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- The Newberg Graphic, Wednesday, June 25, 2002
Betty P. Meinert
Betty Pauline Meinert of Newberg died June 18 at Providence Newberg Hospital. She was 80.
She was born on New Year's Eve 1922 to Alonzo and Rosa Daly in Mill City. She graduated from Mill City High School in 1940 and on June 29, 1941, married Wilbur Meinert in Mill City. The beginning of their life together in the logging community was interrupted by World War II. While Wilbur served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific, she worked as a riveter in San Diego.
After the war she began raising their family while her husband worked in the woods. In 1956, they moved with their three sons to Waldport. She enjoyed the Oregon coast and the view of Alsea Bay and its beautiful bridge from her kitchen window.
According to relatives, she dedicated her efforts and many talents to keeping the family healthy and strong. In her later years she especially enjoyed volunteering with the Pink Ladies at Providence Newberg Hospital.
Survivors include: sons, James of Fresno, Calif., Mark of Newberg and Clark of Salem; sister Alona Fay of Longview, Wash.; stepbrothers, Dale Bassett of Longview, Wash., and Cecil Bassett of Pierre, S.D.; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband, Wilbur, in August 1979.
A memorial service was held Saturday in Attrell's Newberg Chapel with Chaplain Gregg Selander officiating. Committal was private.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Providence Newberg Hospital Foundation in care of Attrell's Newberg Chapel, 207 Villa Road, Newberg, OR 97132.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1922 - 2002 (79 years)