Wasco-Washington-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Stapleton, John Matthew May 7, 1983
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder, May 12, 1983
     John Matthew Stapleton, 88, a resident of Beaverton since December of 
1981, and a former longtime resident of The Dalles, died May 7 at a Portland 
nursing home.
     He was born Jan. 16, 1895 in Goldendale.
     Mr. Stapleton played basketball at high school in Goldendale; attended 
pre-law at University of Washington, and then served in the U.S. Army in World 
War I.
     He married his wife, Jessie, in Goldendale Oct. 15, 1922, and they 
operated a wheat ranch in Goldendale before he attended and graduated from 
University of Oregon Law School in 1929.  He came to The Dalles in July of 
that year to start his law practice which continued until retirement in 1973.
     Mr. Stapleton was a member of the Eagles Lodge, the Masonic and Eastern 
Star Lodges, the American Legion and the Oregon State Bar.
     Other than his wife, in Beaverton, survivors included, a son, Thomas, 
Beaverton; two daughters, Mary Durocher, Beaverton, and Martha Stadelman, 
Yakima, Wash., and six grandchildren.
     Graveside funeral services were Wednesday at The Dalles IOOF Cemetry with 
the Rev. Karl Vercouteren officiating.  Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home 
was in charge of arrangements.
     Memorials are suggested to the Oregon Heart Fund.

Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Weekly Reminder, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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