Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Dawkins, Lonnie Lee July 4, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  July 7, 2004
     Lonnie Lee Dawkins, 82, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local care 
facility on Sunday, July 4, 2004.
     He was born July 9, 1921, in Stewart, Okla., the oldest of 12 children to 
Lonnie E. and Lula Pearl (Knight) Dawkins and was a member of Chickasaw Native 
American Indian Nation.
     He was raised in Oklahoma and married Bertha May Kincaid on July 26, 
1937, in Anteir, Okla. They moved to the Zillah, Wash. area and he entered the 
U.S. Army in July 1944. He served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater and received 
the Purple Heart Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Medal with one Bronze 
Service Star. After his discharge, he returned to the Zillah area and then to 
The Dalles in 1947. He worked in cherry farming and for many years worked as 
foreman for Treaty Oak Orchards on Mill Creek Road.
     He enjoyed all outdoor activities including hunting elk, deer and 
trapping.
    Lonnie is survived by his daughter, Luetta M. and her husband Ted Barrier; 
daughter-in-law, Patsy Marine Dawkins, all of The Dalles; four grandchildren, 
Bart and his wife, Kathy Dawkins, Laurie Dawkins, Corey and his wife, Michele 
Bardes, all of The Dalles, Marie and her husband, Daniel J. Bardes, Portland; 
great-grandchildren, Coleman, Devon, Rachel, Audra, Christopher, Josh, Jayme, 
Nick and Riley; great-grandchildren, Gavin and Dezirae; three sisters, Joyce 
DeLaughter and Nina Dunn, both of Portland and Kathleen Lake, Boise, Idaho; 
two brothers, Stan Dawkins, Portland, Edman Dawkins, The Dalles. He was 
preceded in death by his wife, Bertha, in 1984, two brothers, Melvin and 
Roland; four sisters, Wilma, Loraine, Matty and Leola, and his son, Doyle Lee 
Dawkins, in 1987.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Friday, July 9, 2004 from 2 to 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday, from 9 a.m. 
through services. 
     Services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home on 
Saturday, July 10, 2004 at 1 p.m. with J.W. and Wesley Jepson officiating. 
Interment will follow at Three Mile Road Odd Fellows Cemetery. Spencer, Libby 
and Powell Funeral Home are in care of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 1112 West 9th 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).


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