Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Anthony, Viola Mae August 31, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, September 4, 2005
     Viola Mae Anthony, 82, a lifelong resident of The Dalles, died at a local 
care facility in The Dalles on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005.
     She was born in The Dalles on March 13, 1923, the second of four children 
to Elza Guy and Florence Helen (Howell) Oades. She was raised in the Pleasant 
Ridge area of The Dalles.
     She attended Pleasant Ridge Country grade school for first through eighth 
grades, graduating from The Dalles High School in 1941. She married James Eble 
Anthony on July 5, 1941 in The Dalles. 
     She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a bookkeeper for 
her husband Jim’s business, Anthony Tractor Repair, ran a daycare and was a 
Red Cross Volunteer.
     She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church, Wasco County Pioneers, 
Ladies Auxiliary, Fraternal Order of Eagles and Red Cross, volunteering at 
Columbia Basin Nursing Home for the Red Cross. She had a natural love towards 
all animals throughout her life, which began on the ranch where she trained 
horses to be saddle horses. She was an avid gardener, tending to the garden 
for hours on end. 
     She is survived by her five children, Anita and her husband Gayle Ordway 
of Tualatin, James Anthony of Portland, Marilyn Van Patten of Holly Hill, 
S.C., Linda and her husband Wayne Lyon of Warwich, N.Y. and Sandra and her 
husband Gary Mansell of Realto, Calif.; eleven grandchildren, G. Anthony 
Ordway, Heather Ordway and her husband Mike, James and his wife Maria Ordway, 
Thomas and his wife Tiffany Van Patten, Robert and his wife Nicole Van Patten, 
Michelle Van Patten Crowley and her husband Ron, Elizabeth, Gary and Victoria 
Lyon, Marie Mansell Nagle and her husband Adam and Krystal Mansell; and eleven 
great grandchildren, Dominic, Hayden and Isabella Allen, Sebastian, Christian 
and Miguel Ordway, Caitlin Van Patten, Madison Van Patten, Austin and Chet 
Crowley and Patrick Lyon Brady; 4 sisters-in-law, Dorothy Bottolfson, Ardie 
and her husband Richard McKay, Pauline Anthony and Hubert Anthony and numerous 
nieces, nephews and cousins.      She was preceded in death by her husband of 
40 years, James Anthony and her brothers Francis, Delbert and Richard. 
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home 
on Monday, Sept. 5, 2005 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. with Recitation of the Rosary 
following at 7pm.
     Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005 at 1 p.m. at 
St. Peter Catholic Church with Rev. Todd Unger officiating.
     Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Gorge, 751 Myrtle St., The 
Dalles, OR 97058, Caroline’s Adult Care, 1811 W 13th St., The Dalles, OR 
97058, St. Mary’s Academy, 1112 Cherry Hts. Rd, The Dalles, OR 97058 or St. 
Peter Catholic Church, PO Box 41, The Dalles, OR 97058.
     Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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