Wasco-Sherman County OR Archives Obituaries.....Fields, Izetta "Nerine" May 22, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, May 27, 2004
     Izetta “Nerine” Fields, 86, a longtime resident of Wasco, died at a local 
care facility Saturday, May 22, 2004.
     She was born Feb. 15, 1918, in Grass Valley, the oldest of two children 
to William Craig and Birtha Buelah (Eslinger) Patterson. The family lived on a 
farm near Grass Valley and in the early 30’s, they moved to a farm near Wasco. 
She graduated from Wasco High School in the Class of 1935 and married Thomas 
Leonard Fields on Sept. 6, 1935, in Wasco.
     They farmed in Wasco, raising wheat, cattle and horses. In the late 50’s 
and 60’s, they raised and ran race horses.
     She was a member of Annie Fulton Chapter of Eastern Star, Oregon Wheat 
League and the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. She was active with the Sherman 
County Fair, having served as the queen chaperone for over 20 years. She 
enjoyed horses, gardening and traveling in her RV.
     She is survived by her two sons, John and his wife, Nancy Fields, Wasco; 
Virgil L. Fields, Gooding, Idaho; a daughter-in-law, Karen Fields, Shoshone, 
Idaho; seven grandchildren, Rex Brown and his wife, Kerry Lynne, Portland; 
Carole Brown and her husband, Mike Ruikka, Duluth, Minn.; Tammy Fields, Moro; 
Tracy and his wife, Patti Fields, and Trevor Fields, all of Wasco; Steven and 
Roger Fields, both of Shoshone; 10 great-granchildren, Shelley, Ryan, Kyle, 
Shaina, Julianna, Bradley, Cierra, Alex, Kyle and Wade; her brother, William 
Eugene Patterson, Eugene. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard, 
in 1981, her daughter, Sally Brown, in 1973 and her grandson, Travis Fields in 
1981.
     Memorial services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Saturday, June 5, at 10:30 a.m. with Asa Jenson officiating. 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 Sherman 
County Historical Society, PO Box 173, Moro, OR 97039.


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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