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Eileen Brady passed away peacefully on March 8, 2026, at the age of 97. She was born on June 16, 1928, the first daughter of Elizabeth and Leonard Hortsch, and grew up alongside her sisters Beverly (Clark) and Sister Donna Hortsch, SNJM.
Her life was closely connected to landmarks in The Dalles. As a child, she lived for a time in the rock house on East 10th Street. She received her education at the old St. Mary’s Academy, graduating in 1946. Her first job was selling movie tickets from the ticket booth at the Granada theater. It was on the dance floor of the Civic Auditorium that she met Minor Brady, and the two were married in the old St. Peter Catholic Church in 1947, beginning a partnership that included square dancing across the Northwest. Brady’s Market thrived on Third Street from the 1950s to the 1970s. And she was a life-long devoted member of St. Peter Parish, her father being caretaker of the old church and her husband leading the campaign to build the new church.
She was a joyful traveler. Over the years, Eileen journeyed across Europe and to New Zealand with Minor, and later ventured to Mexico, Italy and Egypt with her sister Donna, and to Costa Rica and Venezuela with her granddaughters — adventures that reflected her lifelong curiosity and delight in the world.
After Minor’s death in 1996, Eileen moved into what she affectionately called her “doll house” at Orenco Station in Hillsboro. Eileen had a gift for making any place she lived feel like a garden: green, ordered, and tended with care.
In 2009, she moved to Mary’s Woods, a retirement community in Lake Oswego, where she flourished. She made many dear friends, discovered a new love of watercolor painting, and kept her mind sharp with jigsaw puzzles and Sudoku — pleasures she enjoyed right up until the end.
Eileen is preceded in death by her beloved husband Minor Brady, her sisters Beverly Clark and Sister Donna Hortsch, SNJM, and her daughter Erin Conry. She is survived by her children Coleen Connolly, Philip Brady, and Kevin Brady; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
May she rest in the faith she always carried with her.
Funeral services to be announced at Mary’s Woods in Lake Oswego.
Columbia Gorge News, March 18, 2026
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