History of Early Pioneer Families of Hood River, Oregon. Compiled by Mrs. D.M. Coon

MRS. GRACE FLORENCE CLARK DWINNELL

     Grace Clark came to Hood River when a child, her parents located in the Barrett district and she was a pupil in that school from its beginning. She was of a happy disposition, kind to every one, and absolutely unselfish. No one could refuse a request from "Grace", and she naturally became a leader on the playground as well as in the school room where her studious habits and intelligent comprehension placed her in the front rank. She possessed a beautiful voice and was most dependable where music was in demand, which was at nearly all the gatherings of the early days.
     In the fall of 1888 her father, Newton Clark, was elected Grand Recorder for the Workingmen, and moved to Portland. Grace entered the Portland High Schools and graduated from Lincoln High School, She made a visit to Wisconsin among her relatives, and there met a. young man, Frank Dwinnell, who became so deeply inter-ested in her that he followed her back to Oregon. They were married at her father's home in Portland, and she returned with her husband to Wisconsin. The severe climate of that state, seriously affected her health and Mr. and Mrs. Dwninell, and son, came to Hood River and located, in the hope of regaining her health. For a time she grew better, but disease had taken too deep a hold on her, and she grew weaker until relieved by death in 1912. She left a son and a daughter, who, with their father, returned to Wisconsin.
     Grace has gone but will never be forgotten as long as any of her old playmates remain.

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