OBITUARY: RAY A ROOD, HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON

*******************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE:
All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the
contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US
Copyright Laws and Regulations.
In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet,
these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They
may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and
submitter information is included.
These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit.
Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission
from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites.
The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the
file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm
********************************************************************************
Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Heidi  <heidi@oregontrail.net>  May 2003
********************************************************************************
Newspaper; The East Oregonian
Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon

Rood, Ray A.
The East Oregonian
December 15, 1987

Ray A. Rood

HERMISTON- Ray Andrews Rood, 60, of Hermiston, died Saturday, Dec. 12 1987, 
at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston.
The funeral will be 2 p.m., Tuesday in the chapel of Burns Mortuary in Hermiston
with military graveside services to follow at the Hermiston Cemetery.
He was born Jan. 14, 1927, at Heppner, son of Walter and Cora Coleman Rood. 
He attended schools at Heppner, Hermiston, and Ritter.
On Aug. 28, 1948, he married Betty Lee Morris in Pendleton.
He served in the Army during World War II. After the war, Rood worked at the 
Umatilla Army Depot for 30 Years.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing and helping his many friends.
Survivors include his wife, at the home; daughters, Roseann Virgen and Andrea 
Rhea Rood, both of Hermiston; sons, Edward J. of Hermiston and Warren Travis of 
Spokane; sisters, Betty Mikesell of Oakridge, Margaret Charlene Collins of Reno,
Nev., Marjorie Cummings of Portland; brothers, Orville of Yakima, Gerald of 
Hermiston and Louis of Portland, and eight grandchildren.