Wasco-Hood River County OR Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Bertha May 26, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 8, 2006, 2:42 am The Dalles Chronicle, May 29, 2005 Bertha Brown, 83, a resident of The Dalles, died at her home on Wednesday, May 26, 2005. She was born Dec. 17, 1921 in Kendrick, Idaho, the second of seven children to Frank and Stella Mae (Eatmon) Abrams. She was raised in Idaho and the family moved to Underwood and she attended schools in White Salmon. She married Charles Erving Brown on June 25, 1960 in Stevenson and they lived in The Dalles where they raised their family. She worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a rural route mail carrier, retiring in 1984. She enjoyed spending time with her family, flowers, animals, knitting and crocheting. She is survived by her children, Deanna Molina and her husband, Abel, The Dalles; Marsha Taylor, Portland; Albert W. Prante and his wife, Betty, Wahkiacus, Wash.; Ronald Prante, Portland; 12 grandchildren; 13 great- grandchildren; her brothers, Fred, Andy and Harry Abrams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Brown; her two sisters, Dorothy and Betty; her brother, Frank, and grandchild Chance Kaseburg. Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home from 2 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 and on Thursday from 9 a.m. to the beginning of the services. Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, 2005. Interment will be held at Three Mile Road Odd Fellows Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle Street, The Dalles, OR 97058. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/b/brown1064gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb