Obituaries for Feb. 10, 2010

Glennis Delaney,  Agnes Hanson

Glennis Delaney

Glennis Elaine Delaney, 75, of Kennewick, Wash., a former Baker County resident, died Feb. 5, 2010.

A memorial service to honor Glennis’ life will be Saturday, Feb. 13 at 2:30 p.m. at Mueller’s Tri Cities-Funeral Home, 1401 S. Union St. in Kennewick. Family and friends are invited to stay for a reception following the memorial service.

Glennis was born on Jan. 27, 1935, in New Bridge to Leonard and Edna Moe. Glennis grew up in Richland and graduated from Eagle Valley Union High School in 1953.  In August of that year, Glennis married Lyle Blank. They had two children, Chance and Dean.

During her marriage to Lyle, they lived in Salt Lake City, Richland and Fort Benning, Ga. In 1961, Glennis moved to the Tri-Cities where she married Sam Delaney, and they had one son, Shawn.

Glennis was a homemaker, Hanford worker and seamstress. She enjoyed gardening, painting, fishing, and spending time on the coast and in the mountains. She loved animals and had many over the years including dogs, cats, monkeys, birds and turkeys. Her home was often full of friends and family.  She enjoyed cooking and spending time with those she loved.

In her later years, Glennis enjoyed the quiet of her home, spending time with her dogs, and tending to her flower garden. Glennis will be deeply missed by her family and friends. The family wishes to thank Life Care Center in Richland, WA for their love and care of Glennis.

Glennis is survived by her children: Chance Blank and his wife, Betsy, of Kennewick, and Dean Blank and his wife, Terri, of Pasco, Wash.; grandchildren, Chance “Brandon” Blank of Spokane, Wash., Justin Blank of Kennewick, and Sean Blank and Sidney Blank of Pasco; her sisters, Sharron Emmer of Kennewick, and Linda Presler of Nuevo, Calif.; her brother, Leonard Moe, Jr., and his wife, Mary, of Riverside County, Calif. Glennis is also survived by many nieces and nephews who were dearly loved and brought great joy to her throughout her life.

Glennis was preceded in death by her father, Leonard Moe, Sr.; her mother, Edna Moe; her husband, Sam Delaney; her son, Shawn Delaney; and her sister Evelyn Slater.

Her children ask that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Glennis to the Benton-Franklin Humane Society, 8620 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Wash., 99336.

Agnes Hanson

Her memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel in Fruitland, Idaho. Her oldest grandson, Darrell Strawn, will officiate. Interment will be at Park View Cemetery in New Plymouth, Idaho.

Agnes was born on Nov. 23, 1919, at International Falls, Minn., to Charles and Sabra Hovey Sampson. She weighed 3fi pounds at birth. She used to tell of being kept in a shoebox behind the wood-burning cookstove and her father holding her in his hand when she was a newborn with her head at the tip of his fingers and her feet at his wrist.

The family moved to Hamilton Corners out of New Plymouth in 1933. She married Richard “Dick” Tschirgi on Oct. 7, 1936, at New Plymouth. They had three children.

Richard died on July 27, 1978, at Madras.

She married Roy Hanson on Aug. 2, 1980, at Colville, Wash. Roy died on May 12, 2001, at Baker City.

Due to an injury she received as a child, she dropped out of school in the eighth grade. She often thought that because she hadn’t completed school she wasn’t very smart, her family said.

At the age of 60, she obtained her GED and framed the certificate. It hung proudly on the wall of her home.

She was a homemaker and more all her married life. She worked briefly for CCC in Ontario as a nurse’s aid and cook in the late 1950s.

She and her husband Dick owned and operated a motel for several years in the Hermiston area. She also worked with Dick on the farms that they owned, milking the cows and goats, taking care of her chickens and helping with the haying and irrigation.

In her younger years, she made most of her family’s clothing and raised a big garden from which she canned produce. She enjoyed camping, hunting, sewing and knitting, was an avid reader, and she was a really great cook.

She was a member of the Agape Christian Center at Baker City. She lived in many parts of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington throughout her life and moved back to Ontario in September 2008.

The family expressed its appreciation to the staff of Wellsprings Assisted Living, and Heart ‘n’ Home Hospice, “for their care of our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.” 

Survivors include her daughters and their husbands, Ginger and Roger Strawn of Fruitland and Peggy and Jim Galyen of Baker City; a son and his wife, Clifford and Judy Tschirgi of Elgin; brother, Jim Sampson of Carson, Wash.; 11 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 21 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Alice Essex and Marjene Smith; brother, Virgil Sampson; one granddaughter, one great-grandson, and one great-great-granddaughter.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Fruitland Community Library through Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, P.O. Box 730, Payette, ID 83661.

Condolences may be made online at www.shaffer-jensenchapel.com.

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