Agnes Dorothy Pembleton

AGNES DOROTHY “Aggie” PEMBLETON Agnes Dorothy Pembleton, 97, passed away February 19, 2014 at Marquis Care in Oregon City, Oregon. She was born March 5th, 1916 in Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota to Joseph and Mary {Zentkowski} Zasoski. She grew up in Sturgeon Lake, with her four brothers and four sisters during hard times; where she learned to share and help others. She was fourth youngest of nine children. She married Florian L. Pembleton on July 5th, 1937 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Moose Lake, Minnesota. They were married for 70 years. While living in Moose Lake she worked as a waitress at Dix Café, the Hotel Coffee Shop, and Hart’s Resort. She was also employed as a Nurse’s Aid at the Mercy Hospital Nursing Home. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church and was involved in various ministries of the church, including cleaning the church and helping serve and clean up after the special meals put on by the church. She baked special foods for the bake sales as well as helped run the events. She loved crocheting and knitting and would make special blankets, hats and slippers for her family and friends. Agnes and Florian loved to go dancing at the Moose Hall with their friends. Agnes & Florian retired and moved to the West coast where they became apartment managers in Seattle, Burien and Riverton Heights in Washington State. After retiring from apartment management they moved to Tacoma, Washington for six years and then settled in Beaverton Oregon. They enjoyed making trips up and down the West Coast to visit friends and family, and also enjoyed spending the day at the beach in the little town of Seaside, Oregon, walking along the beach looking for sea shells. She was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Mary Zasoski. Sisters: Margaret Wilson, Helen Sisco and Gertrude Bertram. Brothers: Joseph, Louis, Raymond and Leonard Zasoski, and three grandchildren: Carrie (Gran) Sell, Wendy (Gran) Swaney, and Joni Gran. Agnes is survived by her sister, Rose Bauer, Bakersfield,CA; three daughters: Judy (Lee) Lippo, Wrenshall, MN, Darlene (Wayne) English, West Linn, OR, and Deborah (Russell) Ohlgren, Moose Lake, MN; six grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. Agnes was laid to rest in Our Lady of the Lake-Sacred Heart Cemetery in Lake Oswego, Oregon on February 27, 2014.