Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....McKenzie, Brian Wayne August 26, 2006 ************************************************ 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 December 30, 2006, 10:10 pm The Dalles Chronicle, August 30, 2006 Brian Wayne McKenzie, 23, died in Hood River on Aug. 26, 2006. He was born in The Dalles on Jan. 3, 1983, the son of Michele Seely (Fondren) and Dennis McKenzie. He attended Columbia High School in White Salmon where he especially enjoyed working with the teachers and his peers in the woodshop. Recently, he worked tempering glass for Cardinal Glass in Odell. He loved fishing, camping and the outdoors, but his passion was surfing. He dreamed of moving to California where he would build boards and ride the waves. He is survived by his mother and stepfather Michele and Bill Seely, The Dalles; his father Dennis McKenzie, Oklahoma; brothers Glenn and Brandon McKenzie, The Dalles and Dennis McKenzie, Jr., Hood River; and grandmother Naomi Fondren, Temple, Texas. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1 at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon. Pastor Ken Rieper will officiate and there will be a reception in Gardner Chapel immediately following the service. Memorials may be made to White Salmon Valley Schools Woodshop, in care of Gardner Funeral Home, PO Box 390, White Salmon, Wash. 98672. To send condolences to the McKenzie family, please sign the online guestbookat www.gardnerfh.com. 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/mckenzie2792gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb