Wasco-Multnomah-Deschutes County OR Archives Obituaries.....Root, Kenneth A. August 3, 1983
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder, August 11, 1983
     Kenneth A. Root, 56, a resident of Portland and a former resident of 
Mosier, died Aug. 3 of an apparent heart attack.
     He was born in Mosier to Clyde and Christine Root.  He attended school in 
Mosier and remained there until 1948 when he moved to Terrebonne.  He lived in 
many areas of Oregon, moving to Portland in 1974, where he was a 
representative for Oregon Realty.  He worked for the Great Lakes Carbon 
Company and the iron workers trade.  Mr. Root was instrumental in development 
of a clay product catbox filler and sold the company to Hart Mountain 
Company.  His hobbies were gold mining, fishing and hunting.
     Survivors include his children, Alan Root, Portland; Christine Haldeman, 
Independence, and Karen Rudelitch, Independence; his mother, Christine Root, 
Mosier; a brother, Verne Root, Mosier; a sister Bernice Garner, Portland, and 
four grandchildren.
     Funeral services were Saturday at Peake Memorial Chapel in Milwaukie 
followed by graveside services at Mosier Cemetery.
     Contributions are suggested to favorite charities.

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Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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