Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Cohen, Charlaine "Charlie" Bertha (Westphal) July 19, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, August 24, 2005
     Charlaine “Charlie” Bertha (Westphal) Cohen, 76, a former resident of The 
Dalles, died on July 19, 2005 in Carmichael, Calif.
     She was born June 24, 1929 in Ellis, Kansas, to Bertha Katherine Louise 
Schepman and William Westphal.
     Following the death of her parents, she moved to The Dalles to live with 
her brother, Val, and his wife, Lu, and attended The Dalles High School where 
she was an honor student and played the drums in the high school Booster Girls 
Club.
     Following graduation, she relocated to the Los Angeles area and began 
working for the State Department of Education where in 1950 she met Les H. 
Cohen (on the elevator in the state office building) who was working for the 
State Lands Commission.
     They married soon after he joined the Air Force and she joined him at 
Albrook Air Force Base in Panama where she became secretary to the office of 
Special Investigations-Caribbean Air Command.
     Eventually moving to Sacramento, she served 14 years as secretary at the 
Sutter General Hospital Office of Nursing. While in Sacramento, her second 
daughter Juli donated to her mother a life sustaining kidney, which served her 
for the 11 years until her death.
     She fought her last illness for six months. 
     Favorite activities included stitching crafts. She also was a superb 
seamstress.
     She and her husband renewed their marriage vows this year on their 
anniversary July 3 at Kaiser Roseville Hospital. Sylvan Oaks Christian Church 
Pastor Craig Whitney performed the ceremony.
     She is survived by her husband of 54 years; two daughters, Vicki Ortiz 
and Julie and her husband, Dwayne Ayres; four grandsons, Kyle, Casey, Matthew 
and Nathan; sisters Odetta Hawkins and Avalon Moll; and a brother, Val 
Westphal. A second brother, Verne, preceded her in death. 
     At her request, no services will be held, but a celebration of her life 
was held in late July. Memorials may be sent to UCD Transplant Center, 2315 
Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817.

 
 

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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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