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MAY 8, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7 obituaries Submit an obituary by sending an email to: editor@keizertimes.com Terry Dean Saylor September 28, 1954 – April 16, 2020 Our beloved husband, loving father, devoted “papa”, brother and dear friend Terry Dean Saylor, passed away at the age of 65 on Thursday April 16, 2020. He was born on Sept. 28, 1954 in Oregon City. Terry leaves behind his wife Linda, three children Brandon, Brandy, and Christopher along with three grandsons Nico, Colby and Eivin. Siblings include Cheri Effi nger, Sandi Olsen, Tina Anderson, Cathy Hoffee and Larry (Clark) Saylor. Terry grew up in Oregon City, Ore. where he attend- ed school, meeting life-long friends Max Culbertson, Dan Olson, Russ Hoffman and Brad Germeroth. In 1972, Terry, Dan and Brad enlisted in the Navy together on the “Buddy Sys- tem.” They were fi rst stationed on tug boats in San Diego. Terry was later in service on the USS Coral Sea and Bain- bridge Aircraft Carrier. He was stationed in the Philippines but traveled to Japan, Manila and Hong Kong. He met Linda in Canby, Ore. in 1987. They started their life together in North Salem and eventually settled in Keizer where all of the kids went to el- ementary, middle school and all graduated from McNary High School. Terry worked for SR Smith LLC in Canby doing many jobs. He recently celebrated 33 years with them. He enjoyed running their vacuum former and was help- ing on getting the equipment ready to move to Arizona. He had worked T. Saylor with engineers on new prod- ucts and when they discovered his skill in woodworking, he built displays for marketing and trade shows. He was a hero in many ways. He served his coun- try and was very proud of it. He saved two people by giving life-saving CPR. The fi rst was a fellow employee at SR Smith. The second was a resident of Keizer. Terry was presented the Bob Wickman Life Saving Award in a cere- mony at the Keizer Fire Sta- tion that year. He also saved his wife, by taking her to the ER (she wanted to go home) only to discover she was hav- ing a heart attack. He also was instrumental in getting another friend, Moe to the hospital and later found out she had suffered a heart attack. She lovingly nicknamed him W. Bruce Hargreaves August 15, 1926 – April 23, 2020 Wallens Bruce Hargreaves was born August 15, 1926 to John and Gladys Hargreaves joining his sister Carol and brother, Ted. Later he was joined by another brother, Lo- ren, and a sister, Joyce. At 17 years of age, Bruce joined the Navy and entered active service on June 5, 1944. He was honorably discharged on June 1, 1946. After leaving the Navy, he fi nished his last year of high school, then ven- tured off to college at Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, Nebraska in 1947. Midland is now known as Midland Uni- versity. Bruce met his lovely wife, Betty Knudsen, at Midland. Betty grew up in Hubbard, Nebraska. Bruce and Betty were united in holy matrimo- ny at Salem Lutheran Church in Dakota City, Nebraska on July 2, 1950. Bruce and Bet- ty farmed Betty’s grandfather’s farm in Hubbard until 1956. During their years in Ne- braska, they were blessed with three children: Larry in 1952, Sharon in 1954, and Paul in 1956. When Paul was three months old, they moved from Nebraska to Oregon. After moving to Oregon, they were blessed with their fourth child, Randall in 1969. In 1956, Bruce and Bet- ty began a new business in Oregon raising chickens and selling eggs to nearby grocery stores and local restaurants. Bruce also worked for Stay- ton Canning Company, a food processing plant, which later changed their name to Norpac Foods. Bruce and another lo- cal farmer became growers for Stayton Canning and raised strawberries. During those years Bruce was very busy and had very little spare time. Bruce and Betty have been active in church activities all their lives. They were also members of a local chapter of The Gideons Inter nation- al and hand- ed out many scriptures over the years. Bruce and Betty taught B. Hargreaves Sunday School classes and par- ticipated in many Bible studies. After their retirement from Norpac on May 9, 1994, Bruce and Betty travelled to many areas of our beautiful country, visiting with many of their extended family and friends during their travels. Bruce is survived by his wife, Betty in Keizer, son Lar- ry in Salem, daughter Sharon in Keizer, son Paul and his wife Gina in Port Orchard, Wash., and Randall and his wife Stefanie in Seattle, eight grandchildren and fi ve great grandchildren with another on the way. A memorial service will be held after the Executive Order No. 20-12 has been lifted and the COVID-19 pandemic is under control. “Pastor” Terry. He is a hero to so many. Terry was an avid support- er of Veteran and 2nd Amend- ment Rights. He and Linda rode in the Veteran’s 1st gath- ering to Olympia, Wash., last year and planned to do it again this year. He enjoyed riding his pearl-white Harley wherever he could. He wasn’t much of a group rider, but started to ride in rallies for the causes that he felt were important. Riding had also become a family event. The outdoors was his com- fort zone and the way that he got in touch with his High- er Power. He hiked, camped, fi shed, hunted (camping with a gun), kayaked, and took pictures of nature. He was an amazing photographer. It was hard to fi nd pictures of him as he was almost always had a camera in his hand or was behind the camera. He loved to play with close up, different lighting, dif- ferent angles and produced some of the most beautiful pic- tures. He continued to amaze others by posting a sample of his pictures on Facebook. His special talent was woodworking. He built awe- some furniture (tables, book- cases, and clocks), pens (wood turned), bowls and vases (turned on the lathe). He built memory boxes for friends and his grandsons. He was a perfec- tionist when it came to work- ing with wood of any kind. His family will enjoy his treasurers for many years to come. His family has been comfort- ed immensely by the AA family that Terry has been a part of for over 15 years. A family that he chose and they embraced him. It has been amazing to see and hear about the people that Ter- ry has touched along his jour- ney. We have some really great memories and stories about his journey in sobriety. His friends have described him as a calming, loving and ever loyal soul. He had a great sense of humor, dry with just an added touch of sarcasm. He knew how to make peo- ple laugh just with his special insights and perspective. Kids were drawn to him like a mag- net. He was a devoted “papa” to his three grandsons. He loved teaching kids to kayak, he took them hiking, shooting, fi shing and camping. A memorial service will be held at a future date to be de- termined. Interment will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Happy Valley, Ore. Memorial contributions may be made to Honoring Heroes, P.O. Box 515 Sublimity, OR 97385-0515. 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