Ethel June Simon, 90, died Tuesday at Timberwood Court, Albany.
She was born in Waterloo, Iowa, to Clifford and Winifred Pratt. After graduating from Corvallis High School, she married Herbert Wray Lester. They raised their family on a dairy farm on Greenberry Road, south of Corvallis. When a fire took the family home, they moved to Peoria Road, later to Jefferson.
After Wray passed away, Ethel married John Simon, eventually living in Albany.
Surviving are two daughters, Julia Robnett (Jerry) and Bonnie Sande (Roger); two sisters, Calista McCheskey and Shirley Johnson; grandchildren, Tori Lockwood, Kimberly Kish, Lisa Topaz and Wendy McCracken, Jason Sande and Tiffany MacLeod, and their families; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents; sister, Lucille McDonald; and an infant son, Paul Wray Lester.
Graveside services are set for 1 p.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Corvallis.
Contributions can be made to Samaritan Evergreen Hospice, Albany, or a charity of choice.
She was born in Waterloo, Iowa, to Clifford and Winifred Pratt. After graduating from Corvallis High School, she married Herbert Wray Lester. They raised their family on a dairy farm on Greenberry Road, south of Corvallis. When a fire took the family home, they moved to Peoria Road, later to Jefferson.
After Wray passed away, Ethel married John Simon, eventually living in Albany.
Surviving are two daughters, Julia Robnett (Jerry) and Bonnie Sande (Roger); two sisters, Calista McCheskey and Shirley Johnson; grandchildren, Tori Lockwood, Kimberly Kish, Lisa Topaz and Wendy McCracken, Jason Sande and Tiffany MacLeod, and their families; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents; sister, Lucille McDonald; and an infant son, Paul Wray Lester.
Graveside services are set for 1 p.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Corvallis.
Contributions can be made to Samaritan Evergreen Hospice, Albany, or a charity of choice.
Ethel June Simon, 90, died Tuesday at Timberwood Court, Albany.
She was born in Waterloo, Iowa, to Clifford and Winifred Pratt. After graduating from Corvallis High School, she married Herbert Wray Lester. They raised their family on a dairy farm on Greenberry Road, south of Corvallis. When a fire took the family home, they moved to Peoria Road, later to Jefferson.
After Wray passed away, Ethel married John Simon, eventually living in Albany.
Surviving are two daughters, Julia Robnett (Jerry) and Bonnie Sande (Roger); two sisters, Calista McCheskey and Shirley Johnson; grandchildren, Tori Lockwood, Kimberly Kish, Lisa Topaz and Wendy McCracken, Jason Sande and Tiffany MacLeod, and their families; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents; sister, Lucille McDonald; and an infant son, Paul Wray Lester.
Graveside services are set for 1 p.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Corvallis.
Contributions can be made to Samaritan Evergreen Hospice, Albany, or a charity of choice.
She was born in Waterloo, Iowa, to Clifford and Winifred Pratt. After graduating from Corvallis High School, she married Herbert Wray Lester. They raised their family on a dairy farm on Greenberry Road, south of Corvallis. When a fire took the family home, they moved to Peoria Road, later to Jefferson.
After Wray passed away, Ethel married John Simon, eventually living in Albany.
Surviving are two daughters, Julia Robnett (Jerry) and Bonnie Sande (Roger); two sisters, Calista McCheskey and Shirley Johnson; grandchildren, Tori Lockwood, Kimberly Kish, Lisa Topaz and Wendy McCracken, Jason Sande and Tiffany MacLeod, and their families; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceding her in death were her parents; sister, Lucille McDonald; and an infant son, Paul Wray Lester.
Graveside services are set for 1 p.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Park, Corvallis.
Contributions can be made to Samaritan Evergreen Hospice, Albany, or a charity of choice.
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