OBITUARY: Shawna Marie Melzer, The Dalles, Wasco Co., Oregon

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Surnames: Melzer, Camargo, Bolin, Brown, Richelderfer
 
    Shawna Marie Melzer, 27, a resident of Aumsville (Oregon), died on 
December 11, 2002.
    She was born August 26, 1975 in The Dalles. She graduated from Auburn 
High school in Washington. She attended Green River Community College and
later lived in Spokane (Washington).
    She and her mother started a western tack and apparel business in 1998 in
Salem (Oregon).
    She enjoyed meeting new people, the travel and becoming acquainted with 
the rodeo community and loved teddy bears.
    Survivors include her parents, Steve and Donna (Camargo) Melzer, Aumsville; 
brother and sister-in-law, Joshua and Jamie Melzer, Salem, and niece and nephews,
Kaylie and Karson, also of Salem; grandfather, Ernie Camargo, Council, Idaho; 
grandmother, Anna Bolin, Aumsville; grandparents, Wayne and Myrna Melzer, 
Moro (Oregon); aunts and uncles including Debbie and John Brown, Moro; Elaine
and Dan Richelderfer, Wasco (Oregon), and Ken and Arla Melzer, Moro; cousins 
and second cousins; special friend, Ernie Stock; and many close friends.
    She was preceded in death by grandmother, Marge Camargo, and Nana, 
Ev Melzer.
    A graveside service was held in Sunrise Cemetery in Moro on Saturday and
a memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 21, at 1 p.m. at St. Mary's
Catholic Church in Shaw (Oregon).
    Memorials may be made either to Doernbecker's Children's Hospital or the 
Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund.
    Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service is in care of arrangements.
 
 
The Dalles Chronicle   December 15, 2002.
 
 
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon
 
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