Wasco-Marion-Deschutes County OR Archives Obituaries.....Steele, Velda Louise February 12, 2004 ************************************************ 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 24, 2006, 8:51 pm The Dalles Chronicle, February 16, 2004 Velda Louise Steele, 69, a resident of Salem, died of complications of colon cancer Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004. She was born Jan. 2, 1935 in Jefferson. She married Arthur Steele Sept. 6, 1953 in Woodburn. The couple lived in Woodburn for a year, then moved to Riddle for three years, Salem for two years, The Dalles for 16 years, Bend for 16 years, and they retired to Salem in 1995. She attended Salem Christian Center. She enjoyed hunting and fishing trips, bowling, cooking, and embroidery, for which she won numerous ribbons at county fairs. She is survived by her husband and her mother Velma Hampton, both of Salem; son Alan Steele of Graham, Wash.; daughter Sharon Temby of Dufur; sisters Dorothy Cutsforth of Gervais and Juanita Stuart of Salem; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Salem Christian Center Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m., followed by private interment at Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn. Simon-Woodburn Funeral Chapel is in care of the arrangements. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/s/steele552gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb