Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Massie, Marilyn July 16, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  July 20, 2004
    Marilyn Massie was more than a joy. She was an angelic light, cheering the 
hearts of everyone she encountered. She was more than a loyal friend or foster 
child. She was one of the family.
     Massie, 64, collapsed and died unexpectedly Friday, July 16, while in her 
front yard, playing with her dog, Theo. 
     Born in Ohio, she spent most of her life in Oregon after her parents 
died. 
     She moved to Chenowith Pines Adult Foster Home (owned by Lipano and Diane 
Sasa) in 1988 and immediately became a cheerful member of the Sasa family. 
     Saying Massie loved life is an understatement. She was ecstatic about 
life, and everybody knew it.
     Weekdays she would ride The Link to the Columbia Gorge Center, where she 
worked for more than 30 years. She adored The Link and would be dismayed if 
work was ever cancelled. She loved people, music, church, animals, new 
clothes, the ocean, presents and red cars. Her passion was simple, though: 
horses. She had horse pictures, horse t-shirts, horse pencils, horse purses, 
and even a huge collection of horse figurines. One of her favorite pastimes 
was watching any movie with horses. 
     Massie is survived by the Sasa family: Lipano, Diane, Stephen and Mary; 
and her friends at the Columbia Gorge Center. The Sasas loved and will miss 
her ever-present smile, her happy laugh, and her constant affection for 
everyone and everything. They will always hold dear the pure, unaffected, 
childlike joy Massie exuded every day until her last.
     A celebration of Massie’s life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the 
Columbia Gorge Center, 2940 Thomsen Road, Hood River with Pastor Pat Milligan 
officiating. 
     Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with 
Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements.


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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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