Wasco-Sherman-Klamath County OR Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Anita Kenny June 18, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  June 24, 2004
     Anita Kenny Drake, 86, a long time resident of The Dalles, died at the 
local hospital Friday, June 18, 2004. She was born Aug. 12, 1917, in Grass 
Valley, the older of two children to Charles William Kenny and Minnie Dell 
(Wunder) Kenny. She was raised in Sherman County and graduated from Moro High 
School. She attended the University of Oregon then transferred to Oregon State 
College, where she graduated with a BS degree in Home Economics in 1940.
     She married Ray Wilbert Drake on June 14, 1942, at her parents’ home in 
Sherman County. After her husband’s graduation from Oregon State College in 
1943, they moved to Malin, to farm potatoes and hay. She and her children 
moved to The Dalles in late 1953; she was divorced in 1957. After moving to 
The Dalles, she opened a kindergarten and child care program in her home and 
she continued to care for children for 33 years.
     She was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, The Dalles First United 
Methodist Church, the American Association of University Women, PTA, Sherman 
County Historical Society, Oregon Historical Society, and The Dalles 
Genealogical Society. She enjoyed listening to Trailblazer games and 
conservative talk radio programs, gardening, reading, genealogy, and 
researching and writing about local history.
     She is survived by five children, Charles W. Drake, Portland; Elinor R., 
and her husband Joseph LeBaron, Nouakchott, Mauritania (West Africa); Patricia 
A. Drake and her husband, Daniel Osmon, Clackamas; Robert C. and his wife Pam 
Drake, Palmer, Alaska; A. Dell Drake, Auburn, Wash.; grandchildren Ray D. 
Drake, Portland; Petra LeBaron, Washington, D.C.; Robin S. Klinger, Sara N. 
Klinger, Amber R. Klinger and Hannah E. Drake, all of Palmer; Ryan D. and 
Devon M. Osmon, Clackamas, and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in 
death by her brother Lawrence Kenny in 1993.
     At her request, no funeral or memorial services will be held. Private 
cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and 
Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. 
     Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2120 First Avenue 
North, Seattle, WA 98109 or to The Dalles/Wasco County Library. A Celebration 
of Life gathering will be held at her home later this summer for those who 
would like to honor her with their stories of her and visit with her children.


Additional Comments:
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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