OBITUARY - JOHN L. MOONEY

Submitted by: Jan Redelsperger, jansperger at gmail dot com

Source: "Newberg Graphic," Newberg, Oregon, July 6, 1978, pg. 3:3

John L. Mooney

Funeral services for John L. Mooney, 91, who died at a local nursing home, June
28, were held at the graveside at Friends Cemetery, Saturday afternoon.  Pastor
Alan Solmonson of the Zion Lutheran Church officiated.  The Brown Funeral Home
was in charge.

A native of Missouri, he was born March 8, 1887, the son of Henry and Evelyn
Mooney.  He worked as a riverboat operator on the Columbia River for many  years
and later for Weyerhaeuser Corporation lumber mills.

On May 23, 1932, at Kelso Wash., he was united in marriage to Opal Rose
Hesedahl, who survives.  Also surviving are a son, Robert Mooney, Para Maribo,
Surinam, South America; two daughters, Patricia Evans, Poulsbo, Wash., and Ethel
Crump, Woodland, Calif;  a brother, Ray Mooney, Portland and two stepsons, J. C.
and H. L. Hesedahl, Newberg.