Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Barbara Mary December 5, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, December 13, 2005
     Barbara Mary Brown, 81, died peacefully Dec. 5, 2005 in Yuma, Ariz. 
     She was born in Dufur, one of four children, to long-time pioneer 
residents Arthur Henry Mayhew and Mary Elizabeth Olney on Jan. 14, 1926. 
     She was married to Clarence E. Brown of Bakeoven, who died in 1987, and 
raised four children on their ranch in Antelope. She was a member of St. 
Mary’s Catholic Church, the Alter Society, the Lady Elks, 4-H Club Member and 
Teacher, and the American Legion Auxiliary. 
     She loved her flowers and her garden, picking many bouquets to take to 
the Catholic Church in Antelope for services on Sunday. But most of all, she 
enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing, and was an accomplished pianist. 
     She won many awards and entered bake-off contests in Portland, and 
desserts at the fair in Tygh Valley. She played piano for dances in Antelope, 
and for the people at Bashfords Health Spa in Niland, Calif. She held many 
card parties and loved playing pinochle, cribbage and bridge. 
     Later in years, she and her husband moved to Madras and Redmond. After 
his untimely death, she met and married Ben Butler. They resided in Bandon, 
and spent winters in Niland, Calif., until Ben’s unexpected death in 2002. 
     She then moved to Emerald Springs Retirement Home in Yuma. When her 
health failed, she moved to Life Care Assisted Living Home where she lived out 
the remainder of her life.
     She is survived by her brother, Wallace Henry Mayhew, 85, Springfield; 
four daughters, Judy Bennett, Salem; Nancy Williams, Spanaway, Wash.; Clarice 
Shrader, Yuma; and Tammy Bashford, Niland. She had 12 grandchildren: Lori 
Cupps, Mike Cupps, Jody Cupps, Curt Palmer, Danny Shrader, Katie Keville 
(Shrader), Sarah Shrader, Jake Shrader, Rosie Shrader, Alan Bashford, Chelsea 
Bashford. She is survived by five great-grandchildren, two great, great-
grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
     Her grandson, Cody Palmer, preceded her in death in 2004. 
     Arrangements are in care of Spencer, Libby and Powell, The Dalles. 
Graveside services will be held Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005, at 1 p.m., at the Odd 
Fellows Cemetery on Threemile in The Dalles.
     Memorials may be made to the American Lung Society, 7420 SW Bridgeport 
Rd. #200, Tigard, OR 97224-7790.


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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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