Francis Elizabeth Sumner was born in Portland on Dec. 24, 1919, to Katherina Elizabeth Blehm and George Washington Dawdy.
She joined her Lord and Savior in Heaven on April 4, 2009. She passed quietly in her home, surrounded by family and friends.
She spent her childhood in the Willamette Valley and along the central and north Oregon coasts.
On Nov. 1, 1948, she married the love of her life, O. Roy Sumner. They raised four children in Portland.
She was an active member of Powellhurst Baptist Church. She was also active in various service groups, such as Eastern Star and Campfire Girls. Frances and Roy enjoyed fishing and boating with their family on the Columbia River and at a favorite vacation spot, Suttle Lake.
Her Christian faith and her family were most important to her. After her children left home, she enjoyed being a kindergarten teacher at Powellhurst Baptist Church.
When Roy retired, they moved to Netarts and became active in Netarts Friends Church and the Netarts Community Center. They enjoyed fishing, boating, clamming and agate hunting. Roy and Frances were active in the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, as well as serving the Tillamook and Netarts communities in many other ways. For decades, they made Frances' famous clam chowder for the Netarts Community Center Labor Day chowder feed.
Frances was an avid quilter and formed a quilting bee called the Singing Needles through Netarts Friends Church.
The Singing Needles sold their quits and sent the proceeds to missionaries. Frances was also active in the Latimer Quilt Center and received many ribbons, including Best of Show at the Tillamook County Fair.
Roy passed on April 30, 2000. Within a year, Frances moved back into her Netarts home of more than 20 years with her daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Vern Miller. She became active in the Tillamook Church of the Nazarene.
Frances enjoyed participating immensely in Wellspring, the adult respite center provided through Faith in Action. She also spent many Fridays sewing with friends at Jane's Fabric Patch.
Frances spent her last 10 years in the loving care of her granddaughter, Heather Clark, and family, Jeff, Jeffrey, Isaiah and Samuel.
Her granddaughter, Traci Martin, and family, Russell, Austin and Gabriel, moved from Florida to assist with Frances' care during the last three years of her life. Her love of family filled her life with blessings until her last days on earth. She enjoyed watching five of her great-grandsons grow up around her and she was surrounded by the love and care of her family everyday.
Francis is survived by one brother, Henry Vessell of Oregon; her daughter and spouse, Pam and Vern Miller of Netarts; son and spouse Phil and Linda Sumner of Modesto, Calif.; son Roy Sumner of Wasilla, Alaska; and son Ben Sumner of Utah. Also, by granddaughters Mary Beth Morrison, Kimberly Mayer and Christine Lyman, all of New York, Nikki Davis of Bay City, Sharon Haji of Everett, Wash., Missy of Utah, Traci Martin of Netarts, Heather Clark of Netarts, and Toni and Crystal, both of Alaska; grandsons James Sumner, J.R. Sumner and Austin Sumner, all of Utah; 14 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson and one great-great-granddaughter on the way.
A memorial service will held April 14 at 4 p.m. at Tillamook Church of the Nazarene, open to all family and friends, with no reception to follow. Arrangements in care of Waud's Funeral Home
Headlight-Herald, April 8, 2009
She joined her Lord and Savior in Heaven on April 4, 2009. She passed quietly in her home, surrounded by family and friends.
She spent her childhood in the Willamette Valley and along the central and north Oregon coasts.
On Nov. 1, 1948, she married the love of her life, O. Roy Sumner. They raised four children in Portland.
She was an active member of Powellhurst Baptist Church. She was also active in various service groups, such as Eastern Star and Campfire Girls. Frances and Roy enjoyed fishing and boating with their family on the Columbia River and at a favorite vacation spot, Suttle Lake.
Her Christian faith and her family were most important to her. After her children left home, she enjoyed being a kindergarten teacher at Powellhurst Baptist Church.
When Roy retired, they moved to Netarts and became active in Netarts Friends Church and the Netarts Community Center. They enjoyed fishing, boating, clamming and agate hunting. Roy and Frances were active in the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, as well as serving the Tillamook and Netarts communities in many other ways. For decades, they made Frances' famous clam chowder for the Netarts Community Center Labor Day chowder feed.
Frances was an avid quilter and formed a quilting bee called the Singing Needles through Netarts Friends Church.
The Singing Needles sold their quits and sent the proceeds to missionaries. Frances was also active in the Latimer Quilt Center and received many ribbons, including Best of Show at the Tillamook County Fair.
Roy passed on April 30, 2000. Within a year, Frances moved back into her Netarts home of more than 20 years with her daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Vern Miller. She became active in the Tillamook Church of the Nazarene.
Frances enjoyed participating immensely in Wellspring, the adult respite center provided through Faith in Action. She also spent many Fridays sewing with friends at Jane's Fabric Patch.
Frances spent her last 10 years in the loving care of her granddaughter, Heather Clark, and family, Jeff, Jeffrey, Isaiah and Samuel.
Her granddaughter, Traci Martin, and family, Russell, Austin and Gabriel, moved from Florida to assist with Frances' care during the last three years of her life. Her love of family filled her life with blessings until her last days on earth. She enjoyed watching five of her great-grandsons grow up around her and she was surrounded by the love and care of her family everyday.
Francis is survived by one brother, Henry Vessell of Oregon; her daughter and spouse, Pam and Vern Miller of Netarts; son and spouse Phil and Linda Sumner of Modesto, Calif.; son Roy Sumner of Wasilla, Alaska; and son Ben Sumner of Utah. Also, by granddaughters Mary Beth Morrison, Kimberly Mayer and Christine Lyman, all of New York, Nikki Davis of Bay City, Sharon Haji of Everett, Wash., Missy of Utah, Traci Martin of Netarts, Heather Clark of Netarts, and Toni and Crystal, both of Alaska; grandsons James Sumner, J.R. Sumner and Austin Sumner, all of Utah; 14 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson and one great-great-granddaughter on the way.
A memorial service will held April 14 at 4 p.m. at Tillamook Church of the Nazarene, open to all family and friends, with no reception to follow. Arrangements in care of Waud's Funeral Home
Headlight-Herald, April 8, 2009
Francis Elizabeth Sumner was born in Portland on Dec. 24, 1919, to Katherina Elizabeth Blehm and George Washington Dawdy.
She joined her Lord and Savior in Heaven on April 4, 2009. She passed quietly in her home, surrounded by family and friends.
She spent her childhood in the Willamette Valley and along the central and north Oregon coasts.
On Nov. 1, 1948, she married the love of her life, O. Roy Sumner. They raised four children in Portland.
She was an active member of Powellhurst Baptist Church. She was also active in various service groups, such as Eastern Star and Campfire Girls. Frances and Roy enjoyed fishing and boating with their family on the Columbia River and at a favorite vacation spot, Suttle Lake.
Her Christian faith and her family were most important to her. After her children left home, she enjoyed being a kindergarten teacher at Powellhurst Baptist Church.
When Roy retired, they moved to Netarts and became active in Netarts Friends Church and the Netarts Community Center. They enjoyed fishing, boating, clamming and agate hunting. Roy and Frances were active in the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, as well as serving the Tillamook and Netarts communities in many other ways. For decades, they made Frances' famous clam chowder for the Netarts Community Center Labor Day chowder feed.
Frances was an avid quilter and formed a quilting bee called the Singing Needles through Netarts Friends Church.
The Singing Needles sold their quits and sent the proceeds to missionaries. Frances was also active in the Latimer Quilt Center and received many ribbons, including Best of Show at the Tillamook County Fair.
Roy passed on April 30, 2000. Within a year, Frances moved back into her Netarts home of more than 20 years with her daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Vern Miller. She became active in the Tillamook Church of the Nazarene.
Frances enjoyed participating immensely in Wellspring, the adult respite center provided through Faith in Action. She also spent many Fridays sewing with friends at Jane's Fabric Patch.
Frances spent her last 10 years in the loving care of her granddaughter, Heather Clark, and family, Jeff, Jeffrey, Isaiah and Samuel.
Her granddaughter, Traci Martin, and family, Russell, Austin and Gabriel, moved from Florida to assist with Frances' care during the last three years of her life. Her love of family filled her life with blessings until her last days on earth. She enjoyed watching five of her great-grandsons grow up around her and she was surrounded by the love and care of her family everyday.
Francis is survived by one brother, Henry Vessell of Oregon; her daughter and spouse, Pam and Vern Miller of Netarts; son and spouse Phil and Linda Sumner of Modesto, Calif.; son Roy Sumner of Wasilla, Alaska; and son Ben Sumner of Utah. Also, by granddaughters Mary Beth Morrison, Kimberly Mayer and Christine Lyman, all of New York, Nikki Davis of Bay City, Sharon Haji of Everett, Wash., Missy of Utah, Traci Martin of Netarts, Heather Clark of Netarts, and Toni and Crystal, both of Alaska; grandsons James Sumner, J.R. Sumner and Austin Sumner, all of Utah; 14 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson and one great-great-granddaughter on the way.
A memorial service will held April 14 at 4 p.m. at Tillamook Church of the Nazarene, open to all family and friends, with no reception to follow. Arrangements in care of Waud's Funeral Home
Headlight-Herald, April 8, 2009
She joined her Lord and Savior in Heaven on April 4, 2009. She passed quietly in her home, surrounded by family and friends.
She spent her childhood in the Willamette Valley and along the central and north Oregon coasts.
On Nov. 1, 1948, she married the love of her life, O. Roy Sumner. They raised four children in Portland.
She was an active member of Powellhurst Baptist Church. She was also active in various service groups, such as Eastern Star and Campfire Girls. Frances and Roy enjoyed fishing and boating with their family on the Columbia River and at a favorite vacation spot, Suttle Lake.
Her Christian faith and her family were most important to her. After her children left home, she enjoyed being a kindergarten teacher at Powellhurst Baptist Church.
When Roy retired, they moved to Netarts and became active in Netarts Friends Church and the Netarts Community Center. They enjoyed fishing, boating, clamming and agate hunting. Roy and Frances were active in the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, as well as serving the Tillamook and Netarts communities in many other ways. For decades, they made Frances' famous clam chowder for the Netarts Community Center Labor Day chowder feed.
Frances was an avid quilter and formed a quilting bee called the Singing Needles through Netarts Friends Church.
The Singing Needles sold their quits and sent the proceeds to missionaries. Frances was also active in the Latimer Quilt Center and received many ribbons, including Best of Show at the Tillamook County Fair.
Roy passed on April 30, 2000. Within a year, Frances moved back into her Netarts home of more than 20 years with her daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Vern Miller. She became active in the Tillamook Church of the Nazarene.
Frances enjoyed participating immensely in Wellspring, the adult respite center provided through Faith in Action. She also spent many Fridays sewing with friends at Jane's Fabric Patch.
Frances spent her last 10 years in the loving care of her granddaughter, Heather Clark, and family, Jeff, Jeffrey, Isaiah and Samuel.
Her granddaughter, Traci Martin, and family, Russell, Austin and Gabriel, moved from Florida to assist with Frances' care during the last three years of her life. Her love of family filled her life with blessings until her last days on earth. She enjoyed watching five of her great-grandsons grow up around her and she was surrounded by the love and care of her family everyday.
Francis is survived by one brother, Henry Vessell of Oregon; her daughter and spouse, Pam and Vern Miller of Netarts; son and spouse Phil and Linda Sumner of Modesto, Calif.; son Roy Sumner of Wasilla, Alaska; and son Ben Sumner of Utah. Also, by granddaughters Mary Beth Morrison, Kimberly Mayer and Christine Lyman, all of New York, Nikki Davis of Bay City, Sharon Haji of Everett, Wash., Missy of Utah, Traci Martin of Netarts, Heather Clark of Netarts, and Toni and Crystal, both of Alaska; grandsons James Sumner, J.R. Sumner and Austin Sumner, all of Utah; 14 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson and one great-great-granddaughter on the way.
A memorial service will held April 14 at 4 p.m. at Tillamook Church of the Nazarene, open to all family and friends, with no reception to follow. Arrangements in care of Waud's Funeral Home
Headlight-Herald, April 8, 2009
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