Wasco-Morrow-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Spaulding, Bette L. August 3, 1995 ************************************************ 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 9, 2006, 2:51 pm The Dalles Daily Chronicle, August 8, 1995 A graveside memorial service for Bette L. Spaulding, 77, a resident of Heppner and a former resident of The Dalles, will be held on Thursday, Aug. 10 at 1 p.m. at The Dalles IOOF Cemetery. She died on Aug. 3 at a Heppner care center. She was born Dec. 5, 1917 at Joseph to Francis "Clyde" and Jessie Ann McCloud Simpson. She attended schools at The Dalles and Hood River, graduating from high school in The Dalles. She married Carl F. Spaulding in The Dalles on March 3, 1940. He died in 1988. She was employed at Eddin's Motor company at The Dalles before moving to Heppner in 1954, where she and her husband purchased Walt Barger's accounting office and operated Heppner TV. She worked in the office for many years before returning to The Dalles in 1980. She worked at Byers, Neumayer & Bradford accounting firm in The Dalles from 1981 until 1989. She returned to Heppner in 1994 to convalesce. She was a member of the Mid-Columbia Medical Center Auxiliary in The Dalles and volunteered many hours working in the gift shop. She received the Cable Television Pioneer Award in 1992 for her efforts in putting on the Oregon Cable TV and Pacific Northwest Cable Association Convention. She volunteered in the Heppner Library and enjoyed her yard, sewing and tole painting. Survivors include daughters, Judith Laughlin, Heppner, and Janice Harper, Helix; a sister Barbara Larsen, Eugene; five grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. A sister, Maxine, died earlier. Memorials may be made to Pioneer Memorial Home Health, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR., 97836, or the Mid-Columbia Medical Center Auxiliary, 1700 E. 19th St., The Dalles, OR., 97058. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Daily Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/s/spauldin147gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb