Lillian Laverne Langer

LILLIAN LAVERNE “DOLLY” LANGER BORN IN SHERWOOD, OREGON ON NOV. 27, 1923 TO GEORGE AND MARY (BOSTON) UNDERWOOD. LILLIAN WAS ONE OF 12 CHILDREN – VIOLET, BILL, JOHN, ANNIE, BABE, MARY, PERCY, FRANK, MABEL, BOBBIE AND PEGGY. SHE WAS PRECEDED BY ALL EXCEPT HER SISTER PEGGY. LILLIAN WAS NICKNAMED “DOLLY” BY HER FATHER BECAUSE SHE LOOKED LIKE A DOLL. DOLLY WENT TO MIDDLETON SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM REEDVILLE. DOLLY MET CLARENCE DEAN LANGER AT THE ALOHA GRANGE DANCE HALL. THEY MARRIED ON AUGUST 20, 1944 IN SHERWOOD AT THE ST. FRANCES CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, CLARENCE JR., GARY AND STEVEN. CLARENCE AND DOLLY WERE MARRIED FOR 61 YEARS. CLARENCE PASSED AWAY FEB. 17, 2006. ALONG WITH RAISING HER FAMILY AND TENDING TO THE MANY ACTIVITIES ON THE FARM SHE WORKED AT THE BULL MTN. CANNERY FOR 3 YEARS. SHE ALSO WORKED AT RALEIGH HILLS CARE CENTER FOR 12 YEARS AS A KITCHEN SUPERVISOR. DOLLY’S INTERESTS INCLUDED: PICKING BERRIES, FILBERTS, WALNUTS, PRUNES, BEANS AND STRAWBERRIES. SHE HAD A ½ ACRE GARDEN WHERE SHE GREW AND TENDED TO NUMEROUS VEGTABLES. SHE SOLD TO SEVERAL PRODUCE STANDS AS WELL AS GIVING AWAY TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY. DOLLY WAS A FABULOUS COOK – SHE KNEW WHAT EVERYBODY LIKED AND WHEN THEY WOULD COME FOR DINNER SHE WOULD COOK THEIR FAVORITE DISHES. SHE COOKED FOR MANY HUNTING PARITES. SHE WAS WELL KNOWN AT SNAKE RIVER ELK CAMP FOR HER COOKING. DOLLY ALWAYS BROUGHT PEANUT BUTTER FOR HER GRANDSON MATT FOR PANKAKES AND FRENCH TOAST AT HUNTING CAMP. OFTEN TIMES, HUNTERS FROM NEIGHBORING CAMPS WOULD STOP BY AROUND DINNER TIME HOPING TO GET A “PLATE”. GRANDMA REGULARLY ACCOMODATED THESE HUNTERS. GRANDSON MATTHEW DEAN REMEMBERS GRANDMA DOLLY ALWAYS MADE HIM TOAST WITH JELLY WHEN HE STAYED HOME SICK. SOME OF HER FAVORITE OUTINGS INCLUDED: THE ST. PAUL RODEO, DINNERS AT TAI PING AND THE CRAB BOWL. SHE ENJOYED TRIPS WITH STEVEN TO NEBRASKA AND TEXAS TO PICK UP ANIMALS, TRIPS TO HAWAII, KENTUCKY AND ALASKA WITH CLARENCE JR AND WIFE PAM, AND A TRIP TO RENO, NEVADA FOR GARY AND BARB’S WEDDING. ALL THREE OF HER SONS AND ALL FOUR OF HER GRANDCHILDREN GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE. ON TUESDAY, OCT 4,2011 LILLIAN PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HOME IN HER OWN BED WITH STEVE AND TERRY AT HER SIDE. DOLLY IS SURVIVED BY HER SONS: CLARENCE AND HIS WIFE PAM, GARY AND HIS WIFE BARBARA AND STEVEN AND HIS PARTNER TERRY. SHE LEAVES BEHIND 4 GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCILDREN AND NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO KNEW HER AS “GRANDMA” AND ENJOYED HER WONDERFUL COOKING.

Lillian Laverne Langer

November 27, 1923 - October 4, 2011