Wasco-Sherman County OR Archives Obituaries.....Earl, Donald Dean April 1, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 6, 2004
     Donald Dean Earl, 75, a resident of Grass Valley, died at the hospital in 
Hood River on Thursday, April 1, 2004.
     He was born Aug. 13, 1928, in Des Moines, Iowa, the youngest of three 
children to James and Grace Marie (Morgan) Earl. He was raised in Des Moines, 
and moved to Grass Valley when he was 17. 
     He returned to Des Moines, and married Melva Marie Gooch on Sept. 1, 
1951, in Carlisle, Iowa. They farmed near Grass Valley raising wheat and 
cattle. 
     He enjoyed trying new technologies. During the 50’s and 60’s he operated 
a mobile television and radio repair service in the Mid-Columbia. He also was 
a licensed amateur radio operator and purchased one of the first home 
computers in the Northwest. He enjoyed programming applications for both the 
farm and his children’s education.
     He was a life-long member of First Baptist Church, Grass Valley, and had 
served in its leadership, and on the boards of Judson Baptist College and 
Conservative Baptist Northwest. 
     He is survived by his wife, Melva Earl, Grass Valley; his daughter, Debra 
and her husband, Bruce Bates, Condon; three sons, Donald “Stan” Earl; David 
and his wife, Terri Earl and Daniel Earl, all of Grass Valley; 10 
grandchildren, Carolyn and her husband, Travis Emery; Adam and Thomas Bates; 
Amy, Matthew, Steven, Nathaniel Dean, Jason, Kenny and Rebecca Earl; one great-
granddaughter, Kelsey Emery; his mother, Grace Marie Earl, Grass Valley; his 
brother, Richard Earl, Eugene. He was preceded in death by an infant brother, 
Wendell, and by his father, James, in 1985.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Wednesday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Thursday morning from 
8:30 to 10 a.m. 
     Graveside interment services will be held at the Grass Valley Cemetery on 
Thursday, April 8, at 11 a.m. Memorial services will follow at First Baptist 
Church, Grass Valley at noon with Pastor Richard Keeney officiating. Spencer, 
Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. Memorials may be 
made to the Grass Valley First Baptist Church, PO Box 26, Grass Valley, Oregon 
97029.


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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