Dale Wade Pruett
Dale Wade Pruett, 78, of Sheridan, died May 4 in McMinnville.
He was born April 10, 1923, in Woodline, Texas.
He was a mechanic in the U.S. Army and had served during the Normandy
landing in World War II.
He worked in bridge maintenance for the Oregon Department of Transportation’s
Bend division, retiring in 1988, when he was 67.
He played the guitar. He was a member of the Sheridan American Legion.
Survivors include: son, E. Dean Pruett of Portland; daughters, Roberta
Wallace of Sheridan, Margaret Smith of Gladstone and Freda Easley of Snohomish,
Wash., and Glenda Irwin of Portland; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Private services were at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland. Adamson’s
Sheridan Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Sheridan Sun - May 16, 2001
Harry A. ‘Bub’ Mishler
A public memorial is May 27 for Harry A. ‘Bub’ Mishler, who died May
3 in Portland.
The memorial is at 3 p.m. at the Valley View Retirement Village activities
center, 15600 S.W. Rock of Ages Road, McMinnville.
He was born Feb. 18, 1917, in Hubbard and had been a logger, a high
climber and a glassier.
He had served three years as a smoke jumper.
He grew up and attended schools in Sheridan, moving to Portland in
1949, where he lived until his death.
He was preceded in death by three brothers -- Louis A., William R.
and Archie L. ‘Tom’ Mishler -- and a sister, Matilda M. Hamilton.
Survivors include: a brother, Harley I. Mishler of Willamina, three
sisters-in-law, many nieces and nephews and friends.
For more information about the memorial service, call Larry Hamilton,
503-843-2296, or the retirement center, 503-472-6212.
The Sheridan Sun - May 16, 2001
Gary K. Reschly
A funeral for Gary K. Reschly, M.D., of McMinnville was last Saturday
in the First Baptist Church, McMinnville.
Dr. Reschly died May 7, 2001, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He
was 62.
Born July 23, 1938, in Wayland, Iowa, the son of Ralph and Irene Imhoff
Reschly, he was raised and educated in Wayland.
He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1964 and the University
of Iowa Medical School in 1968.
He married Susan M. Boudinot June 15, 1968, in Davenport, Iowa. In
February, she preceded him in death.
He was an intern in San Francisco and a resident in Providence Hospital,
Portland.
He moved in 1970 to McMinnville, where he joined Physicians’ Medical
Center as a family physician.
He was a former chief of staff at McMinnville Community Hospital.
Survivors include daughter, Michele Brantner of McMinnville; son, Michael
Reschly of McMinnville, parents of Mt. Union, Iowa; sisters, Joanne Gibson
of Bay Saint Louis, Miss., and Rosi Krogmeier of Mount Pleasant, Iowa;
brother, Denny Reschly of Mount Pleasant; and a grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to the ALS Therapy Develop- ment
Foundation in care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, 135 N.E. Evans
St., McMinnville, OR 97128.
A private family interment was held at Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
The Sheridan Sun - May 16, 2001
Leona Mae Mitchell
Leona Mae Mitchell, 73, of Willamina, died May 17 at home.
She was born June 1, 1927 in Merrimac, Wisc.
She moved to Willamina in 1977 from Reedsport.
She loved to hunt and fish and go to garage sales. She also enjoyed
crafts and her flower garden.
Survivors include her husband, Henry of Willamina, whom she married
March 19, 1978; sons, Bob Tresch of Underwood, Wash., Vernon Tresch of
Klamath Falls and Wayne Tresch of Reedsport; daughters, Bonnie Opitz of
Rapid City, S.D., Mattie Gadd of Aloha and Diana Webb of Springfield; sisters,
Cora Lehman and Florence Meisel, both of Merrimac, Wisc.; and many grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
Private family services were held at Winchester Bay.
Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
The Sheridan Sun - May 23, 2001
Donald Miller
Donald "Don" H. Miller, 81, a former Willamina resident, died May 21
at home in McMinnville.
He was born April 11, 1920 in Roswell, S.D.
He joined the Navy at 19 and was a Pearl Harbor survivor, serving on
the Oklahoma. He ran a nightclub with his brother for five years and then
moved to Rapid City, S.D. and then to Southern California. He lived in
Willamina from 1974 to 1998.
Survivors include his wife, Lottie; daughters, Theresa Eakins of Dayton
and Diane Miller of Beaverton; son, Gregory of Highland, Calif.; sisters,
Leoda DeCuir of Northridge, Calif., and Maxine Harder of Downey, Calif.;
a brother, Robert of Eagan, Minn.; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services were Friday in Garden Home with interment in Willamette National
Cemetery, Portland.
Contributions: Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in care of Macy &
Son Mortuary.
The Sheridan Sun - May 30, 2001
Michele M. Hall
Michele M. Hall, 66, of Willamina, died May 28 in McMinnville.
She was born Aug. 1, 1934 in Booneville, Kentucky.
She worked as a nurse in Indiana and as a waitress in California. She
also worked at Dallas Care Center after moving to Oregon in 1975.
Survivors include her husband, John, whom she married July 3, 1981;
sons, Tim Waggner of Sharon, Vt., Mike Comstock of McMinnville, Jimmy Michelson
of Salem, Dennis Hicks of Indiana and Clinton Comstock of California; sisters,
Judy Owens of Illinois and Ellen Toney of Indianapolis, Ind.; and three
grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the chapel at Adamson’s
Sheridan Funeral Home with private vault interment in Green Crest Memorial
Park, Sheridan.
The Sheridan Sun - May 30, 2001
David James Hills
David James Hills, a former Willamina-Grand Ronde resident, died May
25. He was 35.
He grew up in the Willamina area and attended local schools.
He is survived by his mother, Rose Hills of Dallas; father, Warren
Hills of South Boston, Va; sister, Janette Hills; brothers, Mike, Bobby
and Richard; daughter, Crystal Barnett; wife, Jaque; and her daughters,
Dedreia, Ariana and Mercedes.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Bateman’s Funeral Home,
Newport.
The Sheridan Sun - May 30, 2001
Herta L. Riggs
Herta L. Riggs, 98, of Sheridan, died May 29.
She was born in Wisconsin of German immigrant parents. She moved to
Salem in 1908 and graduated from Salem High School.
She married George J. Riggs on June 13, 1964, and moved to Sheridan
in 1965.
She enjoyed quilting and gardening and was a member of the South Salem
Friends Church.
Survivors include sons, Richard of Caldwell, Idaho, and Larry of Sidney,
Mont.; daughters, Carol Lohrenz of Eagle, Idaho, and Norma Devons of Billings,
Mont.; 10 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services were held June 1 at Restlawn Funeral Home, Salem. Contributions:
Missionary Fund at South Salem Friends Church.
The Sheridan Sun - June 6, 2001
Audrey E. Larson
Audrey Evelyn Larson, 61, of Sheridan, died May 21.
She was born April 18, 1940 in Temperence, Minn. She married Robert
Larson on July 16, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Survivors include her husband; sons, Terry Harris of Minnesota, Ronald
Harris of Tennessee and Mike Larson of California; daughters, Terri Dynes
of California, Brenda White and Patricia Cooper, both of Sheridan, Judy
Hill of Harrison, Minn., Janet Mendoza of Yerma, Calif., and Lisa Larson;
brothers, William Gray of Toledo, Ohio, Gerald Gray, Gordon and John Gray,
all of California, Norman Gray and Charles Gray, both of Las Vegas; sisters,
Shirley Shirey of Ohio and Mary Vintas of Newberg Springs, Calif.; 23 grandchildren
and 3 great-grandchildren.
Services were held in Sheridan and Yermo, Calif.
Arrangements were made by Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral Home.
The Sheridan Sun - June 6, 2001
Albert Earl Lockwood
Albert Earl Lockwood, 81, died June 4 at his home in Grand Ronde.
He was born Oct. 9, 1919 in Faribault, Minn.
He served in the Army during World War II and worked in local sawmills
until he retired at age 57 due to ill health.
He loved to hunt and fish and ride an all-terrain vehicle. He also
was an avid Atlanta Braves fan.
Survivors include his wife, Pearl, whom he married on Oct. 16, 1946;
a son, Nicholis of Grand Ronde; a daughter, Sherry Coffey of Arizona; a
brother, Fred of Grand Ronde; a sister, Eva Hirdler of New Brighton, Minn.;
six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services were held at Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral Home on June 7 with
burial in Green Crest Memorial Park, Sheridan.
The Sheridan Sun - June 13, 2001
John C. DeJong
John C. DeJong, 87, a native of Ballston, died June 6 in Providence
Medical Center, Portland.
He was born July 29, 1913, the son of Dirk and May Hofdyk DeJong and
was raised on a Ballston farm where his family owned and operated a large
prune orchard.
He moved to Tigard in 1939 and worked for Mayflower Co-op. He lived
on a farm near Ballston from 1942-49 and then on a farm near Bellevue where
he operated the first automated pipeline milking system in Yamhill County.
He also raised grass and grain.
He was a former member of the McMinnville school board and was selected
as Conservation Man of the Year in 1972 by the Oregon Wheat Growers League.
Survivors include a son, Calvin of McMinnville; daughters, Patricia
Saunders of Sheridan and Pamela Wall of Tigard; sisters, Catherine Massey
of McMinnville and Nellie Zumwalt of Dundee; six grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rema, whom he married in 1937;
a daughter, Delores; brothers, Jack and Dick, and granddaughter, Denise
Wall.
Services were held Monday in McMinnville First Church of the Nazarene
with interment in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
Contributions: Alzheimer’s Association in memory of his wife or Mid-Valley
Workshop or Health Dynamics Hospice in care of Macy & Son Mortuary,
McMinnville.
The Sheridan Sun - June 13, 2001
Lucille Abraham
Lucille Abraham of Sheridan, died June 14 in Gresham. She was 89.
Born Aug. 5, 1911 in McMinnville, the daughter of John and Juanita
Palmer, she moved to Portland and graduated from Jefferson High School.
She worked for Montgomery Wards and U.S. Bank as a compometer operator.
She married Gustaf Abraham on Nov. 29, 1934. They lived in Portland
until his retirement in 1976 when they moved to Fish Hawk and then to Sheridan.
Survivors include her husband; a son, Jon of Portland; a daughter,
Paulina Scales of Portland; a sister, Jacque Pendergrass of Kingston, Wash.;
four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Private family services were held under the direction of Bateman Carroll
Funeral Chapel in Gresham. Contributions: Mt. Hood Hospice.
The Sheridan Sun - June 20, 2001
Rebecca Reynolds
Rebecca Marvel Reynolds, 86, of Grand Ronde, died June 16.
She was born July 25, 1914 in Rosebud, S.D. In 1932 she moved to Grand
Ronde where she lived for the rest of her life.
She worked at Blue Lake Cannery in Salem until she retired at 65. She
then sold Indian jewelry at flea markets. She also enjoyed playing bingo.
She was a member of the Rosebud tribe of South Dakota and St. Michael’s
Church in Grand Ronde.
Survivors include daughters, Cherie Butler and Erma Hernandez, both
of Grand Ronde; brother, Tony Brandon of Portland; sister, Amelda Majors
of Ketchikan, Alaska; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Leslie, preceded her in death.
Services were held Tuesday at St. Michael’s Church with burial in Green
Crest Cemetery, Sheridan.
Arrangements were by Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral Home.
The Sheridan Sun - June 20, 2001
Ruby E. Rink
Ruby Esther Rink, 102, died June 29 an in Grand Ronde.
She was born Nov. 28, 1898, in Waukegen, Ill., to Swedish immigrants
August Theodore and Charlotte Lotton Anderson Lindstrom.
Her family moved to Clarkston, Wash., in 1904 where she attended schools.
She met Robert "Earl" Rink while worked at a store in Cottonwood, Idaho,
and in 1925 married him in Clarkston.
They were married for 65 years. The couple moved to the Portland and
Westmoreland area where she worked for Springfield Tire and Montgomery
Ward and bore a daughter and three sons. One son, Wayne, passed away when
he was three years old.
After Earl retired, the couple traveled extensively, visiting every
continent but Antarctica.
The couple moved in the early 1960s with their son Richard to Grand
Ronde. The land is now a manufactured home park called "Grand Ronde Meadows."
Her husband preceded her in death in 1991.
She had been a member of the Eastern Star for over 50 years and the
Daughters of the Nile for 45 years. She was a member of the United Methodist
Church in Grand Ronde.
Survivors include sons, Gary Rink of St. George, Utah, and Richard
Rink of Paradise Valley, Ariz.; daughter, Mary Mead of Portland, 10 grandchildren
and nine great-grandchildren with one on the way.
Graveside services were Monday at Green Crest Memorial Park in Sheridan.
Memorial services will be set later at the United Methodist Church in Grand
Ronde, in care of Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral Home.
The Sheridan Sun - July 4, 2001
Ira C. Rogers, Sr.
Ira Charles Rogers, Sr., 93, of Sheridan, died June 27.
He was born Aug. 14, 1907, in Mapleton, Minn., and had worked as a
farm laborer. In 1941, he purchased and operated a milk route for Farmer’s
Co-op Creamery.
He married Naomi May Huntley in 1934. She preceded him in death, in
1996.
In 1955, he began driving truck for Standard Oil. A few years later
he worked for Burch Concrete at Buell, and then went to work for Shell
Oil. After that, he farmed for Coleman Farms.
He was also on the Mill Creek School Board, was an honorary member
of the FFA and a volunteer worker for the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife’s Roaring River Fish Hatchery. He farmed until he was 80.
Survivors include two daughters, Joyce Beers of Coquille and Elaine
McNitt of Stayton; three sons, Ira Charles Rogers of Carlton, Dennis Rogers
of McMinnville and Bruce Rogers of Salem; 15 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren
and eight great-great-grandchildren. A son, Vern Rogers, preceded him in
death.
Memorial services are at 11 a.m. today at the Belcrest Memorial Park,
in Salem, and at 1 p.m. today at the Salt Creek Baptist Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Salt Creek Baptist Church,
in care of Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral Home.
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