Surnames: Sonnabend, Phelps, Tibbets, Sumner, Peterson, Turpin, Thompson, Sohlar Lindy Leroy Sonnabend (Bull of The Woods), 75, a resident of Hood River (Oregon), died at a Portland hospital on Saturday, March 29, 2003. He was born May 25, 1927, in Yakima, the 11th of 13 children to William and Gertrude (Phelps) Sonnabend. He was raised in Yakima and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1945. After the service he returned to the Northwest working construction for Pacific Power & Light. In 1960 he settled in Hood River working as a lineman and retiring as a foreman in the mid 1980's. He then returned to construction and retired in 1999. He was a member of the Hood River Elk's Lodge, enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and fishing and loved his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Norma Jeanne (Tibbets) Sonnabend, whom he married on April 18, 1950 in Yuma, Arizona, Hood River; three sons and their families, Greg and his wife, Lu Sonnabend and their children, Johnathan, Christopher, Kristen, Jordan, and Jonah, Anchorage, (Alaska); Phil and his wife, Denise Sonnabend, and their children, Shalene and Joshua, The Dalles; Bill Sonnabend and his children, Rachelle Sohlar and Sky, Portland; his daughter, Cheryl Sonnabend and her son Brent Sumner, The Dalles; his brother, Bill Sonnabend; three sisters Rilla Peterson, Betty Turpin, and Darlene Thompson. Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2003 with Reverend Lynn Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in the Veteran's Section at The Dalles Parklawn Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 1112 W. 9th Street, The Dalles, Oregon 97058. The Dalles Chronicle April 1, 2003. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail