Gwendolyn DeForest Obituary (2021) – Oregon City, OR

Gwendolyn Brown Smith DeForest, 91, of Oregon City, Oregon, died on June 2, 2021 after an

brief illness.

Born December 16, 1929 in Wentworth, New Hampshire, the daughter of

late Oscar and Gladys (Ridgewell) Brown, mother lived for many in Vancouver, Washington

Years after the death of her second husband, George “White Bear” DeForest.

She and her dog Little Bear walked nearly ten kilometers a day until she died a few weeks before she died.

Mom leaves behind her daughter and son-in-law Sheila and Bill Hornocker from Oregon City, Oregon.

and her daughter-in-law, Sandy Smith, of Kimball, Minnesota; four grandchildren, Wendy,

Gunnar, Andrew and Nathan, five great-grandchildren, Jaycee, Teagen, Logan, Wyatt, and Meia

Ensley and three great-great-grandchildren, Brielle, Adalyn, and Juniper; as well as nephews,

William and John Hanley and many cousins ​​in Rhode Island. Mama was pre-dead from her first

Husband Charles Henry Smith; her daughter Therese Kleinfelder; Sons, John and George Smith,

her sister and four brothers.

SERVICES: A service is scheduled for October 2, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. at Warren. planned

Cemetery followed by a memorial dinner on October 3, 2021 at noon at the Wentworth Baptist

Church. Mama is very much missed by her family and many friends from coast to coast.

Published by Union Leader on September 24, 2021.