Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Merritt DeAnn Sherrell August 1, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  August 6, 2004
     Merritt DeAnn Sherrell Smith, 38, a Hood River native and resident of The 
Dalles, died Aug. 1, 2004 in a boating accident on Foster Reservoir near Sweet 
Home in Linn County.
     She was born July 10, 1966 in Hood River to Ed and Bonnie (Fitzgerald) 
Sherrell and grew up there. She was a member of the Hood River High School 
class of 1984. She worked in several industries including fruit processing, 
the food service industry, mail processing, and lately roofing with her 
husband’s company. She loved horses, and enjoyed training and showing them. 
She also loved muscle cars and fishing.
     She was a member of the Gateway Presbyterian Church in The Dalles, the 
American Easy-Gaited Horse Association, A.A., and enjoyed volunteering as an 
inspirational speaker at NORCOR.
     Survivors include her husband Keith Smith, The Dalles; her parents, Ed 
and Bonnie Sherrell, Black Butte Ranch; her children, son Tanner Glen 
Sherrell, Odell; Douglas “D.J.” Smith, The Dalles; daughter Sarah Sherrell, 
Hood River; her brothers Ed Sherrell, Hermiston; Todd Sherrell, Hood River; 
and Andrew Sherrell, Black Butte Ranch; and her sisters Kelly Clark, Camas, 
Wash.; Angela Sherrell, Black Butte Ranch; and Dawn Lahti, Hood River.
     A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Aug. 7, at 11 a.m. at 
Gateway Presbyterian Church, 10th & Dry Hollow Road in The Dalles, with the 
Reverend Dr. James Hazlett presiding. A luncheon reception follows at 12:30 at 
the Discovery Center. 
     Memorial contributions may be made to The Unity & Recovery Foundation, 
10th and Federal Streets, The Dalles, OR 97058. Arrangements are by Columbia 
Cremation & Burial.


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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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