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OBITUARIES
Allan W. Gray
Aug. 29, 1927 — Jan. 6, 2017
Allan Williamson Gray
was born in Portland, one
of seven children to Wil-
liam and Eliza (Duncan)
Gray.
Following his service
in the Army during WWII,
Allan earned his master’s
degree at Oregon State University. He
wrestled and played football through a
scholarship for the Beavers. He taught
for five years in the Salem area before
returning to Portland, where he taught
math at Woodrow Wilson High School for
29 years. He loved coaching football and
wrestling. Allan worked as a geologist
during the summer months. During re-
tirement, Allan began a second career in
the insurance business.
He shared over 47 years with his first
wife, Margaret Bennett. They had two
daughters, Trudy and Greta. Margaret
preceded him in death in 2000. Allan then
shared 14 years with his wife, Gerrie
Faessler. Together they resided in Silver-
ton.
Allan is preceded in death by his par-
ents and siblings: Mary, Jessie, Duncan,
Billy, and Elza. He is survived by wife
Gerrie Faessler-Gray; sister Patty Hil-
dreth; daughters Trudy Kenyon and Gre-
ta Gray; grandchildren Joni Sweetman,
Joe Schmeer, and Amber, Rachael,
Heather and Brian Kenyon; eight step-
children; and 22 step-grand and great
grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be held at 3
p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at The Aerie at Eagle
Landing in Happy Valley. A memorial
service with the extended family will be
held at Willamette National Cemetery.
Arrangements with Unger Funeral
Chapel.
Margaret Harmon-Usher
March 10, 1947 — Jan. 16, 2017
On Monday, Jan. 16, Margaret Har-
mon-Usher earned her angel wings and
reunited with her family
that arrived in heaven be-
fore her.
Margaret battled can-
cer for two years with
such a positive attitude,
sense of humor and amaz-
ing fortitude that she inspired all those
who knew and loved her. Cancer did not
dim her shining spirit. She remained
fiercely independent almost to the very
end.
Born in Jenkins, Kentucky, Margy
moved to Silverton in 1957 with her fam-
ily, including 12 siblings, and made the
town her home for most of her life.
Margy was known as the family histo-
rian, an exceptional cook and talented
craftswoman. On any summer day you
could find her in her garden tending her
plants, by the riverbank fishing or scour-
ing garage sales for her next treasure.
She had a ready smile and open heart.
Margaret is survived by daughter
Brenda Hinau; son-in-law Kenneth Hi-
nau; grandchildren Andrew Lee, Kait-
lynn Hinau and Konnor Hinau; and sib-
lings Don Harmon, Lucky Harmon,
Bruce Harmon, Patsy Stroud, Carol Sun-
det, Ellen Goldblatt and Jane Fish. She is
also survived by her loving companion
of these last years, Corbie Chance.
In the favored words of the Harmon
clan: “We love you more.”
A remembrance service will be held
this summer.
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WHITNEY M.
WOODWORTH
STATESMAN JOURNAL
Flu season is in full up-
swing in Oregon. To com-
bat the rise in new influ-
enza cases, Salem Health
is offering 800 free flu
vaccines through the Mid-
Willamette Valley.
It is the first time in re-
cent history Salem Health
has offered free flu shots.
Hospital officials said the
free vaccines are being
provided in response to
the needs of the local com-
munity.
“We want to reach out
to people living in Marion
and Polk counties to help
protect them from the flu
virus,” said Leilani Slama,
vice president of commu-
nity engagement at Salem
Health. “This has been an
especially bad year for
the flu and it’s not too late
to get a shot. Our main
goal is to make it conve-
nient as possible for peo-
ple to get those shots.”
Salem Health’s emer-
gency room, along with
hospitals across Oregon,
saw a spike in the number
of patient visits in Decem-
ber and January. Normal-
ly, the department treats
about 300 patients a day,
but the recent flu season
— combined with a grow-
ing population — led the
number of daily patients
to increase by about 20
percent.
In the past two weeks,
about 350 people were ad-
mitted to Salem’s emer-
gency room each day. All
area hospitals are experi-
encing similarly high vol-
umes. Local emergency
response crews are also
reporting “unprecedent-
ed activity,” according to
hospital officials.
More than 1,400 pa-
tients tested positive for
the flu in Oregon during
the first week of 2017. Da-
ta from the Oregon Health
Authority indicates the
number of flu cases will
continue to climb.
On Jan. 18, 49 patients
at Salem Health hospital
tested positive for influ-
enza A. The free vaccine
offered by Salem Health
will protect against strain
A. With 98.2 percent of
positive tests in Oregon
confirmed to be influenza
A, it is the most common
strain this flu season.
Salem Health is offer-
ing a total of 800 free flu
shots on a first-come,
first-served basis at sev-
eral locations.
On Jan. 21, free flu vac-
cines were available at
the Salem Free Clinic,
1300 Broadway St. NE,
#104, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free vaccines will also be
administered today at the
following locations:
» Salem Health Conve-
nient Care, 1002 Bellevue
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p.m.
» Salem Health Medi-
cal Clinic, 966 12th St. SE,
from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Thousands rally during the Salem Women’s March, a Washington, D.C., sister march, beginning at the Oregon State Capitol in
Salem on Saturday.
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donned “pussy” hats and
clutched signs bearing
calls for universal health
care, reproductive rights
for women, equal rights
for the LGBTQ communi-
ty and equal rights for im-
migrants.
The march asked for
unity among “marginal-
ized” groups including
women,
immigrants,
members of the LGBTQ
community, communities
of color, people of the
Muslim faith, and Native
Americans, according to
Peter Bale, an organizer
of the Salem march.
BJ Andersen, execu-
tive director of the Wil-
lamette Humane Society,
took the stage overlook-
ing the thousands of peo-
ple bearing the cold rain
and told them that her
voice was not more impor-
tant than the voice of the
attendees.
“I’m here with each
one of you and - trigger
warning – I’m here with
each of you because rape
culture is alive and strong
in our universities, in our
military, and it just moved
into the White House,”
Andersen said, her voice
shaking.
The crowd erupted in
boos and marchers wildly
shook signs embellished
with the words “Pussy
grabs back,” alluding to
comments Trump caught
on camera where he
spoke of kissing and grop-
ing
women
because
“when you’re a star, they
let you do it.”
Andersen, who said she
came out in 1979 as a “rad-
ical lesbian feminist,”
said while she can only
speak on behalf of being a
middle-aged white wom-
an, said she stands in soli-
darity with Black Lives
Matter and any other
group who feels marginal-
ized, not just women.
“Black Lives Matter is
asking us to imagine what
its like to be black, to raise
black children and live
black in America and it’s
asking us to stand up for
the equal rights for our
sisters and brothers,” An-
dersen said. “(We’re) out
here in the rain, in the
cold,
standing
with
strangers, and wear our
pink hats and say ‘we’re
here, we’re here, we’re
here.’”
Shelaswau
Bushnell
Crier, a former Willam-
ette University law pro-
fessor, shared her initial
misgivings
regarding
how she would tackle her
Women’s March speech
with the crowd that ran
the length of the Capitol
Mall and even on the steps
of the Capitol Building be-
hind the stage.
“I wasn’t sure how
much I should say about
race, or how much of my
personal story I should
share because I didn’t
want anyone to turn their
ears off and I didn’t want
anyone to tune out to mes-
sage that I had to share,”
Bushnell Crier said.
Her message focused
on the marriage of unity
and action born from the
spirit of listening - an idea
she said was necessary
from disembarking from
the culture of division she
said was cultivated from
Trump’s campaign and
election.
Bushnell Crier pointed
to Trump’s past com-
ments of referring to
Mexican’s rapists and ac-
cusing them of bringing
crime and drugs to the
United States, and his ini-
tial proposal of calling for
a temporary ban on immi-
grants from Muslim coun-
tries and adopting a Mus-
lim registry, as examples
of what she said were
tools to divide the country.
“That division was ef-
fective and we cannot al-
low that division to hold us
back anymore,” Bushnell
Crier screamed into the
mic. “When we continue
to divide ourselves over
gender, over sexuality,
over class, that does not
help us as a whole but it
helps the one percent. It
helps the oligarchy.”
Oregon Governor Kate
Brown donned a “pussy”
hat adorned with rainbow
colored bows and spoke to
the crowd before embark-
ing on the march through
downtown Salem.
“In my Oregon and un-
der my leadership, wom-
en are in charge of their
own bodies. in my Oregon,
diversity is celebrated,”
Brown said.
Oregon State Police
troopers overseeing the
march estimated 2,000
marchers participated in
the demonstration.
Elizabeth Rodriguez,
of Salem, carried a Mexi-
can flag as she walked
within the dense crowd
winding through down-
town Salem.
Rodriquez, a Nayarit,
Mexico native and DACA
recipient studying at Che-
meketa Community Col-
lege, said she fears being
an immigrant under
Trump’s administration.
She joins more than
840,000 immigrants un-
der the Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals
program, or DACA, and
said the possibility of los-
ing her rights if deporta-
tion programs are re-
voked is frightening.
“I hope that President
Trump opens his eyes and
just gives us a chance,”
Rodriguez said. “Coming
here and seeing everyone
together though gave me
hope that I’m not alone.”
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