Statesman Journal, May 27, 2000
Rosemary Van Hess, 100, of Salem died Thursday.
Born in Liberal, Mo., she came to the Salem area in 1926. She worked for the Oregon Physicians Service for many years, and enjoyed playing and teaching piano, traveling, hunting and fishing.
She married Ray in 1984; he died in 1990.
Survivors include her daughter, Dorothy Boock of Salem; sons, David and Charles, both of Aumsville; sister, Irene Keeney of Salem; brothers, Charles Wright of Salem and Buford Wright of Kansas City, Kan.; 19 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Court Street Christian Church, where she was a member. Interment will be at City View Mausoleum. Arrangements by Howell-Edwards-Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Directors.
Contributions: the church.
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Rosemary Wright was the eldest child of George Floyd Wright and Anna Permelia Grubbs.
She married Waldo Adrian Baker in Liberal, Missouri, on October 30, 1918, when Rosemary was 18 years old. The couple had one daughter, Doreen Baker Boock, and three sons, Jack Baker, David Baker, and Charles C. Baker.
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Rosemary's middle initial has been listed as a "W" on a few documents. The majority of the documents have her middle name listed as Edith.
Rosemary Van Hess, 100, of Salem died Thursday.
Born in Liberal, Mo., she came to the Salem area in 1926. She worked for the Oregon Physicians Service for many years, and enjoyed playing and teaching piano, traveling, hunting and fishing.
She married Ray in 1984; he died in 1990.
Survivors include her daughter, Dorothy Boock of Salem; sons, David and Charles, both of Aumsville; sister, Irene Keeney of Salem; brothers, Charles Wright of Salem and Buford Wright of Kansas City, Kan.; 19 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Court Street Christian Church, where she was a member. Interment will be at City View Mausoleum. Arrangements by Howell-Edwards-Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Directors.
Contributions: the church.
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Rosemary Wright was the eldest child of George Floyd Wright and Anna Permelia Grubbs.
She married Waldo Adrian Baker in Liberal, Missouri, on October 30, 1918, when Rosemary was 18 years old. The couple had one daughter, Doreen Baker Boock, and three sons, Jack Baker, David Baker, and Charles C. Baker.
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Rosemary's middle initial has been listed as a "W" on a few documents. The majority of the documents have her middle name listed as Edith.
Statesman Journal, May 27, 2000
Rosemary Van Hess, 100, of Salem died Thursday.
Born in Liberal, Mo., she came to the Salem area in 1926. She worked for the Oregon Physicians Service for many years, and enjoyed playing and teaching piano, traveling, hunting and fishing.
She married Ray in 1984; he died in 1990.
Survivors include her daughter, Dorothy Boock of Salem; sons, David and Charles, both of Aumsville; sister, Irene Keeney of Salem; brothers, Charles Wright of Salem and Buford Wright of Kansas City, Kan.; 19 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Court Street Christian Church, where she was a member. Interment will be at City View Mausoleum. Arrangements by Howell-Edwards-Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Directors.
Contributions: the church.
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Rosemary Wright was the eldest child of George Floyd Wright and Anna Permelia Grubbs.
She married Waldo Adrian Baker in Liberal, Missouri, on October 30, 1918, when Rosemary was 18 years old. The couple had one daughter, Doreen Baker Boock, and three sons, Jack Baker, David Baker, and Charles C. Baker.
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Rosemary's middle initial has been listed as a "W" on a few documents. The majority of the documents have her middle name listed as Edith.
Rosemary Van Hess, 100, of Salem died Thursday.
Born in Liberal, Mo., she came to the Salem area in 1926. She worked for the Oregon Physicians Service for many years, and enjoyed playing and teaching piano, traveling, hunting and fishing.
She married Ray in 1984; he died in 1990.
Survivors include her daughter, Dorothy Boock of Salem; sons, David and Charles, both of Aumsville; sister, Irene Keeney of Salem; brothers, Charles Wright of Salem and Buford Wright of Kansas City, Kan.; 19 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and 19 great-great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Court Street Christian Church, where she was a member. Interment will be at City View Mausoleum. Arrangements by Howell-Edwards-Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Directors.
Contributions: the church.
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Rosemary Wright was the eldest child of George Floyd Wright and Anna Permelia Grubbs.
She married Waldo Adrian Baker in Liberal, Missouri, on October 30, 1918, when Rosemary was 18 years old. The couple had one daughter, Doreen Baker Boock, and three sons, Jack Baker, David Baker, and Charles C. Baker.
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Rosemary's middle initial has been listed as a "W" on a few documents. The majority of the documents have her middle name listed as Edith.
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