Nora McDowell

Nora Lapriel (Tolley) McDowell, 86, of Moses Lake, Washington, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 23, 2023, from complications of Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia, having been lovingly attended to in her last days by her children and family. Lapriel was born on Feb. 8, 1937, in Vale, Oregon to Merl Zenos Tolley and Fern Elizabeth Bendixen Tolley. Although named Nora Lapriel, she much preferred the name “Lapriel” over “Nora” which she considered plain. She was the seventh child, placing her toward the middle of a family of 12 children. Her family moved to Granger, Washington and then settled in Moses Lake, Washington when she was in the fifth grade.