Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Magill, Esther Ellen December 17, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 16, 2006, 11:53 pm The Dalles Chronicle, December 20, 2005 Esther Ellen Magill, a resident of Wamic, died at her son’s home in Wamic on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005. She was born Jan. 11, 1910, in Lents, the older of two children to William B. and Elsie (Anderson) Knox. She moved to Tygh Valley as a child, graduated from high school and was in the first graduating class of Eastern Oregon State College. She taught school in the Southern Wasco County area for five years. She met her future husband, Owen John Magill, while attending church in Wamic and they married on January 11, 1939, in Wamic. They settled in Wamic and she became a homemaker. She was a resident at Cherry Height Retirement Home for several years. She was an original charter member of Wamic Community Church and Barlow Gate Garden Club. She was grand marshal for Wamic Rendezvous Days, named Wasco County Pioneer Association Woman of the Year and made many trips to Hawaii to help with children’s missions. She enjoyed gardening, making baby doll clothes and quilts, was a cook with the cookie jar always full and liked learning Southern Wasco County and family history. She is survived by her son, John Magill and his wife, Judy, her grandsons and their wives, Lane and Sheri Magill and their children, Krista and Kayla, The Dalles, and Larry and Jamie Magill and their children, Tad, Riley, Tracey, of Wamic; her brother, Glenn Knox, Seattle, and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death her husband, Owen, in 1992. Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home from 2 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21, and 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22, at Wamic Community Church with Rev. Stan Wall officiating. Interment will follow at Wamic Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to Wamic Community Church, Wamic, OR and Hospice of the Gorge, 751 Myrtle St., 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). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/m/magill1253gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb