Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Pierce, Jane Estelle Anderson May 24, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, May 26, 2004
     Jane Estelle Anderson Pierce, 83, a resident of The Dalles, died 
peacefully at a local care facility on Monday, May 24, 2004.
     She was born Nov. 2, 1921, in Seattle, the oldest child of Fred Harold 
and Nellie Marie (George) Cornett. She grew up during the Great Depression and 
her parents lacked the financial resources to raise their many children, so 
they were forced to place all six in a Kansas orphanage. As a result, she had 
to drop out of school in the eighth grade and became a photographer’s 
assistant in Detroit, Mich., often posing for “glamour shots” for her 
employer’s portrait portfolio. 
     She went on to briefly live in Kansas and Oklahoma before finally 
returning to the West Coast. Though planning to relocate to California, she 
changed her mind and ended her journey in The Dalles, where she met and 
eventually married Carl Melvin “Mel” Anderson, a Union Pacific Railroad 
employee and cherry orchardist with deep roots in The Dalles area. His Irish 
and Swedish grandparents and great-grandparents all homesteaded near the 
current ghost town of Kingsley (close to Dufur), where they ranched cattle and 
farmed wheat.  While in The Dalles, she worked several years as a hairdresser 
and Merle Norman cosmetician before becoming a popular waitress at The 
Recreation Cafe. She also helped run the Anderson family’s cherry orchard on 
Orchard Street.
     Much later in life, She undertook a final career as a bookkeeper before 
retiring in her mid-60’s to enjoy her special talent for gardening.
     She is survived by her daughter Blaine “Nancy” Anderson and her son-in-
law Mark Hennigh, both of Moraga, Calif.; two granddaughters, Anna Anderson 
Hennigh and Jillian Anderson Hennigh, also both of Moraga; her brother, Robert 
Levit, of Longview, Wash.; her nieces, Barbara, Cheri and Marie; her 
nephews, “Butch” and David; her cousin by marriage, Leota Gibb, Seattle, and 
her dear and devoted friend, Betty LaDouceur, The Dalles. She was preceded in 
death by her first husband, Mel Anderson and her second husband, David “Bud” 
Pierce, as well as her parents and brothers Orvin, Donald, LeRoy and Ralph 
Levit.
     At her request, no public services will be held. Private cremation was 
held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral 
Home in care of arrangements. Private inurnment will be held at The Dalles Odd 
Fellows Cemetery Mausoleum.
     Memorials may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle Street, The 
Dalles, OR 97058.


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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