Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Pugmire, Maxine Virginia September 26, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, September 28, 2005
     Maxine Virginia Pugmire, 81, a longtime resident of The Dalles area, died 
at a local nursing home on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2005.
     She was born June 6, 1924, in Keokuk, Iowa, the younger of two daughters 
to Hugh and Nettie (Cooper) Salliday. She grew up in Iowa, and then lived in 
various places before settling in The Dalles.
     She was a homemaker and had also worked as a bartender and at Columbia 
Basin Nursing Home. She was a member of the American Legion, Elks and Eagles 
auxiliaries and in her younger days enjoyed rock hounding, gardening, feeding 
the birds, time in the forest and trips to the coast.
     She is survived by her children and their spouses, Donna Jean Mills, The 
Dalles; Nancy and Zak Ortiz, Lynden, Wash.; Susan Payton, Bellingham, Wash.; 
Johnny Loving, Nebraska; Neal “Mike” Lentfer, Jr. and Sherrie, Bend; Judy and 
Bill Robbins, Wamic; and Pam and Chuck Schultze, Dallesport; many 
grandchildren, great grandchildren and friends.
     She was preceded in death by three husbands, James Vallard, Neal Lentfer 
and Lavor Pugmire; her sons, Terry Lentfer and James “Jimmy” Vallard and her 
sister, Viola Smith.
     Private family graveside service will be held at Echo Cemetery in Echo on 
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt 
Crematory with Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 380 SE 
Spokane St. # 110, Portland, OR 97202 or the American Cancer Society, 2120 
First Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109.


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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