Wasco-Lake County OR Archives Obituaries.....Walls, Richard L. November 29, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, December 2, 2004
     Richard L. Walls, age 65, a resident of The Dalles died near Bingen on 
Monday, Nov. 29, 2004.
     He was born on June 18, 1939, in Big Fork, Minn., the second of three 
children to Harold Eugene and Mary Edith Gertrude (Burrell) Walls. He was 
raised and graduated from High School in Lakeview, Oregon. 
     Shortly after high school Walls moved to Alaska and worked in the 
construction industry. In 1985 he returned to Oregon and went to work for the 
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. He worked at several different locations, 
retiring from The Dalles Dam in May 2002.
     Richard was a master gardener, enjoyed photography, international 
traveling, taking cruises, collecting artwork, specifically Alaskan artwork, 
fishing with his grandchildren and enjoyed attending Broadway Theater in 
Portland.
     He attended Gateway Presbyterian Church. He volunteered his time working 
Meals on Wheels and giving to St. Vincent de Paul kitchen.
     He is survived by his life partner Judith Smith who he met in 1992; four 
daughters, Kelly Walls of Wasilla, Alaska, Shannon Baily and her husband Drew 
of Ashland, Jana Hardies of Anchorage, and Hallie Swartzbacker of Anchorage; a 
step-daughter, Nanette Kroft and her husband Jeff of Newberg, eight 
grandchildren, Zoe, McKenzie, Billy, Mitchell, Lauryn, Morgan, Allen and 
Payton; a brother, James Walls of Rio Linda, Calif.; a sister, Phyllis 
Hollowell of Rio Linda; numerous nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles and two 
favorite aunts, Arletta Burrell and Gladys Smith.
     Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, at 
Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home with Rev. James Hazlett officiating.      
Private cremation was at Win-Quatt crematory in The Dalles.
     Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 1112 W. Ninth St., The Dalles, 
OR 97058 or St. Vincent de Paul, PO Box 553, The Dalles, OR 97058.


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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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