Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Preston, Betty Jane August 27, 1995 ************************************************ 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 7, 2006, 8:42 pm The Dalles Daily Chronicle, August 29, 1995 Betty Jane Preston, 74, a resident of The Dalles, died at the local hospital on Aug. 27, 1995 She was born June 27, 1921 in Sheridan, Wyo, the only child of William and Helen (Barnes) Kline. She grew up and graduated from high school in Sheridan. She married Clifford Eugene Preston in Hardin, Mont. in 1945. She worked for Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone in Sheridan, then was transferred to The Dalles in 1952. She worked here until the late 1970s when she was transferred to Bend, where she worked until her retirement several years ago. Survivors include her cousins, T. E. Buchanan, Earnest Barnes and F. T. Barnes, all of Sheridan; Dorothy Mortenson, Ranchester, Wyo.; Catherine Hagel, Salmon, Idaho; Ralph and Dean Barnes, Lincoln, Neb.; and Dale Barnes, The Dalles. Her husband, Clifford, died in 1988. Viewing visitation will be at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home from 2 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30. Graveside funeral services will be at The Dalles IOOF Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31. Memorials may be made to the Oregon Heart Association, sent in care of Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home, 1100 Kelly Ave., The Dalles, OR, 97058. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Daily Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/p/preston111gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb