Death Notices: Richard Kieth Morgan, Mosier; Gloria May Schultens, The Dalles

Richard Kieth Morgan, age 70, a resident of Mosier, OR, passed away on August 20, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Gloria May Schultens, age 97, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on August 19, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Obituary: Jodi Wood, Hood River Valley

On the morning of August 14, 2022, Jodi Wood peacefully and unexpectedly departed this life for the serenity of the next. She was 58 years old. 

Jodien Marie Buzan Thornton Wood, known as Jodi to anyone who had the privilege of meeting her, was born on March 26, 1964, in Portland, Ore., to Carol Green Buzan Thornton and Robert Buzan. After her father’s untimely death in November 1964, her mother married a childhood friend, Richard Thornton, and she was blessed with three younger brothers. 

Jodi lived most of her life in her beloved Hood River Valley, residing in Parkdale, Odell and Hood River at various points in her all-too-short life, save for a few years in Portland in the early- and mid-1980s. She attended Parkdale Elementary, Wy’East and Hood River Middle Schools, and Hood River Valley High School, graduating with honors in 1982. 

It was at Wy’East Middle School where Jodi met her future husband, John Wood, before transferring to Hood River Middle School. When the two attended Hood River Valley High School together, Jodi turned him down several times when he asked her out on a date. They reconnected in Portland in 1983 and their love blossomed. They were married in Odell, Ore., on May 24, 1986. 

Jodi was deeply committed to her family and found her greatest joy when surrounded by them. In 1987 she welcomed her first-born joy, Robert, and two years later gave the world a second gift in her daughter, Sarah. She made it a priority to attend family reunions and holiday gatherings. There was rarely a concert, sporting event or play of her kids’ that Jodi missed, no matter the time or travel required. 

Throughout her life, Jodi worked at the Hood River Care Center, Luhr-Jensen, and Orchard Lanes, among others. Most recently, for nearly two decades, Jodi worked at Windmaster Market at the valley’s crossroads, managing the store until early 2022. She was adored by her customers and coworkers alike, and reliably greeted folks coming into the store with a smile five days a week. 

Jodi was preceded in death by her two fathers, passing one year to the day after Richard. She is survived by her loving husband of 36 years, John Wood, of Hood River, Ore.; son, Robert Wood, and partner, Caleb Schutz, of Vancouver, Wash.; daughter, Sarah, and husband, Kevin Lathim, of Spokane, Wash.; mother, Carol Thornton, of Irrigon, Ore.; brother, Dan Thornton, of Irrigon, Ore.; brother, Shawn, and wife, Shannon Thornton, of Cheney, Wash.; brother, Ken, and wife, Gina Thornton, of Snowden, Wash.; nine nieces and nephews; seven great-nieces and nephews; and an entire valley bereft of her warm and welcoming spirit. 

Jodi’s life will be celebrated in the Community Building at the Hood River County Fairgrounds at 2 p.m. on September 24, 2022. All are welcome to attend and share their memories of this incredible friend, daughter, wife and mother. 

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you call your parents, children and friends, and tell them that you love them. 

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: Julia Ann Stillwell, The Dalles

Julia Ann Stillwell, age 84, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on August 18, 2022.

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

Death Notice: Hisako Kaku Tamura, Hood River

Hisako Kaku Tamura passed away on August 17th, 2022, in Hood River, OR. She was born May 23, 1924, and was 98 years of age at the time of her 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: Robert Charles Miller, Hood River

Robert Charles Miller passed away on August 15, 2022, in Hood River, Oregon. Robert was born on June 20, 1937, and was 85 years old at the time of his 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: Carol Ann Toombs, Sherwood

Carol Ann Toombs, age 76, a resident of Sherwood, OR, passed away on August 13, 2022.

A Funeral will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Gathering Hall in The Dalles, OR on August 26, 2022, at 11:00 am. A graveside burial will follow. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Death Notice: Kathleen Lucille Collins, The Dalles

Kathleen Lucille Collins, age 57, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on August 13, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Death Notices: Viola Jean Hill, Hood River; Gregory Joe Wargnier, The Dalles; Bernice Geneva Sutton, Wasco

Viola Jean Hill, age 92, a resident of Hood River, OR, passed away on August 12, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Gregory Joe Wargnier, age 61, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on August 04, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Bernice Geneva Sutton, age 77, a resident of Wasco, OR, passed away on August 10, 2022. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Obituary: Donna Jean Smith, Hood River

Donna Jean Smith passed away on August 6, 2022, at Brookside Assisted Living Facility at the age of 91.  She was born August 31, 1930, in Detroit, MI to Charles and Marie Hoon.

  She had two older siblings, Shirley and Jackie.  She met her husband, Jim Smith, in Ft. Wayne, Indiana where they met on a blind date.  They were married three months later in 1955 by eloping in Michigan because their mothers were widows and couldn't afford a wedding for them. 

Jim had recently gotten out of the Air Force where he learned to brief pilots on weather conditions.  He got a job with the National Weather Service and then was offered a position working for a new television station in Cincinnati, Ohio.  

Jim was a television meteorologist and a member of the American Meteorological Society, a career that took Donna all over the country. In 1956, they welcomed a baby girl, Patti, to the world amidst their move to Cincinnati.  That led to job changes to Baltimore, Maryland, Detroit, Michigan, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Orlando, Florida and Tampa, Florida.   Donna worked as an accountant and administrative assistant at locations where ever Jim's career took them.  She raised Patti, with love and kept the family going with all the changes in locations. 

Donna had a second 'adopted daughter' when Patti became best friends with Heather Mackenzie.  Heather and Donna jokingly referred to each other as Mom #2 and Kid #2.  

In 1989, Patti married Glen Pearce adding a son-in-law and three grandsons to Donna's family, Robert (Lisa), Mark and Andrew.  Sadly, Jim died in 1993 to liver cancer less than a year after retiring.  

In 1997, she chose to follow Patti and Glen to Seattle, Washington when a career change took the family to the great northwest.  Donna hit the road again for a final time when Patti and Glen moved to Hood River.  She lived on her own for 20 years in a single-story duplex in the Heights of Hood River.  Finally, it came time for her to accept more assistance from others and she spent two years at Parkhurst Place and finally almost two years at Brookside Assisted Living. 

Donna was such a sweet person with a great personality and a quick sense of humor.  She never failed to tell folks that she appreciated their help and loved hugs and kisses.  She was a great mother and an incredible grandmother.

She will be missed by many.  At her request, there will be no service.

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: Joan Chandler Fowler, Hood River

Joan Chandler Fowler passed away suddenly at her home on August 6, 2022, at the age of 90. She was born on June 9, 1932, in McCloud, California, to Orville and Bell Chandler. Soon after, the family moved to the foothills of the Elkhorn Mountains just outside of Haines, Oregon." 

 Her childhood on the Chandler Ranch was of another era – Joan and her three siblings, Dan, Pat and Janet all pitched into hay the fields and raise the cattle. Starting at the young age of eight, she worked a team of draft horses by herself. She and her younger brothers had many early mornings milking jersey cows before they rode their horses to school.  Twice, while riding her beloved mare, Shodie, to school they slipped on the ice and Joan broke her femur, a serious injury in those days.  It must be said Joan was truly a child of her Chandler ranch whose ways and loves and values she never left.  

 After graduating from North Powder High School, Joan attended the University of Oregon—where she was a member of the Delta Zeta sorority and met her future husband, Earl Fowler. Shortly after graduating with a Master’s in English, Earl and she married and moved to Hood River to teach high school. Joan spent her career as an English teacher first at Wy’East High School and later at Hood River Valley High, where she oversaw the yearbook. She loved animals and raised many horses, cows, cats and dogs. Joan and Earl lived out their lives at their home on Wy’East Drive in Odell, where they raised their two children Brad and Jacqueline. She had a remarkable breadth and depth of knowledge and was known for her wit and humor.   

 Joan was preceded in death by her two brothers, Dan and Pat Chandler; her sister, Janet Skarsett and her husband Earl Fowler. She is survived by her children Brad (Kathryn Klein) and Jacqueline (Marcus) Lampros; her grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, most of whom still live in the Hood River Valley.  

 A celebration of her life will be held at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, October 1st at Stave and Stone Winery 3827 Fletcher Drive, Hood River, Oregon 97031

Death Notice: Eunice DeNudt, The Dalles

Eunice DeNudt passed away on August 11, 2022 in The Dalles, Oregon. Eunice was born on May 29, 1935, and was 87 years old at the time of her 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: Roxane Esther Kuehl, The Dalles

Roxane Esther Kuehl, age 66, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on August 8, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Obituary: Earle S. (Tony) Welch III, Oregon City

Earle S. (Tony) Welch III, 87 passed away peacefully on July 8, 2022, after a protracted battle with dementia.

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Death Notice: Vada June Demoss, The Dalles

Vada June Demoss, age 96, a resident of The Dalles, OR passed away on August 09, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Death Notice: Stephen Liam Clynch, Wamic

Stephen Liam Clynch, age 63, a resident of Wamic, OR, passed away on July 30, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Death Notice: Thomas Edward Bailey, The Dalles

Thomas Edward Bailey, age 77, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on August 03, 2022. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Peter's Catholic Church in The Dalles, on August 11, 2022, at 10:00 am with a graveside service to follow. A celebration of life will be held in October. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Death Notice: Amy Kaylyn Jim, The Dalles

Amy Kaylyn Jim, age 40, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on August 1, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Death Notice: Diana Racheal Rodriguez, Hood River

Diana Racheal Rodriguez passed away on August 1, 2022, in Hood River, Oregon.  Diana was born October 7, 1963, 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 Notices: Jerry Bailey, Bobby Dawayne Main, Darla Jean Huse, all of The Dalles

Jerry Bailey, age 66, a resident of Cortland, MS, passed away on August 2, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Bobby Dawayne Main, age 58, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed on away July 30, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Darla Jean Huse, age 64, a resident of The Dalles, OR, passed away on July 31, 2022. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

Death Notice: Dolores “Dodie” Irene Bensor, Hood River

Dolores “Dodie” Irene Bensor passed away on August 2nd, 2022 in Hood River, Oregon. She was born on August 15th, 1935, and was 86 years of age at the time of her 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.