Wasco-Gilliam County OR Archives Obituaries.....Flippin, Winifred Marian September 10, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, October 4, 2004
     Winifred Marian Flippin, 90, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local 
care facility on Friday, Sept. 10, 2004.
     She was born Sept. 15, 1913, in Spokane, to Marion and Jesse Benedict.
She married James Benjamin (Ben) Flippin on June 29, 1940. They lived in 
Roosevelt, Wash. for 37 years where they owned and operated the 
Arlington/Roosevelt ferry for 31 years (1943 - 1974). They moved to Lyle in 
1977.
     She is probably best known for her love of Columbia River history. She 
spent many years collecting stories and pictures of happenings along the river 
and the surrounding area. Active in the Klickitat Historical Society and the 
Lewis and Clark Trail Commission, she made a history of the Columbia a life-
long activity. Sharing her love of the subject, she made many presentations to 
local organizations on Columbia River history.
     She had been active in local community organizations such as the 
Roosevelt Women’s Club, the GF Women’s Club in Arlington, and Lyle, and the 
Klickitat County Park Board. As a member of the Roosevelt Development 
Association, Winifred was active in the relocation of Roosevelt, flooded in 
1968 due to the building of the John Day Dam. That experience took her to 
Washington DC in 1968, where her testimony before U.S. House and Senate 
Committees helped secure federal funding for this relocation project. She also 
worked with the Washington State Legislature to obtain legislation created to 
assist communities affected by the dam project along the Columbia River.
     She was an avid learner. She spent her life learning and perfecting many 
hobbies. In the spring of 1970, she became interested in printing black and 
white photos and set up her darkroom in what had formerly been the sewing room 
for the ladies of the house. She went on to learn not only how to take better 
black and white photos, but how to print them and then how to copy and restore 
many of the old damaged historical photos she had been given while 
interviewing old timers about history on the Columbia. Twenty pictures 
illustrating boats of different eras on the Columbia River were exhibited in 
the Maryhill Museum.
     She is survived by three children: Louise (McAllen, Texas), Jessie 
(DeKalb, Ill.) and James A. (Jim) Flippin (Everett) and two grandsons, Nolan 
Benjamin and Gordon Daniel Erdman (DeKalb, Ill.). She was preceded in death by 
her husband, Ben in 1991 and her only sister, Aurelia Jessie.
     A memorial service will be held at a later date and a memorial 
scholarship fund has been established in memory of Ben and Winifred Flippin to 
benefit graduating students from Arlington High School. Private cremation was 
held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral 
in care of arrangements.


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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