The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 13, 1989, page 14

LISA M. MERRICK

     Funeral services were held Friday, July 7, at Gardner Funeral Home for Lisa A. Merrick, a former White Salmon resident who died Tuesday, July 4, at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland after a long illness. She was 22.
     Born Feb. 1, 1967, to Patsy L. (London) and Donald O. Merrick in Hood River, Lisa Merrick grew up in the Bingen-White Salmon area. She attended local schools.
     When she was 16, it was discovered that she had pulmonary hypertension. She was a candidate for a heart-long transplant and was awaiting a trip to Stanford for the procedure when she died.
     Even though her illness dominated her life Miss Merrick never let the disease get her down. She loved life and loved to write crochet and photography. She enjoyed small children and worked at several day care centers. She attended St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Hood River.
     She is survived by mother Patsy Merrick of Bingen, sister Kim Morby of San Diego, grandmother Dorothy Merrick of Colusa, Calif., fiance Beau Carr of Portland, nieces Tina and Andrea of San Diego, numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
     Committal was at White Salmon Cemetery. Rev. David Garrison was pastor.
     Contributions in a Miss Merrick's name may be given to Hood River Memorial Hospital.

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