The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 23, 1987, page 14

EVERETT D. HOUDESHELDT

     Everett Dale Houdesheldt of Lyle died Monday, July 13, in Portland, Ore., at the age of 65.
     He was born Aug. 23, 1921 to Floyd H. and Lela (Booer) Houdesheldt in Unionville, Mo., and raised in Iowa. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1940 and served four years in the Pacific theater; he received 11 major battle stars. On March 2, 1945, Mr. Houdesheldt married Zena M. West in White Salmon. He worked as a naval recruiter in The Dalles, Ore., for several years before retiring from the service in 1960. He later was employed as a clerk at the Lyle Post Office, a security guard at The Dalles Dam and a long-haul trucker for 26 years, retiring in 1986. He was life member of the BPOE 1868 and Teamsters Local 313.
     Mr. Houdesheldt is survived by his wife Zena of Lyle; mother Lela Houdesheldt of Garden Grove, Iowa; daughter, Sharron N. Johnson of Lyle; granddaughter Steffanie N. Johnson, also of Lyle; an aunt, uncle and several nieces and nephews.
     Services were held Friday, July 17, in the Gardner Funeral Chapel of White Salmon, with the Rev. Arthur Dickie officiating. Interment followed in the Lyle Balch Cemetery, under the direction of Gardner Funeral Home.
     Memorial contributions may be made to Tall Elks, care of Mt. Adams Elks Lodge 1868.

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