Wasco-Union County OR Archives Obituaries.....Moats, Berneta Sunshine June 22, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  June 23, 2004
     Berneta Sunshine Moats, 92, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local 
care facility on Tuesday, June 22, 2004.
     She was born Nov. 10, 1911, in Appleton, Wash., the oldest of four 
children to Winfred Morris and Elva Edith (Wythers) Pierson. She was raised in 
Appleton and in La Grande, graduating from La Grande High School in the Class 
of 1930. 
     She married George Albert Moats on April 30, 1934, in La Grande. She was 
a homemaker, worked as a secretary and as a bookkeeper. She lived in La Grande 
for 69 years prior to moving to The Dalles for seven years. 
     She was a member of the United Methodist Church in La Grande and the Good 
Sam Club. She enjoyed visiting with her friends and family, gardening, 
fishing, knitting, her dogs, playing card games and traveling in the motor 
home. 
     She is survived by her brother, Lenn Pierson and his wife, Eleanor and 
their children, Forbes Pierson, Claremont, Calif., Cynthia, and her husband, 
Ted Schliecher, Prescott, Ariz., Jan, and her husband, Geoff Stevenson, Scio; 
and Doug and his wife, Julee Pierson, Prescott; her brother, Jim Pierson and 
his wife Doreen, The Dalles; and their children Donna Smith, and her sons, 
Gregory Jr. and Anthony all of Lacey, Wash.; Michael and his wife, Tanzie 
Pierson, and Steven Pierson, all of Vancouver, Wash. She was preceded in death 
by her husband, George, in February 2001; her son, Bruce Scott Moats, in 1982; 
her brother, Ray Lowell Pierson, who died in the service during World War II. 
     Graveside memorial services will be held at the Island City Cemetery in 
La Grande at a later date. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt 
Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. 
     Memorials may be made to the La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 
Fourth Street, La Grande, OR 97850, Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle Street, 
The Dalles, OR 97058 or to a charity of choice.


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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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