Wasco-Linn-Coos County OR Archives Obituaries.....Cyphers, Mary Elizabeth February 15, 1996 ************************************************ 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 L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com May 7, 2006, 2:50 pm The Dalles Weekly Reminder, February 23, 1996 Mary Elizabeth Cyphers, 75, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local care center on Thursday, Feb. 15, 1996. She was born Nov. 4, 1920, in Albany, the oldest of nine children to Paul and Nell (Dalton) Bird and attended grade and high school at North Bend. She graduated from Mt. Angel Women's College with a degree in education. She taught in elementary schools for 37 years, the last 34 in The Dalles, retiring in 1983. She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church having served as Eucharistic Minister for many years. She was a member of Pi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma and Unit 20 of Oregon Retired Educators, having served terms as treasurer, secretary and president of both organizations. She also served as historian for the State Retired Educators Association. She is survived by her daughter Patricia and her husband, Tom Kimbell of The Dalles; two sons and their wives: Paul and Juanita Cyphers of Oregon City and Richard and Margy of The Dalles; nine grandchildren; two great- grandchildren; sisters, Clair Penners of The Dalles, Carol Bird, SNJM, of Portland, Jeanne Gibson of Four Lakes, Wash., and Margaret Chastek of Spokane, Wash; brothers: John Bird of The Dalles and Paul Bird of Portland; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Mark E. Bird and sister, Catherine R. Prescott. Viewing visitation was held Sunday, Feb. 18 with Recitation of Rosary at 7 p.m. at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Peter Catholic Church Monday, Feb. 19 with the Rev. Ronald Maag as celebrant. Interment followed at St. Peter Catholic Cemetery. Memorials: A. L. S. (Lou Gehrig's disease) or St. Vincent de Paul Society, sent in care of Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home, 1100 Kelly Ave., The Dalles, OR 97058. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/c/cyphers1420gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb