Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Sims, Anna Lea December 10, 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 23, 2006, 10:40 am The Dalles Chronicle, December 16, 2003 Anna Lea Sims, 74, a resident of The Dalles, died at a Portland care facility Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003. She was born July 8, 1929 in Pindall, Ark., the fourth of five children to Edward and Electa (Younger) Morris. She was raised in Arkansas and married Joseph Thomas Sims on Nov. 19, 1944 in Jasper, Ark. They moved to The Dalles in 1948 and she worked as a seamstress at Webber’s Cleaners, and then as a certified nurse’s aide at The Dalles General Hospital. She was a member of the Eastern Star and enjoyed her family, knitting and crocheting. She is survived by her daughter, Thelma and her husband, Bert Younglove, Portland; four grandchildren, Tom and his wife, Shari Jones, Portland; Kathy and her husband, Mike Simons, McKenna, Wash.; Regina K. Younglove, Vancouver, Wash., and Christine and her husband, Keoni McHone, Gladstone; three great- grandchildren, Amber, Joey and Sarah; her brother, Charlie Morris and his wife, Violet, The Dalles; and her sister, Estelee Meyer, Chico, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph, in 1989; her daughter, Virginia Jones in 2003; her brother, John L. and her sister, Lea. Memorial services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home on Monday, Dec. 22, at 11 a.m. Interment of cremains will follow at IOOF Cemetery on Threemile Road. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Hopewell House, 6171 SW Capitol HWY, Portland, OR 97239. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chroicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/s/sims488gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb