Lorene M. Bishop, 90, of Tigard, Ore., formerly of Muscatine, died Monday morning, May 12, 2003 at the Paloma Unit of Tigard Rehabilitation and Care Center.
The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Burial will be Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Billy Graham Association.
Mrs. Bishop was born April 3, 1913, in Lone Tree, Iowa to Grover C. and Effie Strong Fountain. She married George Brase on September 8, 1928, in Muscatine. He died November 7, 1932. She later married Leonard Bishop on August 15, 1939. He died January 7, 1970.
Mrs. Bishop lived in the Muscatine area until 1979 when she moved to the Beaverton, Oregon area.
She was a longtime member of Mulford Evangelical Free Church in Muscatine.
Surviving are three sons, Jack Brase of Iowa City, Iowa, Howard Brase of Muscatine, Leland Brase of Beaverton, Ore; one daughter, Mrs. Deborah Schmeiser of Las Vegas, Nev.; 17 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Phyllis Fry of Moline, Ill., Mrs. Ruby Waters MacGowan of Iowa City and Mrs. Joyce Snyder of Fredonia.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, four sisters, one grandson and one great-great-granddaughter.
May 22, 2003 Wapello Republican
Lorene M. Bishop, 90, of Tigard, Ore., formerly of Muscatine, died Monday morning, May 12, 2003 at the Paloma Unit of Tigard Rehabilitation and Care Center.
The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Burial will be Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Billy Graham Association.
Mrs. Bishop was born April 3, 1913, in Lone Tree, Iowa to Grover C. and Effie Strong Fountain. She married George Brase on September 8, 1928, in Muscatine. He died November 7, 1932. She later married Leonard Bishop on August 15, 1939. He died January 7, 1970.
Mrs. Bishop lived in the Muscatine area until 1979 when she moved to the Beaverton, Oregon area.
She was a longtime member of Mulford Evangelical Free Church in Muscatine.
Surviving are three sons, Jack Brase of Iowa City, Iowa, Howard Brase of Muscatine, Leland Brase of Beaverton, Ore; one daughter, Mrs. Deborah Schmeiser of Las Vegas, Nev.; 17 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Phyllis Fry of Moline, Ill., Mrs. Ruby Waters MacGowan of Iowa City and Mrs. Joyce Snyder of Fredonia.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, four sisters, one grandson and one great-great-granddaughter.
May 22, 2003 Wapello Republican
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