Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Reckman, Andrew Carson May 30, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, July 24, 2005
     Andrew Carson Reckman, 85, died in Estacada on May 30, 2005.
     He was born July 24 at his family home near Grass Valley on July 24, 1919 
to Diedrich and Dora Reckman. He was the eighth of nine children.
     He was a graduate of Sandy High School in 1940. He married Pasty Keenan 
in August of 1941 and their daughter Kelly was born in October of 1942.
     During World War II he worked for the State Highway Department. Over the 
years he farmed in Sherman and Clackamas counties.
     He was a journeyman carpenter and later in his retirement years he was 
active on the Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation Board.
     He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening and woodworking and made furniture 
and shared the bountiful harvest of his garden with family, friends and 
neighbors. He and his wife liked square dancing and clam digging on the 
Washington coast with friends.
     He was supportive of youth organizations, 4-H, FFA and was a buyer of the 
market programs at Clackamas County Fair and the Tygh Valley Wheat League show.
     Survivors include his wife, Patsy; daughter, Kelly Petty and her husband, 
Bill; two grandchildren, Will Petty, Estacada and Marcia Petty, Albany; 
sister, Katherine Eakin, Goldendale; and brother, Henry Reckman, Boring.
     He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Herman, Dick and 
John; and three sisters, including a baby sister, Maria; and Elizabeth 
(Hartley) and Marie (Eakin). 


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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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