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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., February 11, 1999, page 16

NORMA RIDEOUT

Norma Mae (Thompson) Rideout, a longtime Lyle resident, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 1999, at the Hood River Care Center, at the age of 81.
Mrs. Rideout was born May 21, 1917, at Sagle, Idaho, to Fred H. and Myrtle (Fournier) Thompson. She grew up in Montana, moving to Parma, Idaho, as a young child. She made several moves until marrying Rollin Rideout on Aug. 14, 1952 in Goldendale. The couple settled in Lyle and she worked at the Lyle Merc for a time, although she was mainly a wife and mother.
Mrs. Rideout loved cats, horses, gardening and her family. She was a 4-H leader for many years and helped to form the Lyle River Riders.
Mrs. Rideout is survived by her husband, Rollin; sons, Lester Thomas, Manteca, Calif., Lee Thomas, Stockton, Calif., Larry Thomas, Redding, Calif., Bryan Thomas, Stevenson, and Floyd Gruggs, West Wyoming, Penn.; daughters Clauda D'Angelo, Clanton, Ala., Julie Halstead, Redding, Calif., Betty Jolly, Trout Lake, and Mona Miller, White Salmon; 23 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
A potluck memorial for Mrs. Rideout will be held Friday, Feb. 12, 1999, at 1 p.m. at the Lyle Lions Club. Interment will be at Lyle Balch Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Hood River Care Center Resident Funds, 729 Henderson, Hood River, Ore. Arrangements were handled by Gardner Funeral Home of White Salmon.