Wednesday, February 17, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituaries
Elder abuse: It could be
your mom, dad, friend
William (Bill) a. Hughes
January 19, 1939 — February 1, 2016
Bill passed away after a
long struggle with strokes,
surrounded by family and
friends.
Bill was born in Greeley,
Colorado, to Charles and
Gladys Hughes.
He is a graduate of
Franklin High School in
Portland and Portland State
University obtaining a bach-
elor’s degree in science from
the School of Business.
He served with the Oregon
Army National Guard.
Bill was employed by
the City of Portland as an
operations supervisor, in
charge of planning, design,
construction, operation and
maintenance of 53,000 street
lights for the city. He was
a member of Illuminating
Engineering Society of
North America (IESNA),
working on roadway light-
ing, light sources and obtru-
sive-light committees.
He was a member of the
Sisters Rodeo Association,
Episcopal Church of the
Transfiguration, Sisters, was
an avid fly fisherman, and
loved to travel. His favor-
ite fishing spot was the
Metolius River.
He is survived by his
wife, Adrienne Brown,
Sisters; daughters Laura
Dickson (Doug) and Julie
Aguilar (Chris); grand-
children Greg (Brittney),
Ryan, Tyler, Nick, Danielle,
Costner, Emily, Ethan and
Annabelle. Bill is also sur-
vived by his brother, Charles
(Chuck); and his nieces
Melony Baker (Dusty) and
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Brandy Dunn.
The Celebration of Life
for Bill will be at 11 a.m.,
February 27, at the Sisters
Rodeo Grounds Clubhouse.
A light lunch will be served.
Friends and family are
invited to wear colorful
and/or Western wear to the
celebration.
In lieu of flowers, please
donate to the Oregon
Humane Society of Bend.
February 27, 1936 — August 29, 2015
was active in church music,
playing both the guitar and
mandolin. Among her goals
reached was running in eight
marathons including the
New York Marathon, plus
biking the San Juan Islands,
Cycle Oregon and Holland.
Most enduring was her wit,
humor, and always sincerely
caring about the people
with whom she worked and
played.
She is survived by her
husband, Jim; son, Tim
(Leslie); daughter Mary;
sister Mary; four grand-
daughters, Amanda, Abby,
Erinn and Briana; one
grandson, L an ce; an d
the money.
“There are many cases
I’ve reviewed that I haven’t
been able to take to prosecu-
tion,” Clatsop County Deputy
District Attorney Dawn
Buzzard said. “This one, it
was obvious she was only
supposed to use the money for
her aunt’s good.”
With elder abuse cases,
law enforcement and social
service workers face major
hurdles that are not often seen
in other crimes. Victims, such
as the elderly Lake Oswego
woman, die or have cogni-
tive issues that make them
unaware of the abuse. Records
that might help prove finan-
cial abuse are not always eas-
ily released from banks. Most
of all, victims may not want
to report a family member or
their only caregiver.
For every one case
reported, authorities say, five
By Kyle Spurr
Carolyn ann Nielsen-Smith
C arol w as born in
Brooklyn, New York, the
youngest of three girls
born to James and Della
McGuigan. The family
moved to Portland in the
1940s. Graduating from St.
Mary’s Academy in Portland,
she received her master’s
degree from Portland State
University and taught for 25
years at Shaver Elementary
School.
Carolyn and Jim retired
to Sisters in 1995 where
she pursued hiking, ski-
ing, biking and tennis. They
returned to live in Portland
in 2015. She loved to travel
with family and friends. She
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ASTORIA (AP) — An
elderly woman with dementia
in a Lake Oswego assisted-
living facility had no idea
her only living relative, a
niece in Seaside, was stealing
$350,000 from her.
Instead of making pay-
ments to the assisted-living
facility and pharmacies, the
niece, who controlled her
aunt’s finances, used the
money on her own home
improvements and to pur-
chase a Mercedes-Benz sports
car. The niece told investiga-
tors the purchases were what
her aunt would have wanted.
By the time a police investiga-
tion began, the aunt had died.
Investigators had to pore
over financial records with
help from the aunt’s friends
to successfully prosecute the
niece, who is now on proba-
tion and required to pay back
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three great-granddaugh-
ters, Ester, Isabel, and
Amelia.
Carolyn is interred in
Portland in the Willamette
National Cemetery.
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in her name to St. Mary’s
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erhard K. Dortmund
January 11, 1929 — February 10, 2016
Erhard K. Dortmund, of
Camp Sherman, teacher and
journalist, died on February
10. He was 87 years old.
Erhard was born on
January 11, 1929, in Omaha,
Nebraska, the son of Walter
and Wilma Dortmund.
He grew up in Denver,
Colorado, and then struck
out on his own by joining
the U.S. Army at the age
of 17. He graduated from
the University of Colorado
with a bachelor’s degree in
history, and later obtained
a master’s degree at the
University of California at
Berkeley. He married Elke
Peters in San Francisco,
California, in 1958.
Erhard began his profes-
sional career as a teacher,
first in high school, then
as a professor of history at
what is now Western Oregon
University. In 1998, he
and Elke moved to Camp
Sherman to be closer to the
mountains they loved.
Erhard lived a life of the
mind and had a broad range
of interests including his-
tory, film, sports, and poli-
tics. Throughout his life, he
wrote extensively for several
Northwest newspapers. His
contributions consisted of
book reviews, commentary
pieces, editorials, and feature
stories. He loved the out-
doors, and he and Elke spent
many years traveling and
hiking throughout the West.
Erhard leaves behind his
wife, Elke, and their three
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vived by his three grandchil-
dren: Daniel, Allison, and
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