Surnames: Perkins, Johns, Ownbey, Mayhew, Edwards Rodney Franklin Perkins, known as "Plug", 74, a resident of The Dalles, died at a Hood River hospital on Wednesday, December 25, 2002. He was born March 19, 1928, in Dixon, Wyoming, the fourth of five children to Frank Charles and Grace Margaret (Johns) Perkins. He lived in Dixon until the family moved to Rawlins, Wyoming in 1936, then in 1939, they moved to Dubois, Wyoming. In 1942, he moved to Portland then to Wamic (Oregon) in 1947. He married Vera Ownbey on December 2, 1951, in White Salmon (Washington). They lived in Wamic (Oregon) until moving to Tygh Valley (Oregon) in 1958 and moved to The Dalles in June 2000. Plug had worked at Tygh Valley Lumber, then later for Mt. Fir Lumber Company as a railroad boxcar loader at Shearers Bridge. After forty years, he retired in 1991. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing and wood cutting. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Vera Perkins, The Dalles; his daughters, Shannon Mayhew and her husband Alan, The Dalles and Linda Perkins, Dallesport (Washington); grandchildren, Marti, Jacob, Christine, Megan and Josh, his brothers, Charles Perkins, The Dalles and Ted Perkins, Madras (Oregon) and a sister, Anna Mae Edwards, The Dalles. He was preceded in death by his sister, Loris. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31, at The Dalles Christian Center, 3219 West 10th Street, with Pastor Terry Mann officiating. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home is in care of arrangements. Remembrance may be made to Home At Last Animal Friends, P.O. Box 390, The Dalles, Oregon 97058 or The Dalles Christian Center. The Dalles Chronicle December 29, 2002 Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_smartspamprotection_3mf