Wasco-Lane-Deschutes County OR Archives Obituaries.....DePriest, Jerri Lynn November 16, 1995
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The Dalles Daily Chronicle, November 26, 1995
     Jerri Lynn DePriest, a resident of Friend, died at her home on Thursday, 
Nov. 16.  She was 43.
     Jerri had lived in Friend for 23 years.
     She was born Jan. 9, 1952 in Eugene, the daughter of Eldon and Elsie 
Walker.  The family moved to Prineville, then The Dalles, and finally to Dufur 
in 1964.
     Jerri graduated from Dufur High School with the Class of 1970.  She 
married her high school sweetheart, Harold DePriest, on Sept. 10, 1971 and 
they made their home in Friend.
     Jerri had graduated from Dental Hygienist School and worked for a period 
of time for Dr. Kielman.  Most recently she had worked for Kramer's Market in 
Dufur.
     She was a member of the Dufur Christian Church and for many years was 
active in the Cancer Support Group.  Jerri was first diagnosed with cancer 
over 18 years ago and had become an inspiration to many.
     Survivors include her husband, Harold DePriest of Friend; her sons:  
Brian DePriest of La Grande and Jeremy DePriest of Friend; a daughter:  Carrie 
DePriest of Moscow, ID.; her mother:  Elsie Walker of The Dalles; a brother:  
Thomas Archie Walker of Bend; and her sisters:  Peggy Walker Richards of 
Bremerton, WA. and Jeanne Walker of Yuma, AZ.
     Memorial services will be held on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. at Dufur High 
School.
     Memorials are suggested to the Jerri DePriest Scholarship Fund at Dufur 
High School, sent in care of U.S. National Bank, P. O. Box 8, Dufur, OR. 97021 
or the Columbia Gorge Hospice, sent in care of Smith Callaway Chapel, 311 
Union St., The Dalles, OR. 97058.

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


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