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6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • September 30, 2015 Polk County News OBITUARIES Dale Albert Wood April 7, 1937 – Sept. 20, 2015 Dale Albert Wood, 78, of Foster, died Sept. 20 in Al- bany following a four-year battle with pancreatic can- cer. He was born in Brainerd, Minn., to Loyd and Laura (Ellis) Wood. The family moved to Salem when he was 2 years old. Dale graduated from North Salem High School in 1955, and from Ore- gon State College in 1960 with a degree in forest en- gineering. In 1960, he received his com- mission as a second lieutenant and served in the Oregon Army Nation- al Guard for eight years, re- tiring with the rank of cap- tain. He was hired as a forest engineer by Willamette Na- tional Lumber Company in Foster; the company later became Willamette Indus- tries. Dale held a variety of positions during his 35-year tenure with the company and retired in 1995, as man- ager of Oregon logging oper- ations for Willamette Indus- tries. Dale married Joan Louise Kleinke in December of 1963. He is a past master of Sweet Home Masonic Lodge No. 202 and is a life member of East Linn Masonic Lodge No. 44. Following retirement, he and Joan enjoyed mo- torhome trips to fish, hunt, and explore Oregon and the desert southwest. They hiked the Alps of Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy and Slovenia. Each win- ter they hiked the Grand Canyon. For many years they maintained the U.S. Forestry Service Weiderman Trail, a historic cattle drive route east of Sweet Home. Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Joan Louise Wood, of Foster; daughters, Laurie Krei, of Pleasant Hill, and Sara (Gary) Blefgen, of Portland; sister, Karen (LeRoy) Rempel, of Dallas; one granddaughter; and ex- tended family. Celebration of life is Sat- urday at 10:30 a.m. at Jim Riggs Community Center, 878 18th Ave., Sweet Home. At his request, his cre- mains will be spread in the Cascades. Contributions are sug- gested to Evergreen Samari- tan Hospice, 1046 Sixth Ave. SW, Albany, OR 97321-1999. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel handled arrange- ments. Mary Ellen Chisholm July 8, 1918 – Sept. 23, 2015 Mary Ellen Chisholm, 97, of Lebanon, died Sept. 23. Service is pending with Farnstrom Mortuary, Inde- pendence, 503-838-1414. To share an online tribute: www.FarnstromMortuary. com. James L. Pollard June 18, 1926 – Sept. 19, 2015 James L. “Jim” Pollard, 89, of Dallas, died Sept. 19 in Salem. He was born to John and Pricey Pauley in West Vir- ginia and raised in Kentucky. He married Mary Jane in November of 1956, and they had five children. Jim served in the Navy for 20 years, retiring in 1965. After serving in the military, the family moved to Tillam- ook County, where they lived for 20 years. Jim worked for the Ore- gon State Department of Forestry before starting his c o m p a n y, T i l l a m o o k Restoration. They also had a farm where they raised Murry Green Beef, and he taught his children the ben- efits of hard work. In 1986, they sold the farm and moved to Dallas. His love for farming, mak- ing hay and growing vegeta- bles filled his days. In time, they gave up the cattle busi- ness and started a U-pick of various fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes. He e n - j o y e d meeting different people who would come to pick, visiting with them and making new friends. He provided much to the gleaners and many charita- ble organizations. His wit was quick, and he enjoyed making people smile wher- ever they were. Garage sales and auctions were a great joy to him too. He was preceded in death by his four siblings and two children, Sandy and Cathy. Survivors include his wife of more than 58 years, Mary Jane; children, Joe, of Wash- ington, and Paul and Fran, both of Oregon; four grand- children; and 14 great- grandchildren. Interment will be Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. at Willamette Nation- al Cemetery, Portland. Cele- bration of his life is noon on Oct. 10 at the family farm in Dallas. Feel free to bring an artificial flower with your name on it as a lasting me- morial. Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center handled arrange- ments. To send an online tribute: www.dallastribute.com. Saige Marie Selwyn May 27, 2003 – Sept. 21, 2015 DOUGLAS LEE WARREN Dec. 22, 1928 - Sept. 15, 2015 Douglas Warren died in his sleep at his Monmouth home on the morning of September 15, 2015. Douglas was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1928. He was the youngest of six children born to Ward and Ruth Peralta Warren. He retired from the Long Beach Navy Shipyard in 1984 where he worked as a Marine Machinist. In 1993 Douglas and his wife Romaine relocated from San Bernardino, California to Mon- mouth, Oregon where they have lived for the past twenty-two years. When Douglas settled in Monmouth he discovered that he had returned to his ancestral roots. His great-grandfather, Robert J. Hendricks, was an Oregon Pioneer who arrived in Oregon in 1852 and homesteaded a farm in Cooper Hollow a few miles south- west of Monmouth. Douglas was seventeen when World War II ended, but he wanted to serve so he joined the U.S. Navy in December of 1945. He was discharged from the Navy in 1947 and at- tended a community college, studying mechanics. In 1949 he joined the U.S. Army and became a tank mechanic in the 2nd Infantry Division. In 1950 Douglas met and married Romaine, his wife of sixty-four years. Douglas was sent with his infantry division in 1951 to fight in the Korean War. Douglas is survived by his wife Romaine, and three daughters, Diana Fowler of Rantoul, Illinois, Lin Kotiches of Running Springs, California and Kathy Ann Phillips of State College, Pennsylvania. Another daughter, Sandi Ogendahl preceded Douglas in death in 2012. Douglas is also survived by nine grandchildren and ten great-grand- children. He is also survived by an older brother, Donald Ward Warren of Fontana, California. Memorial Services will be held on October 10, 2015 at 10:30 AM at Ash Creek Bible Church 1483 N. 16th Street, Monmouth, OR. In lieu of flowers Romaine has asked that memorial donations be made to the Polk County Child Evangelism Fellowship, P.O. Box 425, Dallas, OR 97338. Saige Marie Selwyn, 12, of Grand Ronde, died Sept. 21. “Pooh Bear Saigie” died from injuries received in a bike and auto accident. She was born in Portland to Belinda Mercier, her birth mother, and adopted and raised by Anthony Allen and Marcella May Norwest Sel- wyn. Saige had lived in Port- land, Sheridan and Grand Ronde areas. For the past three years, she had attend- ed West Valley Christian School in Grand Ronde. She was ready to enter the seventh grade at Oregon Connections Academy. Saige was baptized into the Catholic Church on the Sat- urday before she died. Saige was assertive in things she tried to achieve. She was a good student and earned As and Bs. She loved beading, making rubber band bracelets, sewing, dolls, teaching kids what she knew, dancing and pow- wows. She loved the elders of the tribe and always made sure to greet them. Saige also enjoyed taking a “selfie” with the police officers’ phones. She was preceded in death by her grand- father, Clif- f o r d W. Melborne. S u r - vivors include her parents, Tony and Marcella Selwyn; sisters, Mary Lopez and Codie Haller; brother, You- vani Ring; birth mother, Be- linda; grandmother, Char- lotte Melborne; and a large extended family. Service was Monday at the Tribal Gym followed by vault interment at the Grand Ronde Tribal Cemetery. Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center handled arrange- ments. To send an online tribute: www.dallastribute.com. David Hunter May 23, 1945 – Sept. 27, 2015 David Hunter, 70, of Dal- las, died Sunday. Service is Wednesday (today) at 11 a.m. at Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center and interment will be at Dallas Cemetery. Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center handled arrange- ments. To send an online tribute: www.dallastribute.com. Lois May Anthony Northrup Aug. 20, 1920 – Sept. 26, 2015 Lois May Anthony Northrup, 95, of Canby, for- merly of Dallas, died Satur- day in Canby. She was born to Charles and May Anthony at the LEOTTA ELAINE BUSH family farm home in Golva, N.D. Lois graduated from high school in Beach, N.D. In 1942, Lois married Lyle Weinreis in Carlyle, Mont. Lyle died while serving in World War II. They had a son, Robert. Lois married Neil Northrop in Ollie, Mont., on May 3, 1947. Neil and Lois spent their first years of marriage around the Beach area where they farmed. In 1952, they moved to south- ern Oregon and later settled in Dallas, where they lived for more than 50 years rais- ing their family. Lois will always be remem- bered for her lovely s m i l e . There are not many among us as kind, so thoughtful, and gracious as Lois. She touched the lives of everyone she met, inspiring each to live their lives a little more thoughtfully, a little more gently, a little less self- ishly. Lois will also be remem- bered for her hospitality, es- pecially her home-cooked meals. Lois was a wonderful cook, seamstress, gardener but most of all, a wonderful mother and grandmother. She always looked forward to spending time with family and friends. Lois moved from the fam- ily home on Hawthorne in 2002 to Dallas Retirement Village, where she resided for six years. Her family then relocated her to the Portland area to be closer to them. She was preceded in death by her husband, Neil; sister, Violet Weinreis; and her son, Robert Weinreis. Survivors include her brothers, Leland Anthony (Louise), of Klamath Falls, and Harold, of White City; daughters, Pat Hoffman (Dale) and Judy Heinemann (Russ), all of Canby; sons, Richard (Carol), of Bend, and Paul (Kelly), of Lake Os- wego; 16 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and ex- tended family. Celebration of life is Sat- urday at 12:30 p.m. at Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center. Private interment will be at Restlawn Memory Gardens. Contributions are sug- gested to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10001. To send an online tribute: www.dallastribute.com. Patricia A. Reece Oct. 2, 1936 – Sept. 28, 2015 Patricia A. Reece, 78, of Dallas died Monday in Salem. Service is Sunday at 1 p.m. at Dallas Mortuary Tribute Center. For service information: 503-623-2325. Obituary Information Obituary information must be submitted by 4 p.m. on the Monday before publication to be included in the newspaper. Most funeral homes handle obituary information. Howev- er, information can also be submitted directly by family members. Photos will be published in black and white. The Itemizer- Observer uses a flag logo in the obituaries of those who served in the U.S. armed forces. Obituaries — like all infor- mation submitted to the news department — are subject to editing for style, content and length. Information can be brought or mailed to the Itemizer-Ob- server , 147 SE Court St., Dallas, OR 97338, or e-mailed to nadams@polkio.com. For more information: Nancy Adams, 503-623-2373. Firefighters wear pink for cancer awareness POLK COUNTY — Firefight- ers with Polk County Fire District No. 1 and Dallas Fire & EMS will wear hot pink shirts to show their support for the fight against breast cancer during the first week of October. Personnel from both Polk Fire No. 1 and Dallas Fire & EMS are taking part in this fundraiser. Volunteers and employees of the agencies will purchase the custom shirts. Proceeds benefit the Susan G. Komen organiza- tion. The firefighters and para- medics expect to raise roughly $700 for the organ- ization. Itemizer-Observer Visit us online at www.polkio.com July 16, 1927 - September 21, 2015 Leotta Elaine Bush, a resident of Yamhill, Oregon was born July 16, 1927 in McClay, Oregon, to Charles Henery and Lucy Mae Breedon. She was the 12th child born in a family of 12 children. Leotta was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband of 58 years, Treval Allen Bush; a daughter Elaine Yvonne Martin; 4 brothers, 5 sisters, 1 grand- son and a great granddaughter. She is survived by 3 adult children, Cynthia Lee Bush (Randy), Craig Allen Bush (Julie), Barbara Ann Bush Mathews (Robert) also a foster daughter Donna Marie Perry Cabrara; 9 grandchildren, 13 great grandchil- dren, 2 great great grandchildren and 2 sisters Jessie Clayton and Pearl Embree. Leotta loved her family and extended family, camping trips with children and grandchildren, family reunions and her flower gar- dens. She worked at Carlton Grade School for 24 years and was also a 4-H leader. So many things and people were always impor- tant in her life here on Earth. She will be greatly missed by all. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 2, at 1:00 PM at the chapel of Macy & Son with viewing on Thursday, October 1 from 4-7 PM at the Chapel. Interment will be held at the Ever- green Memorial Park Cemetery. A potluck will follow the inter- ment at the American Legion Hall in Carlton. To leave online condolences, visit www.macyandson.com. RECYCLE A little effort. A big difference. 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