Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Eaton, Eunice Maybell Riggs Hotchkiss July 20, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, July 27, 2005
     Eunice Maybell Riggs Hotchkiss Eaton, a resident of The Dalles, died 
Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at a local care facility.
     She was born January 27, 1916 in Springfield, Colo., the sixth of twelve 
children to William A. and Blanche (Wells) Riggs and grew up on the family 
farm on the eastern slope of the Colorado Rockies.
     She married Preston Uri Hotchkiss in 1935 and moved with him to several 
towns in Colorado, including Colona and Ridgeway, where she worked in the 
school cafeteria until the stillbirth of her daughter Angelina in 1943. Her 
second child, Nancy Elaine was born in 1945 and her third, Sandra Eloise, was 
born in 1953. The family lived in Wolf Creek Pass, Highway Camp, and Ignacio 
before finally settling in Durango where they bought a home. Following a 
divorce in 1962 she raised her daughters by working as a retail clerk in 
several businesses in Durango.
     After visiting her brother Hurshel and his family in Wasco in 1975 she 
moved to The Dalles and worked at Columbia Park State Hospital & Training 
Center until it closed. She met Howard O. Eaton here and they married in 1976. 
He preceded her in death in 1985. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of 
Jehovah’s Witnesses in The Dalles and had been a member of the local Rebekah 
chapter, affiliated with the I.O.O.F.
     An exceptional seamstress, she enjoyed making clothes for her daughters 
and others. She was a wonderful cook and gardener, and her garden produced 
bountiful harvests which she canned, winning several prizes at local fairs in 
the cooking, canning, and garden produce divisions. She was an excellent shot 
with a rifle and enjoyed hunting with both her husbands, generally getting her 
game animal. She also protected her chicken flock from hawks and other 
predators. She loved dogs, and had several named Corky with whom she enjoyed 
morning walks, becoming well-known in her neighborhood. She loved dancing and 
people-watching and enjoyed good health and an active social life until 
developing Alzheimer’s, which necessitated her last few years in a local care 
center.
     Survivors include her daughters and their families; Nancy E. Brown and 
her husband Kelly, The Dalles; and Sandra Tyrell, Wash.; brothers and sisters 
and their families; Margret Warner and husband Jack, Betty M. Stevens, Woodrow 
and Frances Riggs, Thurman and Helen Riggs and numerous nieces and nephews in 
Colo. Also surviving are grandchildren Yoyonda K. Burnett, Steven Uri Wade, 
Kyle E. Pratt, Kishia LaDawn Sewell, Cynthia and Evan Tyrell and several great-
grandchildren, including Ryan and Thomas, The Dalles. In addition to her first 
daughter she was preceded in death by her parents, six brothers and a sister 
and her husbands.
     In accordance with her wishes, no public services will be held. Her 
family will observe private ceremonies of remembrance in conjunction with the 
placement of her ashes. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s 
research c/o OHSU, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201. 
Arrangements are by Columbia Cremation & Burial.


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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