The Skamania County Pioneer, Stevenson, WA., September 15, 1999, page 2

ANNA IRENE SCHILLING

     Anna Irene Schilling of Stevenson died Sept. 5, 1999, at Hood River Memorial Hospital of natural causes. She was 84.
     She was born March 28, 1915, in Astoria, Ore., to Astrid (Fanis) and Iver Oren. After high school she moved to Portland and met Lester Schilling, whom she married June 17, 1932, in Trout Lake, Wash.
     The couple lived most of their married life in B.Z. Corners where they raised five children. They moved to Stevenson in 1977.
     Mrs. Schilling loved quilting, crocheting, crafts, reading, gardening, and adored flowers. She loved the ocean and liked to go clamming and cook them on the beach. Friends regarded her as a very kind woman.
     Survivors include her husband, Lester Schilling; a son, Kenneth Schilling of Tigard, Ore.; daughters, JoAn Hughes of Tigard, Diane King of Cornelius, N.C., Deloris Vassalto and Norma Stein Stevenson; 18 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren.
     Services were held Sept. 9 at White Salmon Cemetery. Gardner Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Donations may be sent to local blood banks or a diabetes foundation.

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