The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., October 29, 1987, page 16

MARY A. GUFFEY

     Glenwood resident Mary A. Guffey died Saturday, Oct. 24, at Skyline Hospital in White Salmon, at the age of 73.
     She was born June 5, 1914 to George T. and Mary Ann (Smith) Odle in Marenisco, Mich. She was a homemaker who loved to play pinochle and enjoyed dancing and western music. She came to Glenwood in 1930.
     Mrs. Guffey is survived by her husband, William of Glenwood, whom she married Oct. 6, 1962; children Henry Dechand and Harry E. Dechand, both of Glenwood, Leon Dechand of Medford, Ore., and LeRoy Dechand of Salem, Ore.; sister Veneta Lauson, also of Glenwood, and 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann, five brothers and one sister. She also was preceded in death by her first husband and the father of her five children, Henry J. Dechand, and her second husband, George Perry, with whom she had no children.
     Services for Mrs. Guffey were held Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Pioneer Memorial Community Church of Glenwood. Pastor Gary Wilderbuer officiated. Interment followed in Mt. Adams Cemetery, Glenwood, under the direction of Gardner Funeral Home, White Salmon.

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