Jimmie I. Schleh of Umatilla passed away in Portland on June 30, 2026 at the age of 74.
She was born on Jan. 2, 1952 in Pendleton to Alva and Dottie Reeves Stephens.
Jimmie grew up and attended schools in Umatilla. While in high school she excelled in tennis, was the homecoming queen, the school treasurer and a cheerleader, and was chosen as the Umatilla County Fair court princess. After high school, she attended Northwest Bible College in Kirkland, Wash. for two years. While at Northwest Bible College she volunteered as a counselor for a crisis hotline, where she would met her future husband, Malcolm Schleh. She later attended California State University of Fullerton, Calif., where she received her bachelor’s degree in psychology. She then applied and was accepted into the master’s program, but she chose to focus on raising her two children instead of her studies.
Jimmie lived in Southern California from 1982 until 2015. She worked for many of those years as a circuit tester in the telecommunications industry. She retired from the phone company in 2014. She then relocated back to her hometown of Umatilla, where she cared for her father for the next eight years and lived since 2015.
Jimmie loved spending time with her family and enjoyed playing tennis, traveling, going to the beach, reading, butterflies and writing (she had authored several books). She was a past member of the Anaheim Vineyard Church and currently attended the Assembly of God Church in Umatilla.
Jimmie married Malcolm Schleh in Seattle, Wash. and from this union a son, Joshua and a daughter, Megan were born. The couple divorced many years later.
She is survived by her son, Joshua Schleh; daughter, Megan Schleh; sister, Jackie and her husband, Dave Bingner; brother, Jerry and his wife Cheryl Stephens; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family and close friends.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at the Sunset Hills Cemetery in Umatilla.
A celebration of life service will be announced at a later time.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
