Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Justesen, Nell Marie Conley July 20, 1995
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder, July 28, 1995
Tygh Valley resident and Justesen family matriarch Nell Marie Conley Justesen 
died July 20, 1995, at age 97.  She was born April 23, 1898, in Ashville, NC, 
to Charles and Phoebe Conley, the second of 12 children.  The family 
homesteaded in 1903 near Tygh Valley, where Nell attended the White River 
Grade School.

Choosing to be a young career woman, she attended The Dalles High School, and 
later business college in Portland.

Nell was visiting her family in Tygh Valley when she met her future husband, 
Tate Justesen, who had returned from the "Western Front" in World War 1.  The 
couple married in 1919 and had two children, born in Portland and San Rafael, 
Calif.  The family later moved to San Bernadino, where Nell was employed by 
Charis Corporation as their top sales representative.  In the 1930s they 
returned to Portland, where Nell was employed by J.C. Penney, and was 
recognized as their top producing employee as well.

The Justesens moved to Kent, Ore., and started farming near Tate's parents in 
the mid-1930s.  They later bought a wheat ranch on Juniper Flat west of 
Maupin, and in 1949 purchased the Hauser Ranch at Tygh Valley, where they 
remained. 

Nell was active in the Garden Club, American Cancer Society, American Legion 
Auxiliary, Methodist Church, Wasco County Pioneers, the Wasco County Cowbells 
and served for many years on the election board.

Tenacious in pursuing her goals, she was instrumental in getting the 
guardrails installed on Shearer's grade from Tygh Valley to Sherman County, 
writing to every governor since Earl Snell to pursue this objective.  The 
project is now near completion.

She was preceded in death by three brothers, three sisters and her husband, 
Tate.

Her surviving brothers are Wallace, Robert and Sherman Conley of Portland, and 
Howard Conley of Sacramento, Calif.  Other surviving family members include 
her daughter Betty Nelson, son Roger Justesen and his wife Evelyn, and 
numerous grandchildren.

Private family services were held at Smith's Funeral Home with Ann Peterson, 
Nell's close friend and neighbor, singing and ministering.  Pallbearers were 
Roger Justesen, Ed Justesen, Gary Conley, Rocky Webb, Fred Justesen, Jon 
Justesen, Roger Johnson and Roy Justesen.

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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