Surnames: Eldrige, Kerr, Cline, Olson, Toda, McElroy, Moncreif, Grant Lyle H. Eldrige, 68, a resident of Dallesport (Washington), died at a local care facility on May 26, 2002, of renal cancer. He was born July 16, 1933, in Martin, South Dakota, the youngest of four children born to Orval S. Eldrige and Mayme E. (Audiss) Eldrige. In 1934, the Eldrige family moved to Emmett, Idaho due to drought and locusts that destroyed the crops. When Lyle was 8 years old, the family moved to Umatilla (Oregon), where he attended grade school and was an All Star basketball player in high school. As a young man, he purchased property in Dallesport in 1957 and began building his own home in the spring of 1958. He married Dora M. Kerr Cline on August 17, 1961. They divorced in October 1984. Lyle was a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local # 0247 and the Carpenters Union of Northern California for over 30 years. He is survived by his five children: son, Laroy L. Cline of Lexington, Oregon; daughter Ann L. Olson and her husband Jeffery L. Olson of Vancouver (Washington); daughter Tammy L. Toda and her husband Frank K. Toda of The Dalles; daughter Etha D. McElroy and her husband Chalmers R. McElroy of Lyle (Washington); and, son David W. Eldrige of Lexington, Oregon; his brother Merle S. Eldrige and his wife Betty of Rufus (Oregon); sister Carol M. Moncreif of Hermiston (Oregon); sister Darlene E. Grant and her husband Richard Grant of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. He also left behind five grandsons and five grand-daughters. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, at Smith Callaway Chapel with interment following at The Dalles IOOF Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to Hospice of the Gorge, 751 Myrtle Street, The Dalles, Oregon 97058 or to the Marge Toda Cancer Fund for Children c/o Mid-Columbia Medical Center, 1700 East 19th Street, The Dalles, Oregon 97058. Smith Callaway Chapel is in care of arrangements. The Dalles Chronicle May 29, 2002 Written permission to reprint obituary given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser.