Obituary: Lindy Leroy Sonnabend, a resident of Hood River, died in Portland, reported The Dalles Chronicle, Wasco County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Earline Wasser April 2003 ********************************************************************************* The Dalles Chronicle April 1, 2003. Surnames: Sonnabend, Phelps, Tibbets, Sumner, Peterson, Turpin, Thompson, Sohlar Lindy Leroy Sonnabend (Bull of The Woods), 75, a resident of Hood River (Oregon), died at a Portland hospital on Saturday, March 29, 2003. He was born May 25, 1927, in Yakima, the 11th of 13 children to William and Gertrude (Phelps) Sonnabend. He was raised in Yakima and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1945. After the service he returned to the Northwest working construction for Pacific Power & Light. In 1960 he settled in Hood River working as a lineman and retiring as a foreman in the mid 1980's. He then returned to construction and retired in 1999. He was a member of the Hood River Elk's Lodge, enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and fishing and loved his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Norma Jeanne (Tibbets) Sonnabend, whom he married on April 18, 1950 in Yuma, Arizona, Hood River; three sons and their families, Greg and his wife, Lu Sonnabend and their children, Johnathan, Christopher, Kristen, Jordan, and Jonah, Anchorage, (Alaska); Phil and his wife, Denise Sonnabend, and their children, Shalene and Joshua, The Dalles; Bill Sonnabend and his children, Rachelle Sohlar and Sky, Portland; his daughter, Cheryl Sonnabend and her son Brent Sumner, The Dalles; his brother, Bill Sonnabend; three sisters Rilla Peterson, Betty Turpin, and Darlene Thompson. Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2003 with Reverend Lynn Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in the Veteran's Section at The Dalles Parklawn Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 1112 W. 9th Street, The Dalles, Oregon 97058.