The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., September 21, 1972, page 1
DEAN SPITZNOGLE DIES AT VET HOSPITAL ROSEBURG
Dean T. Spitznogle, former resident of Glenwood, Washington,
passed away at the Veteran Administration Hospital in Roseburg, Oregon on
September 17th at the age of 50 years.
Mr. Spitznogle was born in Glenwood to Molly and Walter
Spitznogle on May 10th, 1922 and had attended school there. He had attended
the Boston Technology Institute in Boston and later attended the University
of Oregon at Eugene, Oregon. He taught at Chemewa Indian School at Salem,
the McClarren School for boys and the Woodburn High School.
Surviving are two sons, Warren Dean and Mark Osborn Spitznogle
of Salem, a sisters, Mrs. Norman Troh of Glenwood, a number of nieces and
nephews and other relatives.
Mr. Spitznogle had been a resident of Salem for the past
16 years, and was a member of the Eagles Lodge and the Friends Service Committee
there.
Funeral services will be held in the Glenwood Baptist
Church with Rev. Glen Balch officiating, assisted by Mrs. Ross Miles of Salem.
Interment will be at Mt. Adams Cemetery in Glenwood.
The Oregon Statesman, Salem, OR., September 19, 1972 section 2, page 19
DEAN T. SPITZNOGLE
Dean T. Spitznogle, 50, 1880 Center St. NE, died Sunday
in a Roseburg hospital following a heart attack.
He had lived in Salem for 16 years, coming from Washington,
where he was born. For the last three years he taught vocational education
at Woodburn High School. He had previously taught at Chemawa Indian School
and MacLaren School for Boys. He was a member of Friends service Committee
and Eagles Lodge.
Surviving are sons Mark and Warren, both of Salem, and
a sister, Anna Troh, Glenwood, Wash.
The body was taken to Gardner mortuary, White Salmon,
Wash.
The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., September 28, 1972, page 13
TRAVIS DEAN SPITZNOGLE
Dean Spitznogle was born in Glenwood, May 10, 1922. At
the age of two he and sister Anna were moved to Toppenish to live with their
grandmother, Kathleen Spitznogle, as their mother, Mollie Travis, died in
1924.
At the age of six, Dean returned to Glenwood to live
with his father Walter, older brother, and sister Anna. In 1940 he graduated
from Glenwood High School. After school he enlisted in the Navy where he
served 3½ years. He was a Machinist Mate 1st Class and served in every
major battle in the Pacific except one. Upon return from the war he entered
Boston Technological Institute, then to Oregon State University, graduating
from the University of Washington. Post graduate work was done at the University
of Oregon.
In 1954 Dean was married to Marceil Osborne of Independence,
Or. Dean taught at Chemawa Indian School, McLaren School for Boys and for
the last three years taught vocational education in Woodburn high schools
in Salem. He was a member of the Friends Service Committee (Quaker church)
and the Eagles Lodge.
On September 17,1972, he died following a heart attack
while in the Veterans Hospital in Roseburg, Or. for a checkup.
Surviving are his two sons Warren and Mark; his sister
Anna, and brother-in-law Norman Troh; nephews and nieces Mollie Jo Dabill
of Oregon City, Mr. and Mrs. David Troh of Tacoma, Earl and Rose Anne Woolery
of Glenwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Troh of Collierville, Tn.
The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., September 28, 1972, page 3
CARD OF THANKS
We, the family of Dean Spitznogle wish to thank our neighbors and friends for all their help during the week of the funeral, for cards and flowers, gifts of food and labor donated. At times like this we are aware of those who really care. Their concern made the loss of our father, brother, and uncle easier to bear. - Warren Dean and Mark Spitznogle, Norman and Anna Troh, Mollie Jo Dabill and Jeffery, David and Stephanie Troh, Earl and Rose Anne (Troh) Woolery, Douglas and Ann Marie Troh.
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