Surnames: Kyte, Peer, Kovell, Bauder, Smith, Whitfield, Bedford, Serrano Henry Harvey Kyte, 94, a resident of Myrtle Creek (Oregon), died in a Seattle hospital on July 3, 2002. He was born February 3, 1908 in Jewell County, Kansas to parents Frank and Cora (Peer) Kyte. He moved to Hayward, California during the Depression after spending several years traveling the Midwest by freight train, working for various corn and wheat farmers during harvest. He worked in canneries in the California bay area, sold Fuller Brushes for a time and worked as a handyman for many years at Ft. Jones, California. He was a veteran of World War II and among other things helped design and build decompression chambers to assist in safety training for pilots and crew members. He married Ruby Kovell in 1949 in California. She died in Mosier (Oregon) in 1979. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Beth and Gale Bauder, Camas Valley; grandson, Dan Bauder; great grandchildren, Ryan and Annie, Concord, California; and their mother, Sara Smith; sisters, Provie Whitfield and Opal Bedford; brothers, Ord and Clarence Kyte. He was preceded in death by his parents, twin sister Effie Serrano and two brothers, Leslie and Elvis Kyte. Funeral services were on Tuesday, July 9, at Taylor's Family Chapel with Pastor Vance Culpepper officiating. Private interment will be at the Mosier Cemetery, where he will be laid to rest next to his wife. The Dalles Chronicle July 9, 2002 Written permission to reprint obituary given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser. "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant" - Robert Louis Stevenson Researching: WASSER, GOAR, JOURNEY, HAMM, VINZANT, McNEAL, MATHIESON