Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bellomy, Joann Irene January 3, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 5, 2006, 9:53 pm The Dalles Chronicle, January 6, 2005 Joann Irene Bellomy, 76, a resident of The Dalles, died at home Monday, Jan. 3, 2005. She was born June 11, 1928 in Klamath Falls to William Daniel and Norma (Kliever) Black. She graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland and attended Oregon State College in Corvallis for four years before final graduation from St. Mary’s Academy of Nursing in Walla Walla. She married Kermit J. “Jim” Bellomy on Feb. 20, 1956 in Stevenson, and together they traveled with his military career to many places. They lived in Washougal, Wash., for a number of years. She worked as a bartender and was a member of the Bartenders Union as well as the auxiliaries of the Elks, American Legion, Moose, and the Order of the Eastern Star. She enjoyed traveling in the motor home with her husband, working at leathercraft and beadwork projects and cared for her many feline friends. She moved to The Dalles to be near family after Mr. Bellomy’s death in 1999. Survivors include her children, sons Daniel Wayne Bilbruck, Nevada City, Nev.; Thomas Edward Bilbruck, Bremerton, Wash.; and Robert George Bilbruck, Salem; daughter Georgia Elizabeth Malcolm, The Dalles; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded by a brother Robert George Black and a sister, Doris Darlene Huff. Graveside services will be held at the Fort Vancouver Post Cemetery in Vancouver, Wash., on Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, at 1 p.m. as she is buried beside her husband. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, 719 Myrtle Street, The Dalles, OR 97058. Arrangements are by Columbia Cremation & Burial. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/b/bellomy901gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb