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- Provided by Harve S. Haskell
Evelyn Lois Haskell was born 26 October, 1924 to Walter and Rose Rest Haskell. Evelyn was raised in Baker, attended school there and graduated in 1942. Evelyn met and married Vernon Leroy Mitchell. Vernon Leroy was born 6 July, 1919. After High School graduation Evelyn left Baker with her twin sister and moved to Portland where she went to work in the Shipyards building Navy ships during World War 2 as a “Rosie the Riveter.” Vern was employed by the Oregonian Newspaper during his lifetime.
The Oregonian
September 17, 2003
A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003, in Gateway Little Chapel of the Chimes for Evelyn Lois Mitchell, who died Sept. 14 at age 78.
Evelyn Haskell was born Oct. 26, 1924, in Baker City. She moved in 1943 to Portland and was a homemaker. In 1945, she married Vernon; he died in 1992.
Survivors include her daughters, Barbara Rackham and Marilyn Carpenter; stepson, Craig; sister, Vivian Huey; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
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