Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bissonette, Annamay February 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, February 23, 2005
     Annamay Bissonette, 77, a resident of The Dalles, died at the local 
hospital with her husband, Dick, at her side.
     She was born April 21, 1927, in Parkrose, to "R.B." Ben and Katerine 
Churchill. She graduated valedictorian of her class from Parkrose High School 
in 1945 and then attended St. Vincent's Nursing School where she graduated in 
1948.
     She married Cliff Bissonette on June 18, 1950 in the chapel at the 
University of Portland. The couple moved to Albany, where she worked for a 
local physician. The family moved to Boise in 1954 and to The Dalles in 1961. 
Later they moved to Milwaukie, where Cliff passed away. She moved back to The 
Dalles in 1996.
     During her career in nursing, she worked at Valley Vista Nursing Home 
(now Evergreen), Columbia Basin Nursing Home, Mid Columbia Hospital and 
Flagstone.
     She was an active volunteer with the Discovery Center, Red Cross and 
enjoyed traveling and roses.
     She is survived by her husband, Richard; daughter, Thresa Meeuwsen; son, 
Robert Bissonette; son-in-law, Michael Meeuwsen; step-daughter, Ann 
Scherzinger and her husband, Jeff Click; grandchildren, Christine Meeuwsen, 
William Meeuwsen, Austin Bissonette and Justin Bissonette; niece, Julie Goetz 
and numerous cousins in the Willamette Valley and friends. 
     Rosary service will be held at St. Peter's Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m. 
on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 a.m. 
with Father Todd Unger as celebrant. 
     Interment will be held at Willamette National Cemetery. 
     Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home are in care of arrangements.
     Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 2120 First 
Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98109 or American Diabetes Association, 380 SE Spokane 
St. #110, Portland, OR 97202.


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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