Carl, of nearly 40 years. He had been her caregiver for the last three years and she was the love of his life.

Along with her identical twin Janet, Jean was born to L. Sterling and Kathleen Hanel in Hood River, Oregon on March 14, 1945.

The Hanel family lived in the Mt. Hood area during the kids’ childhood years. The girls, along with their older brothers Robert and Bill, would walk to the Mt. Hood grade school.

Jean and Janet graduated from Wy‘East High School in the class of ‘63.

Jean met this young man in high school she would eventually marry, Fritz Swyers. They were living on Eastside Road when Fritz joined the Navy. It was during this time she gave birth to their first child, John Allen Swyers in 1965.  A couple years later they moved to the Bremerton, Washington area to be closer to the Navy Base. Ronald Troy, their second son, was born in 1970.

After their marriage ended, Jean and the boys moved to Wyandotte, Oklahoma to be nearer to her sister Janet. Jean raised her boys and waited for about 2 years before deciding to move back to the Hood River area.

After returning to Hood River, Jean married Tom Wilson of Parkdale, and they soon had a daughter Azur Dee in 1978. Tom tried orcharding in the Parkdale area before their marriage ended.

For several years Jean worked for her father at the Hanel Lumber Company upper mill.

It was while working at Hanel Lumber that Jean met and eventually married her current husband, Carl Casey. Both Jean and Carl were avid bowlers at Orchard Lanes in Hood River. Both of them usually bowled several leagues. Until Jean retired from bowling with a knee problem, she carried one of the highest female averages in the house.

Well, one Saturday night in 1984 Carl was getting ready to bowl Moonlight Monte Carlo with friends when Jean came in and asked the proprietor if she could bowl on the same lanes as Carl so she could meet him. Carl ended up asking Jean out and June 6, 1984, began the nearly 40-year love affair, as they did the hard work of blending two families into one. Carl and Jean married on June 28, 1985

, and purchased their home on Hays Drive where they live to the present.

After the sale of Hanel Lumber, the family moved the road crew business down to the Neal Creek mill location where Jean worked as office manager-secretary of Hanel Development Group for approximately 19 years until the decision was made to close the business.

Jean enjoyed visiting grandchildren as often as she could. She and Carl would travel to Southern California, Arizona, and New York City to see their grandchildren. Shortly after Jean retired, her daughter Azur, (along with husband Garcia) moved back to Oregon to raise their two children. Grandma Jean was so delighted she traveled nearly weekly to spend time with her daughter’s kids. After Azur had her third child, Giovanna, Grandma Jean was eager to spend as much time as possible in Portland. Second to seeing grandkids, Jean loved her Starbucks Frappuccino’s. She also enjoyed loving on and playing with puppies, and eating BBQ Pork and lately, Sweet and Sour Chicken at Grace Su’s China Gorge, where she lived for the hugs, she would give to Grace and the entire staff. Jean REALLY loved giving hugs to nearly everyone she met. It was her passion and calling.

Unfortunately, in May of 2021, Jean suffered a major heart attack that caused significant damage to her heart and caused increasing memory loss. Carl became her caregiver, chauffeuring her between doctor visits, rehab, and visitations with grandchildren, until her heart gave way, and she left our earthly home for her new home in Heaven with her Lord, Jesus.

Jean was preceded in death by both parents, as well as her brothers, Robert, and Bill. She is survived by her Husband Carl, son John Swyers and wife Linda of Damascus, OR; son Ronald (Ronnie) Swyers and wife Tammie of Tigard; daughter Azur Scott and husband Garcia of Portland; daughter Karaynn Franko and husband Dave of San Tan Valley, AZ; and daughter Katherine (Kat) Huerta and husband Miguel of The Dalles. She leaves behind 11 grandchildren: Alex and husband Brandon, Kylie, Dietrich, Aria, Giovanna, Grace, James, Alice, Jackson, Abigail, and Michael; Jenni Wessels and husband Dean, Jefferey Pyles and wife Lori, Kristina Wood and husband Brian; great-grandchildren Megan, Austin, Gabriel, Aimee, Brady, Addison, and Alex. and many other extended family members.

Our hearts are broken that you have left us, and we miss you so much Yet we also know you now reside with Jesus along with family and friends who live there. Rest in Peace till we meet once more!! We Will Always Love You!

Services to celebrate Jean’s life and mourn her passing are planned for 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 24th, 2024 at Anderson's Tribute Center • 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.  A reception will follow Jean’s service then graveside committal at Idlewilde Cemetery of Hood River, Oregon.

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

Death Notice: Larry Leo Mayfield, 80, The Dalles

Larry Leo Mayfield, age 80, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away December on 6, 2023.

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

Death Notice: Harry Stanley Kelsay, 80, Maupin

Harry Stanley Kelsay, age 80 a resident of Maupin, OR, passed away November 11, 2023. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

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

Death Notice: Jimmy(Jeff)Drennan Jr, 60, Hood River

Jimmy(Jeff)Drennan Jr passed away on November 12, 2023, at his home in Hood River, Oregon. Jeffrey was born July 20, 1963, and was 60  years of age at the time of passing.  

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: Marjorie Routson, 96, Hood River

Marjorie Routson

Hood River, OR. October 30, 2023 - On Sunday, September 10th, 2023, Marjorie Louise Routson entered into the presence of her lord, Jesus Christ. Marjorie was reunited with beloved family members and friends all of whom have embraced Jesus as lord and savior.

Life for Marjorie began on January 3rd, 1927, at a farmhouse in Osborne County, Kansas. She was the first child of Floyd W. and Mildred G. Wilson. She was named Margie by her parents but when her birth certificate came, the state had changed her name to Margorie.

In August of 1930, Marjorie was joined by her sister Virginia Ford Wilson. The two sisters were friends for life. Marjorie enjoyed farm life and the cats, dogs, chickens, cattle, and horses. She got in trouble playing with the wildlife but did not let that bother her. Stories of bringing home poisonous snakes on a stick and gathering Indian Arrowheads from the hillside were part of her life. Marjorie attended a one-room schoolhouse and for part of that time, her teacher was Mr. McNerney (Tiny), her Uncle.

In 1939 Marjorie, Virginia, and their parents relocated to the Pacific Northwest. Her father, Floyd, was tired of farming in the Kansas Dust Bowl. Searching for a sustainable life and with directions from a hitch-hiking Nebraska college student they made their way to Parkdale, Oregon. On their first night in Parkdale, Floyd and the college student lodged in a barn on a farm that would soon be Marjorie’s home.

When first located in Parkdale, Marge was not really impressed with the area. She told Virginia as they walked around town “I don’t see anything wonderful about this place”. They had traveled from the dust bowl of Kansas to the smoky skies of Oregon. They had arrived in the middle of the Tillamook burn, it was days before the sky cleared and the mountain she loved and painted on canvas was visible.

At age 13 she tried diving off a bridge with her bike, this did not go well but it did get her a 5-month vacation at Shriners Hospital in Portland. While there she met a candidate for the president of the USA and Marjorie Routson, a nurse with the name she would one day carry.

Marjorie went to Parkdale schools graduating from Parkdale High School. It was here that she met her future husband Eugene Routson, but before that could occur a war was to be fought and she attended Willamette College. In March of 1946, her brother Thomas Keith Wilson was born.

On December 15, 1946, Marjorie (Margie) Wilson married Eugene (Bud) Rouston on a snowy day in Parkdale at the United Church of the Upper Valley. In 1948 their first child Marsa Ann was born and in 1951 their son Marvin Allin came along. In 1952 their daughter Martha Annette was born. Marge was a homemaker and a mother at heart. She always had a big garden. She canned and preserved year after year mountains of fruit and vegetables.

Marge and Bud were an impressive team in the orchard. Marge was the field boss during harvest while Bud was busy loading the fruit. She was also a bin checker, and tractor driver and had the pen that wrote the employee’s checks. She found that the pen was very useful in pointing out the right and wrong ways of handling the fruit.

In the fall and after harvest Mom worked at AGA and Diamond Fruit. At first, she packed fruit in Parkdale and at the end of her career she was in charge of packaging at Diamond Central in Odell. The last day of each packing season was anticipated by her children, as they knew she was home with them again. There was always something special about knowing that Mom was at home.

Marge loved family camping. She loved playing cards with family until the wee hours of the morning. Marge and Bud went on several cruise ship tours and enjoyed reunions with Bud’s shipmates from the big war.

She was gifted with cooking and baking, and in art, she excelled. Mt. Hood was probably her favorite subject which she recreated on canvas many times. As time went by and the kids grew up she became a Mother in law and eventually a Grandma and great-grandmother. She loved, spoiled, and became friends with her twelve grandkids, Thaddeus & Becky, Megan & Gavin, Trista & Ryan, Dustin & Tara, Seth & Molly, Don & Becky. She was also proud and loved her twelve great-grandchildren, Taylor Routson, Isaac Marble, Sarah Routson, Abigail Marble, and Trevor Beam. Rylyn Beam, Ezekial Marble, Alexander Goe, Josiah Marble, Adelynn Goe, Virginia Routson, Henry Goe.

Marjorie and Bud lived on the family farm from 1946 to 2008. In 2008 Bud passed and Margie continued to live at home until February of 2015. She lived there a little more the 68 years at 8620 Cooper Spur Road. She then moved to Down Manor in August of 2022. She moved to Hawks Ridge and lived there until September 2023.

When Marjorie was 35 years old she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went through a radical surgical procedure and was told she had one year to live. In her last years of life, she talked of her prayers during that traumatic period. What she asked for was not healing or extended life. She asked the Lord for a wonderful wife for her husband and a mother for her children. God answered her prayers, God gave Bud a wonderful wife and gave us kids a wonderful mother. He gave us our mother, and we were blessed with a mom for another 61 years.

The family would like to thank everyone at Down Manor and Hawks Ridge who loved and cared for Marjorie.

A Memorial service for Marjorie Louise Routson will be held at 1:00 P.M. on November 4th, 2023 at Parkdale Community Church (4910 Baseline Dr, Mt Hood, OR 97041) with a reception to follow.

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

Death Notice: James John Weeks, Jr., 77, The Dalles

James John Weeks, Jr. passed away on October 21, 2023, at the Oregon Veterans Home, in The Dalles, Oregon. James was born on October 6, 1946 and was 77 years old at the time of his passing. 

Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center • Celilo Chapel 204 E. 4th Street, The Dalles, Oregon 97058.  Visit www.AndersonsTributeCenter.com to leave a note of condolence for the family. 

Death Notice: Darlene Ann Golden, 58, Hood River

Darlene Ann Golden passed away on October 7th, 2023 at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital in Hood River, Oregon.  Darlene was born December 9th, 1964, and was 58 years of age at the time of passing. 

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: Carolyn Rae Ellett, 74, The Dalles

Carolyn Rae Ellett, age 74, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on September 27, 2023.

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

Death Notice: Gereld Glen Lee, 75, Dallesport

Gereld Glen Lee, age 75, a resident of Dallesport, WA, passed away on September 20th, 2023.

A family gathering will be held at a later date. Spencer, Libby, and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.