Obituary: Berniece Hope Pattee

April 24, 1926 – April 6, 2007

Berniece Hope (Wolf) Pattee, of John Day, died at her home on April 6, 2007, surrounded by family. She was 80.

Mrs. Pattee was born on April 24, 1926, in Dover. She was the seventh of nine children born to Michael and Katie Wolf.

Mrs. Pattee grew up in Sandy, where she attended grammar school and Sandy Union High School.

She loved to play sports before it was fashionable for women to do so. She always enjoyed being able to see Mt. Hood from her bedroom window.

On September 2, 1945, she married Thorval W. Pattee in Boring. They had four children.

Mrs. Pattee was a homemaker, an avid gardener, a seamstress and an excellent cook and baker, which many businesses in town have benefited from.

Mrs. Pattee held many callings within her church including: Relief Society president, Young Women’s president, Primary teacher, stake missionary and clerk.

In March of 1978, the Pattees served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington, D.C. Upon returning home from their mission in 1980, they moved to John Day.

She is survived by two daughters, Pamela Chamberlin, of Salem; Merri Stephens, of Milford, Conn.; a son, Thorval Dee Pattee, of John Day; one grandson and nine granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Michael Wolf and Katie Kehres; her husband, Thorval Pattee; three sisters, Ellen Marie (Wolf) Blum, Virginia (Wolf) Vincent, Dorothy Lucille (Wolf) Cook; two brothers, George Wolf, and Lester Wolf; and a daughter, Susan Maree (Pattee) Armstrong.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the missionary fund of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.