Wasco-Malheur County OR Archives Obituaries.....Fox, Lavonne E. March 8, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, March 9, 2006
     Lavonne E. Fox, 91, a long time resident of the Nyssa-Ontario area, died 
in The Dalles on March 8, 2006 after a short illness.
     She was born Elsie Lavonne Hall on Dec. 24, 1914 on a ranch near 
Gettysburg, S.D., the eldest of nine children. She attended a small country 
school until high school when she moved to town to live with her grandmother 
so she could attend high school. She graduated in 1933.
     She met Clifford in high school and following her graduation, they were 
married on Sept. 28, 1933. They moved to Oregon in the spring of 1934, 
following his parents to Nyssa.
     They worked at various jobs in the Nyssa area until purchasing a farm on 
the edge of town in 1945 where they resided until his death in 1962 in a car 
accident.
     She remained in Nyssa for a few years until becoming a dorm director for 
the College of Idaho in 1965 (now Albertson’s College) and was director of 
Anderson Hall until 1981 when she retired in 1981. She moved back to Oregon, 
living in Ontario.
     She was an active member of the United Methodist Church and the Holy 
Rosary Hospital Auxiliary. She worked in the gift shop for many years.
     She moved to The Dalles to be closer to her daughter in 2004.
     She enjoyed her family and spending time with them.
     Survivors include a son, Harland (Patsy) Fox, Boise; her daughter, 
Phyllis (Jim) Boston, The Dalles; seven grandchildren, Jim (Inis) Fox, Arla 
Menard, Teresa (John) Magnuson and Debbie (Tim) Bridgewater, all of Boise; and 
Jana (Brian) Stockner, Julie Boston (Sue Root), Bruce (Tammi) Boston, all of 
Western Oregon; 31 great-grandchildren and six great-greatgrandchildren; three 
sisters, Emma Rettig, Ontario; Dora Walters, Pierre, S.D; and Catherine Wahle, 
Custer, S.D.; and numero u s n i e c e s, nephews and cousins throughout the 
western half of the United States.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford, her parents and five 
brothers.
     Funeral services will be held Monday, March 13, at 11 a.m. at the First 
United Methodist Church in Ontario with Rev. Linda Tucker officiating. Burial 
will follow at Hilltop Memorial Cemetery in Nyssa.
     Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, at 
Lienkaemper Funeral Home in Ontario.
     Memorials may be made to the Holy Rosary Auxiliary of the First United 
Methodist Church in Ontario, in care of Lienkaemper Funeral Home, Ontario, 
P.O. Box 970, Ontario, OR 97914.


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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