Alta Mae Ocker

After gracing this world with her caring and charm for more than 92 years, Alta Mae (Hummel) Ocker of Madras, Ore., died Oct. 16 in nearby Warm Springs, Ore., after a short illness. Alta Mae Hummel was born Jan. 11, 1925, in Toppenish, Wash., to Lewis Barnum Hummel and Isabel (Penman) Hummel. The 1943 Toppenish High School alumna married high school sweetheart Kenneth Ocker in 1945, and they had three children together. She retired from the State of Oregon\u0027s Bureau of Vital Statistics in 1990, and she was a longtime member of the Eastern Star\u0027s Daphne Chapter No. 139 in Milwaukie, Ore. She spent more than 40 years chronicling the genealogy of her husband\u0027s and her family, which makes this a fitting footnote for her life. Alta was preceded in death by her parents, brother Robert Hummel (Fern), her husband, son Raymond Ocker and daughter Karen (Ocker) Dobroth. She is survived by son Kurt Ocker (Debra Lucas) of Madras, Ore., son-in-law Victor Dobroth of West Linn, Ore., five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and many others who considered her to be family. In lieu of flowers, please donate in Alta\u0027s name to Three Rivers Humane Society, P.O. Box 66, Madras, OR 97741."",