Obituaries

She grew up in Ellensburg and in 1979 she and William Schmitt rode their motorcycles to the north rim of the Grand Canyon, where the couple married. The couple relocated to The Dalles, Ore., in 1980 and settled in Lyle in 1981. They owned D & S Frame and Body in Hood River, Ore., before selling the business and semi-retiring. The Schmitts traveled wherever they wanted to go; Mrs. Schmitt often bragged that they had been on every road west of the Mississippi. She also enjoyed trips to Ireland, Mexico, Hawaii and New Zealand. Though she liked riding motorcycles, horses were her passion. It was a family joke that she worked only so she could support her four-legged friends.

Surviving are her husband Bill Schmitt, Lyle; father Red Baasch, Ellensburg; son Mike Schmitt, Yakima; daughter Debb Jones, Zillah; brothers Richard Baasch, Gig Harbor, and Ron Baasch, North Bend; sister Ky Peterson, Union Gap; and grandchildren Kristy and Cody Wolff, Aaron Schmitt, and Lauren, Denny and Lonna Jones.

All are invited to celebrate Mrs. Schmitt's life at an ice cream social Saturday, June 28, 2008, from 2 until 4 p.m. at the Lyle Lions Club.

Memorials can be made to Hospice of the Gorge, 751 Myrtle St. The Dalles, Ore. 97058.

Gardner Funeral Home handled cremation arrangements.

NORMA J. WILDHABER

Norma Wildhaber died on June 19, 2008, in The Village Retirement Center in Tacoma. She was 98. She was born on Dec. 12, 1909 in Pitt to Nils and Minnie Berglund.

She graduated from Glenwood High School in 1928 and from Central Washington Normal School in 1930. She taught school in Raymond and Bay Center before her marriage to Albert J. (Nappy) Wildhaber on June 20, 1936 in Portland, Ore.

On Sept. 1, 1942, Mr. Wildhaber entered the Army Air Corps at Mather Field in Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Wildhaber traveled throughout the United States with her husband during WWII. After the War she taught at Jefferson Elementary School in Tacoma for many years.

She is survived by a niece Kay Hoodenpyl of Glenwood, nephews Don Berglund of Seattle and Jim Johnson of Morton. She was preceded in death by her husband Albert, brothers Albin and Melvin Berglund and a sister Emma (Berglund) Johnson.

Graveside services open to everyone will be held on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Adams Cemetery in Glenwood.