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A funeral for Marie Mildred Jewell will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Skyline Funeral Home. Burial will be in Skyline Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Jewell died of pneumonia Saturday in a Portland hospital. She was 66.
Born Dec. 30, 1925 in Silverton, she was raised and attended school in Lebanon. Her maiden name was Bilyeu. She married Ray Evan Jewell on June 20, 1943. Mrs. Jewell worked for the Milwaukee Box Factory for several years and was employed at a gift shop at Union Station for about five years until 1970. She then operated the utility pay station at the Portland Saw Works in Oak Grove until her retirement in June. Her husband died on Aug. 21.
Survivors include a son, Ray R. of Walla Walla; daughter, Rose Marie Gothard of Milwaukee; sister, Ruth Ellson of Pasco, Wash.; brother, William Bilyeu of Tacoma; eight grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
The Oregonian, September 1, 1992
Contributed by: Shelli Steedman