Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Richard John December 27, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, January 1, 2006
     Richard John Bailey, 87, a long-time resident of The Dalles, died Dec. 
27, 2005. 
     He was born Aug. 7, 1918 in Buffalo, New York. He and his parents drove 
across the U.S. to Oregon in a Model T Ford when he was 4 years old and after 
living in Portland for a short time they moved to The Dalles. 
     During his school years, he was a member of the Boy Scouts, the Oregon 
National Guard and the high school football team. He graduated from The Dalles 
High School in 1938 and attended Oregon State College prior to World War II. 
After serving in the army during the war he returned to Oregon State and 
graduated in 1949. In 1941 he married Adelaide Zweifel of LaGrande. In 1950 he 
and his family returned to The Dalles where he worked for the Union Pacific 
Railroad until his retirement.
     For many years he ran the cherry orchard that he and his father owned, 
and later he had a peach orchard in Mosier.
     He married Jeane Coombs of The Dalles in 1972 and together they enjoyed 
many years growing peaches and flowers, “camping” at Lost Lake and the Oregon 
Coast, and attending Beaver football games. He was active in St. Paul’s 
Episcopal Church, The Dalles Elks (64 years), the Columbia Gorge Discovery 
Center, the Wasco County Pioneers, Mosier Lions, OSU alumni groups, the senior 
centers in The Dalles and Mosier, and the Scotch Guard. He took two trips to 
Europe in 1998 and in 2001. 
     He was predeceased by his parents Harry L. and Pauline M. Bailey and his 
wife, Jeane, who died in 1997.
     He is survived by his daughters, Regan Olson, Bend; Carolyn (Doug) 
Morrison, Abbotsford, BC; Ellen (Paul) Harshbarger, Hood River; two 
granddaughters, Novayen Olson, Ladera Ranch, Calif., and Aryana Olson, 
Nashville, Tenn.; his cousin Leonard “Dude” (Dora) Bailey, The Dalles; and 
many cousins in Oregon and the eastern United States. He is also survived by 
Jeane’s children: Frank Coombs, Jehm Roemer, Dudley Coombs, Barbara Jenkins 
and Beverly Bower.
     A memorial service will be held on Friday, Jan. 6, at 11 a.m. at St. 
Paul’s Episcopal Church at 1805 Minnesota Street in The Dalles. No flowers 
please, but memorials to Columbia Basin Care Facility, Home at Last Animal 
Friends or Seniority (c/o Mid Columbia Medical Center) would be appreciated. 
Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home is in charge 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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