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10 Wednesday, May 8, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Obituary Mary Alice “Mickey” Dillett Duehren Gary Clinton Barnett July 12, 1935 — April 21, 2019 November 26, 1934 — April 24, 2019 Mary Alice <Mickey= Duehren passed into eter- nal life on April 21, Easter Sunday, at the age of 83, from the consequences of vascular dementia. She lived in Sisters for 33 years, most of that time with her husband, <Bill= (William Henry Duehren, Jr.), who pre-deceased her in 2013. They owned and oper- ated Sisters Decorating from 1986 to 1997 when they retired. An active member of her community, Mickey vol- unteered with many civic, charitable, and church com- munities in the town. Born in Milwaukee, WI, on July 12, 1935, Mickey was the oldest of two chil- dren of Andrew George and Helen (Klawiter) Dillett. She grew up in Milwaukee dur- ing the latter half of the Great Depression and WWII. She wrote in her family memoir, that <our milk was delivered by a milkman= and horse named Sandy. As a girl, she enjoyed penny candy and 12-cent Sunday matinees at the movies, as well as sum- mers spent in Eau Claire with her cousins. Mickey attended St. Michael9s Catholic grade school and graduated third in her class at St. John Cathedral High School in Milwaukee, where she was also elected to the National Honor Society and the Court of Honor for Senior Homecoming. She played the female lead in the senior class play and served as an editor of the school yearbook. A spirited and sociable red-head, she had many friends. She admitted she liked boys too much to attend the women9s colleges where she9d earned scholar- ships and chose instead to go to work in a dean9s office at Marquette University. It was a <dream= job for her, allowing her to lead the life of a co-ed, but without studies and exams. She enjoyed going to mix- ers, football and basketball games, and auditing eve- ning courses. She met her husband, Bill, a mechanical engineer, at Marquette. Mickey had three sons and spent many years as a homemaker and Cub Scout den mother. Bill9s career led them to move many times. They lived in Wisconsin, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Tigard, OR, before settling and living longest in Sisters. The seven houses they owned honed Mickey9s interior decorating skills, and when they moved to Tigard, she began work- ing for an interior design company. It was this talent that led them to buy Sisters/ Lutton9s Decorating Center in 1986. Mickey was outgoing, vivacious and charming. She loved parties and potlucks. Known as the <mother supe- rior= of the Sisters Hiking Group, she was an avid and active outdoors woman. Even as she neared the age of 80, Mickey could still hike seven miles or spend an after- noon skiing. She enjoyed traveling and maintained a lifelong passion for garden- ing. She kept a beautiful garden at her home on Camp Polk Road and belonged to the Sisters Garden Club. She served as a long-time volun- teer at Habitat for Humanity and faithful parishioner at St. Edward the Martyr Catholic Church. Mickey is survived by her sister, Patty Kinnee, in Wisconsin; as well as her three sons and three grand- children: David and his wife, Anne, and their children (Hannah, Andrew, and Sarah) of Needham, Mass.; Dennis of Montpelier, Idaho; Derrick and his wife, Jeannine, of Scappoose, Oregon. Mickey9s life will be cel- ebrated in a rite of Christian burial at St. Edward the Martyr9s Catholic Church in Sisters on Saturday, June 29 at 9 a.m. A reception will follow the burial at 10:30. Donations in her memory can be made to Deschutes Land Trust. LOST CAT: Knight the cat jumped into a furniture delivery truck on Sunday, April 28. The truck stopped in Camp Sherman and Ponderosa Cascade. Please keep an eye out! CALL 281-725-7345. SISTERS 549-9388 Gary Clinton Barnett of Sisters passed away at his home, with family, on April 24, 2019. He was 84. Gary was the only son of Claude Barnett and Georgia (Bourland) Barnett. He was born in Oceanside, California, where he grew up and graduated from Oceanside High School. He then joined the U.S. Navy and served on two destroyers, the USS Osborne and the USS Rogers, during the Korean War as an elec- tronics technician. He went to San Diego State College, earning a BS in physics. Gary met Barbara Ann (Connolly) Barnett while in college and they were mar- ried on March 21, 1959. They have remained faith- fully devoted to each other for over 60 years. He worked for Visibility Laboratories at Scripps Institute of Oceanography with the first astronauts, among other projects. In l969, he joined Santa Barbara Research Center as a reliability engi- neer and retired as project manager in 1995. Gary was very active; Obituaries Policy: The Nugget Newspaper does not charge a fee to publish obituaries. Obituar- ies may be up to 400 words and include one photo. Obituaries out- side these guidelines are handled by The Nugget Newspaper adver- tising department. Obituary sub- missions must be received by noon on Monday. Obituaries may be submitted to The Nugget by email or hand delivery to our office locat- ed at 442 E. Main Ave., Sisters. he was an avid backpacker, sharing his love of the Sierras with his family and friends. He was a pilot for most of his adult life, rac- ing sailplanes and owning several powered aircraft, flying regularly until he was 82. He rode motorcy- cles all over the West with several of his engineering friends. He volunteered his time, both to the Boy Scouts and to the EAA, mentoring Young Eagles sharing his love of flying. Gary is survived by his wife, Barbara Ann Barnett; son Erick Clinton Barnett; daughter Lee Ann Barnett (husband John Boyd); and his granddaughter Meredith Amelia Boyd. Memorial contributions in Gary9s name may be made to St. Charles Hospice, Bend. 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