Obituary: Floyd Wesley Tanner, 80, a resident of The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon.

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The Dalles Chronicle   April 22, 2003.
Surnames: Tanner, Brace, Wilson, Burton, Martin, Weisenhaus

Floyd Wesley Tanner, 80, a resident of The Dalles, died at his home on Saturday, 
April 19, 2003.

He was born June 3, 1922, in Lisbon, North Dakota, the youngest of five children
to Joseph Melvin and Mae (Brace) Tanner. The family moved to Hood River (Oregon) 
and he graduated from Hood River High School. After high school, he enlisted in 
the Merchant Marines and later the Coast Guard during WWII.

He returned to the Mid-Columbia area and worked as a heavy equipment operator in 
construction and for Munsen Paving. In his later years, he worked as a car 
ferrier.

He was a member of the First Christian Church and enjoyed the outdoors, his 
horses and fishing with his grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife Edna Tanner of The Dalles, whom he married January 17,
1971, in Stevenson (Washington); seven children, Jo Ann Wilson, Salem (Oregon); 
Sarah and Robert Burton, The Dalles; Geraldean and Donnie Martin, The Dalles; 
Barry Tanner, Anchorage (Alaska); Peter Tanner, Portland; Jody Tanner, Portland, 
Jeff Tanner, Portland; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; his sister,
Ollie May Weisenhaus, Gresham (Oregon); and his brother, Pete Tanner, Hood River.

Viewing and visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 24 and 
from 9 a.m. through services on Friday.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 25, at Spencer, Libby 
and Powell Funeral Home with Pastor Lynn Taylor officiating. Private cremation 
will follow at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory.

Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church, 3rd & Washington, The 
Dalles, Oregon 97058.