Della Yenne, 78

Della Yenne passed away April 22, 2010, in Palm Desert, Calif., just short of her 79th birthday, of congenital heart failure and kidney complications. She was born April 23, 1931, in Creston, where she lived until attending Northern Montana College and met and married her husband, Bernard A. Yenne, from Whitefish. They made their residence in Salem, Ore., in 1959 and opened an orthodontic office on Liberty Street SE, where Della was the office manager until they both retired in the mid-1980s. Della loved the outdoors, adventure, gardening, cooking, traveling, oil painting, sewing and reading. She was very talented and creative. She also loved animals of any kind, especially dogs and was a regular contributor to various humane societies. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Dr. Bernard A. Yenne; her sons, Dr. Stephen Yenne and wife, Stephanie, and Ralph Yenne and wife, Debbie; her twin sister, Donna Johnson, from Bigfork; her sister, Janet Beebe, from Modesto, Calif.; and five grandchildren, Abby, Zach, Adi, J.J. and Lucia. Della was preceded in death by her youngest son, Robert, in 1965; and her parents, William and Fern Calbick. Her life will be celebrated privately by her family. In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to the Humane Society of the Willamette Valley, in her honor.