Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Klindt, Virginia Blanche June 25, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, June 28, 2005
     Virginia Blanche Klindt, 84, a resident of The Dalles, died at her home 
on Saturday, June 25, 2005.
     She was born March 2, 1921 in La Grande, Oregon, the oldest of five 
children to Benjamin Franklin and Marion Josephine (Barnes) Hill. She grew up 
in Telocaset, OR in the upstairs of the railroad depot that her parents 
operated for the Union Pacific Railroad. She graduated from Union High School 
in 1938.  She then attended Eastern Oregon Normal School, Sacred Heart School 
of Nursing at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA and Good Samaritan School of 
Nursing in Portland, OR. 
     She moved to The Dalles during WWII and worked at the Columbia Park State 
Home until it closed. She married H. Carl Klindt on November 29, 1959 in The 
Dalles. 
     She loved doing work for her church and worked at the Portland Temple for 
12 years. She taught swimming lessons for many years during the 1960’s and was 
very proud of having taught so many children how to swim. She loved needlework 
and was an expert in crocheting. She crocheted afghans for family, friends, 
and various charitable organizations for raffles and fund raising. She was 
known for always having a crochet project with her almost everywhere she went. 
Gardening was another passion. Flowers of all kinds decorated her yard and 
life. 
     She is survived by her husband of 45 years, H. Carl Klindt, The Dalles; 
daughters, Sallie Torres, Eugene, Susan and her husband Allen Saling, The 
Dalles; sons, William E. (Ed) and his wife, Mary Woods, Timber Valley, WA, 
James and his wife, Janet (Stauffer) Woods, Dufur, Donald and his wife, Gail 
Woods, Salem and Ronald Woods, CA; 17 grandchildren; eight great-
grandchildren; sisters, Josephine Clausen, Portland, Patricia Greene, The 
Dalles; her brother, Benjamin Hill, The Dalles; numerous nieces, nephews and 
foster children. She was preceded in death by an infant sister and two infant 
grandsons. 
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral home 
on Tuesday, June 28 from 2 to 7 p.m. and on Wednesday, 9 a.m. to noon. 
     Funeral services will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day 
Saints at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 29. Interment will be held at Three Mile Road 
Odd Fellows Cemetery. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of 
arrangements. 
     Memorial contributions may be made to Celilo Cancer Center, 1800 East 
19th Street, The Dalles, OR 97058 or Hospice of the Gorge, 751 Myrtle 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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