Obituary of Mary Jean Baumhofer
Mary Jean (Ehret) Baumhofer, 88, of Lake Oswego, OR passed away July 12, 2020 at Oswego Place Assisted Living with her daughters at her bedside.
Mary Jean was born to the late Arthur and Mildred Ehret on Oct. 22, 1931 in Centralia, WA. She attended Centralia Junior College and graduated with honors from WSU in 1953.
Mary Jean began working as a Home Economics Teacher in Shelton, WA and was eventually certified as a Media Specialist, working as an elementary school librarian in the Reynolds School District in Portland, OR. She was instrumental in switching all of the school library resources from the card catalog to a digital format.
Mary Jean will be remembered for her love of family (and photos of them), reading, music (playing the organ and piano), knitting and her organizational skills. She compiled databases of her prolific sheet music collection, 45s, 78s, CDs, and books as well as kept track of her daily walking steps. With great restraint, she would wait until after Halloween to begin playing her collection of Christmas music.
Mary Jean knit over 75 Christmas stockings for family and friends, each personalized with their name.
She also knit prayer shawls and baby hats for various charities.
Mary Jean is survived by her children, Laura (Mark) Worden of Corvallis, Janet (Gary) Buskuhl of Tualatin and William ‘Scott’ Baumhofer of Portland and three grandchildren Daniel, Nathan and Joshua. Preceding her in death was brother William ‘Bill’ Ehret of Centralia, WA. She shared a special bond with her daughter Janet and older brother Bill, who had the same birthday.
To honor Mary Jean’s love of books, and her many hours of volunteering at her neighborhood library, the family requests memorial donations be made to: Friends of the Garden Home Community Library 7475 SW Oleson Rd Portland OR 97223.
Online donations can be made at: https://www.gardenhomelibrary.org/contribute
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