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
.