Obituary: Larry Dee Middleton, 48, a resident of Rufus (Oregon), Wasco County, Oregon ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Earline Wasser April 2003 ********************************************************************************* The Dalles Chronicle March 27, 2003. Surnames: Middleton, Hammett, Wells, Prindel Larry Dee Middleton, 48, a resident of Rufus (Oregon), died at his home on Monday, March 24, 2003. He was born June 12, 1954, in Redmond (Oregon), the oldest of three children to Arel Dee and Bertha Louise (Hammett) Middleton. The family moved to Wasco (Oregon) in 1964 and he graduated from Sherman Union High School in the class of 1972. He married Carol Elaine Wells on April 14, 1973, in Wasco and they resided in Rufus. He worked as a service station manager and blackjack dealer as well. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, golf, and bowling. He is survived by his wife Carol E. Middleton, Rufus; two sons, Larry Ray Middleton, Warm Springs (Oregon), Kenneth James Middleton and his wife Tina, Rufus; 1 daughter, Mary Louise Middleton, Rufus; one granddaughter, Sadie Marie Middleton; his parents, Dee and Louise Middleton, Wasco; his brother, Steve Middleton, Goldendale (Washington); his sister, Jo Ellen Prindel, Vancouver (Washington); grandmother, Lucille Hammett, Madras (Oregon); 12 nieces and nephews and four great nieces; and his parent-in-law, Floyd and Pauline Wells, Rufus. Viewing and visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home on Thursday, March 27, 2003 from 2 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the Rufus Baptist church on Friday at 11 a.m. with Reverend Jerry Brookings officiating. Private cremation will follow at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory.