Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Nolan, Esther G. March 6, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 21, 2006, 1:09 pm The Dalles Chronicle, March 15, 2006 Esther G. Nolan, 89, a resident of Hermiston, died March 6, 2006 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. She was born Sept. 5, 1916 in Kilgore, Neb., to parents Henry and Lula Bell DeBore Fisher. She was raised and attended schools in Nebraska. She moved to Hood River in 1934 and later moved to The Dalles, where she married Kenneth Long. They lived in Biggs for a time before returning to The Dalles. They later divorced and then she married Fred Nolan in The Dalles and they moved to Portland in 1953. They returned to The Dalles in the early 1960’s and lived there until moving to Umatilla in 1967. For the most part she has lived in the Hermiston and Umatilla areas since. She was an active member of the Hermiston Seventh Day Adventist Church, working with the prison ministry and at the Hermiston Junior Academy. She enjoyed gardening, canning, family get together’s, potluck gatherings, and spending time with her family and friends. She is survived by her daughters: Patricia Gay, Umatilla, and Janette Buchanan, Hermiston; son Dusty Nolan, Hermiston; 12 grandchildren, 21 great- grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Fred Nolan, her parents, three sisters Doris, Marge and Ruth; and twp brothers, Edward and Ralph. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, March 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hermiston Seventh Day Adventist Church, Hermiston. Those who wish may make contributions in Esther’s memory to 3ABN or ADRA c/o the Hermiston 7th Day Adventist Church at 855 W. Highland Ave. Hermiston, Oregon 97838. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, Oregon is in care of arrangements. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/n/nolan1328gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb