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Bertha Jan E. Wishon

Bertha Jan E. Wishon

Bertha Jan E. Wishon, a Prineville resident, passed away on Aug. 3, 2010. She was 92 years old.

A funeral was held at 1 p.m., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at Bateman Carroll Funeral Home in Gresham, Ore., followed by a committal service and burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery, also in Gresham. Pastor Larry McGarry of Prineville Assembly of God Church officiated.

Bertha was born May 27, 1918, in Gentry, Ark., to John Hawkins and Blanche (Meyer) Burkhart. The family moved to Oklahoma then to California then to Boring, Ore., and she raised her family there.

She married Clifford Wishon in 1937 in Corvallis. They were members of the Assembly of God Church in Boring. Clifford was pastor there for 23 years and Bertha was heavily involved in the church. Bertha moved to Prineville in May of 2000 from Boring.

Bertha loved the outdoors, farming, gardening on 20 acres, and fishing, especially sturgeon, salmon and trout. She also enjoyed quilting and was a talented quilter.

Bertha was preceded in death by Clifford, one brother and five sisters. She is survived by her son, David Wishon of Portland, Ore.; daughters, Loretta Davis and her husband, J.B. of Prineville, Shirley Beaver and her husband Hubert of Blairsville, Ga., and Patricia Wishon of McDermitt, Nev.; 10 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Remembrances may be sent to the Kenneth Beaver Transplant Fund; c/o Loretta Davis, 704 NE Rocky Top Road, Prineville, OR 97754.

Please visit www.batemancarrollfunerals.com to sign her guestbook.

Arrangements are in the care of the Bateman Carroll Funeral Home, of Gresham, Ore.

Local help was provided by Prineville Funeral Home.