Dorthy Nelson Peacock, 86, of Alicel, died Dec. 18 at her home. She was 86. She was buried next to her husband in the Summerville Cemetery.
Mrs. Peacock was born April 29, 1919, to Ole and Mabel Nelson in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1927 she traveled with her mother and stepfather, Charles Buckmaster, to Brooks in a Model T Ford.
She married William Peacock in Albany Nov. 9, 1935. The couple spent 12 years in Alaska trapping and working with the Civil Aviation Administration.
In 1947, the family moved to western Oregon and began logging and operating portable sawmills. They moved to Northeast Oregon in 1956 and set up a sawmill on the face of Mount Harris. Within a few years the sawmill was moved down to the valley floor, to Alicel, where it operated until 1995.
Following her husband's accidental death in 1978 , she became involved in the family sawmill. She was a member of the La Grande Soroptomist Club, the CETA Board, the Red Cross, Peoples Savings and Loan, PEO and the First Christian Church where she was a Sunday school teacher, a youth leader, a trustee, an elder and a member of Christian Women's Fellowship.
She enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, being at the deer camp on Mount Harris and keeping things in order, traveling finding, flower gardening, watching birds, reading, dancing and laughing at a good story. Nothing was more important to her than family and friends.
Survivors include her sons and their wives, Bill and Jane Peacock, Bob and Dorothy Peacock and Rick and Bobbi Peacock; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church Memorial Fund, the Salvation Army or to the PEO Educational Scholarship Fund.
Mrs. Peacock was born April 29, 1919, to Ole and Mabel Nelson in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1927 she traveled with her mother and stepfather, Charles Buckmaster, to Brooks in a Model T Ford.
She married William Peacock in Albany Nov. 9, 1935. The couple spent 12 years in Alaska trapping and working with the Civil Aviation Administration.
In 1947, the family moved to western Oregon and began logging and operating portable sawmills. They moved to Northeast Oregon in 1956 and set up a sawmill on the face of Mount Harris. Within a few years the sawmill was moved down to the valley floor, to Alicel, where it operated until 1995.
Following her husband's accidental death in 1978 , she became involved in the family sawmill. She was a member of the La Grande Soroptomist Club, the CETA Board, the Red Cross, Peoples Savings and Loan, PEO and the First Christian Church where she was a Sunday school teacher, a youth leader, a trustee, an elder and a member of Christian Women's Fellowship.
She enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, being at the deer camp on Mount Harris and keeping things in order, traveling finding, flower gardening, watching birds, reading, dancing and laughing at a good story. Nothing was more important to her than family and friends.
Survivors include her sons and their wives, Bill and Jane Peacock, Bob and Dorothy Peacock and Rick and Bobbi Peacock; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church Memorial Fund, the Salvation Army or to the PEO Educational Scholarship Fund.
Dorthy Nelson Peacock, 86, of Alicel, died Dec. 18 at her home. She was 86. She was buried next to her husband in the Summerville Cemetery.
Mrs. Peacock was born April 29, 1919, to Ole and Mabel Nelson in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1927 she traveled with her mother and stepfather, Charles Buckmaster, to Brooks in a Model T Ford.
She married William Peacock in Albany Nov. 9, 1935. The couple spent 12 years in Alaska trapping and working with the Civil Aviation Administration.
In 1947, the family moved to western Oregon and began logging and operating portable sawmills. They moved to Northeast Oregon in 1956 and set up a sawmill on the face of Mount Harris. Within a few years the sawmill was moved down to the valley floor, to Alicel, where it operated until 1995.
Following her husband's accidental death in 1978 , she became involved in the family sawmill. She was a member of the La Grande Soroptomist Club, the CETA Board, the Red Cross, Peoples Savings and Loan, PEO and the First Christian Church where she was a Sunday school teacher, a youth leader, a trustee, an elder and a member of Christian Women's Fellowship.
She enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, being at the deer camp on Mount Harris and keeping things in order, traveling finding, flower gardening, watching birds, reading, dancing and laughing at a good story. Nothing was more important to her than family and friends.
Survivors include her sons and their wives, Bill and Jane Peacock, Bob and Dorothy Peacock and Rick and Bobbi Peacock; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church Memorial Fund, the Salvation Army or to the PEO Educational Scholarship Fund.
Mrs. Peacock was born April 29, 1919, to Ole and Mabel Nelson in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1927 she traveled with her mother and stepfather, Charles Buckmaster, to Brooks in a Model T Ford.
She married William Peacock in Albany Nov. 9, 1935. The couple spent 12 years in Alaska trapping and working with the Civil Aviation Administration.
In 1947, the family moved to western Oregon and began logging and operating portable sawmills. They moved to Northeast Oregon in 1956 and set up a sawmill on the face of Mount Harris. Within a few years the sawmill was moved down to the valley floor, to Alicel, where it operated until 1995.
Following her husband's accidental death in 1978 , she became involved in the family sawmill. She was a member of the La Grande Soroptomist Club, the CETA Board, the Red Cross, Peoples Savings and Loan, PEO and the First Christian Church where she was a Sunday school teacher, a youth leader, a trustee, an elder and a member of Christian Women's Fellowship.
She enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, being at the deer camp on Mount Harris and keeping things in order, traveling finding, flower gardening, watching birds, reading, dancing and laughing at a good story. Nothing was more important to her than family and friends.
Survivors include her sons and their wives, Bill and Jane Peacock, Bob and Dorothy Peacock and Rick and Bobbi Peacock; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and other relatives.
Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church Memorial Fund, the Salvation Army or to the PEO Educational Scholarship Fund.
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