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Dorothy Lavella Dec

Dorothy Lavella Dec


Dorothy La V e ll a D ec , age 8 7 , h omema k e r , d i e d a t St. L u ke ' s Me d ical Cente r o n T u es d a y April 3 , 2012 .

She was born Ma y 28 , 19 2 4 in White s on , Ore go n t o th e lat e H e rman He l lekes a nd Ma rth a Ma r ez . S h e g r a d uate d from W i ll am in a H igh Scho o l i n W i ll am i na, Or eg on. In September o f 1948 s he married Richard Dur a nt in S a l e m , Oregon . She l ater mar rie d T h eodore D ec i n June 1959 .

Dor o th y lived in Sal e m , Be a v e rton a nd Portl a nd, Or e gon . Sh e a nd h e r hu s band had just m ove d to B oi s e i n A ugust of 20 1 2 t o be closer to fam il y.

Dor o thy loved to dance and bel o ng e d to t w o danc e c lub s i n S al e m Or eg on durin g th e 5 0 's a nd 6 0's. Th e 5 6 D a nc e C lub and Wi ste r ia D ance C l ub h e l d ma n y fo nd me mo ri es fo r h e r a nd h e r hu s b a nd . In h e r l ate r yea r s she lo ve d to pl ay card s, pla y b in go, and to be with f a mily a n d f rie n d s. Sh e also lo v ed t o go t o t h e b ea ch an y t im e of th e y e a r .

Sh e is su rviv e d b y h e r hu s b a nd T h e o d or e, dau g hter, P e n nie E ll s worth o f Nyss a, O reg on , so n a nd w i fe Ke r r y a nd Vi c k y D u ran t of El Dor ado H il l s, Ca l ifo r ni a, a nd so n an d w i fe, Ti m and Di a nne Dec of M o untain Vie w , C a l if o r n ia. She had t e n g r a nd c hildr e n a nd 27 gre a t gran d chi l dren .

Dorothy l oved s hoppin g for h e r g randchildr e n and gr e at g rand c hi l dr e n and will be re m embered as a gene r o u s an d a t te n t i ve wife , m o th er a nd g rand m ot he r .

T he family would l ik e to th a nk Grac e A s si s ted Living Cent e r , the em e rgency room s t aff , ICU and T e l e m e tri c s ta ff at S t . Lu k e 's Me d ic a l Cen te r in Meri d ia n fo r th e ir h e lp a nd s upp o rt.

In l i eu of fl ow e r s , m em o r ia l donations m ay be made to t he Am e r i can Hea r t A ssoc i a tion .
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