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From: "Robert Herbert" <>
Subject: Re: [ORMARION-L] Walking On ~ E. Darlene Hoffer Reed
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:51:05 -0800
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Hi,
Thank you for writing what you did. My prayers are with you. My grandma who
first helped me with the family history 20 years ago is in a hospital in
Idaho, & the doc's don't give her much time. I miss & Love her very much.
Dena
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Subject: [ORMARION-L] Walking On ~ E. Darlene Hoffer Reed


> Hello to all,
> I'm not sure how this email is going to turn out, so if you don't want to
> hear about my family, & Mother especially, you should delete this now.
>
> Desendant of Wasco's & Oregon Pioneer passes on. This is her ancestry:
> Raymond R. Hoffer - Maggie Olney - Charles C. Olney - Nathan H. Olney &
Ahatin
> -William Olney - Stephen Olney - Stephen Olney - John Olney - Epenetus
Olney
> - Thomas Olney. She also descended from other Tribes in Oregon, &
> Washington, surnames Hoffer, Nault, Eneas, Augustine, James, Meacham, etc.
>
> My folks met in Wapato, Yakama Reservation in eastern Washington 1951.
1949
> Momma already had a two year old son by a white man, Edward Wolf <sp>,
but
> he left her as soon as she came into labor & didn't return for four years,
> that's a whole nother situation. Anyway, Momma was 14, Dad 15 when they
met
> the first time. Dad worked bailing hay with Momma's Father & didn't know
it
> at the time, & he went to school out in White Swan on the Yakama res with
> many of Momma's Cousins & didn't know until a few years later when they
would
> meet again & marry within a few months. I will call my Momma by her name,
> Darlene for all of you, & my Father is Guy.
>
> It was a Saturday night, most the town was at the grange hall dancing to
beat
> the band. Darlene & her best friend, (her name eludes me right now), were
> sitting in her friends car at the local market waiting for someone old
> enough, or who could get away with it, to buy them some beer. This best
> friend of Darlene's was dating my Dad Guy at the time, she had pictures of
> Darlene on the mirror in her room, some were mysteriously disappearing,
Guy
> was the culprit. Guy pulled up in his beefed up 37 Ford, walked to the
> passenger side of the car where Darlene was sitting & asked what they were
> doing. Darlene said they were waiting for someone to buy them some beer &
> handed him money, Guy didn't take her money, & returned with a case of
beer
> for the girls. Then Darlene & her friend went to the grange. Dad showed
up
> later & asked Darlene to dance, it's all history from there, including the
> friendship Momma once had with her friend. He adopted her son & went on
to
> have four more children with her. We have all grew up dancing & playing
> together. The best times of my life have always been with my family, Mom
&
> Dad were so much fun. My siblings were pretty good too, but we drove
Momma
> nuts with our fighting once in awhile.
>
> We five have had many undeserved blessing, the folks stayed together
through
> thick & thin, we had a stay at home Mom who was always there for us, none
of
> their children ever knew what it was to go without, even when the folks
> didn't have, we always did. Momma loved to garden & was a wonderful cook,
I
> was always under foot in the garden & kitchen, so grew up learning both, I
> get so much joy watching people enjoy it! All the neighbor kids & our
> friends called my folks Aunt Darlene & Uncle Guy, or Mom & Dad. I can
tell
> you that if one of us were in trouble, they handled the situation right
then &
> there, no matter who was around, & a stiff hand against the cush of one's
> tush was used at times........lol, deservedly so I might add ; ) No
need
> for them to speak to any of us more than once, we hopped to it. There are
a
> few friends from our childhood that stay in close contact with our folks
to
> this day, my Dad now. Dad raced cars at State Line Gardens in Idaho back
> around the late 50's to early 60's, but it grew far too costly with the
> family growing, & it frightened Momma something fierce.
> ==========
> Here is the "Walking On Report" that was printed in the Yakama Nation
Review,
> Friday, March 16th, 2001:
>
> Eleanor "Darlene" Reed
>
> Greenacres - Darlene Reed passed on March 09, 2001 at her home after a
> lengthy illness. Born in Wapato, April 03, 1933, of Raymond H. Hoffer &
> Katherine Fries, both of Wapato.
>
> Darlene attended school in Wapato & Chemawa Indian Boarding School. She
was
> a member of the American Legion - Women's Auxiliary.
>
> Survived by her husband Guy Reed, five children, Duane L. Reed, Brenda L.
> Moreno, Joyce D. Dorris, Teresa D. Kurtzhall, & Marty A. Reed; a brother
> LeRoy Hoffer, & sister Jackie Besel; 7 grandchildren, 8 great
grandchildren &
> 1 on the way; numerous nieces, nephews, aunts & 1 uncle.
>
> Darlene was proceeded in death by her parents, & step-father Ted Patnode,
a
> brother Gerald R. Hoffer, & granddaughter Heather Marsh.
>
> Darlene loved family gatherings, gardening, the ocean, riding ATV's, &
> camping. She was a remarkable woman, wife, Mother & friend to all her
knew
> her. She is greatly missed by her family.
>
> Memorial services were held March 12, 2001 at Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home
of
> the Spokane Valley. Cremation followed. Floral arrangements were done by
> friends Monty & Kathy Lewis - owners of Appleway Florists in Spokane.
> ======
> Thank you for allowing me to share a tiny part of my Momma & my life.
> The family is fairly at peace with the situation at hand, but it's most
> difficult for Dad. Their golden anniversary would have been May 10th this
> year.
> If some of you feel pained by her passing, please do not. January 1997
Momma
> suffered a horrible stroke & anheruism, then a month later the exact same
> bout, within two hours of her second brain surgery, they removed her
colon.
> She underwent many many blood transfusions, & since then she's suffered
> numerous smaller strokes. No one in the family knew what to do when this
> happened so suddenly, we prayed for God's will to take place, if it was
her
> time, He would take her from the operating table, but that was not to be.
> Whose to say if we did wrong or not. Well I can tell you who said, Momma
> said we did wrong by saving her with surgery, this is what we lived with &
we
> worked hard at telling her if it was her time, God would take her. I for
one
> am very happy she lived through this, even though it was over four years
of
> suffering for all, especially Momma. You see, I've learned something
here, I
> know in my heart that one needs to have a clean slate with God, make
amends
> with your foes, forgive yourself & those around you, & love Him with your
> whole being, loving others as yourself, then all else just falls into
place.
> Throughout this, Momma had maintained her humor, long & short term memory,
> her inner & outer beauty as well. Momma was an incredibly beautiful
woman.
> There were times when you would look at her & couldn't tell there was
> anything wrong, but she was bedridden, her speech only family understood,
> unless you got her goat!, then every word as as plain as day.....LOL! Her
> final days she easily influenced, child like, so sweet with her wide eyed
> innocence, for weeks we prayed the Lord's Prayer, her last day she looked
at
> me with a peaceful smile & said she was ready to die, that she forgave her
> sister, then went on to repeat a verse of the Lord's Prayer, "Forgive of
our
> trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." She passed
within
> hours of telling me that. I am making an appeal to all of you who God
loves
> so dearly, keep Him in mind & give it all to Him. What's there to lose¿
>
> Teresa Ane-hoo-ee (Spokane, Wa.)
>
> Maternal Roots:
> ALDRICH ~ APPERSON ~ ASHTON ~ AUGUSTINE ~ BAULSTONE ~
> BULL~ BUTTER ~ COGGESHALL ~ COLEMAN ~ ENEAS ~ FRIES ~
> GURDON ~ HOFFER ~ HUTCHINSON ~ JAMES ~ LAUCHMAN / LOCHMAN ~
> LEIS ~ MCKAY ~ MEACHAM ~ MON-MON-ICH ~ NAULTH ~ OLNEY ~
> PUTNAM ~ TANNER ~ TOCK-NUN-UM ~ WANGFORD ~ WHIPPLE ~
> Paternal Roots:
> ALFORD ~ CRONK ~ GREEN ~ REED
> Hubbies Roots:
> AUSTIN ~ BROTON ~ CRADEL ~ JACKSON ~
> KURTZHALL/KURTZHALS ~ ZIBEL
>
>
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