Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Farris, Dorothy Pearl Olsen February 16, 2005 ************************************************ 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 April 6, 2006, 12:06 pm The Dalles Chronicle, February 17, 2005 Dorothy Pearl Olsen Farris, a resident of Dallesport and former resident of Lyle, died at her home Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005. She was born July 12, 1916, in Carney, Iowa, to Edward and Effie Olsen. She was preceded in death by a 3-month-old son, Larry Dean, who died in 1937; and one younger sister, Wanda Haas. She married Dean Llewellyn Farris on Nov. 30, 1936. They lived in California most of their married life until January 1979, when they moved to Lyle. He died in April 1995 and she moved to Dallesport in April 2000. She is survived by her children, including Beverly Jean Cleverly, Long Beach, Calif.; Gary Russell Farris, Dallesport; Carol O’Kinga, Lake Havasu, Ariz.; and Debra Kay Winters, Vancouver, Wash.; one half-sister, Betty Winn, Phoenix, Ariz; 14 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, three great-great- grandchildren and another on the way, two nieces, Marlene Wallace and Connie Spradley, Sacramento, Calif. A memorial services is scheduled at Gateway Presbyterian Church in The Dalles on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m., with a social hour to follow. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Gorge in The Dalles, or the American Cancer Society. 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/f/farris948gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb