Wasco-Hood River-Jackson County OR Archives Obituaries.....Huskey, Helen Joyce October 2, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, October 5, 2006
     Helen Joyce Huskey, 60, Mosier, died Monday, Oct. 2, 2006, at the 
hospital in Hood River. 

     She was born May 14, 1946, in Ashland, to Clarence August Henry and 
Lorraine Ethelda (Holmes) Yerges. She was baptized on Nov. 17, 1946, in the 
First Methodist Church in Ashland. She was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran 
Church in West Sacramento on June 5, 1960.

     She spent most of her young life in West Sacramento, Calif. She graduated 
from Clarksburg High School on June 12, 1964. She graduated from Sacramento 
City College as a Vocational Nurse on Sept. 10, 1965.

     When she was in school, she was involved in 4-H, taking sewing, cooking, 
and crafts. In high school, Helen received her athletic letter from being on 
the swim team. Later, as an adult, she also taught clothing, foods, and crafts 
for 4-H. She also worked as an assistant leader in Cub Scouts when her boys 
were young. 

     She was a volunteer at Hood River Hospital and at Mosier School in the 
reading program and in the office, and was instrumental in starting the Mosier 
Quilt Club. Her hobbies were quilting, crocheting, sewing, and doll collecting.
She met her husband, Wayne Huskey, in Sacramento, where she was his nurse at 
Mercy Hospital. 

     They married in West Sacramento at the Immanuel Lutheran Church on Dec. 
9, 1967. Later they moved to the Oregon and Washington area where they had two 
boys and adopted two more girls. They were foster parents of the year during 
this time.

     She is survived by her husband, Wayne Douglas Huskey; sons, Jason Huskey, 
James and his wife, Tangi Orlando; daughters, Brenda and her husband, Steve 
Jallen, Sandra and her husband, Brandon Shattuck; grandchildren, Alishia 
Jallen, Aaron Jallen, Tiffany Jallen, Alec Huskey, Allison Huskey, Nakia 
Orlando, Taylor Orlando, Jacob Shattuck, Anne Joyce Shattuck, named after her 
grandmother; brothers, August and his wife, DeAnn Yerges, David and his wife, 
Trish Yerges; sister, Cleone (Lonnie) Thorpe; many aunts, uncles, cousins, 
nieces and nephews, and numerous friends. She was preceded in death by her 
parents, and oldest son, John Wayne Douglas Huskey.

     A viewing/visitation will be held on Friday, Oct. 6, from 3:30 p.m. to 7 
p.m. at Spencer, Libby, and Powell Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 
on Saturday, Oct. 7, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hood River at 11 a.m., 
with interment following at Mosier Cemetery. Spencer, Libby, and Powell 
Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.

     Memorials may be made to Families First in The Dalles, Mosier School, and 
Good Shepherd. 

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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