Wasco-Yamhill County OR Archives Obituaries.....Widener, Dorothy Eva September 4, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, September 7, 2005
     Dorothy Eva Widener, 89, a former resident of The Dalles, died in 
McMinnville on Sept. 4, 2005.
     She was born Nov. 15, 1915, in Pomona, Calif., to Owen and Eva Poling 
Williams.
     She grew up in California, Oregon and Arizona. She married John Phillip 
Widener in 1934 in Arizona and they moved to The Dalles in 1948, where they 
lived until moving to McMinnville in 1982.
     In The Dalles, she was employed at Columbia Fruit Packers for 19 years 
and at the hospital for several years.
     She was an avid seamstress and supporter of 4-H for both her daughters 
and granddaughters. In McMinnville, she was an active volunteer for the 
Hospital Guild at the McMinnville Hospital and the Willamette Valley Medical 
Center for 20 years.
     She enjoyed traveling, going for rides and gardening.
     She was a member of the United Methodist Church in McMinnville.
     Survivors include a son, Keven Widener, Salem; daughter Sharon DuPuy, 
McMinnville; five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, John; two brothers, Raymond O. 
Williams and Phillip A. Williams.
     Services will be at the McMinnville United Methodist Church at 1 p.m. on 
Thursday, Sept. 8, with Pastor Steve Ross officiating. Burial will be at a 
private family cemetery.


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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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