Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Tidwell, Ada Myrtle March 20, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, March 23, 2004
     Ada Myrtle Tidwell, 91, a lifelong resident of the Dufur area, died in 
Kennewick on Saturday, March 20, 2004.
     She was born Dec. 18, 1912, the youngest of seven children to Charles 
Henry and Alice Jane (Hanna) Swett on a farm in Underhill Canyon near Boyd. 
She was raised in Dufur and graduated from Dufur High School in the class of 
1931. 
     She married Edra Ray Tidwell, at the Dufur Christian Church on Aug. 23, 
1931 and it was the first wedding held at the Dufur Christian Church. He died 
in a farming accident on June 19, 1956. 
     She was a homemaker and a farmer and lived on the family farm known 
as "Twelve Mile Ranch," located on the Boyd Loop Road near Dufur and resided 
in the home for 64 years before moving to Flagstone Retirement Center in May 
of 2000. 
     She was a member of Dufur Christian Church and was placed on the Cradle 
Roll by her mother on February 13, 1913 and became a member at an early age. 
She was a dedicated participant all her life, having taught Sunday School, 
helping with Vacation Bible School, serving on many committees, and singing in 
the choir. 
     She was a member of the Dufur Valley Garden Club, Ramsey Park Grange, 
Pioneer Potlatch, Dufur School Alumni Association, honored as the Grand 
Marshall for the Homecoming Parade, Wasco County Pioneer's Association, 
honored as Woman of The Year in 1989.
     She participated in the International Farm Youth Exchange Program 
sponsored by the Oregon State Extension Service by hosting a young man from 
India in August of 1956. Following this experience, she traveled throughout 
Oregon speaking to audiences about what it was like being an "IFYE Mom" during 
the years of 1956-60.
     She enjoyed gardening, collecting and writing about history of the area, 
including writing a book about her own life. Some of her writings were 
published in local periodicals and she was looked upon as a source of local 
history.
     She is survived by her children, Ted and his wife, Dolores Tidwell, The 
Dalles; Phyllis and her husband, Jack Hart, Kennewick; Dennis and his wife, 
Deanna Tidwell, Hershey, Penn.; Christine and her husband, Larry Sullivan, 
Clarkston, Wash. and Bill and his wife, Louise Tidwell, Kalispell, Mont.; 
eight grandchildren, Carmen and her husband, Jamie Campbell, The Dalles; 
Debbie and her husband, Todd Ferguson, Vancouver, Wash.; Lorri and her 
husband, Darin Aldridge, Beavercreek; Sherri and her husband, Chris Seymour, 
Marysville, Wash.; Dana and her husband, Dan Leischner, Canby; Lorna Collins, 
Portland; Adam and his wife, Jessy Tidwell and Rebecca Tidwell, Kalispell; 
four great-grandchildren, Wyatt Ferguson, Jared Aldridge, Sophia Seymour and 
Eli Tidwell.
     Viewing and visitation will be held Friday, March 26, 2004 from 2 to 7 PM 
and 8:30 to 10a.m. on Saturday at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home.
Graveside committal services will be held at The Dalles Three Mile Road Odd 
Fellows Cemetery, formerly known as Parklawn Cemetery, on Saturday, March 27, 
2004 at 11 a.m. Memorial services will follow at Dufur Christian Church at 1 
p.m. with Asa Jenson and Bob Peterson officiating.
     Memorials may be made to Dufur Ambulance Fund, c/o City of Dufur, PO Box 
145, Dufur, OR 97021-0145 or Dufur Christian Church, PO Box 425, Dufur, OR 
97021.


Additional Comments:
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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