She married (1) Anthony J. Dagostino at Vancouver, Washington, on June 10, 1920; (2) Bishop Monroe Magar at Vancouver, Washington, on April 8, 1935; (3) Grover Trice O'Dell at Vancouver, Washington, on August 2, 1945.
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Elma A. O’Dell
Funeral for Elma A. O’Dell, a retired engineer for Pacific Northwest Bell, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Riverview Abbey Funeral Home. She was 82.
Mrs. O’Dell died Sunday at her Southeast Portland home. A Portland native, she worked for the phone company for 52 years, retiring in 1972. She was a chief operator in Seaside in the late 1920s and early 1930s and retired as the first female engineer in her department.
She was a chaplain in the Order of Eastern Star.
Surviving are her husband, Grover T.; a daughter, Doris M. Hodge of Portland; a brother, Wendell A. Farrar of Portland; two sisters, Alva Farrar of Portland and Vera A. Reswick of Oceanside, Calif.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family suggests remembrances be contributions to the Oregon Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
Interment will be in Riverview Abbey Mausoleum.
[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Tuesday, September 4, 1984, page B6]
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Elma A. O’Dell
Funeral for Elma A. O’Dell, a retired engineer for Pacific Northwest Bell, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Riverview Abbey Funeral Home. She was 82.
Mrs. O’Dell died Sunday at her Southeast Portland home. A Portland native, she worked for the phone company for 52 years, retiring in 1972. She was a chief operator in Seaside in the late 1920s and early 1930s and retired as the first female engineer in her department.
She was a chaplain in the Order of Eastern Star.
Surviving are her husband, Grover T.; a daughter, Doris M. Hodge of Portland; a brother, Wendell A. Farrar of Portland; two sisters, Alva Farrar of Portland and Vera A. Reswick of Oceanside, Calif.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family suggests remembrances be contributions to the Oregon Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
Interment will be in Riverview Abbey Mausoleum.
[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Tuesday, September 4, 1984, page B6]
She married (1) Anthony J. Dagostino at Vancouver, Washington, on June 10, 1920; (2) Bishop Monroe Magar at Vancouver, Washington, on April 8, 1935; (3) Grover Trice O'Dell at Vancouver, Washington, on August 2, 1945.
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Elma A. O’Dell
Funeral for Elma A. O’Dell, a retired engineer for Pacific Northwest Bell, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Riverview Abbey Funeral Home. She was 82.
Mrs. O’Dell died Sunday at her Southeast Portland home. A Portland native, she worked for the phone company for 52 years, retiring in 1972. She was a chief operator in Seaside in the late 1920s and early 1930s and retired as the first female engineer in her department.
She was a chaplain in the Order of Eastern Star.
Surviving are her husband, Grover T.; a daughter, Doris M. Hodge of Portland; a brother, Wendell A. Farrar of Portland; two sisters, Alva Farrar of Portland and Vera A. Reswick of Oceanside, Calif.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family suggests remembrances be contributions to the Oregon Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
Interment will be in Riverview Abbey Mausoleum.
[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Tuesday, September 4, 1984, page B6]
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Elma A. O’Dell
Funeral for Elma A. O’Dell, a retired engineer for Pacific Northwest Bell, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Riverview Abbey Funeral Home. She was 82.
Mrs. O’Dell died Sunday at her Southeast Portland home. A Portland native, she worked for the phone company for 52 years, retiring in 1972. She was a chief operator in Seaside in the late 1920s and early 1930s and retired as the first female engineer in her department.
She was a chaplain in the Order of Eastern Star.
Surviving are her husband, Grover T.; a daughter, Doris M. Hodge of Portland; a brother, Wendell A. Farrar of Portland; two sisters, Alva Farrar of Portland and Vera A. Reswick of Oceanside, Calif.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family suggests remembrances be contributions to the Oregon Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
Interment will be in Riverview Abbey Mausoleum.
[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Tuesday, September 4, 1984, page B6]
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