Cowlitz-Yakima County WA Archives Obituaries.....Rafanan, Zora E. May 14, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wa/wafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: P. J. Stepp steppmom5@hotmail.com June 10, 2006, 4:28 pm Published in The Daily News on 5/18/2006. www.tdn.com/obits Zora Evelyn Rafanan, 94, of Woodland died May 14, 2006. She was born June 19, 1911, in Bucoda, Wash., to James and Fanny Ann (Badgely) Gilbert. She attended schools in Wapata, Wash. She married Celis Rafanan in 1952. He preceded her in death in 1992. Mrs. Rafanan served in the WACS stationed in Tacoma. She operated a dairy in California, was a mental health worker in California and assisted her husband on their Wapata farm for a number of years. She is survived by two daughters, Antonia Thompson and Eleanor Romero; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A private service will be held. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ridgefield Nazarene Church Library Fund, 747 Pioneer, Ridgefield, WA 98642. Arrangements are by Woodland Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/cowlitz/obits/r/rafanan457gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb