Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Conklin, Jessie Francis November 17, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, November 21, 2004
     Jessie Francis Conklin, 98, a former resident of White Salmon, died at 
her home in Hood River on Nov. 17, 2004.
     She was born Sept. 1, 1906 in Huron, S.D., the daughter of Fred and Elsie 
(Pierce) Codworth.
     She owned and operated the old Quonset Hut Cafe and worked at the White 
House Cafe in Bingen while receiving her teaching certificate at Central 
Washington in Ellensburg.
     She married Melvin Conklin on Dec. 15, 952.
     She taught grades three-four at Bingen School and at Whitson Elementary 
in White Salmon, retiring in 1977.
     She was a member of the Eagles Lodge, Emblem Club and Auxiliary and 
Rebekahs Lodge. She enjoyed playing cards and traveling and visiting with 
friends and family.
     Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Galene Rake, Tygh Valley; 
granddaughter, Teresa Wilson, Maupin; step-granddaughter, Jolene Wedrick, 
White Salmon; Patsy Busick, The Dalles; and Karen Brown, Tygh Valley; and 10 
great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and 
nephews and many friends.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin, and a son, Fred Rake, 
in 1998.
     Funeral services will be Monday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. at Gardner Funeral 
Home in White Salmon with interment in the White Salmon Cemetery.
     Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Gorge.
     To share memorials and to express sympathies to the family visit 
www.gardnerfh.com.


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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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