Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Halter, Vera Marie Gifford June 18, 1987
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder,  June 26, 1987
     Vera Marie Gifford Halter, 83, died June 18.  She was a resident of The 
Dalles since 1977.
     Mrs. Halter was born in Roscoe, S.D. on July 4, 1903.  She was a teacher 
prior to her marriage to Otto Paul Halter in 1925.  She and her husband farmed 
in Minnesota, where they raised their family.  She was a charter member of 
Bethany Lutheran Church in The Dalles.
     Her husband, Otto, preceded her in death in 1975.  Two sons and one 
daughter also preceded her in death.
     She is survived by one son. Dr. Loren Halter of Kodiak, Alaska; four 
daughters, Donna Smith of Rapid City, S.D., Doris Hammer of The Dalles, 
Shirley Olson of Boulder City, Nev., Norma Halter of Minneapolis; 12 
grandchildren, including Cherie Jones of The Dalles; seven great-
grandchildren, including Brandon, Tyler, Courtney and Parker Jones of The 
Dalles; three sisters, Bernice Taylor of The Dalles, Helen Hawley of Joshua 
Tree, Calif., and Frances Halter of Marshall, Minn.; one brother, Cecil 
Gifford of Tempe, Arizona; numerous nieces and nephews.
     Funeral services were held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
officiated by Pastor Dan Sabrowsky.  Interment is at Jeffers Cemetery in 
Jeffers, Minn., with George M. Orvick, president of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Synod officiating at the committal service.
     Memorials are suggested to the Bethany Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, The 
Dalles or to the Columbia Basin Nursing Home Memorial Fund.

Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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