Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....DePriest, Harriet Helen April 15, 2004 ************************************************ 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 Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 27, 2006, 11:57 pm The Dalles Chronicle, April 19, 2004 Harriet Helen DePriest, 86, a resident of Friend, died at a care facility in The Dalles, on Thursday, April 15, 2004. She was born Feb. 21, 1918, in Kingsley, Ore., the only child of Harry Davis and Cecil May (Hendricks) Hix. She attended Ireland Grade School, south of Dufur, then attended and graduated from The Dalles St. Mary’s Academy, Class of 1936. She graduated from Marylhurst College in 1938 and taught at Harmony School on Tygh Ridge for four years. Harriet married Lester Harold DePriest on May 29, 1941, in Kingsley and they farmed in Friend, where Harriet lived in the family home for 62 years. She was a member of Dufur St. Alphonsus Catholic Church and enjoyed homemaking, gardening, her animals and especially her family. She is survived by her children, Mary Smith and her husband, Keith, Dufur; Anna Neal and her husband, Dick, The Dalles and Harold DePriest, Friend; grandchildren and their spouses, Shannon and Ryan Bessette, Tony and Tina Neal, all of The Dalles; Tyler Neal, Carrie and Tim Seitz, Brian DePriest and Jeremy DePriest, all of Dufur and Haili Wolf-DePriest, Friend; great grandchildren, Taylor, Hanna and Peyton, and her care giver and close friend, Megan Dorman, Tygh Valley. Her husband, Lester preceded her in death, in January 1977. Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home on Sunday, April 18, from 2 to 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. to noon on Monday. Private graveside services will be held earlier on Monday at The Dalles St. Peter Catholic Cemetery. Public memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 19, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Dufur, with Rev. Joseph Kelbel officiating. Remembrances may be made to Home At Last Animal Friends, POB 390, The Dalles, OR 97058 or Jerri DePriest Memorial, 802 NE 5th St., Dufur, OR 97021. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/d/depriest627gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb