Wednesday, September 23, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Obituaries
Gretchen Dakin
March 26, 1934 — September 14, 2020
Gretchen Dakin passed
away September 14 from
pancreatic cancer at the age
of 86. She was preceded in
death by her beloved hus-
band, Bill Dakin, who died
in 2012.
Gretchen was born in
Winnetka, Illinois, on March
26, 1934. After gradua-
tion from New Trier High
School, she graduated from
Skidmore College with a
degree in medical research.
She then moved to California
to do research at UC Medical
Center in San Francisco. It
was there that she and Bill
started dating. They were
married on January 31, 1959,
in Illinois. In 1960 they
moved to Marin County,
California, where they raised
two sons, Bill and David.
One of the greatest gifts
she shared with her family
was her love of the outdoors.
Skiing and backpacking were
regular family activities.
In 1993 Gretchen and
Bill retired to Sisters. Sisters
was the perfect place for
them to enjoy the outdoors.
They both loved to ski,
hike, camp and fly-fish.
They were involved with the
Deschutes Basin Land Trust
in the protection of Indian
Ford Meadow and preserv-
ing critical habitat in Central
Oregon.
In 2015 Gretchen moved
to Paradise Valley Estates in
Fairfield, California, to be
closer to her family.
Gretchen was extremely
active, continuing to hike,
ski and travel well into her
mid-80s. She enjoyed trips
with her family to Lake
Tahoe, hiking and spending
time with friends. She also
loved horses and looked for-
ward to feeding the horses at
Rush Ranch every week.
She is survived by her
two sons, Bill and David,
daughters-in-law, Julie
Haney and Laura Dakin and
Dallas D. Rollins-Hallingstad
August 13, 1944 — August 9, 2020
Dallas was born in
Springerville, Arizona. She
grew up and went to school
in Snowflake, Arizona. The
family moved to Sisters in
the early 1960s. She worked
at Ruth9s café for three to
four years then moved to
Petersburg, Alaska, in 1977
where she met and married
the love of her life, Casper
Hallingstad.
They bought a lot and
turned it into a used car lot
and named it Rerun Auto.
She loved working on old
cars and getting them run-
ning and reselling them.
After the death of Casper,
she moved back to Central
Oregon to be closer to her
family.
She was preceded in
death by her father, Harold
Rollins; her mother, Ruby
Rollins; and two brothers,
Walter Rollins and Timothy
Rollins.
Survivors include her
daughter, Vicky Churchill of
Redmond; grandson, Dylan
Eyin of Washington; sis-
ters, Patti Bartels of Powell
Butte, Carol Sims and Ruby
Sherritt both of Lebanon;
brothers, Richard Rollins
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Gale Larson
On the morning of
September 17, Gale Larson
left his flesh vessel, sur-
rounded by his wife and chil-
dren. In recognition of his
abhorrence for ceremonies,
no formal gatherings will be
held. The family asks that in
lieu of flowers or donations,
people will plant a tree in his
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His family most remem-
bers him for his love of the
outdoors, specifically trail
shortcuts on the family back-
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doors they all became. His
two daughters followed him
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ried a fellow firefighter, Ron
Whitley; and Elaine Kirsten
stayed on with the Forest
Service for 13 years.
The family celebrated his
transition with a hike on the
her loving granddaughters,
Kristi and Alyssa.
In lieu of flowers, the
family asks that dona-
tions be made to one of the
following:
" Deschutes Basin Land
Trust, 210 NW Irving Ave,
Ste. 102, Bend, OR, 97701
" North Bay Hospice,
4520 Business Center Dr.,
Ste. 160, Fairfield, CA
94534
" Marin Agricultural Land
Trust, PO Box 809, Point
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of Culver, Steve Rollins
of Sisters, and Edward
Rollins of Cottonwood,
California; many nieces; and
nephews.
Services will be held at a
later date at the Camp Polk
Cemetery in Sisters.
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Gale lived a charmed
life. Norma and Lars Larson
reared him and three brothers
in Newport, Washington dur-
ing the country9s boom-time
logging days. Gale worked
summers in a remote log-
ging camp, and as a pick-up
firefighter, while attending
Washington State University
for a forestry degree. A
draft notice arrived just as
he finished his degree and
married Marilyn (Molly)
Bookter. The two lived the
forester9s life till retire-
ment, and promptly joined
the Peace Corps, which
tasked them with helping
to preserve native jungle
on the Philippines island of
Palawan.
A move to Sisters intro-
duced the couple to a thriving
Habitat for Humanity chap-
ter. Gale joined the building
crew and, with Molly, led
several work crews on inter-
national builds.
Gale9s final shortcut
lasted several years. He
received a newly developed
treatment for metastatic mel-
anoma known as immune
therapy. Free of cancer for
the rest of his life, he lived
with the crippling effects of
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