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GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON
MARCH 22, 2017 --3
Louis Homer Cosner was
born on May 10, 1946 in
Goldendale to Mary (McKil-
lip) and Clinton Cosner. He
passed into his Lord's arms
on March 9, 2017 in The
Dalles, Oregon.
The oldest of four chil-
dren, he attended Center-
ville Grade School through
8th grade, then Goldendale
High School. He grew up on
the family ranch/farm in
Centerville and then met his
wife of 47 years, Patricia Sch-
nebly of Ellensburg, Wash-
ington, at W.S.U. in Pullman,
Washington. They married
in Ellensburg in 1969. Then
Louie's draft number came
up for Vietnam and he pre-
pared to leave. Thankfully,
Uncle Sam rejected him due
to his "flat feet" and then
they moved to Yakima where
he worked for the USDA for 2
and a half years. Louie then
convinced Trish to move
to Centerville where he
ranched and farmed for the
next 40 plus years of his life,
first with his father and later
with his son, Kurt. He raised
registered Angus Cattle,
winning Klickitat County's
"Cattleman of the Year" with
his brother and father, Clint,
in 1981. He farmed dryland
wheat and alfalfa hay, which
he sold to dairy farmers on
the coast. He learned from
his father and passed on his
ranching/farming knowl-
edge to his son, Kurt.
Louie loved watching his
beloved W.S.U. Cougars play
any sport, especially football.
He attended any bowl game
they made it to as well as tak-
ing his R.V. up to Coug games.
As a season ticket holder
for more than 20 years, he
rarely missed a game (except
Louis Cosner
occasionally during hunt-
ing season). He loved watch-
ing the Mariners, Seahawks
and Portland Trailblazers.
He cried when the Trailblaz-
ers won the NBA champion-
ship, when his
Cougs made
the two Rose
Bowls and when
his Seahawks
finally won a
Super Bowl. He
loved his sports
teams, but none
more than his
own two chil-
dren's sport-
ing events! He
supported and
cheered them on
with every sport
they played and was fully
involved in their 4-H (then
FFA) steers at the Klickitat
County Fair and the Toppe-
nish Livestock Show every
year.
He loved traveling with
his family and although
always reluctant to travel
to new places (or leave the
ranch), afterwards you'd
have thought he came up
with the idea himself--but
we all knew it was Mom's
idea (and she gave him no
choice!). Mexico and the Big
Island of Hawai'i were two
of his favorite destinations.
A few years back, Morn
finally talked him into buy-
ing a condo on the Big Island.
Sadly, due to his quickly dete-
riorating health, they did not
get to enjoy enough years at
the condo in Waikoloa Vil-
lage. Another great memory
is that he was always will-
ing to take the "road less
traveled" when taking road
trips. He would even let his
kids choose "non-freeway"
roads on road trips--you can-
not believe some of the amaz-
ing things we saw on these
"side roads!" He was not in a
hurry to get from point A to
point B, and these little side
adventures
sure added to
our trips (I
am not sure
Morn always
agreed!).
He loved
hunting with
his hunting
buddies (and,
boy, you should
have seen
those hunt-
ing camps!),
camping with
family, hiking,
skiing, picking huckleber-
ries and just being outdoors.
He loved trips to the cabin in
the Simcoes and the annual
trip to the "Huckleberry
Patch" to pick berries near
Mt. Adams. Dad taught us
about hard work and he
never got too mad when we
screwed up on the tractor or
the feed truck--and believe
me, there were some royal
mess ups! He adored his
four grandsons and loved
watching them run around
and wrestle. He would have
LOVED to watch them grow
up and play sports, too! When
we were younger, we always
spent time with extended
family on the farm. It was
truly a great way to grow up.
He knew no strangers and
made friends wherever he
traveled and went. He wore
his Coug gear everywhere
and was always prepared
with a loud "GO COUGS"
when he saw a fellow fan. He
also loved to golf. Making
time to golf in the summer
for a farmer is never easy,
but it was something that
relaxed him. He and Morn
loved their little Goldendale
Golf Club and bragged about
it far and wide.
He is survived by his wife
Trish Cosner; his son Kurt
(and Barb) Cosner of Center-
ville; his daughter Heidi (and
Casey) Fox of Kennewick,
Washington; and his four
grandsons, C.J. and Bo Fox,
and Trace and Nate Cosner.
He is also survived by his
two sisters Susan Baxter and
Gall Nail of Redding, Califor-
nia and his brother Bob Cos-
ner of Athena, Oregon, as
well as numerous nephews
and nieces. He is preceded in
death by his parents, Clint
and Mary Cosner.
Dad's last years were
tough and his descent into
his diseases rapid. We want
to thank the loving caregiv-
ers at Guardian Angel Home
in Richland, Washington
for taking such good care of
him over the last few years.
We also greatly appreciate
all those family and friends
who made the effort to reach
out and include my parents
while things were rough.
His legacy will live on in his
remaining family and the
fifth-generation ranch/farm
in Centerville. In lieu of flow-
ers, donations may be made
to the Centerville Grange or
Presby Museum.
A celebration of life ser-
vice will be held at 1 p.m. on
Saturday, April 15, 2017 at
New Life Assembly of God
Church in Goldendale. To
send condolences to the Cos-
ner family, please visit www:
gardnerfh.com.
Robert Niemela
Robert James Niemela
was born May 6, 1934 in The
Dalles, Oregon to Bernita
(Ahola) and Wilbert Nie-
mela.
When he was three, his
father passed away and
Glen "Pete" Smith became
a wonderful father to Bob.
He passed away in Port-
land, Oregon on March 9,
2017 at the age of 82. Bob
graduated from Goldendale
High School and served
in the United States Army
from January 1957 until his
honorable discharge Janu-
ary 1959. During a portion
of his service, Mr. Niemela
was stationed in Nevada for
atomic weapons testing and
experienced 13 detonations.
On Jan. 3, 1956 he mar-
ried Dorothy Jean Jeter
in Bakersfield, California.
Bob's early work experi-
ence included ranching
in Centerville. He worked
for Klickitat County Pub-
lic Works for 38 years and
served two terms as county
treasurer. He was a member
of the Shriners, The Dalles
Gun Club, and Masonic
Lodge, where he was a 32nd
degree Mason. Mr. Niemela
enjoyed steelhead fishing on
the Klickitat River and big
game hunting, and was a
wonderful dad and grandpa.
He is survived by his wife,
Dorothy Niemela of Gold-
endale; daughters Sherri
Niemela of Goldendale and
Laurie Niemela of Beaver-
ton, Oregon; and grandsons
Zach, Zane and Brandon.
A memorial service will
be held at Columbia Hills
Memorial Chapel on Satur-
day, March 25, 2017 at 1 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, please
donate to the American
Cancer Society. To send con-
dolences to the family, visit
www.gardnerfh.com.
Maxine Ledford
Maxine Ledford, 84,
passed away at her home in
Goldendale, Washington on
March 10, 2017. She was born
in Banks, Oregon to Ida Mac
(Wescott) and Leo Vandehey
on Jan. 24, 1933. She married
Dallas B. Ledford in Steven-
son, Washington on Dec. 15,
1956. Maxine was a member
of the Gleaners Club and
enjoyed crafting, crochet-
ing and baking. She also
tended to "morn" everybody.
Mrs. Ledford is survived by
her son Jesse Wise of Port-
land, Oregon; daughters
Linda Ressegieu of Dundee,
Oregon, Tena Adkins of
Vancouver, Washington and
Janice Laine of Goldendale;
sister Carolyn Beitelspach
of Forest Grove, Oregon; six
grandchildren and six great
grandchildren. She was pre-
ceded in death by son Jimmy
Wise, brothers Dale, Larry
and Darrel Vandehey and
sisters Norma Armstrong
and Danna Vandehey. Con-
dolences may be sent to
Maxine's family by visiting
www.gardnerfh.com.
Dear Friends:
On Saturday, we had our
first day of clinic at Lad
Friends Children's Hospital.
It is a beautiful building and
the staffis friendly and help-
ful.
My translator on Saturday
was a young man who works
as a nurse at the hospital and
spent one of his days off help-
ing us. We set up the clinic
at the outpatient clinic area
of the building, since those
services are closed on the
weekends. The working
conditions are very nice,
with air conditioning in the
rooms but not the hallways.
One memorable patient
was a 17-year-old who told
me he wants to study optom-
etry. I told him I made that
decision when I was 17 and
encouraged him to pur-
sue the profession. He did
not have glasses and to my
amazement, he had a cor-
rection of +10.00 on one eye
and +11.00 on the other, with
about 2.00 diopter cylinders
on each eye. Best vision was
only about 20/60, which is
not surprising. I am going
to try to get some high plus
soft contact lenses and see
how that might work. We
plan to have clinic again
next weekend, so I might get
to try them then.
The optician who is work-
ing with us has an optical
shop here in Luang Prabang
and I think he can get some
trial lenses for me. He is
helping people select frames
and will fabricate the lenses
that are needed so everyone
who needs glasses will get
new ones. We brought 750
frames from the collection
that was donated to me for
projects by the DOC indus-
tries optical lab at Airway
Heights Prison. We also
brought some of the thou-
sands that Stan Buckley
has obtained for me from an
import company in Pullman.
We brought a good supply of
ready-made reading glasses,
so we can give them to the
patients who need them right
away.
We had an interesting
group of patients on Satur-
day--a group of about 60
Buddhist monks in train-
ing. The youngest was about
12 and the oldest in early
twenties. Most of them did
not need lens corrections,
but we are giving all of them
sunglasses. The group of
young men were all fairly
easy patients, which was a
good thing since the first
day of clinic is usually the
hardest until everyone gets
into the swing of things.
Having 60 young men as
patients definitely made the
day easier than if 60 people
with cataracts had shown
up. We ended up seeing over
100 patients on the first day.
Sunday's clinic went well
and we saw about 95 patients.
A carload came from a vil-
lage that I was told was a
three-hour drive away. We
had quite a few elderly peo-
ple and many with cataracts.
We were able to help most of
them with glasses, which
will last for a while, but even-
tually they will need surgery
to have adequate vision.
The highlight of the day
happened after we were
finished with the clinic. We
took some of the kid packs
that the United Methodist
Women have been making
for us for many years and
went around the ward where
the overnight patients were.
There were about ten kids,
all in bed with an array of
IVs, casts, bandages, braces,
wheelchairs etc. and their
family members. Patients
in the hospital have to have
a family member with them
to do the basic patient care.
The nurses do only the
medical things and the fam-
ily does the rest. The Lad
Friends Children's Hospital
is adjacent to the public pro-
vincial hospital and there is
a covered cooking area with
food storage lockers where
families of patients in either
hospital can cook for them-
selves and their family mem-
bers while at the hospital. I
walked around the ward
playing the accordion that
Walter Goik gave me several
years ago while some from
our team handed out the kid
packs to all of the patients
and siblings and other fam-
ily as well. The kids and par-
ents were all surprised and
gratefully accepted the gifts.
It was really nice to see some
hurting kids and their par-
ents smiling and cheered up
for a while.
Tomorrow, we plan to
leave Luang Prabang to
drive to an area of the coun-
try where we are to have
clinics in three villages on
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Friday is not
planned yet, but we may do
a vision screening at the
school in the village where
the two girls that John Miller
helped through school grew
up. Both of them have been
helping us with translation
and other logistical things.
Until next time,
Jim Ogden
team
on to
Dear Friends:
Monday morning (13
March), we left on a four day
expedition in the mountains
of Lads. We hired a 15 pas-
senger van and driver and
drove many hours, mostly
on narrow and rough dirt
roads. Our first stop was
Phonkay Town where the
District Health Office for
that area of the country is
located. We paid a courtesy
call to Dr. Sochit, the direc-
water/sewer
April 15th' If you
moves
tor for the district and then
set up our clinic at the local
hospital and saw abut 30
patients, since it was already
early afternoon. We spent
the night in Phonxay at a
guest house that looked like
something from the set in
Casablanca. Accommoda-
tions were basic with squat
toilets and real showers with
cool water.
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Church D"
BAPTIST
Columbus Avenue Baptist, S.B.C.
815 N. Columbus, Goldendale. 773-4471.
Pastor Michael Block, Sunday School
9:45am, Morning Worship 1 lam, Sunday
Evening Stttdy and Worship 6pm, Wednesday
Evening Prayer and Youth Group 7pm
CATHOLIC
Holy Trinity Catholic
307 Schuster, Goldendale. Father William
Byron, 773-4516. Sat. Eve. Mass 5:30pro;
Sun. Mass 9am; Spanish Mass Sat. evening
6:30pm Eve of Holy Days 7pm; Holy Days
7:30am and Daily Mass Mon - Fri 7:30am
CCD Classes, Wed. afternoons 2:15 to
3:30pm Kindergarten through 6th grade. Wed.
evenings 7:30 to 8:30, 7th - 12th grade. Con-
fessions before Mass Sat. noon - lpm
GRACE BRETHREN
Community Grace Brethren
1180 S Roosevelt, Goldendale, Gregory M.
Howell, pastor. 773-3388. Sunday School for
kids & Adults 9:00am; Sun. Service 10:30am;
Sat. Service 6:30pm; Wednesday Activities:
Awana 3-5pm; Youth Group & Prayer Meet-
ing 6:30pm; goldendalegrace.com.
"The Bible, the whole Bible, and
nothing but the Bible."
LUTHERAN
Christ the King Lutheran
S Columbus & Simcoe Dr, Goldendale; 773-
5750. Sun. school, 9am, worship services
10am Everyone welcome.
METHODIST
United Methodist
Columbus & Broadway; Pastor Pat Longstroth;
773-4461. Service times: Worship 9:30am;
Adult classes 10:45am; Fall & Winter Chil-
dren's Church available during worship. All are
welcome. Call the church for regularly sched-
uled events.
NAZARENE
Church of the Nazarene
124 W All) n, Goldendale; Pastor Victor Hunt,
773 -4216; goldendalenaz@gmail.com. Sunday
School 9:30am; Worship 10:45am
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD
1602 S Columbus, Goldendale. Pastor Kevin
Gerchak, 773-4650; Sun. School 9:30am;
Morning Worship Service 10:30am; Evening
Service 6pm; Family Night on Wed. 7pro with
programs for ages 3 years through adult.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
1/2 mile East on Bickleton Hwy. Sabbath
School Sat. 9:30am; Worship Service llam;
Pastor Tim Gray; 773-4381
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Centerville Community Church
508 Dalles Mountain Road, Centerville,
WA 98613; 208-792-7108; Pastor Ken
Akins; palerider 1327~,yahoo.com;
Sunday Worship Celebration 10am.
"Where friends invite friends and
Everyone is Welcome"
Father's House Fellowship
207 S Klickitat Ave, 773-4719. Basic Bible
Fellowship 9:30am; Worship 10:30am; Wed.
Prayer 6pm "A Gospel-Centered Church." ,
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