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Donna Lorraine Schlappie
April 28, 1943 - May 28, 2011
Tribal Elder Donna Lorraine
Schlappie, 68, a resident of Port
land, walked on at her home on May
28 with her family by her side.
She was born on April 28, 1943,
in Portland, Ore., the daughter of
Edward Schlappie and Josephine
LaBonte, and her grandmother was
Esther LaBonte.
Donna enjoyed working as a wait
ress and bartender for more than 30
years in the Portland area.
She is survived by her brother,
Richard Schlappie, and aunts
Charlotte Schlappie and Rosetta
Managan.
Harold Dean Mercier
April 18, 1930 - July 6, 2011
Tribal Elder Harold Dean Mer
cier walked on peacefully on
Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at his
home in Grand Ronde with his
family around him.
He was born on April 18, 1930,
at the home of his parents, Harold
and Velma (Hudson) Mercier, in
Grand Ronde. As a child at the
age of 9, he began helping his dad
with various logging responsibili
ties. He also enjoyed boxing until
a broken arm that occurred when
he was 15 ended his aspirations of
becoming a professional boxer. He
purchased his first logging truck when he was 16. After completing
his education, he devoted his life to the logging industry.
Dean was very involved with the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde. He served as a Tribal Council member and was the chairman
during the Restoration of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
in 1983. He was proud of his service to his people.
Dean is the great-grandson of Martha Jane Sands, whose statue
stands at Spirit Mountain Casino in honor of her and for the journey
she made on the Trail of Tears. Dean's aunt Gertrude also is displayed
sitting next to Martha Jane Sands.
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Dean also served as intake personnel with Social Services in
Salem. He loved working with children and enjoyed spending time
with youth. Dean enjoyed the time he spent coaching baseball,
hunting and fishing, and was known to be the life of the party and
to have a good time. In 1966, Dean was the champion at the Dory
Derby Days in Pacific City. He won the various competitions and
has a plaque with his name, as a previous champion, mounted in
Pacific City.
Dean is survived by his wife, Christina Mercier; son, Harold
Dean Jr.; daughter, Cheryl (Bill) Carl; and stepdaughter, Janice
(Patrick) Croskey. He also is survived by eight grandchildren, six
step-grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, four step-great-grandchildren,
one step-great-granddaughter and former brother-in-law
Pete Mooney. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jerry
Dorland; daughter, Jackie Whisler; stepson, Keoki Santos; sister,
Beverly Ann; and brother, Eldon Mercier. He also is survived by
his blood brother, Richard Shannon.
Recitation of the Rosary was held at St. Michael's Catholic
Church in Grand Ronde on Thursday, July 14. The funeral service
was held in the Tribal gym at 11 a.m. Friday, July 15, followed by
interment at the Tribal Cemetery.
Arrangements were handled by Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center.
Online condolences can be left at www.dallastribute.com.
Mildred L. Haynes
March 20, 1921 - June 27, 2011
Tribal Elder Mildred L. (Jef
fers) Haynes was born on March
20, 1921, and walked on Monday,
June 27, 2011, at Sacred Heart
Hospital in Eugene.
She was the daughter of the late
Ira and Bertha Luce Jeffers.
She loved fishing, camping, can
ning and knitting.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Joyce Hanson of Fort Rock
and Eloise Winter of Eugene; a
son, Larry Lynch of Eugene; four
sisters, Bettey Reed of Eugene,
Alta Bloomquist of Veneta, Lano-
ra Young of Alaska and Evelyn Seidel of Salem; a brother, Donald
Jeffers of Florence; and seven grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren
and one great-great-grandchild.
Arrangements were made by West Lawn Memorial Park and
Funeral Home of Eugene.
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