6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • February 18, 2015
Polk County News
OBITUARIES
Preston James
Wallis
May 25, 1928 – Feb. 5, 2015
Preston James Wallis, 87,
of Portland, formerly of Dal-
las, died Feb. 5.
He was born to Clyde and
Vena Wallis in Carniege,
Okla.
Preston moved to the West
Coast as a child. He lived in
Independence and then Dal-
las, where
he raised
his family.
He then
lived in
Arizona
and North-
ern Cali-
fornia be-
fore mov-
ing back to Oregon in 2004.
He had worked in the tim-
ber industry, was a heavy
equipment operator, mill-
wright, welder, sawmill
owner, and gold and silver-
smith/jeweler.
Preston was an outdoors-
man who enjoyed hunting,
fishing, gold mining, garden-
ing and building projects.
Survivors include his wife,
Carolyn Wallis of Portland;
brother, Doug Wallis of Mon-
mouth; daughters, Barbara
Wallis Buskers of Gresham
and Karen Wallis Cox of Dal-
las; stepsons, Michael Worley
of Redding, Calif., and Robert
Worley of Woodburn; step-
daughters, Linda Patterson
of Smartsville, Calif., Sharon
Young of San Diego and Judy
Casey of Bullhead City, Ariz.;
five grandchildren; five step-
grandchildren; 10 great-
grandchildren; five step-
great-grandchildren; and ex-
tended family.
Private memorial service
will be held in Portland. Con-
tact the family for details.
Contributions are suggest-
ed to Providence Hospice,
6410 NE Halsey St., Suite
300, Portland, OR 97213.
Pauline Robinson
Nov. 9, 1929 – Feb. 10, 2015
Pauline Robinson, 85, of
Dallas died Feb. 10 in Dallas.
She was born in Spokane,
Wash., to Frederick R. Black-
well and
Brenda
W a r n
Blackwell.
Pauline
grew up in
Lewiston,
Idaho, and
Spokane.
She gradu-
ated from Lewis and Clark
High School in Spokane in
1947. She attended Whit-
worth College in Spokane
and then transferred to East-
ern Washington State Col-
lege in Cheney, where she
met her husband, Addison
“Add” R. Robinson.
Pauline and Add were
married on Aug. 20, 1951, in
Spokane. They then moved
to Canoga Park, Calif.
Pauline returned to Spokane
the summer of 1959 to com-
plete her Bachelor of Arts in
e d u c a t i o n d e g re e. Sh e
earned her Masters of Sci-
ence in education from Uni-
versity of Southern Califor-
nia in 1966. She taught ele-
mentary school and special
education at Newhall School
in Newhall, Calif., from 1959-
1965. She taught and was
vice principal at Castaic
School in Castaic, Calif.,
from 1965-1971. She and
Add retired in 1971 to devel-
op their Amway business
and moved from the Santa
Clarita Valley to Sherman
Oaks, Calif.
Pauline was active in sev-
eral professional organiza-
tions during her teaching ca-
reer: Delta Kappa Gamma
Society, Association of Cali-
fornia Administrators Com-
pensatory Education, Los
Angeles County School Ad-
ministrators & Supervisors
Association, and the Parent
Teachers Association. She
and Add were also active in
the Newhall-Saugus Athletic
Club, where their children
participated in sports.
Pauline and Add moved
back to the Northwest in
1985 to be near their daugh-
ter’s family and settled in
Lewiston. They joined the
Congregational-Presbyterian
Church in Lewiston. She
served as the coordinator of
the Stephen Ministry with
their church. While in Idaho,
she also served as a commis-
sioner on the Lewiston Sen-
ior Advisory Commission,
was state president of the
Idaho Retired Teachers Asso-
ciation, and served with the
National Retired Teachers
Association. She was ap-
pointed to the Idaho Com-
mission for the Blind.
Pauline had lost most of her
vision by 1981 due to an
auto-immune disorder.
Pauline and Add moved to
their daughter’s family prop-
erty in Culdesac, Idaho, in
1999. They joined the Culde-
sac Community Church
while living there. In 2006,
Pauline moved with the fam-
ily to Oregon. She attended
West Hills Community
Church in Salem. She lived
with her daughter’s family
and then moved to Heron
Pointe in Monmouth and
had lived at Dallas Retire-
ment Village the past four
years.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Add, and
son, Kent Russell Robinson.
JEROME ALAN RUTTEN
April 8, 1964 - January 25, 2015
Hiawatha, Kansas - Dallas, Oregon
Survivors include her
daughter, Brenda ( Terry
Crawford) of Dallas; son,
Warn (Maria) Robinson of
Burbank, Calif.; brother, Fritz
Blackwell of Gig Harbor,
Wash.; 11 grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren; and ex-
tended family.
Memorial service was Fri-
day at West Hills Community
Church.
Contributions are suggest-
ed to Dallas Retirement Vil-
lage Foundation, 377 NW
Jasper St., Dallas, OR 97338,
or the West Hills Community
Church Building Fund, 1650
Brush College Road, Salem,
OR 97304.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments. To send an online
condolence: www.dallastrib-
ute.com.
Betty Eileen
Randolph
Dec. 24, 1927 – Feb. 10, 2015
Betty Eileen Randolph, 87,
of Independence, formerly
of Sweet Home, died Feb. 10
in Independence.
She was born in Scotts
Mills to Wiley and May
(Yoder) Dimick.
Betty spent her early years
in Sweet Home, where she
graduated from high school
in 1945.
That same
year she
married
Robert
“ B u d ”
Randolph
and they
celebrated
48 happy
years of marriage before
Bud’s death in 1993. The
family lived in Sweet Home
until 1955, when they moved
to Florence. In the mid-
1970s, Bud and Betty relo-
cated to Anchorage, Alaska,
where they spent the next 14
years before retiring to Inde-
pendence in 1988.
Betty was a loving, kind-
hearted individual who en-
joyed taking care of her fam-
ily. She also enjoyed playing
bingo well into her 80s and
made many dear friends
during those times. Betty
had many happy years with
Bud traveling in their motor
home, gold panning and
hosting friends and relatives
in Alaska.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Bud Ran-
dolph; daughter, Jean Wimer;
brothers, George, Chauncey,
Rex “Scotty” and Harry Dim-
ick; and sisters, Dorothy
Brown and Mary Ward.
Survivors include her son,
Jim Randolph; brothers, Bill
(Bonnie), Wiley “Shorty” and
Dick Dimick; two grand-
daughters; four great-grand-
children; and extended family.
Graveside service was
Monday at Gilliland Ceme-
tery in Sweet Home.
Sweet Home Funeral
Chapel handled arrange-
ments. To send an online
condolence: www.sweet-
homefuneral.com.
Harvey Classen
Jan. 25, 2015
Harvey Classen, 84, of
Dallas died Jan. 25.
He was born in Meade,
Kan., to George and Agnes
Classen.
Harvey remembered the
Great Depression and dust
storms that caused his fami-
ly to move
to Wash-
ington and
California
before set-
tling in
Oregon in
1940.
He at-
tended Or-
chard View
School
near his
home in
Dallas and
graduated from Salem Acad-
emy in 1949. In 1950, while
attending a Billy Graham
tent meeting in Portland
with several other young
men from church, he ac-
cepted Christ as his personal
Savior. He often commented
how happy he was about
making this decision for
Christ to be in his life.
Shortly after, he joined the
Navy and served for four
years. He was trained to be a
corpsman and served on the
USS Haven during the Kore-
an War. After his discharge,
he attended Multnomah
School of the Bible in Port-
land for two years. He mar-
ried Jeanette Schultz in Au-
gust 1955. He attended Ore-
gon Institute of Technology
(then OTI) in Klamath Falls
for his medical technologist
degree. His first job was with
Bay Clinic in Coos Bay. He
later accepted a manage-
ment position with the Med-
ford Clinic Laboratory,
where he worked until his
retirement in 1988.
For a number of years he
served as treasurer of the
Medical Technology Associa-
tion. He loved working with
wood and made numerous
pieces of furniture for his
children and his own home.
He attended Evangelical
Bible Church and was active
as a trustee and usher until
his health wouldn’t allow
him to serve.
He was preceded in death
by his sisters, Esther Friesen,
Hulda Klauss, Elma Ediger,
Marie Reimer and Verna
Classen; and brother, Victor
Classen.
Survivors include his wife,
Jean; children, Steven D.
Classen (Kathleen Laughlin)
and Cynthia K. Friesen (Jay);
and three granddaughters.
Viewing is Friday from 3
to 8 p.m. at Dallas Mortuary
Tribute Center. Memorial
service is Saturday at 11 a.m.
at Evangelical Bible Church
in Dallas. Private family in-
terment will be in Dallas
Cemetery.
Contributions are suggest-
ed to Village Missions or the
Missions Department of
Evangelical Bible Church.
To send an online condo-
lence: www.dallastribute.com.
Jerry Allan
Bartchy
Oct. 19, 1953 – Feb. 11, 2015
Jerry Allan Bartchy, 61, of
Dallas died Feb. 11 in Salem.
He was born in Tillamook
to Jerald L. and Wanda An-
derson Bartchy.
Jerry graduated from Dal-
las High School as a part of
the Class of 1971. He served
his country in the Navy from
January 1972 to December
1975. Jerry
worked as
a carpen-
ter for
Thousand
Tra i l s i n
Pacific
City and in
California
for a num-
ber
of
years. He
also drove
a log truck
and was a
janitor at Chemeketa Com-
munity College in Salem.
He enjoyed hunting, fish-
ing and all things outdoors,
and loved his brown dogs.
He was preceded in death
by his father on Feb. 1, 1995.
Survivors include his
mother, Wanda Bartchy of
Dallas; sister, Cindy Booth of
Salem; and a large extended
family.
Private family service will
be held.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments. To send an online
condolence: www.dallastrib-
ute.com.
Mary Louise King
Oct. 12, 1936 – Feb. 8, 2015
Mary Louise “Marylou”
King, 78, of Bend, formerly
of Dallas, died Feb. 8 in
Bend.
She was born in Los Ange-
les to Joseph and Ruth
Meakin.
Marylou graduated from
Fullerton High School in
1955 and worked for the
phone company in the draft-
ing department in Whittier,
Calif.
She married Jim King of
Whittier in 1957. In 1965
they moved to Dallas, where
they owned and operated
James King Excavating for
Sudoku Solution
Jerry was born in Hiawatha, Kansas
to Leonard and Bonnie Rutten. Jerry
passed away at Salem Hospital from
complications to his heart with his love
by his side. He had worked at Dallas
Auto Parts until his death. He made
many friends thoughout his years in the
automotive business. Jerry was preceded
in death by his parents.
He is survived by his love, Valerie
Grice, daughter, Mandi Dodds and her
husband Kyle and grandchildren, Presliegh, Kyron and Pay-
cielyn and god-daughter Kelsie Heizenreter. Siblings, John
(Tami), Jeannine Flory (Tom), Joe (Lisa), Jim (Cheryl), Jeff
(Sonya) and Jay (Paula). He also has many nieces, nephews,
cousins, aunts, uncles and many friends.
There will be a memorial service on February 21, 2015 at
11am at the Grace Baptist Church at 1855 E Ellendale Ave.
in Dallas, Oregon 97338. In lieu of flowers, gifts to the Amer-
ican Heart Society are requested. Envelopes for this donation
will be available at the memorial service.
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more than 40 years.
Marylou loved life and
was involved with different
committees, both in the
community and through her
church. Her greatest pleas-
ure was being a wife, mother
and grandmother. She loved
her garden, taking long
walks with her dogs and en-
tertaining.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Jim King of Bend;
daughters, Linda King of
Bend, Margaret ( Terry)
Canaga and Leanne (Mike)
Hockman, all of Hillsboro;
son, Jim (Jacque) King of
Bend; and six grandchildren.
Contributions are suggest-
ed to Hospice House in Bend.
Service was Tuesday at
Niswonger-Reynolds in
Bend. To send an online con-
dolence: www.Niswonger-
Reynolds.com.
Paul Patterson
July 28, 1954 – Feb. 12, 2015
Paul Patterson, 60, of Dal-
las died Thursday.
He was born to Henry and
Marilyn Patterson.
Survivors include his wife,
Sue; daughter, Kelly (Zach)
Knudsvig; brother, Mark;
and one grandson.
Celebration of his life was
Monday at Dallas Mortuary
Tribute Center.
Contributions are suggest-
ed to Willamette Humane
Society in care of the mortu-
ary.
To send an online condo-
lence: www.dallastribute.com.
Dolores Marie
Davis
Aug. 4, 1941 – Feb. 13, 2015
Dolores Marie Davis, 73,
of Dallas died Friday in
Salem.
She was born in Gervais to
Olen and Pearl Hammons.
Dolores grew up in Grand
Ronde, Sheridan and
Willamina.
The family
picked
crops in the
Willamette
Valley, pri-
marily in
P o l k ,
Ya m h i l l
and Mari-
on counties. She attended
Willamina High School.
Dolores married George
Rhoads in April 1958 and
lived in Independence. Do-
lores divorced in 1971 and
moved to Dallas with her
children. She married her
soul mate, Bill Davis, in
Reno, Nev., on Nov. 25, 1976.
She was a volunteer histo-
rian for many years at the
Dallas Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment. She found great pleas-
ure in caring for and sharing
the rich history with the
members of the department.
Dolores had a love of
dachshunds and her faithful
companion, Abbe. She was
known as “Grandma Gum”
as all of her grandchildren
looked forward to the chew-
ing gum she would share
with them. Dolores enjoyed
gardening, canning, reading
books and was an avid Seat-
tle Seahawks fan. She also
enjoyed the Dallas Aquatic
Center, where she had many
friends. She and Bill liked
traveling to Reno.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, Bill,
on Aug. 21, 2013.
Survivors include her chil-
dren, Wanda Davis (Michael
Rose), Brenda (Steve) Faxon,
Randy (Dorothy) Rhoads,
Rich (Barbara) Davis,
Tammy Jo Davis and Donny
Davis; brother, Bob Ham-
mons; 12 grandchildren; and
14 great-grandchildren.
Celebration of Dolores’
life is Saturday at 11 a.m. at
Trinity Lutheran Church in
Dallas.
Contributions are suggest-
ed to the Dallas Fire Depart-
ment in care of Bollman Fu-
neral Home which handled
arrangements.
To send an online condo-
lence: www.dallastribute.com.
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