Theresa Little Steffen passed away peacefully of natural causes in the early hours of April 23rd surrounded by her family. She was born on June 8, 1927 in Lakeview, OR to Joe and Alice Kempf. Her family moved from Lakeview to Astoria during WWII so her father could work in the shipyard as a carpenter. There, she met her future husband Jim, by a rainy-day chance as her parents stopped to pick up that "poor sailor in the rain" in 1942. She was too young to date, so her brother Frank became her ever present chaperone. She and Jim married in Silverton in 1946 and lived most of their life there. Through their love, Theresa and Jim raised their children, J. Joseph (deceased), Mary Rayburn, Susie Moullet (deceased), Ed Little, Linda Steffen, Margaret Tingwall, Jim Little (deceased) and Bill Little. She and James were married for 41 years until his death 1987. She married Leo Steffen in 1997 until his death in 2012. Her family includes 25 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 11 great great-grandchildren – give or take a few. Theresa was a wonderful daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She was a member of St. Paul's Parish, Legion of Mary, Kiwanians, Hospital Auxiliary, and the Willamette Valley China Painters. Roses were a lifelong passion from planting and watering, to eventually painting them on china. She was a beautiful china painter and roses were her specialty. She spent her life taking care of the people she loved, and you were lucky if you were one of them. A Rosary followed by a Funeral Mass will be held via Live Stream May 1st, beginning at 10:30am, link St. Paul's Facebook @stpaulsilvertonoregon.