Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Springer, Vina Mae (Brown) February 27, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, March 3, 2005
     Vina Mae (Brown) Springer, 81, died at a local care facility on Sunday, 
Feb. 27, 2005.
     On Nov. 17th, 1923, twins were born to Leroy Brown and Mable (Day) Brown. 
Vina Mae and Vena Mae Brown joined brothers, Keith and Oris, and a sister, 
Geneva. They were later joined by two younger sisters, Edith and Rita. 
     As a teenager, she left the family ranch to explore the city. She took a 
job cleaning and caring for a young family in town. Working gave her a great 
sense of accomplishment as well as the means to pursue one of her favorite 
pastimes, shopping. She was especially proud of the fine winter coat that she 
purchased all by herself.
     Vina married Paul Roy Pence on May 9, 1942. Daughter Judith Marie (Pence) 
Shearer was born Aug. 16, 1943, and daughter, Janet Kaye (Pence) Walston was 
born Sept. 11, 1944. She and Paul were divorced on July 10th, 1953. She 
supported her two girls by managing a small hotel and restaurant. Times were 
tough, but her love for her two daughters kept the family strong.
     On June 6, 1954 she married the love of her life, Raymond Edward 
Springer. The two were devoted to each other and to their young daughters.
     He later got work in road construction, so the family traveled to many 
places. They were a very close-knit family.
     She is survived by her husband; daughters Judy and husband James Shearer 
and Janet and her husband John Walston; granddaughters Sherrill Ann (Walston) 
Swanson and Deborah Kaye (Walston) Tanner.
     Memorial services will be held at the New Life United Pentecostal Church 
in The Dalles at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 4, 2005. Cremation was held at The 
Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care 
of arrangements. 


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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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