Wasco-Washington County OR Archives Obituaries.....Metzentine, Everett Elyea April 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 14, 2005
     Wasco County lost a champion of local history and Oregon’s pioneer 
heritage Monday with the death of Everett Elyea Metzentine.
     Mr. Metzentine, 87, was a 57-year resident of Wamic, co-founder of the 
Dufur Threshing Bee, wagon-builder and wheelwright. He died at a local care 
facility. 
     He was born Jan. 20, 1918 in Hillsboro, the youngest of three children to 
Herman and Cora Maude (Schmeltzer) Metzentine. He was raised on a farm near 
today’s Washington Square in Beaverton and graduated from Beaverton High 
School in 1937.
     Mr. Metzentine worked as a carpenter, farmer, woodworker and was a well 
known wheelwright.
     He was a member of Barlow Gate Grange in Wamic, Wamic Community Church, 
Wamic Shcool Board, Wasco County Soil Conservation District, Dufur Threshing 
Bee, Wasco County Pioneers Association, Wasco County Historical Society Fort 
Dalles Museum, Dufur Historical Society, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and 
the Oregon Draft Horse Breeders Association. He enjoyed reading non-fiction 
books, studying history, working with draft horses in farming and in horse 
shows and woodworking. Mr. Metzentine also restored the Umatilla Wagon 
(Stagecoach) of The Dalles, co-founded the Dufur Threshing Bee. At Crate’s 
Point, he built a life-size replica of a pioneer raft with covered wagon, 
demonstrating what the pioneer settlers of Oregon used on the Columbia River. 
He organized the 150 year commemorative program honoring Oregon pioneer 
settlers. He was also a guest speaker at schools, organizations and community 
events.
     Mr. Metzentine is survived by his wife Eunice May (Gault) Metzentine of 
The Dalles, whom he married Dec. 31, 1939 in Tigard; his son: Mike and his 
wife, Judy Metzentine, The Dalles; his daughters: Judy Metzentine Saxton, 
Wamic; Debbie Metzentine Forrester and her husband, Charles, Portland; Peggy 
Metzentine Dyke and her husband, Dan, Halfway, MO; grandchildren: Tyla 
Metzentine, The Dalles; Lacy Metzentine, Dufur; Anne Marie Saxton, San 
Francisco, CA; Becky Saxton Baird and her husband, Todd, Beaverton; Kevin 
Saxton and his wife, Stella, Portland; Chris Saxton, Newberg; Danell Dyke 
Poisel and her husband, Chuck, The Dalles; David Dyke and his wife, Hyung 
Sook, Ozark, MO; great-grandchildren: Jacob and Caleb Poisel, The Dalles; 
Alexander Dyke, Ozark, MO; Nathaniel Baird, Beaverton; Derek Shugart, 
Portland. 
     Memorial services will be at St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 1222 West 10th 
Street, The Dalles at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2005 with Pastor Stan Wall 
officiating. Cremation was at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, 
Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. 
     Memorial contributions may be made to Broken Oak Equine Retirement 
Center, PO Box 119, Dallesport, WA 98617, www.brokenoaks.org. 


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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