Dorothy J Wagner

Dorothy Joanne Wagner passed away at her home in Portland, Oregon on January 14, 2015. She was born on October 17, 1930 to parents Harry and Mariam Melcher. Dorothy was a loving woman, always ready to feed anyone who walked in her door. She enjoyed gardening, watching television, and just being with family or friends. Dorothy love to shop, and kept every gift she received. She especially liked buying jewelry, but gold jewelry only, never silver or white gold. Warm, kind, and a good listener, Dorothy was a great mother to her daughter, and many others in her life as well.

Dorothy is survived by her daughter Peggy Prentice; sister Karen Hauser; brother Richard (Lauri) Melcher; and grandchildren Kendra Colleen Triplett and Keri Lynn Hartig, as well as many other beloved family members and friends. She will be laid to rest privately at Lincoln Memorial Park.

"If tears could build a stairway,

and memories a lane.

I would walk right up to Heaven

and bring you back again.

No farewell words were spoken,

No time to say "Goodbye".

You were gone before I knew it,

and only God knows why.

My heart still aches with sadness,

and secret tears still flow.

What it meant to love you -

No one can ever know.

But now I know you want me

to mourn for you no more;

To remember all the happy times

life still has much in store.

Since you'll never be forgotten,

I pledge to you today~

A hollowed place within my heart

is where you'll always stay."