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- The Eugene Register-Guard
Lane County, Oregon
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Obituaries; Page D3
Esther Taxdal
A memorial service will be held Aug. 2 for Esther C. Taxdal of Eugene, who died July 26 of age-related causes. She was 88.
Taxdal was born May 24, 1915, in Griggs County, N.D., for Johan and Mary Haaland Watne. She married Orville Taxdal in Cooperstown, N.D., on Sept. 7, 1939.
She attended public schools in North Dakota. She moved to Eugene from North Dakota in 1956.
She enjoyed sewing, gold, gardening, cooking and spending time with her family.
She was a member of the River Road Baptist Church in Eugene.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Ardys Mitchell of Eugene and Ruth MacKimmie of Beaverton; four sons, Dale of Veneta, Owen of Springfield, Gary of Sutherlin and Robert of Eugene; a brother, John Watne of Helen, Mont.' a sister, Alice Amundrud of Mountain, N.D.; 11 grandchildren; 8 step-grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and six great-step-grandchildren.
Saturday's service will be held at 10 a.m. at the River Road Baptist Church in Eugene. Private burial will be at West Lawn Memorial Park in Eugene.
Poole-Larsen Funeral Home in Eugene is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the River Road Baptist Church.
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