Wasco-Umatilla County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ryan, LeeRoy Robert February 15, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, February 20, 2004
     LeeRoy Robert Ryan, 87, a lifelong resident of The Dalles, died in 
Pendleton on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004.
     He was born May 25, 1916 in The Dalles, the youngest of three children to 
John R. and Flora Ellen (Brown) Ryan. He was raised in The Dalles and 
graduated from The Dalles High School. After high school, he played semi-pro 
baseball and then entered the U.S. Army. In the military, he served in 
Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. Rising 
through the ranks, he was honorably discharged as a Master Sergeant. 
     He married Florence May Whitecotton on May 28, 1947 in Goldendale, and he 
worked for Model Laundry in The Dalles and was a postal carrier. He also 
worked for the Oregon State Highway Department as a heavy equipment operator 
before his retirement.
     He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Gleaners, Meals on 
Wheels, VFW Post # 2471, having served as past commander and as a past 
President of the Oregon State Employees Association. He loved his family, 
enjoyed working on projects, the outdoors, vegetable gardening, hunting, 
fishing and teaching his children and grandchildren to fish.
     He is survived by three children, Stephen and his wife, Sue Ryan, Lincoln 
City; Linda Thomas, Pendleton; and Evelyn Hedge, The Dalles; eight 
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his 
wife, Florence Ryan in July 2003; his brother, Harold “Sam” Ryan; and his 
sister, Golda Thompson.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Monday, from 2 to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, 8:30 to 10 a.m.
     Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. Interment with military rites will follow at 
The Dalles Three Mile Road Odd Fellows Cemetery formerly Parklawn Cemetery. 
     Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home are in care of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, PO Box 390, 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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