Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Housden, Diana February 3, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, February 7, 2006
     Diana Housden, 61, of Goldendale, died on Friday, Feb. 3 in Portland 
after an extended illness. 
     She was born Oct. 19, 1944, to Walt (Sam) and Caroline Bass in Grand 
Forks, N.D.
     She married Lee Housden in Las Vegas in 1970 and worked as a systems 
analyst at Lockheed Martin for 15 years. 
     She and her husband moved to Goldendale in the middle 1970’s with her 
devoted dog Tina. 
     She loved butterflies, gardening, flowers and animals, especially dogs.   
Shopping on the internet was a passion and stops at the malls were “mandatory” 
when coming home from conferences. She loved to sew and taught tole painting 
to many aspiring artists. 
     She worked at Klickitat County Mental Health, and the county extension 
office before coming to the auditor’s office where she became the Elections 
Administrator. 
     She was appointed to the position of Klickitat County auditor when Nancy 
Evans retired in 1996. She was elected at the end of that year and served in 
that position until health forced her to retire Dec. 31, 2005. 
     She Loved Goldendale and Klickitat County and was involved in the 
Washington State Auditor’s Association and Washington Association of County 
Officials. 
     She is survived by brothers Richard Bass, Goldendale; Rex Bass, Arizona; 
nephew Matt Bass and numerous other nieces and nephews and step-mother Lucy 
Tomlinson also of Goldendale. 
     She was preceded in death by her husband Lee in 1987, her father Sam in 
1988 and her mother Caroline in 1998.
     Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. at the New Life 
Assembly of God Church in Goldendale. Pastor Kevin Gerchak officiating. 
Interment will be in Mt. View Cemetery under the care of Erdman Funeral Home.
     Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society or the American 
Heart Association.


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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