Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Byers, Dorothy Mae December 23, 2003
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The Dalles Chronicle, December 28, 2003
     Dorothy Mae Byers, 99, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local care 
facility on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003.
     She was born August 18, 1904, in Falls City, Polk County, Ore., the only 
child to Samuel Barton and Effie M. (Ireland) Tetherow. The family moved by 
wagon to Kahlotus, Wash., when Dorothy was an infant. When she was nine years 
old the family moved to Buchanan, east of Burns, before settling on a farm in 
the Petersburg district near The Dalles in 1915. She attended the one room 
school at Petersburg and graduated from The Dalles High School in 1922.
     Dorothy married Cecil Robert Byers on June 14, 1924, in The Dalles and 
they lived and farmed in Petersburg. They built View Point Trailer Court in 
1953, which is still owned and operated by the Byers family.
     Dorothy was a member First Christian Church, Cherry Park Grange and 
Pythian Sisters.
     She is survived by her sons, Robert Byers and Gene Byers and his wife, 
Barbara, all of The Dalles; grandchildren and their spouses, Cynthia and Dan 
Wardwell, Portland; Denica and Earl Huff, Anchorage, Alaska; Steve and Monica 
Byers; Michael and Annette Byers; Daniel and Keri Byers, all of The Dalles; 
Diane and Scott Lepinski, Dufur and William Byers, Pasco, Wash.; 13 great 
grandchildren.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home 
from 9 a.m. to non on Monday, Dec. 29.
     Graveside services will be held at Three Mile IOOF Cemetery at 1 p.m. on 
Monday, Dec. 29, with Rev. Mike Wilson officiating.
     Remembrances may be made to charity of choice.


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


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