Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Joseph "Joe" Gary June 27, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  July 4, 2004
     Joseph “Joe” Gary Smith, 64, a resident of The Dalles, died at the Oregon 
Veterans’ Home on Sunday, June 27, 2004.
     He was born Dec. 31, 1939, in Yakima, the older of two children to John 
and Helen (Harris) Siekawitch. He was raised in the Yakima Valley and 
graduated from A.C. Davis Senior High School in the Class of 1958. After high 
school, he entered the U.S. Army and was discharged in 1972. He served in 
Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star .
     After the service, he returned to the Yakima area, and moved to The 
Dalles in the late 1970s. He played the bass guitar and sang at many local 
clubs and lodges. He also cooked at the Lone Pine, Portage Inn and Windy River 
Restaurants prior to his illness.
     He is survived by his wife, Janice (Hacker) Smith, whom he married on 
Feb. 14, 1989, in Lincoln City, of The Dalles; three step-children and four 
step-grandchildren; his sister, Barbara and her husband, Barry Watts, Lacey, 
Wash., and his longtime special friends, Emilio Guevara and Bonnie (Brat) 
Palmer, both of The Dalles.
     Memorial services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Wednesday, July 7, 2004 at 1 p.m. with Moose Rites conducted by Jim Mann. 
Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, 
Libby and Powell Funeral in care of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to Oregon Heart Association, 1425 NE Irving #100, 
Portland, OR 97232-4201.


Additional Comments:
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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