Verna Jean Baie

March 21, 1947 - June 12, 2015

In Loving Memory Verna Jean Baie Verna Jean Baie Ehry, age 68, passed away on June 12, 2015, in the Salem Hospital after a long struggle with diabetes, heart disease, and kidney failure. Born March 21, 1947, to the late Vernon and Myrtle Baie in Portland, Oregon. Jean married Carl W. Ehry in Newberg, Oregon on March 18, 1972, to begin her life as a wife, a homemaker, a mother of two children, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother. Jean worked in healthcare as a nurse assistant. Jean graduated with two certificates of completion in Business from the Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon. Jean enjoyed her hobbies of knitting, sewing, tatting, crocheting, and cross-stitch. Jean enjoyed camping, plants, flowers, the wildlife, and spending time with her friends. Jean was a creative person who loved drawing, music, and assisting others in their creative expression. Jean was a free spirit who frequently attended Pow-Wows, Native American Indian festivals, and sweat lodge meetings. Jean was preceded in death by her father Vernon L. Baie, her mother Myrtle L. Baie, her grandmother Lessie L. Clark, and her brother Floyd W. Whitewater. Jean is survived by her children Vernon R. Ehry and Carla J. Ehry Castro, her grandchildren Jonathen G. Castro, Catherine E. Castro, and Elisha M. Castro, her great-grandchild Amias Ahren-Michael Castro, four nieces, two nephews, and number of other relatives and friends. There will be a private memorial service for the immediate family members. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be sent in her name to the A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village, 116 Marion Street NE, Salem, Oregon 97301. Arrangements are in the care of Attrell’s Newberg Funeral Chapel, a Golden Rule Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made to www.attrells.com.