Viola B. Garren 97

Viola B. Garren passed away quietly at her home of 47 years in CDA onSept. 27 with her only surviving son Bill at her side. She was 97.Born June 7 1916 on the Wise River in Montana, she was the only childof Harry (Foxy) Smith and Anna E. Swanson Smith. She came to the areain 1925 with her parents, who owned several bars and restaurantsincluding Dover Inn, Hilltop Inn, Trolly Inn, Foxy Inn and the WolfLodge Inn, where Viola met her husband of 50 years, Manuel.

Viola was an accomplished business woman owning and operating with her husband , the Garren Collection Agency of 50+ years and the T-Off Bar, Restaurant, and Speedway in Pinehurst.

She loved salmon fishing on the Oregon and Washington coast and world culture, traveling to China and abroad. Also, a very accomplished artist and produced numerous oil paintings done in old master style work.

Viola was preceded in death, by her husband, Manuel in 1990 and her first son Earl Leroy in 2010. She is survived by her son Bill and 9 grandchildren including Rob, Nick, Jerrad, Kresa, and Kreig, Garren and Debra Taylor. Also 27 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren.

Special mention of her loving cousin Vern Swanson and close friends Maryanne and Grant Young and their daughters