Wasco-Sherman-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Medler, Catherine "Helen" March 31, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 1, 2004
    Catherine “Helen” Medler, 83, a resident of The Dalles, died at a Portland 
hospital Wednesday, March 31, 2004.
     She was born June 13, 1920, in Portland, the eighth of 13 children to 
Alex and Helen Bee (VanPatten) Macnab. The family lived in Sherman County and 
she attended school in Rufus. In The Dalles, she was a boarder student at St. 
Mary’s Academy where she graduated in the Class of 1940. She then moved to 
Portland where she worked at Fred Meyer and the Jantzen Knitting Mills.
     She married Leland “Pix” Medler on Aug. 28, 1944, at St. Peter’s Catholic 
Church in The Dalles. They farmed in Sherman County, raising wheat, cattle and 
their two children, Doug and Barbie.
     She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church, St. Peter’s Altar Society 
and St. Barbara’s Circle, the Oregon Angus Auxiliary, Oregon Wheat League, 
Sherman County Historical Society, The Dalles Senior Center and Elks 
Auxiliary. She enjoyed her family, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, helping 
on the farm, reading, bingo, traveling and her trips to Reno, Nev. 
     She is survived by her son, Douglas and his wife, Nancy Medler, The 
Dalles; her daughter, Barbie and her husband, Ron Svenson, Clatskanie; her 
granddaughter, Kris and her husband, Scott Rone, Colorado Springs, Colo. and 
their children, Bryce, Alyssa and Peyton; six grandsons, Robert Medler, 
Gresham, and his children, Angelica and Keila; Ty and his wife, Sandra Medler, 
Fort Bliss, Texas and their children, Melody and Megan; Ryan Svenson, 
Scappoose; Cameron and Blake Svenson, Longview, Wash., and Lane Svenson, 
Clatskanie; three brothers, Tom and his wife, Helen; Pete and Pat Macnab, all 
of Wasco; one sister, Rose and her husband, Bill Hulse, Dufur; sister-in-laws, 
Junie Macnab, The Dalles; Bea Macnab, The Dalles; Elda Macnab, Lake Oswego and 
many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Pix, on 
July 1, 1982; five brothers, George, John, Don, Bob and Bill; two sisters, 
Mary McMillin and Joan Macnab.
     Viewing visitation will be at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home on 
Sunday, April 4 from 2 p.m. through the recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m.
     Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on 
Monday, April 5, at 1 p.m. with Rev. Todd Unger as celebrant. Interment will 
follow at St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery.
     Memorials may be made to a charity of choice or the family suggests a 
random act of kindness.


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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