Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Morast, Gwendolen "Lura" May 20, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, 
     Gwendolen "Lura" Morast, 87, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local 
care facility on Thursday, May 20, 2004.
     She was born July 5, 1916, in The Dalles, the oldest of four children to 
Elwood and Charlotte (Marvel) Adkisson. She was raised Southeast of Boyd on 
the family ranch and graduated from Dufur High School. After attending 
Willamette University, she returned to The Dalles to work for the federal 
government. She married Walter L. Morast on Oct. 9, 1937, in Boyd.
     He worked for Shell Oil Company, and they moved to Washington and later 
returned to The Dalles, taking over the Morast family cherry ranch. They 
gradually expanded the ranch and built a new home in the 1950s on Three Mile 
Creek. He and Lura designed and built the home with modern ingenuity, and they 
raised the family in that home until selling it in the early 1970s. After Mr. 
Morast retired, they moved into town, living on E. 21st Place. In later years, 
she resided at Flagstone Retirement and Assisted Living, and Carolyn's Adult 
Care.
     Lura was a life member of Eastern Star, the Methodist Church and enjoyed 
her family and friends. She was an avid reader, loving art, especially Claude 
Monet, playing the piano, knitting, crocheting, sewing, gardening, and helping 
run the farm. While their children were young, she taught 4-H and scout clubs. 
Lura worked as a clerk for the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation 
Services (ASCS) office in The Dalles for numerous years. She volunteered over 
10,000 hours of time for The Dalles Mid Columbia Hospital after her 
retirement. In her later years, she and Walt traveled together, going hunting, 
fishing and learning/site seeing Oregon geology.
     Lura is survived by her two daughters and their husbands, Kaye and Duane 
Fulmer, McMinnville, and Jo and Fritz Kuykendall, Fairbanks, Alaska; six 
grandchildren, Jim Chenoweth, Seattle ; Ellen Ball and Chris Chenoweth, both 
of McMinnville; Kerri Kuykendall, Seattle; Kate Kuykendall, New York City; Kim 
Koester, Fairbanks; seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Merril and his 
wife, Thelma Adkisson, Portland; nieces and nephews including her niece, Pam 
Clausen, Dufur, and other numerous family members. She was preceded in death 
by her husband, Walter, in September 1987, her sister, Beverly Crothers, and 
her brother, Dale Adkisson.
     Graveside memorial services will be held at The Dalles Odd Fellows 
Cemetery on Cherry Heights Road on Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. 
Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, 
Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements.
     The family requests, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to The Dalles 
Wasco County Library Foundation, 722 Court St., The Dalles, OR 97058, The 
Dalles Art Association, 220 East 4th St., The Dalles, OR 97058, or charity of 
choice.


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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