Surnames: Stranz, Shogren, Taggesell, Boyer, Wilson, Matson Frances Shogren Stranz, 88, a resident of Mosier (Oregon), died at the hospital in Hood River on July 9, 2002. She was born in Portland on September 13, 1913 to Fred and Maude Shogren. She was a 1930 graduate of Mosier High School. She received her teachers certificate from Oregon Normal school in Monmouth (Oregon). She taught in the grade school at Astoria (Oregon), where she met and married Ernest M. Stranz in November 1951. They eventually moved back to Mosier to raise their family, where she taught second grade for 14 years. She loved sailing, summer vacations of camping and hiking at Lost Lake and playing tennis. She was an accomplished pianist, playing for many community events, school programs, the senior Serenaders singing group and was the pianist for Mosier First Christian Church for more than 50 years. She shared her love of the piano and music by teaching her grandchildren to play. Her greatest joy was spending time with her family and reading to the children. Survivors include two sons, Jeff and his wife, Mary Ruth, Mosier; and Fritz and his wife, Wendi, The Dalles; seven grandchildren, Cora, Jennifer, Isaac and Nathan of Mosier and Selah, Adrian and Ernest of The Dalles, and seven nieces and their families. She was preceded in death by husband Ernie Stranz and four sisters, Marie Taggesell, Jean Boyer, Alice Wilson and Betty Matson. Viewing will be at Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon (Washington) on Monday, July 15, from noon to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Mosier First Christian Church on Tuesday, July 16, at 11 a.m. with interment to follow in the Mosier Cemetery. A get together and time of fellowship will be held at the Mosier Grange following service. The Dalles Chronicle July 12, 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