Person:Mildred Lesh (1)

Former St. Paul resident Mildred Mae Hollenbeck died April 10, 2006, at a care facility in Newberg. She was 97.

She was born Nov. 24, 1908, to William and Gertrude (Ansel) Lesh in Crystal, Idaho, where she grew up and attended elementary school. She graduated from Washington High School in Portland in 1929. On Feb. 9, 1929, she married Richard Hollenbeck in Portland. They settled in Trout Lake, Wash., in 1930. They operated a fruit orchard and also cut and sold Christmas trees.

Her husband preceded her in death in 1968. She then moved to Portland and graduated from the Walla Walla School of Nursing in 1970. She worked for Portland Adventist Hospital for nine years, then moved to Salem, where she worked for Salem Memorial Hospital for nine years. She retired and continued to live in Salem until 1996, when she moved to St. Paul to live with family.

She was an avid traveler, a poet and a painter. She enjoyed trout fishing. She made more than 100 afghans for her grandchildren and other family members. She was a member of Seventh-day Adventist Church in Newberg. She was active in the Dorcas Society, now known as Community Services.

Survivors include: sons, Richard of Salem and William of Portland; daughters, Elaine Connor of St. Paul and Lois Stevens of Trout Lake, Wash,; 18 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by: brothers, Harold, Donald, Ernest, Gilbert, Oliver and Lawrence; and sisters, Olive Hollenbeck, Edith Kyte, Sara Jane Quackenbush, Gertrude Rader and Mabel LaVander.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. today (Saturday) at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Newberg with Pastor Tim Mayne officiating. Private interment is at Klickitat County Cemetery in White Salmon, Wash.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Newberg Community Service Center, care of Attrell’s Newberg Funeral Chapel, 207 Villa Road, Newberg, OR 97132.