Surnames: McDaniel, Rexroat, Noon, Senior Catherine McDaniel, 87, a long time resident of the Hood River (Oregon) Valley, died on Thursday, August 15, 2002, at a care center in The Dalles. She was born September 26, 1914 in Monroe, Iowa, and was the second youngest of Albert and Katherine Rexroat Noon's seven children. Her grandfather, Abraham Rexroat, was an early Iowa homesteader whose ancestors came to Pennsylvania from Germany in the mid-1700s. She graduated from Monroe High School in 1933, in the depth of the Great Depression. In 1938, she married Ralph McDaniel, a career Navy man who also was from Monroe. For the next two decades, they lived in several cities where he was serving with the U.S. Navy, including Annapolis, Maryland; Lexington, Kentucky; Long Beach, California and Tampa, Florida. When he retired after World War II, they moved to Hood River and built a house near Odell (Oregon). They also lived in Iowa, where she worked as a secretary to a local attorney, and in southern Missouri. From 1963 to 1965, the McDaniels lived aboard the U.S.S. Banning, a retired Navy vessel that was moored at the Hood River boat basin. He was port captain and the couple and their daughter Jeanie lived in the ship's officers quarters. In 1967, the McDaniels moved to Doniphan, Missouri to retire. After he died in 1969, she moved back to Hood River, and worked for several years at the Ben Franklin variety store. Until her final illness, she lived for several years at Flagstone (retirement center) in The Dalles. She was a lifelong Methodist, and an active member for many years of the Odell United Methodist Church, where she served on the church administrative board, and belonged to United Methodist Women and the "Sunset Girls" group. She was a Past Worthy Matron in the Hood River Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, and also a state officer in Eastern Star. Like her mother, she was a notable cook, did needlework and embroidering; was a dog lover, a voracious reader and an avid traveler. When she was in her late 70s and early 80s, she volunteered as a tutor at May Street Elementary School and later at Dry Hollow Elementary school in The Dalles. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Jeanie and Tom Senior, Hood River; a son, Michael, Vancouver, Washington; a brother, Carl, Roswell, Georgia; numerous nieces and nephews and many friends, including her dachshund, Randy. A memorial service is set for 10 a.m. on Thursday, August 22, at the Odell United Methodist Church. Memorials are suggested to the Odell United Methodist Church or PROD, Promoting Responsible Ownership of Dogs. The Dalles Chronicle August 16, 2002. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser "Don't judge each day by the harvest your reap, but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson Researching WASSER, GOAR, JOURNEY, HAMM, VINZANT, McNEAL, MATHIESON Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058