Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Tuimavave, Samoauatasi Lemalie February 3, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, February 12, 2004
     Samoauatasi Lemalie Tuimavave, 66, a resident of The Dalles, died at his 
home on Tuesday, February 3, 2004.
     He was born July 25, 1937 in Afono, America Samoa, the eighth of 12 
children to Ieremia and Palauli (Fafai) Tuimavave. He was raised and graduated 
high school in Afono. 
     He attended college, taught grade school for several years, and then 
worked as a police officer for four years before starting a ministry. As a 
minister he moved to the Los Angeles area in 1972, and then to The Dalles on 
June 18, 1988. He returned to the Los Angeles area in 1993 where he lived 
until October 2001 when he moved back to The Dalles.
     He enjoyed his church work, singing, traveling and sight seeing, and 
sports, especially volleyball.
     He is survived by his wife, Aigaalofivao M. (Folasa) Tuimavave, whom he 
married Aug. 23, 1984 in Long Beach, Calif., The Dalles; 12 children, Sinu’u 
R. and Volunteer Lemalie, Aoina Danny, Melaia and Fale Tuimavave, Lagi Tavita, 
all of San Francisco; Tulaga Leilani Sione, Ray and Janice Tuimavave, all of 
The Dalles; Talosauau Lemalie and Daniel Tuimavave, both of America Samoa; 
Tamau Lemalie, Hilo, Hawaii; 40 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two 
sisters, Nieetia Ieremia, Utah and Vaitia Sauta, Los Angeles; three brothers, 
Tusi (Primo) Tuimavave, San Francisco; Ausage Sua Tuimavave, Los Angeles and 
Paletasala Ieremia, America Samoa. He was preceded in death by two sisters 
Lemaline Tuimavave and Fiapai Ieremia; four brothers, Fagafaga Ieremia, Aoelua 
Vaiatiga Tuimavave, Tuimavave Lausei and Lausei Tuimavave.
     Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Sunday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. and on Monday, Feb. 16, at The Dalles Seventh 
Day Adventist Church at 10 a.m. with entombment following at The Dalles IOOF 
Memorial Mausoleum. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home are in care of 
arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle Street, The 
Dalles, OR 97058.


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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