Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Thompson, Helen Elizabeth November 29, 1995
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The Dalles Weekly Reminder, December 8, 1995
     Helen Elizabeth Thompson, a Tygh Valley resident, died Nov. 29, 1995 at a 
local care center.  She was 70.
     She was born Dec. 6, 1924, in Chelan, Wash., the fourth of nine children 
born to Robert L. and Florence (Price) Bonwell.  She grew up in Omak and Port 
Orchard, Wash.
     On April 24, 1948, she married David Paul Thompson in Las Vegas, Nevada.  
They've made their home in Wamic and Tygh Valley since 1952.
     Mrs. Thompson worked as postmistress of Tygh Valley Post Office for 27 
years, retiring in the mid-1980s.
     Survivors include her husband of 47 years, David, of Tygh Valley; step-
daughter Joanne Castro of Brookings; step-son David Thompson of Seattle; eight 
step-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; seven brothers and 
sisters:  Margaret Moomaw of Omak; Edward Bonwell of Renton, Wash.; Peggy 
Brown, Hazel Wenhan, Dorothy McCaughan, all of Kent, Wash.; Joseph Bonwell of 
Silverdale, Wash. and Pauline McCracken of Granite Quarry, North 
Carolina.          
     Viewing visitation was held Dec. 3 at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral 
Home with graveside services at Tygh Valley Cemetery on Dec. 4, Asa Jenson 
officiating.
     Memorials:  Hospice of the Gorge, in care of Spencer, Libby & Powell 
Funeral Home, 1100 Kelly Ave., The Dalles, OR 97058.

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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