Mary Lou lived in Vancouver most of her life. After the Vanport flood in 1948, she was hired by the phone company, along with many other young women, to help with the hundreds of calls from all over the world from families who were concerned abut their loved ones who lived in Vanport. She remainded as s a telephone operator until she retired. She and her friends loved to ski, spending many weekends on Mt. Hood enjoying the sport. She married Ervin in 1957. Ther shared a love of Hawaii, spending every vacation there. She loved to walk, and spent no less than two hours a day walking in her neighborhood in Salmon Creek. Those of us who knew here appreciated her dry sense of humor, even as she was experiencing Alzheimer’s. She spend her last two months at the Meadows Adult Family Home where she was loved and embraced by all who served her.  We will miss her.

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