Longtime Hoquiamite Dorothy E. Byers, 83, died Friday, May 1, 1998, in a Harbor nursing home.
Mrs. Byers was born Nov. 8, 1914, at Yakima to Ora and Kordall (Poisel) Rynerson. She attended school in Yakima for a while, then in Hoquiam before returning to complete her education in Yakima.
While she lived in Yakima, she worked on the family dairy farm, milking cows and doing her chores before and after school. She also attended the Church of God there.
In 1943, she married Jack Byers at Yakima. The couple lived in Yakima until moving to Hoquiam in 1969. He died in 1973.
The same year, Mrs. Byers moved to her son's property at Quinault. She also lived with a granddaughter in Olympia for a few years, then returned to Hoquiam in 1988, where she had lived ever since.
Mrs. Byers enjoyed visiting the homes of her sons. She also liked crocheting, doing crafts, reading and watching television.
Her favorite poem was "The Children's Hour," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Surviving her are five sons, Jerry of Westport, Mick of White Swan, Dennis of Colville, Mart of Wapato and Jim of Aberdeen; a brother, Martin Rynerson of Wapato; Jim Harrington of Alaska, whom she helped raise; 20 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Byers was born Nov. 8, 1914, at Yakima to Ora and Kordall (Poisel) Rynerson. She attended school in Yakima for a while, then in Hoquiam before returning to complete her education in Yakima.
While she lived in Yakima, she worked on the family dairy farm, milking cows and doing her chores before and after school. She also attended the Church of God there.
In 1943, she married Jack Byers at Yakima. The couple lived in Yakima until moving to Hoquiam in 1969. He died in 1973.
The same year, Mrs. Byers moved to her son's property at Quinault. She also lived with a granddaughter in Olympia for a few years, then returned to Hoquiam in 1988, where she had lived ever since.
Mrs. Byers enjoyed visiting the homes of her sons. She also liked crocheting, doing crafts, reading and watching television.
Her favorite poem was "The Children's Hour," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Surviving her are five sons, Jerry of Westport, Mick of White Swan, Dennis of Colville, Mart of Wapato and Jim of Aberdeen; a brother, Martin Rynerson of Wapato; Jim Harrington of Alaska, whom she helped raise; 20 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Longtime Hoquiamite Dorothy E. Byers, 83, died Friday, May 1, 1998, in a Harbor nursing home.
Mrs. Byers was born Nov. 8, 1914, at Yakima to Ora and Kordall (Poisel) Rynerson. She attended school in Yakima for a while, then in Hoquiam before returning to complete her education in Yakima.
While she lived in Yakima, she worked on the family dairy farm, milking cows and doing her chores before and after school. She also attended the Church of God there.
In 1943, she married Jack Byers at Yakima. The couple lived in Yakima until moving to Hoquiam in 1969. He died in 1973.
The same year, Mrs. Byers moved to her son's property at Quinault. She also lived with a granddaughter in Olympia for a few years, then returned to Hoquiam in 1988, where she had lived ever since.
Mrs. Byers enjoyed visiting the homes of her sons. She also liked crocheting, doing crafts, reading and watching television.
Her favorite poem was "The Children's Hour," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Surviving her are five sons, Jerry of Westport, Mick of White Swan, Dennis of Colville, Mart of Wapato and Jim of Aberdeen; a brother, Martin Rynerson of Wapato; Jim Harrington of Alaska, whom she helped raise; 20 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Byers was born Nov. 8, 1914, at Yakima to Ora and Kordall (Poisel) Rynerson. She attended school in Yakima for a while, then in Hoquiam before returning to complete her education in Yakima.
While she lived in Yakima, she worked on the family dairy farm, milking cows and doing her chores before and after school. She also attended the Church of God there.
In 1943, she married Jack Byers at Yakima. The couple lived in Yakima until moving to Hoquiam in 1969. He died in 1973.
The same year, Mrs. Byers moved to her son's property at Quinault. She also lived with a granddaughter in Olympia for a few years, then returned to Hoquiam in 1988, where she had lived ever since.
Mrs. Byers enjoyed visiting the homes of her sons. She also liked crocheting, doing crafts, reading and watching television.
Her favorite poem was "The Children's Hour," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Surviving her are five sons, Jerry of Westport, Mick of White Swan, Dennis of Colville, Mart of Wapato and Jim of Aberdeen; a brother, Martin Rynerson of Wapato; Jim Harrington of Alaska, whom she helped raise; 20 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
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