Wasco-Hood River-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Rundell, E. Marie November 17, 2003 ************************************************ 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 22, 2006, 11:12 pm The Dalles Chronicle, November 18, 2003 E. Marie Rundell, 79, a resident of The Dalles, died at the local hospital Monday, Nov. 17, 2003. She was born Aug. 16, 1924 in Powers Lake, N.D., the youngest of five children to Erling and Lydia (Breding) Olson. She was raised in North Dakota and moved to Hood River in the late 1930s and then to Portland where she worked in the shipyards during World War II. After the war, she married Omer Lee Rundell on Nov. 27, 1945 in La Grande. They lived in Hood River, Pendleton, Portland and then settled in The Dalles in the late 1980s. She was a member of the Baptist Church and enjoyed her family, her grandchildren and homemaking. She is survived by two daughters, Valerie Marie Nevins, The Dalles; Peggy Lee Ison and her husband, Ross, Beaverton; six grandchildren, Jeff, Troy, Tonya, Jill, Allan and Travis; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Marge Taylor and Betty Smith, both of Hood River. She was preceded in death by her husband, Omer Rundell in March 1995, a brother and a sister. Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home today, Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A celebration of life service will be held at Gateway Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. Graveside services will be held at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 1 p.m.. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home are in care of arrangements. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 2120 First Ave. N, Seattle, WA 98109. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/r/rundell455gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb