Obit of Stephenson, Clorene Beatrice - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Submitted by: gaeleal 19 Jul 2009 Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::White Salmon Cemetery--?? Surnames: Stephenson, Courtney Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5926 OBITUARY: White Salmon Enterprise, Feb. 28, 2005. CLORENE STEPHENSON 75-year-old Clorene Beatrice Stephenson died on Jan. 31, 2005, in Hood River, Ore. She was born in Moorewood, Okla., on Oct. 1, 1929, to James and Bessie (Courtney) Stephenson. As a young child, Ms. Stephenson moved to Arizona. In 1941, she settled in White Salmon and worked for 24 years as a bookkeeper for Rainier Bank. After that, she worked for Senior Services for six years, then for the City of White Salmon until her retirement in 1987. She was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and a volunteer for Community Service Center and Senior Services. Ms. Stephenson is survived by her siblings Dorothy Donahue, Sacramento, Calif., Ileta Montgomery, Portland, Ore., Francis Roseberry, Apache Junction, Ariz., June Robinette, Apache Junction, Ariz., Ernest Stephenson, Granger, Duane "Steve" Stephenson, White Salmon, Louise Mulford, Sunnyside, John "Toppy" Stephenson, Underwood, Kenneth Stephenson, Ohio, and Leo Stephenson, White Salmon. She was preceded in death by brothers Herman, George, Roy, Wesley and Virgil. A memorial service will be held at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in White Salmon on Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, at 2 p.m., with Pastor Pat Milligan officiating. Inurnment will take place at the White Salmon Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Community Services in care of Gardner Funeral Home, who handled service arrangements. ========= Clorene's mother's maiden name was Courtney. Parents lived in Roger Mills County, Cheyenne, Oklahoma before moving to Washington State during Depression years. Father, Jim Lewis Stephenson was born in Sunset, Texas. Mother Bessie Beatrice Courtney Stephenson born in Tennesse. Grandparents were James M and Alice L Stephenson of Roger Mills Countey, Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Posted by niece --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html