Norma Marie Schaffer

SCHAFFER — Norma Marie (Powell), 103; born March 21, 1916, Washougal, Washington; died April 1, 2019, Gresham, Oregon. Surviving: son, Don, Orient, Oregon; daughters, Nancy Reed and Jean Chard, both of McMinnville, Oregon; Edith Unterseher, Gresham; 13 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Norma Marie Schaffer

1916–2019

Norma Marie Powell was born March 21, 1916, in Washougal, Washington.

Marie, as she was known by, worked in the cafeteria at the Adventist hospital in Portland for 23 years. She also worked in the cafeteria at Gladstone Camp Meeting several years. In 1996, she began volunteering at Portland Adventist Community Services (PACS), pricing the merchandise two days a week. She continued her volunteer work for 20 years. She often said her church was her second family and her PACS colleagues were her third family. Her hobbies were making quilts for the local Dorcas ministry and writing poems.

Marie was 103 when she died on April 1, 2019, in Gresham, Oregon. Her husband, Otto, and her sons David and Dennis predeceased her. She is survived by her son Don of Orient, Oregon; her daughters, Nancy Reed and Jean Chard, both of McMinnville, Oregon; Edith Unterseher of Gresham; 13 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.