Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Tranby, Alice Dorothea April 22, 2006 ************************************************ 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 L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com June 2, 2006, 2:01 am The Dalles Chronicle, April 25, 2006 Alice Dorothea Tranby, 90, a resident of The Dalles, died at the local hospital on Saturday, April 22, 2006. She was born in Donnybrook, N.D., on Aug. 19, 1915, the fourth of 10 children to Peter C. and Ena M. (Olsen) Jorgenson. After school she married Mel Myers and after they moved to Seattle she started working in the shipyards. She married Harlan Henecke and then Mr. Tranby. She has lived in Oregon for the past 28 years. She was a member of The Dalles Christian Church and enjoyed card playing and watching television. She is survived by her sons, Allen Myers and Arthur Henecke, both of Minnesota; two brothers, Arthur Jorgenson of Nebraska and James Jorgenson of Texas; two sisters, May Cross of The Dalles and Nina Beckman of Nebraska; five grandchildren and numerous, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and many extended friends and family. She was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter, Eileen Wier, her two brothers, Harold and Clyde and two sisters, Ida and Florance. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-Quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of 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/t/tranby1774gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb