6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • July 22, 2015
Polk County News
OBITUARIES
Robin Ray Galusha
Pauline Smith
Dec. 10, 1958 – July 14, 2015
Jan. 19, 1918 – July 12, 2015
Robin “Rob” Galusha, 56,
of Lebanon, died July 14 in
Albany.
He was born to Clifford
and Inez Martin Galusha in
Eugene.
Rob married Lori Watson
on Oct. 9, 2009, in Hopewell.
Rob worked for the city of
Salem for 31 years and had
recently received a civic
recognition award.
He was a member of Salt
Creek Baptist Church and
had served the church in
many capacities. He was a
member of Salem Alliance
Church. Rob was a baseball
coach as his boys were grow-
ing up and helped build the
baseball diamond in Perry-
dale.
Rob had a great sense of
humor. He loved the out-
doors and enjoyed sharing
time with family and friends
fishing and hunting.
He was preceded by his
father, Clifford.
Survivors include his wife,
Lori; sons, Chad ( Janis),
Cheyne, Clint (Leah), Jeremy
(Pamela), Casey, Darick (Na-
talie), and Cyle (Delci); Lori’s
children, Ryan (Lisa) Lehto
and Toby (Amy) Bunce;
m o t h e r, In e z Ga l u s h a ;
brothers, Jesse (Becky),
Frank (Donna), and Harry
(Darlene); sister, Bonnie
Bell; and 15 grandchildren.
Celebration of life was
Tuesday at Salem Alliance
Church.
Contributions are sug-
gested to Gideons in care of
Fisher Funeral Home, 306
SW Washington St., Albany,
OR 97321.
To send an online condo-
lence: www.fisherfuneral-
home.com.
Pauline Erma (Oxley)
Smith, 97, of West Salem
died July 12 in West Salem.
She was born in Taylor
County, Iowa, to Glenn and
Hazel (Borders) Oxley.
Pauline grew up in the
Guss, Iowa, area and gradu-
ated from Bedford High
School in Bedford, Iowa.
After graduation, she taught
in a one-room country
school for two years near
her family
home. She
s a v e d
enough
from her
first teach-
ing job to
take The
Challenger
train from Omaha, Neb., to
Los Angeles. She stayed with
her aunt Betty and worked
as an aide at Good Samari-
tan Hospital in Los Angeles.
She moved to Denver and
attended business school.
She was secretary to the
president of a chiropractic
college and later worked for
a chiropractor office as she
attended Clarinda Junior
College in Clarinda, Iowa.
At the age of 30, she had
picked up enough credits for
a bachelor’s degree at San
Jose State College in San
Jose, Calif., and soon was
teaching elementary school
in San Rafael, Calif. Her life
changed when she and her
good friend Juanita Steele
took a summer road trip to
the Black Hills.
While driving through
South Dakota, a truck side-
swiped them on a curve and
it required an eight-day wait
in Rapid City, S.D., to get
them on the road again.
TAYLOR LACEY K.D. LOGAN
Nov 12, 1999 - July 13, 2015
Taylor Lacey K.D. Logan, 15, of Dal-
las had an unfortunate accident on July
11, 2015. She was pronounced dead on
July 13, at 12:55 p.m. at Doernbecher
Children’s Hospital in the pediatric ICU.
Taylor was born in Salem and had
lived in Dallas since the age of 5. She at-
tended LaCreole Middle School and just
completed 8th grade. She was a very ac-
tive young lady involved in softball, volleyball and basketball.
Taylor enjoyed camping and swimming. During the summer
Taylor lived in the swimming pool and rivers. Everywhere
we went she always wanted to make sure there was a swim-
ming pool.
Survivors include her father, James Logan; mother, Angie
Bishop; sister, Kora Logan, all of Dallas; uncle, Josh Pittman;
aunt, Shonie Pittman; cousins, Max and Alli Pittman, all of
Dallas; grandparents, Troy and Jeanne Bishop of Klamath,
Calif., and Mike and Terry Cook of Grand Ronde.
Taylor was a kind, caring person who would go out of her
way to make people feel included. She had gotten her permit
and completed driver’s education. She had just started to talk
about planning her 16th birthday party.
The cause of death was an accidental drowning. Taylor was
an extremely good swimmer. It was determined that there
was no trauma and that Taylor either attempted to hold her
breath too long or hyperventilated herself and passed out.
Kora and her mother, Angie thought that Taylor was messing
around and doing the dead man’s float. They were able to
get her out of the pool and her mother performed CPR but
this did not save her life.
Celebration of Life is Thursday at 6:30 p.m at Faith Evan-
gelical Free Church, 2290 E Ellendale Ave, Dallas.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center is caring for the family.
To send an online condolence: www.dallastribute.com
During that time they stayed
in the Cedar Tree Motel.
There she met the hotel
manager, Merle I. Smith,
and the courtship began.
They were married in Sep-
tember 1951.
Pauline had a passion for
family history, birdwatching,
gardening and travel. Merle
passed away, and she moved
to Capital Manor in West
Salem in 2005.
She is preceded in death
by her husband, Merle;
brother, Lowell Oxley; and
sister, Vesta Andrew. Sur-
vivors include her siblings,
Audrey Miller Bridie and
Lloyd Oxley; children, Sue
Smith, Julia Smith, Patsy
Smith Ross, and Stuart
Smith; six grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren;
and a large extended family.
Memorial service is Aug. 1
at 2 p.m. at Capitol Manor.
Interment will be at Los
Gatos Memorial Park in San
Jose.
Contributions are sug-
gested to a favorite charity.
Farnstrom Mortuary in
Independence handled
arrangements. To send an
online condolence:
www.FarnstromMortuary.
com.
John D. Coonrod
Oct. 9, 1932 – July 14, 2015
John D. Coonrod, 83, of
Dallas died July 14 in Salem.
He was born to James and
Pearl Coonrod in Avery,
Okla.
John married his wife,
Joyce, on Nov. 13, 1953, in
Dallas.
He served in the Army in
Korea. Dallas had been
John’s home for 61 years. He
retired
from Wi-
llamette
Industries
in Dallas.
Su r v i v -
ors include
his wife,
Joyce; chil-
dren, Ray,
Tr a c e y,
Greg, and
Dinah; six
grandchil-
dren; and
eight great-grandchildren.
Celebration of life is Sat-
urday at 11 a.m. at the In-
dependence Elks Lodge.
Interment will be at
Willamette National Ceme-
tery in Portland.
Crown Memorial Center
in Salem handled arrange-
ments.
Darleen Ann Isitt
Oct. 6, 1938 – July 18, 2015
Darleen Ann Isitt, 76, of
Salem died Saturday in
Salem.
She was born in San
Bernardino, Calif., to Alfred
and Vivian Provance Pendle-
ton.
Darleen moved from
Southern California to Falls
City in 1980 and to Salem in
1997. She worked at the El-
lendale Home in Dallas as a
cook and retired in 1997.
She was a member of the
Quick Response Team in
Falls City and enjoyed
acrylic painting, embroidery
and ceramics. She was a
master Scrabble player and
enjoyed her large family.
She was preceded in
death by her husband,
James Isitt in 1978; son,
James A. Isitt in 1985; and a
great-grandson, Gannon
Howell.
Survivors include her
daughters, Ronda Gallegos
(Robin Boren) of Salem and
Julie Graham of Dallas; sons,
Robert J. Williams of Ken-
newick, Wash., John (Jurita)
E. Williams of Salem and
Joseph (Dawn) Lee Isitt of
Dallas; 11 grandchildren;
and 22 great-grandchildren.
Private interment will be
at Falls City Cemetery.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments. To send an online
condolence: www.dallastrib-
ute.com.
Roberta Louise
Bunselmeyer
Sept. 26, 1944 – July 16, 2015
Roberta “Bobbie” Louise
Bunselmeyer, 70, of Salem,
formerly of Newport and
Dallas, died Thursday.
She was born in Coving-
ton, Ky., to Vincent Richard
and Carleen Beatrice Trame
Slaughter.
Bobbie moved from Ken-
tucky to Ohio and then to
Joplin, Mo. She received her
registered nurses training
from St. John’s School of
Nursing in Springfield, Mo.,
and graduated in 1965.
She met her one and only
in Walter George Bun-
selmeyer. They were married
on Jan. 21, 1967, in Joplin.
They lived in several states
including Michigan and Cal-
ifornia before moving to
Oregon in 1988. She worked
for Valley Community Hos-
pital in Dallas, Kaiser Per-
manente in Salem and the
Salem Hospital, and was a
nurse for 50 years. Following
her retirement, she volun-
teered with her nursing
skills at the Oregon Coast
Aquarium. Bobbie was a
member of the Catholic
Church and had attended St.
Philip in Dallas, St. Joseph
and Queen
of Peace,
both in
Salem. She
loved living
at the coast
for the past
few years
and travel-
ing.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, Wal-
ter, on Aug. 9, 1998.
Survivors include her
sons, Douglas and Richard,
both of Salem; brothers,
James Slaughter, David
Slaughter, Michael Slaugh-
ter, Donald Slaughter and
Joseph Slaughter; and six
grandchildren.
Viewing is Saturday from
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and the
rosary begins 10:30 a.m. Fu-
neral Mass will follow at 11
a.m., all at St. Philip Catholic
Church in Dallas. Vault in-
terment will be at Dallas
Cemetery.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments. To send an online
condolence: www.dallastrib-
ute.com.
Evelyn Petersen
Aug. 27, 1925 – July 14, 2015
Evelyn Petersen, 89, of
Salem died July 14.
She was born and grew up
in Yakima, Wash. She moved
to Seattle when she was 16
years old. There she met
Alvin John Gran. They were
married Feb. 21, 1944.
After 48 years of marriage,
Alvin died suddenly. A few
years later, Ev’s path crossed
with Carl Petersen. After a
brief courtship, they were
married on Jan. 22, 1994,
and enjoyed 21 years of mar-
riage.
She loved music, flowers
and anything pretty. In her
younger years, she enjoyed
camping, gardening and
family re-
unions.
With her
second
husband,
she en-
joyed a trip
to Europe
for four
weeks and saw her father’s
homeland in Switzerland.
Evelyn trusted in and
loved Jesus and especially
enjoyed being involved with
“Bible Study Fellowship.”
She was preceded in
death by her first husband,
Alvin Gran; brothers, Arnold
and Orville Fund; sisters,
Bertha Beers and Esther
May; and grandson, Paul
Gran in 1974.
Survivors include her hus-
band of 21 years, Carl Pe-
tersen of Salem; brother, Ed
Fund of Centralia, Wash.;
daughters, Gale (Darwin)
Brown of Salem, Marilyn
(Mike) Moore of Chelan,
Wash.; son, Doug (Kate)
Gran of SeaTac, Wash.,; six
grandchildren; nine great-
grandchildren; her stepchil-
dren, Carl’s family, Diane
(Ben) Shah of Washougal,
Wash., Greg Petersen of Ed-
mond, Okla., Sandy (Vince)
Peterson of Woodbridge, Va.;
six step-grandchildren; and
10 step-great-grandchildren.
Contributions are sug-
gested to the work of Bible
translation in Maluku, In-
donesia. Designate it to:
“6332 GR Maluku Strategic
Allocation Fund 44419-
N31754 to Wycliffe Bible
Translators, P.O. Box 628200,
Orlando, FL 32862 or 1-800-
992-5433 (1-800-Wycliffe) or
www.wycliffe.org.
Restlawn Funeral Home,
Salem handled arrange-
ments.
Fred Dornhecker
July 19, 1923 – July 19, 2015
Fred Willard Dornhecker,
92, of Dallas died Sunday in
Dallas, at the same farm on
Pioneer Road he was born
on.
He was born to George
and Georgia (Curtiss) Dorn-
hecker. When he was 16,
they moved to Falls City
where they had their first in-
door plumbing and electric-
ity.
Fred attended Falls City
High School where he let-
tered in baseball. He gradu-
ated from Falls City High
School and joined the Navy
in 1942, and was discharged
in 1945.
In 1944, he married Mary
Jean Westbrook in Vancou-
ver, Wash. Mary Jean died in
1997. They had five children,
Fred C. Dornhecker (Sheri)
of La Pine, Linda Condon
(Jack) of Dallas, Jim Dorn-
hecker (de-
ceased),
Kelly McIn-
t o s h
( Mi c h a e l )
of West
Salem, and
K e v i n
Dornheck-
er (Sheri) of
Dallas.
F r e d
loved to
hunt and
fish. He
most especially enjoyed
raising cows and tending his
farm. Fred also enjoyed
watching the Seattle
Mariners.
Fred worked at Boise Cas-
cade Lumber Mill in Inde-
pendence and later in Adair.
He retired from a cleaning
company that serviced HP
in Corvallis.
He married Mary Long in
1998, and added three more
children, Jennifer Belin (de-
ceased), Henry Long of Dal-
las and Melodie (Mark) Sick-
les of Falls City. Mary died in
2005.
He also had many grand-
children and great-grand-
children.
He was also preceded in
death by his brother, Curt
Dornhecker and sister, Mary
Lou Heckendorn.
Graveside service is Fri-
day at 10 a.m. at Dallas
Cemetery. Memorial service
follows at 11 a.m. at Dallas
Mortuary Tribute Center.
Contributions are sug-
gested to Willamette Valley
Hospice in care of the mor-
tuary. To send an online
condolence: www.dallastrib-
ute.com.
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