MaryAnn Scearce-Hanners, the only child of Dick and Dale Scearce, was born Feb. 6, 1924, in the old Hood River Hospital, downtown Hood River.

Matthew Autrey Hanners was born on Oct. 18, 1986, in The Dalles, Wasco County, Ore. He passed gently from this life, Nov. 27, 2009 of the H1N1 virus.