Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Nordurft, Raymond Alvin December 29, 2003 ************************************************ 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 Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 23, 2006, 12:33 pm The Dalles Chronicle, January 2, 2004 Raymond Alvin Nodurft, 85, a resident of The Dalles, died at the Oregon Veterans Home on Monday, Dec. 29, 2003. He was born May 29, 1918, in Lowden, Iowa, the third of five children to Marion Alvin and Sophia Marie (Proesch) and grew up in Durant, Iowa. He married Eulalia Jean Wells on May 6, 1939, in Durant and they lived there until World War II. He served in the US Navy from January 1944 to October 1945, and then returned to Durant to work construction and carpentry. In 1961, the family moved to The Dalles, where he continued his trade in carpentry and construction. In 1975, he retired from work and the carpenter’s union and he and his wife moved to Tygh Valley, they returned to The Dalles in 1998. He was a charter member of the Moose Lodge and longtime member of the Eagles Lodge and American Legion. After retiring, he learned to golf, still enjoyed woodworking and snow birded to Yuma, for 15 years. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Eulalia, The Dalles; his son, Lester Nodurft and his wife, Alta, The Dalles; daughters, Patricia Morris, Puyallup, Wash.; and Bonnie Peckenschneider and her husband, Dennis, Bettendorf, Iowa; brother, Earnest “Pete” Nodurft, Florida; sister, Shirley Thede, Dayton, Ohio; nine grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan.3, 2004, at The Dalles Moose Lodge, with past state president, Jim Mann officiating. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chroicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/n/nordurft508gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb