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Barbara V. Rafferty
Barbara Virginia Cluver Rafferty passed gently from this life Feb. 15, 2005, in Hood River, Ore.
Barbara was born June 5, 1923, in the midwife's house in Fortuna, Calif., to Harold H. and Alma M. (Evans) Cluver, the youngest of their four children. In her toddler years, the family moved to the family ranch near Petaluma, Calif., where Barbara grew up a country kid, attending a one-room schoolhouse, then continuing her education at the 'town schools' and graduating from Petaluma High School in 1941. A lifelong lover of learning, Barbara attended classes at Santa Rosa Junior College for a time.
During World War II, Barbara worked a variety of jobs, including being a motor pool driver at Hamilton Army Airfield, near San Rafael, Calif., and volunteering as a civil defense night time sky watcher in her home town.
Barbara married
Leroy (Bud) Rafferty in 1944 and she took on the role of Navy wife, moving and making their home in various duty station locations. They moved numerous times during the 20 years Bud served in the Navy. Their marriage ended in 1986.
Barbara was blessed to have five children, Maxine, Roxanne, Timothy Leroy (who died shortly after birth), Kathleen and Timothy Lee. Following Bud's retirement from the Navy in 1961, the family moved to Napa, Calif., where they resided for over 20 years. During that time Barbara's primary job was being 'Mom' for her kids, and she was an active volunteer in many organizations including St. Mary's Episcopal Church, PTA, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. Barbara also worked as a teacher's aid at Ridgeview Junior High School for a number of years.
After living a year in Maryland near daughter Maxine, Barbara returned to live in her home town, Petaluma, between 1984-1999, where she took pleasure in reconnecting with her numerous school 'chums' and cousins who lived in the area. Barbara was a member of the Episcopal Church in Rhonert Park, worked as a personal helper for the home-bound elderly, sang in the community choir and volunteered at the Petaluma Museum during those years.
In 1999 she relocated to Spokane, Wash., to live near her daughter Roxanne, continuing to work helping the elderly and volunteering at the Neighborhood Watch 'Cop Shop'. She moved to Hood River in 2004 to be closer to her daughter, Kathleen. Barbara's final home was at Parkhurst House Assisted Living.
Barbara loved her family and was a very good mother and grandmother. She was a special person to many nieces and nephews. Her interests and caring nature extended beyond family and she valued friends from all the eras of her life, maintaining many of those friendships until the end of her life. She was a true Northern Californian who loved the hills and beaches of Sonoma and Marin County, the Redwood country and the Northern Sierra Nevada.
Barbara was a voracious reader, enjoyed being active and was hiking, bike riding and swimming well into her later years. She was a successful gardener and member of the Audubon Society. She liked to sew and bake for friends and neighbors. Barbara loved dogs and cherished the companionship of Betsy, a beautiful Bernese Mountain Dog, during the years she lived in Spokane. Barbara and Betsy became well known in their neighborhood as they walked the park near their home, visiting with everyone they met.
Barbara is survived by her daughters Maxine Taylor of Baltimore, Md., Roxanne Rafferty (son-in-law Marv Richter) of Spokane, Wash., Kathleen Holmson (son-in-law Bruce) of Hood River and her son, Tim Rafferty (daughter in law Michelle Rader) of Magalia, Calif.
She had 11 grandchildren: Christine Gorton Meehan and Ian Gorton; Jennifer and Alex Taylor; Raenell, Caelan and Mason Rafferty; and Andrew, Lauren, Megan and Carole Holmson. One brother, Roy Cluver, also survives as well as her former husband, Leroy Rafferty.
Barbara was preceded in death by her son, Timothy Leroy, granddaughter Megan Holmson, sister Martha (Kay) Cox, brother Douglas Cluver and her parents.
Services will be held at Anderson's Tribute Center on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m. and a memorial service will be held later in Petaluma, Calif.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Hood River Fire Department, Hospice of the Gorge, or animal shelter of your choice, c/o Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals-Receptions-Cremations), 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
Arthur Jake Knapp
A Memorial Service was held for Arthur Jake Knapp on Friday, Feb. 25, 2005, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Hood River, Rev. Cory Hahnke officiating. Private Interment of ashes will be at Pine Grove Butte cemetery.
Born March 14, 1966, in Oakland, Calif., Jake died Tuesday, Feb. 22, at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital. Jake attended Mid Valley Elementary, Wy'east Middle School and graduated from Hood River Valley High School in 1987. After graduation he worked at the Columbia Gorge Center and resided at the Taylor Street Group Home.
Jake participated in Special Olympics track and bowling. He was known as 'Jake the Hammer' on his high school basketball team. His many hobbies included music, attending plays and concerts, fishing and watching wrestling. Spending time with his friends and family, celebrating special occasions and attending church were very important to Jake. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Congregation.
Jake had the special skills of making everyone he met feel happy and a special friend. It is often said, 'Jake has given me more than I gave to him'.
He is survived by his father, Arthur Knapp of Redmond, Ore.; mother, Audrey Knapp of Hood River; sisters Sharon Queen and husband Bill of West Yellowstone, Mont., and Charlotte Gosiak and husband Al of Pendleton, Ore.; stepmother Suzanne Knapp of Redmond; niece, Sarah Queen of Corvallis, Ore.; nephews, Jason Queen of Corvallis, Aaron and Alec Gosiak of Pendleton; stepsister Tracy Berkey and husband, Steven, of McMinnville, Ore.; stepbrother Aaron Milton and family of Pasadena, Md.; and all the brothers and caregivers of the Taylor Street Group Home.
The family suggests memorials in Jake's name be made to the Jake Knapp Memorial Fund, c/o U.S. Bank. It will be donated to the Taylor Street Group Home.
Arrangements by Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals-Receptions-Cremations), 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
Marin Tyler
A Memorial service will be held Monday, Feb. 28, 2005 at the Parkdale Community Church at 10 a.m. for Marin Tyler of Parkdale, Ore. She was born July 16, 1918, to Anders Marinus Jeppesen and Winifred E. Williams, in Mill Valley, Calif., and graduated from Burlingame high school in 1936.
She married
Phillip Ross Tyler on June 19, 1940, and graduated from Washington State University in 1941 as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. She moved to the Hood River Valley in the early 1940s and lived in the Mt. Hood area before settling at her present address in 1956.
She spent two seasons as a cook's assistant for a gold dredge operation in Alaska while Phil worked as an assistant and then as a foreman of the dredge. Since Phil was an accomplished photographer, they returned each year with many pictures and movies of life in Alaska.
Marin lost her first child in 1953. Her second child, Ross, was born in 1956. Marin and Phil adopted Lindy in 1957, and in 1958 Randy was born.
She and Phil were active in the community. They both taught various subjects at Parkdale High School.
She was an avid and competitive swimmer through high school and taught swimming in the Hood River Valley from the 1950s through the late 1990s. She was also a lifeguard and taught water safety.
She was also an avid snow skier and taught skiing at the Cooper Spur and Mt. Hood Meadows ski areas from the 1950s through the 1980s. She began teaching Kindergarten in the late 1950s and continued through the 1970s at Parkdale, Mt. Hood, and in her own home.
She has been a longtime member of the Parkdale Community Church (the brown church) and has taught many children's Bible classes.
She enjoyed horses and always had a few around the ranch. Her passion was for the fast walking Tennessee Walkers and the multi-gated American Saddle Bred.
As a veterinarian, her love of animals was reflected in her role as the local 'doctor' for anyone who had a pet or animal problem.
While she never opened a formal veterinary practice, she was always ready to help an animal in need. Many a shot was given, diagnosis made, and porcupine quill removed. She was an outspoken participant in local politics, community, and school issues. She was not afraid to voice her opinion and take a stand for what she believed.
In her later years, she enjoyed working with local senior citizen groups. After the death of her husband in 1983, she became involved with the Pioneer Potlatch program, often providing transportation to and from program functions for folks who could not drive. She provided daily care and companionship for some of the older valley residents.
She is survived by her children, Lindy Curry (Tyler) of Englewood, Colo.; Ross Tyler of Sequim, Wash.; and Randy Tyler of Palmer, Alaska; and their families which include five grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to Holt International Children's Services Attention: Donation, 1195 City View, Eugene, OR 97402, (800) 451-0732 www.holtint.org
Arrangements by Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals-Receptions-Cremations), 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
Naomi Schick
Naomi Schick passed away Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005, at the Hood River Care Center. She was 88 years of age.
A funeral service will be Tuesday, March 1, at 10 a.m. at Anderson's Tribute Center with a reception to follow. Vault interment will be at Idlewild cemetery.
Mrs. Schick was born Dec. 13, 1916, to Elmer Jasper and Nina Dell (Griffith) Biggs in Cobden, Ill. She grew up and attended schools in Cobden. Naomi married
Lee H. Schick in Sikeston, Missouri on Aug. 16, 1938. In 1944 they moved to Spokane, Wash.
Naomi was primarily a homemaker except for a few years in the 1960s when she worked at a chicken ranch. In 1965 they moved to Snohomish, Wash. and in the winter of 1972 they moved to Hood River.
Mrs. Schick was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church. She enjoyed knitting, genealogy and reading.
She is survived by her three children: Ronald of San Antonio, Texas, Nina of Bloomington, Ind., and Norma of Monroe, Wash.;four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorial contributions to be made to the Asbury United Methodist Church, c/o Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals-Receptions-Cremations), 1401 Belmont Rd., Hood River, OR 97031.
Ruth McGreer
Ruth Marie McGreer passed away on April 11, 2005, at the age of 93. Services will be held on Saturday, April 16, at 10:30 a.m. at Anderson's Tribute Center. A reception will follow.
Ruth was born on April 4, 1912, to Rudolph and Katherine (Stroehecker) Mappes in Milwaukee, Wisc. The oldest of three children, at age 5 she became the caregiver for her ill father and two younger siblings because her mother had to work to support the family. When she was 13 she quit school to work, as a cook's assistant, to help support her family.
In 1930, Ruth met Henry at work and they fell in love. She asked Henry if he would like a 'date with a nut' and when he said yes she handed him a date stuffed with a walnut. He loved telling the story, saying that at the time, he thought she was asking him out. They were married
Sept. 1, 1933, in Milwaukee, Wis., and had a loving partnership for 70 years. They moved to Clarno, Ore., where she ran the household of the McGreer family farm. Later she and Henry moved to Swan Falls, Idaho, where Henry worked for the Idaho Power and Light. In 1940 they moved to Chicago, Ill., so that Henry could get his graduate degree in electrical engineering.
Ruth dedicated her life to the service of others. She loved teaching young children in Sunday school. She served as Cub Scout and Boy Scout Den Mother, Brownie, Girl Scout and 4-H leaders and PTA President. She served as League of Women Voters eventually serving as Illinois President. Ruth was an active member in the Southside Congregationalist Church in Chicago, and the Glen Ellyn First Presbyterian Church, in Glen Ellyn, Ill.
The McGreers moved to Lahore, Pakistan, in 1965, where Ruth worked as a full-time volunteer nurse at the United Christian Hospital. Although not formally trained, her work was so respected that she assisted in surgery. When they returned to the U.S., they bought and remodeled their second home. Ruth was active in The Elmhurst Presbyterian Church in Elmhurst, Ill., and the League of Women Voters.
Henry and Ruth moved to Hood River in 1980, where they remodeled their third house and built their house on Cherry Drive.
Until her health declined, Ruth was a Lioness and active in the Riverside Community Church.
Everyone was welcomed at the McGreer house and well fed.
Ruth loved gardening, and enjoyed arranging cut flowers from her garden. She won First Place in State in Illinois for her floral arrangements and roses. Her family and friends remember fondly being treated to her wonderful homemade jams, canned fruits, and pies.
Ruth was a devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, and friend. She lived a simple life and loved to share her time and talents. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry, her sister, Camilla, and brother, Lee (Italy, 1945).
She is survived by her children, Tom and Vicki McGreer, Irene and Frank Muus, and Mary and Bob Olson; granddaughters, Jennifer and Meredith Olson, and grandson, Wesley Reidy; nieces, nephews, and many friends.
Interment will be at Antelope cemetery, Antelope, Ore.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Gorge, c/o Anderson's Tribute Center, (Funerals-Receptions-Cremations) 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
Jane Wood
Christiana Leatha Jane Wood passed away April 3, 2005, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. Jane was born Oct. 20, 1932, in Kansas to Charles and Opal (Robinson) Leonard.
The family moved to Oregon in 1936 and Jane grew up in Dukes Valley. On April 4, 1953, she married
James E. Wood, Sr. She spent the next few years traveling with her husband, who was in the Navy; finally settling in Hodgenville, Ky.
Survivors include her husband, James Wood, Sr., of Kentucky; two daughters, Donna (husband Donnie) Crabtree of Anna, Texas, and Janet (husband Matthew) Brown of Elizabethtown, Ky.; son, James Wood, Jr. (wife Betty), of Hodgenville, Ky.; six grandchildren: Brian Wood (wife Stephanie), Brandon Wood, Christi Crabtree, David Crabtree, Randi Parker and Alexis Brown; and two sisters, Margaret Lee of Grove, Okla., and Adria Erwin of Hood River, Ore.
She was preceded in death by infant son James Richard Wood; her parents, Charles and Opal Leonard; and two brothers, Elmer Leonard and Richard Leonard.
Funeral services were in Hodgeville, Ky., officiated by her grandson, Brian Wood.
Matt Kosmata
Matt Kosmata, 43, of Hood River, Ore., died early Sunday morning, April 10, after almost a year's courageous battle against tongue cancer. He died at his former Richland home.
Those who knew Matt's healthy habits and lifestyle were as shocked as he was to learn of his affliction. All of us who loved him and who are so deeply saddened and hurt by his death hope that this tragedy might serve to make other young healthy people aware that there is no immunity to such serious diseases and to be alert to any early warning signs.
Matt was born in Richland in 1961, graduated from Hanford High and then earned a degree in electrical engineering from Washington State University. After graduate work at the University of Washington he lived on Lake Sammamish in Redmond and worked for Sundstrand designing and developing aircraft black boxes.
While growing up on the Columbia in Richland he had learned to windsurf and it was this passion that took him to Hood River on weekends. In 1994 he took advantage of an opportunity to move to Hood River to join a company working on aircraft navigation systems.
One of Matt's friends recently wrote that Matt had the best work-to-fun ratio of anyone he knew. Matt was one of those rare people who found a perfect balance between work and play. His transition to private consulting work in the design and development of measurements and control systems allowed him time to devote to windsurfing in the summer and snow skiing in the winter.
While he worked tirelessly with singled-minded focus, he also knew when to take a break and hit the river or the slopes. He loved the small town characteristics of Hood River, the people, politics and its perfect outlet to the outdoors he cherished. His last project the summer of 2004 was the design and development of improved fish monitoring and associated data storage and retrieval systems, work that allowed him a pleasant balance of time in his lab and on the Snake and Columbia Rivers.
Matt was a happy young man with a great sense of humor, sharp wit and a real love of life. He was the 'go-to guy' when it came to solving problems and he was extremely generous of his time and energy when it came to working with and helping others. His smile was a large as his heart.
Matt's mother was the late Reeve Kosmata. He is survived by his father, Hank, of Richland, and his beloved sister, Kristi, of Manhattan Beach, Calif.
A casual celebration of Matt's life will be held for family and friends at the family home Saturday, April 16 at 3 p.m.
William Woosley
William D. (Bill) Woosley, of Reedsport, Ore., passed away Feb. 19, 2005, at Hearthside Rehabilitation Center in Coos Bay, Ore.
Bill was born May 28, 1920, in White Salmon, Wash., to James B. and Annie L. Woosley. He attended school at Bristol, White Salmon and Underwood. In his teens he worked in several sawmills, orchards and the Underwood fruit warehouse.
He entered the Army in February of 1942 and after basic training was sent to the 820th Engineers (aviation) Battalion; he took training building airports and landing fields for the U.S. Air Corps. On D Day plus one, the battalion went ashore on Omaha Beach and built the first operational landing strip on the European continent for P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang fighter planes to use to land and take off on their missions to escort the B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberator Heavy Bombers. After the Germans surrendered, the battalion moved to Hitler's own personal airfield. There Bill received the Good Conduct Medal, European Theater of Operations Medal with four campaign stars, and Expert Bayonet and Marksman Rifle Medals. He was discharged in September of 1945.
Bill worked in the lumber and timber industry for many years in Washington and Oregon. He retired in 1987 and spent his newly found free time with his wife, children and grandchildren.
He was a member of the Eagles Lodge No. 2150 of Hood River, American Legion Post 22 of Hood River and AARP. He loved hunting, fishing, bowling, golf and country music.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, three brothers, one daughter, one granddaughter and one great-grandson.
He is survived by his wife, Bertha, of Reedsport, Ore.; daughters, Rosie Nakamura of Hood River and Candace Hand of Bedford, Texas; sons William J. Woosley and wife Ruth of Huntsville, Ala., Charles Woosley of Winchester Bay, Oregon, and George Woosley and wife Kathy of Cascade Locks, Ore.; 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. At his request there were no services held.
