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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Our dear Aunt Irma Elizabeth Meacham See passes on.

Biography

Irma E. ‘Meachie’ See

Born March 30, 1920 in Clarkston, Washington

Died December 23, 2010 in Santa Barbara, California

Mrs. See (Meachie) was born in Clarkston, Washington and grew up nearby in Lapwai, Idaho where her parents, Merritt and Sylvia Meacham, farmed. Being the only girl in the middle of six brothers, she confessed that she was very much a tom-boy in her younger days, and her fondest memories were centered around her lifelong love of horses.

Shortly after earning her degree from the University of Portland in 1942 she married the love of her life, Bud See. Meachie then spent much of the war years moving around from base to base while her husband served as a flight instructor in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

After the war the See family made their home in Pendleton until 1967, when they moved to the Willamette Valley. Twenty one years later the Sees returned to enjoy their retirement in the log home they built near Long Creek, Oregon. After Bud’s death in 2001, Meachie continued to live in their mountain retreat on her own, sometimes having to sled her groceries ½ mile from the end of the plowed road to the cabin. These last years in the mountains were a testament to her love of the great outdoors that was instilled in her as a young girl.

Meachie enjoyed a life filled with church and family as well as a professional career as a registered nurse. Her professional career began in Pendleton in the ‘40s as a public health nurse for Umatilla County and extended well into her retirement years as a volunteer at Mountain Home Air Force base.

The legacy she has left to her family and friends is that she was a woman of disciplines, the greatest of which was her relationship with her lord Jesus Christ. She truly was the woman described in Proverbs 31.

Meachie passed away on December 23rd in Santa Barbara, Ca. where she had resided for the past year at the home of her daughter, Katie. She was preceded in death by her son Tom and husband Bud. She is survived by her other children Rob, Bud Jr., Katie, nine grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

Graveside Service

Friday January 7, 2011, 10:00 AM at Willamette National Cemetery

Friday, December 17, 2010

Doris Wilhelmina Doak dies at 100

Doris Wilhelmin

Born: February 25, 1910

Died: November 30, 2010

Doris W. Doak passed away on November 30, 2010 at over 100 years of age. She was best

known for playing the piano with the "Pep Tones" at seniors' dances in West Seattle, Greenwood Senior Center and Bitter Lake Community Center for over 25 years until illness overtook her in 2008 at age 98. The family is very grateful to the Swedish Hospice nurses who lovingly cared for her during this time. They were her angels! Doris's infectious smile and positive spirit touched the lives of many. She learned to play the piano when she was 11 and it was a part of her life ever since. When you walked into Rhodes Ten Cent Store in the 1950's you could hear Doris playing the piano as she sold sheet music there. She also spent many years at Capital Music Co. at the Terminal Sales Bldg selling wholesale sheet music and finally at Sherman Clay across from the Bon Marche until she retired in 1985. She was a great-great-great grandmother with over 30 grandchildren and is survived by her daughters, Shirley Koval and Jo Lynn Sansom, and her sons, Kenneth and Larry Doak. A memorial service will be held at the Woodland Park Presbyterian Church at 70th and Greenwood Ave N. on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the church of which Doris was a long-time member. We are all comforted in the fact that she is with the Lord enjoying His peace and love.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Uncle Arthur Alexander Doak and Aunt Eloise

Here are a few pictures of dear Uncle Arthur and his lovely wife Eloise Doak. As far as I know Eloise is still living in her mid 90's. She was a school teacher and is retired in Jensen Beach Florida. I will try to write more on them later. They have one son Daniel and he has 4 children by his 2 wifes. They also all live in florida.