She was born Nov. 9, 1915, in Rifle, Colo.
She came to Brookings in 1934 to visit the Myers family, life-long family friends.
On June 16, 1936 she married Pete Tierce.
Mrs. Tierce lived in Brookings 50 years and worked for 35 years at Hanscam's Store.
She was a lifetime member of the Rebeccahs, and a founding member of the Birthday Club. She was proud, her family said, to have been the first volunteer librarian at the Chetco Community Public Library in the 1930s.
She was known for working hard, and for being generous with her baking and her knitting.
In her retirement she was called the "Birthday Lady," for her dedication to calling friends on their birthdays At daughter Susie and Lloyd Russell's 50th wedding anniversary in August, 2004, she received a standing ovation from the crowd, most of whom remembered her for her many years working at Hanscam's, and as a community volunteer.
Survivors include daughters Mary Sue "Susie" Russell of Grants Pass, Diane Reid of Calgary, Alberta; grandchildren Todd, Dennis, Eric and Scott Russell; sisters Pearl Brakel and Kittie Eades. Also surviving are 10 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1983 and her son Charles, "Pete."
There will be no service; family members will bury her ashes in the W.J. Ward Memorial Cemetery, next to her husband.
The family request donations be made in her name to Chetco Community Public Library, 405 Alder St., Brookings OR 97415.
From The Curry Coastal Pilot, February 26, 2005
She was born Nov. 9, 1915, in Rifle, Colo.
She came to Brookings in 1934 to visit the Myers family, life-long family friends.
On June 16, 1936 she married Pete Tierce.
Mrs. Tierce lived in Brookings 50 years and worked for 35 years at Hanscam's Store.
She was a lifetime member of the Rebeccahs, and a founding member of the Birthday Club. She was proud, her family said, to have been the first volunteer librarian at the Chetco Community Public Library in the 1930s.
She was known for working hard, and for being generous with her baking and her knitting.
In her retirement she was called the "Birthday Lady," for her dedication to calling friends on their birthdays At daughter Susie and Lloyd Russell's 50th wedding anniversary in August, 2004, she received a standing ovation from the crowd, most of whom remembered her for her many years working at Hanscam's, and as a community volunteer.
Survivors include daughters Mary Sue "Susie" Russell of Grants Pass, Diane Reid of Calgary, Alberta; grandchildren Todd, Dennis, Eric and Scott Russell; sisters Pearl Brakel and Kittie Eades. Also surviving are 10 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1983 and her son Charles, "Pete."
There will be no service; family members will bury her ashes in the W.J. Ward Memorial Cemetery, next to her husband.
The family request donations be made in her name to Chetco Community Public Library, 405 Alder St., Brookings OR 97415.
From The Curry Coastal Pilot, February 26, 2005
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Family Members
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Beulah Grace Wright McEwen
1911–2003
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Phillis Irene Wright
1913–1913
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Pearl Effie Wright Brakel
1914–2007
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Geraldine Elinor Wright Allen
1917–1970
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Forrest Alfred "Bus" Wright
1919–1953
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Forest "Bus" Wright
1920–1953
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Kittie Marie Wright Eades
1921–2006
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Kitty Eades
1921–2006
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Scottie Lee Wright Wilhelm
1932–1953
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