La Grande, Oregon
Dorothy Ann Stennfeld, 74, of La Grande, died Feb. 24 at her home. A celebration of life is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church in La Grande.
Mrs. Stennfeld, known as Ann, was born June 23, 1932, to Henry and Berniece Jackson Jones in Roseburg. She was raised in Myrtle Point, graduating from Myrtle Point High School in 1950. She graduated from Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in Portland in 1954.
On Sept. 25, 1954, she married Paul T. Stennfeld. After he died in 1975, she went to work for Grande Ronde Hospital and retired in 2001.
Ann was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church. She was also very active with the Boy Scouts and the Knife and Fork Club for several years. She enjoyed reading and researching history and geology.
Survivors include her children and their spouses, Marsha and Barry Bones of Medford, Mark Stennfeld of Vancouver, Wash., Scott Stennfeld of Island City and Susan and Fred Knape of La Grande. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and a brother, Donald Dean Jones.
Memorials may be made to Doernbecker Children’s Hospital in care of Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth Street, La Grande 97850.
The Observer – Obituaries for the week ending Mar. 3, 2007 Published: March 3, 2007