OBITUARY: Thomas W. Dryden, 2003; Baker county, Oregon
surname: Dryden, Arbuckle, Smith, Bell, Tessler, Giedeman, Cantrell, Swanson,
Sams, Willman, Zickefoose

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Thomas Dryden 

Thomas W. Dryden, 95, of Baker City, died Jan. 2, 2003, at St. Elizabeth
Health Care Center. 

At his request, there will be no funeral services. 

Disposition was by cremation at Gray's West Pioneer Crematory. 

Mr. Dryden was born Feb. 16, 1907, in Dodge City, Kan., to Charles W. Dryden
and Rose Bell (Arbuckle) Dryden. He was the youngest of three children. 

When he was quite young, the family moved to Indiana, several years later to
Arizona, and on to southern California. 

He married Doris E. Smith on Sept. 12, 1931, in Yuma, Ariz., and settled in
Escondido, Calif., where he had been working for the Matzen Ranches since the
mid-1920s, raising avocados and oranges until his retirement in the mid-1970s. 

Mr. Dryden was a past member of BPOE in Escondido. He was an outdoors person
and loved camping and fishing with their friends. He and Doris moved to Baker
City in 1997 to be near their daughter and son-in-law. 

He was loved and very respected by all who were fortunate enough to know him. 

Survivors include his wife of 71 years, Doris, of Baker City; daughter and
son-in-law, Mickie and Skip Bell of Baker City; grandchildren, Sue Tessler and
husband, Marc, of Santee, Calif., Tomi Jo Giedeman and her brother, Bob, of
San Diego, Calif., Laurie Cantrell of Ruidoso Downs, N.M., Dakin Bell and his
wife, Erin, of Seattle, Wash., and Stacy Bell of Portland; nieces, Earlyne
Swanson and husband, Jim, of Escondido, Calif., Rosemary Sams and husband, Ed,
of Yreka, Calif.; nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren;
and numerous nieces and nephews. 

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Betty Jo Willman, his brother,
Verner Dryden, and his sister, Frances Zickefoose. 

Memorial contributions may be made to Pathway Hospice in care of Gray's West &
Company, P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.