The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Tuesday, November 15, 1994, page 3 Virginia Easton, 86, a long time resident of Hood River (Oregon) and a recent resident of Centerville, died on November 13 at the local hospital. She was born on May 15, 1908 and went to school in Cove (Oregon). She moved to Medford (Oregon) as a young adult where she met and married Richard Painter in 1935. Shortly afterward, he died in a logging accident and she moved to Portland where she worked in the shipyards during World War II, supervising a welding crew. After the war she moved to The Dalles where she worked for Hudson-Duncan and married Dell Easton in 1948. A year later they bought a 20-acre pear and apple orchard in Parkdale (Oregon), then moved from there to Hood River in the early 1960s where she worked as a fruit packer for Duckwall Brothers. He died in 1990 and she spent her remaining years living with her two daughters. She enjoyed pinochle and flowers, baking and cooking. Survivors include her daughters, Eulahla Minshall, Centerville; and Iona Wieland, Vienna, Virginia; five grandchildren, Douglas and Scott Wieland, both of Vienna; Tony Riches, Biggs (Oregon); Larry Riches and Karen Anderson, both of Goldendale (Washington); and two great-grandchildren, Todd Riches and Kala Anderson. Viewing visitation will be at Smith Callaway Chapel on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Graveside services will be Friday, November 18 at 1 p.m. at the IOOF Cemetery in The Dalles with Pastor Tim Clemenson officiating. Smith Callaway Chapel is in care of arrangements. Written permission to reprint obituary given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser.