6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • April 15, 2015
Polk County News
Monmouth PD looking for owners of lost items
Police releases list of unclaimed property; people have until May 7 to identify belongings
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
MONMOUTH — Have
you lost something recently?
If so, the Monmouth Police
Department may have it.
On April 7, the department
posted a list of unclaimed
property in its inventory,
from iPhones to bikes, wal-
lets to jewelry.
“We generally advertise
items of found property as
we start preparing for dis-
posal,” said Sgt. Isaiah
Haines. “This happens at
least once per year. Ideally,
we will dispose of unclaimed
found property multiple
times per year to avoid a
buildup on non-evidentiary
property that restricts space
in evidence storage.”
If someone loses some-
thing, it is a good idea to call
police so they can take a re-
port, which can help return
the property if it is found
later — or if it turns out to
be stolen, Haines said.
Some things people can
do to protect their property
or help more easily identify
it if they need to claim it
from the police is to record
serial numbers or take a pic-
ture of it, Haines said.
Police
“Those could be very ben-
eficial later on if the item
does come up as lost or
stolen,” he said.
At the police station, en-
graving tools are available to
allow someone to mark his
or her property.
“We will also register your
bike for you by recording
your serial number and
adding the bike information
to our report writing data-
base,” Haines said.
If you have lost something
and think it may be in the
Monmouth Police Depart-
ment’s unclaimed property
inventory, make an appoint-
ment with the evidence tech-
nician between 8 a.m. and 5
p.m. Monday through Friday.
“They will need to be able
to provide some proof of
ownership or be able to de-
scribe the property in de-
tail,” Haines noted.
Found
All items must be claimed by May 7, 30 days from the
original notice on April 7. The list includes:
Black leather shaving kit; CRKT folding pocket knife;
black Next mountain bike; Apple iPhone, white; keys;
iHome docking station w ith power cords; coin purse;
purse; Magna, Excitor, blue with yellow trim, men’s moun-
tain bike; gold ring with multiple stone of various colors;
and Next, Power Climber, red, men’s 18 speed mountain.
Bike; black/white bag with miscellaneous clothing;
household knife; blue and silver lighter; black leather wal-
let; clutch purse; Mongoose, Shimano, 21 speed, red
frame; and Sector 9 longboard.
For more information or to schedule an appointment
with the evidence technicians: Monmouth Police Depart-
ment, 503-838-1109. Find the department on Facebook.
OBITUARIES
TODD DOUGLAS SHETTERLY
January 7, 1953 - March 2, 2015
Todd Douglas Shetterly, 62, Portland,
left us on March 2, 2015.
He was born January 7, 1953 in Dallas,
Oregon, the son of Kenneth and Agnes
Shetterly. He spent an ideal childhood in
small town Dallas, where the Shetterly
name was well known. His parents: a
respected attorney and a devoted mother
were great role models for all their chil-
dren . Todd had 4 brothers and 1 sister
and his was second to the youngest. He
had very fond memories of his childhood with his siblings and
cousins and came from a family surrounded in love.
He went off to Pacific Lutheran University upon graduating
from high school. He studied at PLU for 2 years and then
transferred to Oregon State University where he graduated in
1976 with a B.S. in Business. Todd also attended World
Learning 1994-95 in their Program for Intercultural Manage-
ment.
Todd had a variety of jobs throughout his career and those
jobs always centered on serving others. He worked as Deputy
Director of St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation and the Chal-
lenge Center (another rehabilitation organization that found
employment for disabled adults). He also volunteered and
then worked for the American Cancer Society. After the
Cancer Society he went to work for Elderhostel, currently
Roads Scholar, where he created and planned educational pro-
grams for the California region. His final place of employment
before he retired was the Milwaukie Center of North Clacka-
mas Parks and Recreation District as Travel Coordinator. He
loved going to work each day and was blessed by wonderful
coworkers and patrons of the Milwaukie Center. Wherever
Todd worked he was respected and admired by his coworkers.
He was known for his ability to get along with everyone and
was often sought out for his opinions. He surely helped to
make thousands of lives richer by his compassion and dedica-
tion to serving others.
Todd met the love of his life, Susan Douglass, on January
12, 1990 on a work sponsored ski weekend in Sunriver. They
were inseparable from then on. They married in a double
wedding with Susan’s brother on July 27, 1996.
Todd still had some living to do before he settled down
with Susan to get married. In those 6 years Todd and Susan
traveled to Europe, Todd lived in Northern China 1 year to
teach English and they went to the School for International
Training in Brattleboro Vermont: Todd to study Intercultural
Management and Susan to get her teaching degree. There they
shared a profound learning experience that would forever im-
pact their lives.
Todd and Susan were blessed with 2 lovely daughters Grace
(15) and Pearl (11). While Susan was pregnant with Grace,
she was diagnosed with Lymphoma. She received chemother-
apy while pregnant and gave birth to a healthy little girl.
Todd was an amazing caregiver and pampered Susan through-
out her pregnancy. Todd completely fell in love with Grace
and was a wonderful daddy. He loved to indulge Grace on
occasion. One day when Susan came home from work, Todd
was feeding pumpkin pie to Grace, then 9 months old. When
he was asked “What are you doing?” he simply replied: “She
likes it.” When Grace was 5, Todd and Susan adopted their
2nd daughter Pearl from China through Holt International.
Pearl was 13 months old. It would be Todd’s final trip to
China. Todd had seen up close the injustice of China’s one
child policy and vowed to one day go back and bring a little
girl home. There was a special bond between Pearl and her
papa and he often could relate to and understand her when
no one else could. What made Todd happiest was being with
his girls. He loved his family more than anything else in his
life and family always came first.
Todd and Susan joined the First Unitarian Universalist
Church in 1997 and he thoroughly enjoyed the services, espe-
cially the amazing music program. He was a deeply spiritual
person who often read books on spirituality of many faiths.
Toward the end of his life he found comfort in the music and
readings of Buddhism and the Bible.
Todd was very creative and enjoyed painting and print mak-
ing. Both sides of the family have his Nautilus Shell proudly
displayed on their walls, the product of one Christmas years
ago. He was also a “news junky” and could talk politics and
current events with a passion. But the biggest love of his life,
after his family, was his love of nature and hiking with his fam-
ily. His childhood and adulthood were full of day hikes and
backpacking adventures. He was happiest when he was explor-
ing on foot. His favorite memories were the day hikes he and
his family would take on their yearly Sunriver vacations. Some
of the fondest memories of Susan’s are the traveling they did
as a couple and then as a family. They traveled to Europe
twice, to China twice (first time to live a year and the second
to adopt Pearl), Costa Rica twice, the first time to help Susan
chaperone 30 middle school students and the second time to
vacation with the family. Closer to home they traveled to Col-
orado for a family reunion, California, Florida, Puget Sound
and Vancouver B.C. “Our trips to Disneyland and Disney-
world were as much for the kids as they were for Todd, the
biggest kid I knew!” He would also love to get in the car and
drive, like he did when he was a child. The Oregon Coast was
also a favorite destination for the family and was where Todd
and Susan went just a month before Todd passed away.
Although Todd never let it define him, he battled cancer
off and on for almost 30 years. He was first diagnosed with
stage 4 Multiple Myeloma in 1986. He had several reoccur-
rences of Multiple Myeloma with his last in 1998, 2 years after
Todd and Susan married. He lived cancer free but not symp-
tom free for the last 17 years. There would be multiple health
crises for Todd throughout his life and he always dealt with
those setbacks with grace and courage. Last March Todd got
his final cancer diagnosis and by November it was clear he
would not survive the diagnosis. He died with dignity and
bravery in his home, surrounded by his daughters and wife
on March 2nd. He will be forever loved and missed by all
who had the privilege of knowing him.
Todd is survived by his wife Susan Douglass, his daughters
Grace and Pearl Shetterly of Portland, his brother Eric and
his wife Lois and son Jason, his brother Mark and his wife
Nancy and their sons Christopher and Steven, his sister Cor-
rine Crowner and her husband Paul and son Daniel, his
brother Brian and his wife Adell and their daughter Bethany
and son Gregg and his brother Lane and his wife Francine and
their son Joel and daughter Lauren. He is also survived by
his many grand nieces and nephews. Todd is preceded in death
by his parents Kenneth and Agnes Shetterly.
Donations can be made to the Milwaukie Center, 5440 SE
Kellogg Creek Drive, Milwaukie, OR 97222
Brian Howard
Applegate
March 19, 1953 – April 5, 2015
Brian Howard Applegate,
62, of Dallas died April 5 in
Dallas.
He was born to Cloise
(Scotty) and Dorothy Apple-
gate.
Brian enjoyed spending
time with
family and
friends,
playing
poker and
watching
sports.
Survi-
vors in-
clude his mother, Dorothy
Applegate; brother, Steve;
sister, Cheryl; daughter, Al-
isha Dexter of Poulsbo,
Wash.; son, Bruce Applegate
of Salem; seven grandchil-
dren; and one great-grand-
daughter.
Jerry Cleveland
Feb. 25, 1944 – April 4, 2015
Jerry Cleveland, 71, of
Dallas, formerly of Clacka-
mas, died April 4 in Dallas.
He was born in Oklahoma
City and grew up and lived
there until he was 13.
In 1957, his family moved
to Milwaukie.
His dad was a builder and
passed on the trade to his
son, Jerry.
He became a fireman in
1974 for Clackamas Fire Dis-
trict No. 71 after being a vol-
unteer. He loved being a fire-
man and moved up the
JERRY LEROY CURTISS
March 22, 1947 - April 1, 2015
Jerry Leroy Curtiss, 68, went home
to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ, on April 1, 2015. He now
knows the significance of "Now we see
things imperfectly, like puzzling reflec-
tions in a mirror, but then we will see
everything with perfect clarity. All that
I know now is partial and incomplete,
but then I will know everything com-
pletely, just as God now knows me
completely." 1 Corinthians 13:12.
Jerry was born and raised in Dallas,
OR, and graduated from Dallas High
School in 1965. After graduation he
served our country in the U. S. Coast
Guard. He has lived the last few years
in Alaska.
Jerry was the quintessential out-
doorsman. He loved fishing and any outdoor activity, as well
as had a love for animals. He will be best remembered for his
quiet and gentle spirit, humor, and his laugh. He will be
greatly missed by all who knew him.
Jerry was preceded in death by his father, Burt Curtiss,
beloved mother, Beulah (Aydelott), and cherished twin sis-
ter, Merry.
Surviving family is his sister, Maydene Curtiss (CA), broth-
ers, George (AK), Chuck (OR); sons, Brad (WA), Rick
(WA), Jeromy (AK); grandchildren, Crissy, Cadeon, Makin-
ley; great-granddaughters, Jasmine and Taryn. Jerry also had
numerous nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Life memorial will be held in Dallas, Ore-
gon, on Saturday, June 6, from 2pm - 6pm. It will be held at
the Seibert Fredrickson memorial shelter at the Dallas city
park. It is accessed via Southwest Academy Street. For more
information please contact Jeromy Curtiss at jmcurtiss@hot-
mail.com or Michele Curtiss at shelecur@msn.com.
Donations can be made at www.gofundme.com/RCQ5RG.
ranks to captain. He retired
off the line in 1998. He con-
tinued working eight more
years as division manager, in
charge of all remodeling and
construction of new fire sta-
tions for Clackamas County
Fire District No. 1. In 2006,
he retired after 33 years of
service.
Survivors include his wife
of 41 years,
L a Vo n n e ;
sisters,
Cheri and
Sa n d y ;
children,
Va n e s s a ,
Jerrod,
Kathy and
Jeff; several grandchildren;
and extended family.
Memorial service is Tues-
day at 11 a.m. at the Abun-
dant Life Church, 17241 SE
Hemrich Road, Damascus.
Clackamas County Fire Dis-
trict No. 1 will provide full
honors for his service.
Contributions are sug-
gested to West Coast Post
Trauma Retreat (WCPTR) in
care of Dallas Mortuary Trib-
ute Center which handled
arrangements.
To send an online condo-
lence: www.dallastribute.
com.
Pauline Erickson
May 14, 1926 – April 11, 2015
Pauline Erickson, 88, of
Dallas died Saturday in Dal-
las.
She was born in Chicago
to Paul and Bessie Stark.
Pauline worked many dif-
ferent jobs in her lifetime. At
the age of 16, she worked as
a “Rosie the Riveter” during
World War II.
She married Melvin Erick-
son in November 1944 in
Water vliet, Mich. They
moved to Dallas in 1964, and
in 1976, moved to South
Beach where they built a
beautiful beach house. They
moved to
Wa l d p o r t
in 1990 and
returned to
Dallas in
1995.
Pa u l i n e
enjoyed
family bar-
becues and long rides to the
coast or mountains.
Until a few years ago, she
went camping every sum-
mer with her children. She
enjoyed reading, baking,
working puzzles and cro-
cheting.
One of her favorite things
to do was going to the casi-
no.
She was preceded in
death by her husband of 57
years, Melvin.
Survivors include her chil-
dren, Melvin (Karen) Erick-
son Jr., Al (Pat) Erickson,
Rick (Rusty) Erickson and
Tina Lockwood, all of Dallas,
and Gary Erickson of Salem;
16 grandchildren; 22 great-
grandchildren; eight great-
great-grandchildren; and
one great-great-great-grand-
child.
Celebration of Pauline’s
life is Saturday at 2 p.m. at
266 SW Ash St., Dallas.
Contributions are sug-
gested to the American
Heart Association or Sereni-
ty Hospice.
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