Aletta Fae Dunn Shurtz, 84, of Albany, a former Baker County resident, died June 10, 2008, at Albany.
A memorial service will be scheduled later at Baker City.
Fae was born on Sept. 1, 1923, at Haines to Roy and Clara Walling Dunn. She spent her early childhood at Sparta and attended Baker schools.
During World War II she worked at the Kaiser Shipyard at Vancouver, Wash. She also worked as a waitress, a bartender and as a beautician and instructor.
She married Ab Shurtz and they lived for several years at Yuma, Ariz. After Ab died she moved to Albany to be closer to her daughter.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Irene and Dick Trible of Albany; sons and daughters-in-law, Roger and Dottie Birchmier of Post Falls, Idaho, Gary and Connie Brown of Cordova, Tenn., Dan and Sandy Brown of La Grande and Mike and Debbie Kelly of Meridian, Idaho; brother, Carl Dunn of Arco, Idaho; brother and sister-in-law, Delaine and Bonnie Dunn of Union; and sisters and brothers-in-law, Darlene and Mike Donovan of Sutherlin and Glenda and Mike Purvine of Baker City; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ab; two brothers; three sisters; and one granddaughter.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, July 2, 2008
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor
