Wasco-Morrow-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Norma "Dee" "Jean" July 13, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, July 15, 2005
     Norma “Dee” “Jean” Johnson, 85, a resident of Dufur, died at her home due 
to natural causes on Wednesday, July 13, 2005. 
     She was born Sept. 20, 1919 in Heppner, the older of two daughters to 
Charlie R. and Gladys M. (Van Horn) Beckett.
     She grew up on the family wheat ranch outside Heppner and attended 
Liberty School, a schoolhouse built by her grandfather Beckett. She graduated 
from Heppner High School in 1937. 
     During World War II, she lived in Portland and concurrently worked in the 
shipyards and attended beauty school. Her working career found her at Kramer’s 
Store for several years and for the United States Forest Service for 20-plus 
years. She settled in Dufur with her husband and her daughters in 1949. 
     She was a member of the Dufur Historical Society and enjoyed spending 
time with her family and always looked forward to trips to Kah-Nee-Tah with 
friends and family. She had also enjoyed being apart of the Air Force Ground 
Observers Corp. during the 1950’s, and had also been a Sky Watch Assistant 
Chief.
     She is survived by her sister, Florence McCarty and her husband, Paul, 
Portland; daughters, Nancy Hunt, Dufur; Judy Staehnke and her husband, David, 
The Dalles; grandchildren, Marti Hunt, The Dalles; Rich Hunt, Dufur; Sandy 
Loop and her husband, Larry, The Dalles; Mike Sigman and his wife, Adrienne, 
Murrieta, Calif.; Mark Staehnke and his wife, Heather, Portland; great-
grandchildren, Jena and Ryan Loop and Trevor and Dylan Sigman. She was 
preceded in death by her husband, Richard R. “Dick” Johnson in 1993. 
     Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 18. Private interment will be held at a later date 
at Dufur Community Cemetery. 
     Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association, 380 
Spokane St. #110, Portland, OR 97202 or The Dalles Celilo Center, 1800 East 
19th Street, The Dalles, OR 97058. 


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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