Nadine "Dede" Wilhelm

Wilhelm, Nadine 'Dede' (Honeyman) 87 July 28, 1927 July 17, 2015 Nadine "Dede" (Honeyman) Wilhelm passed away July 17, 2015, in Kennewick, Wash., following a brief illness. Dede was born July 28, 1927, to Ronald James and Suzanne Caswell Honeyman in Portland. She was a fourth generation Oregonian from two pioneer Portland families - John Kiernan crossed the Oregon Trail in 1862. His wife, Sarah Ingram, crossed with her parents in 1852. They all settled in Portland and the Willamette Valley. William Honeyman emigrated from St. Andrews, Scotland, to Portland in 1871. Dede attended Ainsworth Elementary School, St. Helen's Hall High School (now Oregon Episcopal School), both in Portland, and Finch Junior College, New York City. She married George McIntosh Wilhelm in 1952 in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland. George was a graduate of the California Institute of Technology and the Harvard Business School. They lived in Portland until moving to Walla Walla in 1957 and Boise in 1959. Her activities included the Junior League of Portland and Boise, Fort Boise Questers, Boise Family YMCA, Boise Garden Club, Women of Rotary and the Idaho Botanical Garden. Dede served on the board of directors of the Boise Family YMCA and was a member of the Boise Greenbelt Committee and the Bogus Basin Advisory Board. She enjoyed skiing, tennis, gardening and a very special group of fun ladies who call themselves the "lunch bunch." Following George's death, in the summer of 2010, Dede moved to Memphis, Tenn., to be near three of her grand- children. A second move took her to Scappoose and then to Kennewick in August 2012, still following her grandchildren! Her son, Peter McIntosh Wilhelm, had married Christa Helga Sasser of Kennewick in July 1994. Her survivors include her son, David Standish Wilhelm and grandson, Damian MacIntosh of Mercer Island, Wash.; son, Steven Honeyman Wilhelm of Meridian, Idaho; son, Peter McIntosh Wilhelm (Christa) and their children, Caitlin Sarah, Sydney Paige and Peter James McIntosh Wilhelm, all of Kennewick; brother, Ronald C. Honeyman of Bellevue, Wash.; and nephews and nieces, Craig and Jeffrey Honeyman of Portland, Jane Rude of Bend, and Douglas and Gordon Wilhelm and Sarah-Lee Terrat, all of New England. Memorials may be made to the Boise Family YMCA, 1050 W. State St., Boise, ID 83702, or to a favorite charity. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at St. Michael's Episcopal Cathedral, Boise. Inurnment will be in River View Cemetery in Portland at a later date. The family invites you to sign their tribute wall at: www.muellersfuneralhomes.com.