Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Peterson, Jean Lorraine April 10, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 13, 2004
     Jean Lorraine Peterson, 78, a resident of The Dalles, died at her home 
Saturday, April 10, 2004.
     She was born July 3, 1925, in The Dalles, the second of four children to 
Alvin Christian and Velma Jean (Smith) Nielsen.
     She was raised in The Dalles and graduated from The Dalles High School in 
the Class of 1944. She then attended the Cadet Nurse Corp. in Portland and 
trained at Emanuel Hospital.
     She married Willis Earl Robertson in the Summer of 1947. They lived in 
Vancouver, Wash., and later moved to Jennings Lodge near Portland.
     She moved to The Dalles in 1958 and worked at The Dalles General Hospital 
as a registered nurse retiring as the director of nurses in 1981.
     She was an avid gardener, loved to sew, knit and hobbies of all sorts. 
Her latest love was growing and creatively decorating gourds. 
     She married Eskil “Harry” Peterson on Oct. 30, 1969, in Goldendale. In 
the early 1970’s, they purchased the Treaty Oak Orchards on Mill Creek from 
her father making her a third-generation owner.
     She is survived by her two daughters, Peggy Jean Miller and her husband, 
Jim, Memphis, Tenn., and children, Jeff, Trever and Amy Mees and Ryan Miller; 
Nancy Jo Maynard-Taylor and her husband, Alan, Hood River and children, Megan 
and Alex Maynard; one stepdaughter, Jeanne Glenn; sister, Patricia Lee 
Newland, Eugene; nephew, Tim Johnson and niece, Kathy Onsurez. She was 
preceded in death by her husband Eskil “Harry” Peterson in November 2001.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Tuesday, April 13 from 2 to 7 p.m. and on Wednesday, from 9 a.m. through 
the services.
     Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Wednesday, April 14, at 1 p.m. with Rev. Tim Saur officiating. Entombment 
will follow at The Dalles Odd Fellows Memorial Mausoleum. Spencer, Libby and 
Powell Funeral Home are in care of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to Columbia Gorge Community College, c/o Nursing 
Program, 400 East Scenic Drive, The Dalles, OR 97058. 


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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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