Polk County News
6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 8, 2016
2016 GRADUATION SCHEDULE
CENTRAL HIGH
SCHOOL
MORRISON
WESTERN OREGON
Graduating class: 41.
When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Where: Dallas High gym, 1250
SE Holman Ave., Dallas.
Graduating class: 213.
When: Friday, 7 p.m.
Where: Panther Stadium, 1530
Monmouth St., Independence.
When: Saturday, 11 a.m.
Where: McArthur Field, 345
Monmouth Ave. N., Monmouth.
DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL
PERRYDALE HIGH
SCHOOL
Graduating class: 205.
When: Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Where: Dallas High School, 1250
SE Holman Ave., Dallas.
Graduating class: 28.
When: Saturday, 5 p.m.
Where: 445 Perrydale Rd., Amity.
OBITUARIES
Soren Dejgaard
Nielsen
April 29, 1930 – May 30, 2016
Soren Dejgaard Nielsen,
86, of Rickreall, died on May
30.
He was born to Christian
D. and Elsie Frizzell Nielsen
in McMinnville. He graduat-
ed from Dallas High School
in 1948. Between 1955 and
1957, he served in the U.S.
Army in Company D 23rd
Armored Engineers in Ger-
many.
He married Rose Martha
Krupicka on Nov. 9, 1968,
and they lived and worked
Salem
412 Lancaster Drive NE
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 581-6265
Low Cost
Cremation & Burial
Funerals & Memorials
Simple Direct Cremation $495
Simple Direct Burial
$550
Traditional Funeral
$1,975
Discount priced
Caskets, Urns and
other Memorial items.
Privately owned
cremation facility.
Locally owned and operated
by Oregon families.
www.ANewTradition.com
on his family farm near
Rickreall for 36 years. The
century farm included what
was initially part of the fam-
ily donation land claim.
They raised beef cattle,
sheep, and various grains.
He also spent 25 years work-
ing once a week at the
McMinnville Auction Yard.
Fo r 3 0
years, he
played the
part of the
C h i e f
Scribe in
the Rickre-
all Christ-
mas Pag-
e a n t . He
was also
supportive
of the local
4-H organ-
ization
and taught his children how
to raise animals for the
county fair.
In his later years, he
moved from the farm to the
Applewood Retirement
Community.
His wife, Rose, died before
he did.
Survivors include daugh-
ters, Karen (Richard) Watté,
of Albany, and Anita (Chad-
wick) Stryker, of Vancouver,
Wash.; son, Peter (Michi)
Nielsen, of Iowa City, Iowa;
sister, Alice Nielsen, of
Salem; brother, Christian F.
(Betsy) Nielsen, of Eugene;
and six grandchildren.
Services were held.
Contr ibutions in his
memory may be made to
the Oregon 4-H Association
for Polk County in care of
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center in Dallas. To leave an
online tribute: www.dallas-
tribute.com
Francis ‘Frank’
Earl Bean
April 2, 1940 – May 24, 2016
Francis “Frank” Earl Bean,
76, of Gates, formerly of
Grand Ronde, died May 24
in the Salem Hospital.
He was born to Fremond
Francis and LaVerne May
Teter Bean at the Chemawa
Indian School in Salem. He
grew up in Grand Ronde
going to school and logging.
At the age of 20, he en-
tered the
U.S. Navy,
where he
served on
the USS
Chipola,
an oiler, based in Hawaii;
the USS Staten Island and
the USS Burton Island, both
based out of Seattle, both
icebreakers.
He was a mechanic on all
of the ships, serving from
1960 to 1966.
Following the service, he
continued to log. Frank
studied Automotive Repair
at Linn-Benton Community
College. He spent time in
Alaska fishing and cleaning
new construction project
sites. He spent some time in
Phoenix, Ariz.
On Sept. 22, 1996, he mar-
ried Billie Faie Wornell. They
moved to Gates in 2000.
For 30 plus years, Frank
worked in maintenance at
the Chemawa Indian
School, starting in 1989 and
retiring in 2010.
Frank enjoyed detailing,
working on and watching
cars. He rebuilt a 1965 Chevy
and an El Camino.
He enjoyed watching
NASCAR racing. He was a
proud member of the Con-
federated Tribes of Grand
Ronde and a past member
of the Eagle’s Lodge.
Wife, Billie and brother,
Thomas died before he did.
Survived by his mother,
LaVerne Hosford, of Grand
Ronde; daughters, Sandra
Stone, of Beaverton, and Ka-
trina Bean, of Salem; sons,
Brian Bean, of Happy Valley,
Randy Bean, of Willamina,
and Timothy Anderson, of
Turner; stepsons, Gerald
Colyer, of Albany, and An-
drew Colyer, of Salem; step-
daughters, Pamela Kilmur-
ray, of Woodburn, Michele
Thomas, of Salem, and
Debra Williams, of Dundee;
18 grandchildren; 20 great-
grandchildren; one great-
great-grandchild; and sis-
ters, Donna Stronach, Ellen
Fischer, Linda Olson and
Joyce Kirk, all of Grand
Ronde.
Funeral ser vices will
begin at 11 a.m. on Friday in
the Grand Ronde Tribal
Cemetery Chapel.
Interment with military
honors will be in the Grand
Ronde Tribal Cemetery. The
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments.
To leave an online tribute:
www.dallastribute.com.
Myra Bernadine
Edwards
They lived in the Pedee
area growing grain until
1962, and then they started
raising sheep in 1963.
After Glen died in 1973,
Bernadine moved to Mon-
mouth and started working
at the Oregon College of Ed-
ucation (now Western Ore-
gon University) in 1976 in
the Dorm Food Service Cen-
ter. She retired from the col-
lege and moved to Dallas.
She loved flower garden-
ing, collecting rocks, camp-
ing and fishing. She was a
life member of the Order of
the Eastern Star and served
many years as Worthy Ma-
tron.
Survived by children,
Ronald R. (Zelma) Edwards,
of Dallas, Jodel “Jo” (G.I.)
Wilson, of Keizer, and Mer-
rilee Edwards, of Scottsdale,
Ariz.; four grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren;
and sister, Jean Behrends, of
Vancouver, Wash.
She was preceded in
death by nine siblings.
Services were held. Inter-
ment was in the Edwards
Cemetery in Pedee.
To leave an online tribute:
www.dallastribute.com.
March 23, 1923 – May 29, 2016
Myra Bernadine Edwards,
93, of Dallas, died May 29 in
the Dallas Retirement Vil-
lage.
She was
born to
William
Ray and
Margaret
Amelia
Henr ietta
Stolk Jones
in Lewisville. Bernadine
grew up in the Pedee area.
She was a member of the
Monmouth High School
graduating class of 1940.
She worked in the hop
fields where she met her
husband to be. On March
27, 1942, she married Otto
“Glen” Edwards in Vancou-
ver, Wash.
Joyful Sound Hearing
David Westly
Gardner
Jan. 26, 1952 – May 8, 2016
David Westly Gardner, 64,
of Angier, N.C., died on May
8.
He was the son of Kather-
ine Andrus,
of Dallas.
He was
born in
Santa Rosa,
Calif.
David
joined the
Marines
after high
school. He
spent four
years as an
aircraft
mechanic.
Afterward, he studied elec-
tronics and worked in the
computer field.
His job took him to North
Carolina.
David developed cancer
and died of pneumonia.
Survived by his mother,
Kay Andrus, of Dallas; sister,
Jamie Esquer, of Dallas, and
brother, Jeffery Gardner, of
Oklahoma.
Verna Mae Bartok
Nov. 17, 1923 – June 3, 2016
Verna Mae Bartok, 92, a
resident of Kentucky and
formerly of Dallas, died Fri-
day.
She was born in
Pierceville, Kansas.
A graveside service will
begin at 1 p.m. on Thursday
in the Dallas Cemetery. The
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments.
To leave an online tribute:
www.dallastrbute.com.
Obituary
Information
Obituary information must
be submitted by 4 p.m. on
the Monday before publica-
tion to be included in the
newspaper.
Most funeral homes handle
obituary information and pro-
vide it to the Itemizer-Observ-
er.
However, information can
also be submitted directly
from family members.
Color and black-and-white
photos can be submitted, but
photos will only be published
in black and white.
The Itemizer-Observer uses a
flag logo in the obituaries of
people who served in the
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-Observer, 147 SE
Court St., Dallas, OR 97338, or
emailed to ionews-
@polkio.com.
For more information: Emily
Mentzer, 503-623-2373.
312 Main Street • Dallas
• Hearing Testing
• Hearing Aids
• Service
Call today for your
FREE Consultation
Mark Sturtevant
503-623-0290
Personally involved
and invested in the
Dallas community
Herschel Edwin Greenwade
July 29, 1931 - May 26, 2016
Welcoming new patients.
Most insurance health plans accepted. Also a Moda preferred provider.
Herschel Greenwade was
born at home near Whitney,
Texas on July 31, 1931 to
Jesse Lee Greenwade and
Vera Lee Johnson, the
youngest of three boys. At
the age of seven, his family
moved to West Salem, even-
tually settling in the Dallas,
OR area. Herschel gradu-
ated from Dallas High
School where he met and
married his high school sweetheart, Betty Craven. Together
they had three children, Melanie, Sally and Justin and enjoyed
27 wonderful years together. Herschel joined the National
Guard and was stationed in Fort Lewis, WA. He was a de-
voted WWII historian and enjoyed numerous trips with fam-
ily to Maui and Prineville Reservoir where he boated, water
skied and enjoyed his Meyers rum and coke. In 1982 Herschel
married Carolyn Paulsen at Napili Beach, Maui and became
a loving stepfather to her children Kristina and Dennis. They
eventually moved to a small acreage in Spring Valley and
loved to spend time with their three granddaughters, Mikaela,
Danielle and Chloe who played in the fields and barn with
the cows and llamas. Herschel and Carolyn were married for
30 years and remained close friends. Herschel was preceded
in death by his parents and two brothers, Loyd and Alton.
He is survived by his children, Melanie Bradley, Sally Crow
and Justin Greenwade and granddaughter, Mikaela Greenwade
and his stepchildren, Kristina (Jeff) Barbknecht, Dennis
(Betty) Paulsen and grandchildren Dani (Cody) Miller and
Chloe Barbknecht. There will be a celebration of life sched-
uled at a later date. Aloha Oe — Farewell to you, one fond
embrace, until we meet again... Arrangements entrusted to
Weddle Funeral Services.
Memory of Me
~ Polk County’s ONLY Family Owned Funeral Homes ~
I’d like the memory of me
To be a happy one,
I’d like to leave an afterglow
Of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo
Whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times,
And bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve
to dry before the sun,
With all the happy memories
That I leave when life is done.