Polk County News
10A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 31, 2016
OBITUARIES
Jarvis Daniel
Brandt
Nov. 12, 1948 – Aug. 22, 2016
Jarvis Daniel Brandt, 68,
of Dallas, died Aug. 22.
He was born in Saginaw,
Mich., to Alfred Daniel and
June Cecelia Glazier Brandt.
He graduated from Crescent
City High
School in
1966. In
January of
1967, he
enlisted in
the United
S t a t e s
Navy and
ser ved
until Janu-
ary
of
1973. For
most of his
working
years, he drove long-haul
truck for Warner Enterprises.
Because of ill health, he re-
tired from the road. Jarvis
loved to fish at Detroit Lake
and Sheridan Pond or wher-
ever the fish were biting.
Even though he didn’t eat
fish, he would smoke it or
give it away fresh for others
to enjoy. He was good at
Traeger Grilling and enjoyed
reading.
He is survived by his sig-
nificant other, Sharon Land;
children, Michael Brandt,
Da v i d Bra n d t , A l l y s o n
Brandt and Emily Birkey;
two grandchildren; and sis-
ter, Marshann Burnett.
Private family services will
be held. The Dallas Mortu-
ary Tribute Center handled
arrangements. To leave an
online tribute: www.dallas-
tribute.com.
Jean Marie
(Hatfield) Hiebert
Feb. 25, 1928 – Aug. 16, 2016
Jean Marie (Hatfield)
Hiebert, 88, of Dallas, died
Aug. 16.
She was born in Boise,
Idaho, to Ethel and Earl Hat-
field.
She was
raised in
Roseburg
and Salem.
She gradu-
ated Salem
H i g h
School.
She played
multiple sports and was very
active in youth ministry and
church group activities.
Jean taught Bible studies,
served thousands of meals
to college students, organ-
ized Christian literature
publishing and missionary
organizations information
as a free service to others,
led many prayer meetings
with women’s groups, made
homemade clothes, blan-
kets and toys for her chil-
dren and grandchildren, and
served in countless ways to
many friends and neighbors.
Her passion was evangel-
ism and world missions, es-
pecially to China. She loved
flowers and gardening.
In 1950, she graduated
from Biola University of
LaMirada, Calif.
She was married to Elmer
Hiebert, of Dallas, in the
summer of 1950.
Together, they established
Salem Heights Church,
which still operates today. In
1960, they moved to Pull-
man, Wash., to plant a
church.
Elmer was the pastor at
Bethany Bible Church for six
years, and Jean organized
and ran the Sunday school
program and neighborhood
women’s Bible study.
In 1968, they helped start
nonprofit Christian book-
stores in Pullman at Wash-
ington State University, and
in Moscow, Idaho, near the
University of Idaho. Jean
and Elmer also started the
Community Evangelical
Free Church in Pullman,
which still operates today.
Jean was active in Child
Eva n g e l i s m Fe l l ow s h i p
telling Bible stories to many
children as well as leading
Bible studies for women
groups in her community.
In 1973, Elmer and Jean
moved to Tempe, Ariz.,
where they started another
nonprofit bookstore for col-
lege students at Arizona State
University called Quo Vadis
(Quo Vadis is Latin for
“which way are you going?”).
Jean and Elmer both also
worked for International
Students Incorporated (ISI)
on the ASU campus.
In 2006, they moved back
to Dallas, and were involved
with the International Stu-
dent Club in Monmouth, at
Western Oregon State Uni-
versity.
Survived by children, Ken,
of Bellingham Wash., Carol
Sapanaro, of Ft. Hills, Ariz.,
Steve, of Grangeville, Idaho,
Don, of Issaquah, Wash.,
and Paul, of Goldendale; 11
grandchildren; and six great-
grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by sisters Mary Vir-
ginia Cooley and Helen
Sharpnack; and husband
Elmer.
Graveside services will
begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday,
Aug. 27, in the Dallas Ceme-
tery.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments.
To leave an online tribute:
www.dallastribute.com.
Beatrice Eleanor
Balance
Feb. 19, 1932 – Aug. 21, 2016
Beatrice Eleanor Balance,
84, of Independence, died
Aug. 21.
She was born in Portland
to Clarence and Clara Ann
Rogers Ledbeter.
A graveside service will
begin at 10 a.m. on Thurs-
day, Sept. 1, in the Dallas
Cemetery.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments.
Michael Lee
Sullivan
May 18, 1956 – Aug. 28, 2016
Michael Lee Sullivan, 60,
of Dallas, died at his home
Aug. 28.
He was born in Phoenix,
Ariz.
Viewing will be from 5 to
7 p. m . o n We d n e s d a y
(today), in the Dallas Mortu-
ary Tribute Center. Private
family interment will take
place. Contributions can be
sent to the mortuary for his
wife Karen.
To leave an online tribute:
www.dallastribute.com.
Eva May Ward
Jan. 29, 1940 – Aug. 24, 2016
Eva May Ward, 76, of Dal-
las, died Aug. 24.
She was born in Pierre,
S.D., to Virgil and Gladys
(Collins) Anderson.
She became a seamstress
and worked for various
clothing
and sports
apparel
compa-
nies, in-
cluding
JansSport.
W h e n
she wasn’t
working and after retire-
ment, Eva enjoyed dancing,
crocheting, reading, her
frogs and spending time
with her grandchildren and
great grandchildren.
Survived by daughter,
Teddi McReynolds (Nick);
sisters, Virginia Martin, Alice
Beauchamp, April Ayala,
Katheryn Carey and Lexie
Baughman; brothers, Cal
and Jack Anderson; four
grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
A private service will be
held. Dallas Mortuary Trib-
ute Center handled arrange-
ments.
To send an online tribute:
www.dallastribute.com.
Shasta Robert
Daulton
1943 – Aug. 23, 2016
Shasta Rober t “Bob”
Daulton, of Salem, died on
Aug. 23 in the Salem Hospi-
tal.
Bob was born in Los An-
geles. He married Sandy in
March of 1966. They made
their home and raised their
children in Oregon, where
Bob worked in the heating
and air
condition-
ing field.
He and
Sandy re-
turned to
California,
where he
worked as
a plumbing and heating in-
spector for the city of San
Jose for many years. After re-
tirement, they returned to
Oregon.
Bob was a man of few
words but he possessed a
large heart.
He was preceded in death
by wife, Sandra; son, Kevin;
and brothers, Glenn and
Thomas.
Bob is survived by his sig-
nificant other, Carol Gra-
ham; sister, Mary; sons,
Mike and Troy; six grand-
children; three great-grand-
children; and extended fam-
ily.
A memorial will be held at
2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3,
at the Salem Square Dance
Center 3695 45th Ave. NE.
The Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments.
To leave an online tribute:
www.dallastribute.com.
Jerry Mennis
July 4, 1942 – Aug. 24, 2016
Jerry Paul Mennis, 74, for-
merly of Dallas, died unex-
pectedly and peacefully at
St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig
Harbor, Wash., on Aug. 24.
Jerry was born in Salem to
Paul and Evelyn Mennis.
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Jerr y attended grade
school and high school in
Dallas, graduating from Dal-
las High in 1960.
He attended Oregon Col-
lege of Ed-
ucation
( We s t e r n
Oregon
Un i v e r s i -
ty), and the
University
of Oregon
before en-
listing in
the Army
National
Guard.
J e r r y
met Sheryl
Oliver in 1982 in Eugene.
They married May 6, 1989.
They Lived in Eugene,
Salem, and Scottsdale, Ariz.,
before settling in Gig Har-
bor.
Jerry loved exotic
Caribbean vacations, warm
sandy beaches, a cold beer,
watching the sun go down,
not a worry in the world.
His passion was sailing,
owning four sailboats and
sailing on Fern Ridge Lake
every summer. He also en-
joyed golfing, Duck football
games, his family and his
dog Molly.
Jerry enjoyed sales, espe-
cially his real estate career
with Windermere in Dallas
for about 10 years.
After retiring from Win-
dermere in 2010, Jerry and
Sheryl moved to Scottsdale.
Jerry started driving tour
buses.
Jerry suffered his first of
two strokes in 2013 while liv-
ing in Scottsdale, so he
moved to Washington to be
near family.
Jerry is survived and loved
by his wife of 34 years, Sh-
eryl; sons, Jim Mennis, of
Everett, Wash., and Darin, of
Hawaii; stepchildren, Tami
Cline Stuart, of Bremerton,
Wash., and Brandon Cline,
of Seattle; and three grand-
children.
The family will hold a pri-
vate memorial.
James Wesley
Allison
July 25, 1922 – Aug. 27, 2016
James Wesley Allison, 94,
of Dallas, died Aug. 27.
Jim was
born in
Galesburg,
Ill., to Ray-
mond A.
Allison and
Ruth M.
Dunsworth
Allison.
The Alli-
son family
moved to
Oregon in
1923, set-
tling in
Hillsboro. Jim graduated
from McMinnville High
School in 1940, and from
Oregon State University in
1961.
After completing one year
at Oregon State, Jim enlisted
as a private in the U.S. Army
and served during World
War II in the South Pacific.
He returned to Oregon
State to earn a degree in ed-
ucation and a commission
as a second lieutenant, and
then returned to active duty
in the Army.
He retired as a lieutenant
colonel on Sept. 30, 1971.
During his military career he
lived in 10 different states
and seven different foreign
countries.
He was employed by Pa-
cific Reflex Signs, a family-
owned silk screen manufac-
turing business, in McMin-
nville, from 1971 to 1984,
when he again retired.
Jim married Lola Mae
Travis in December 1945.
They had three sons. Lola
Mae died of cancer in 1967.
In September 1974, he mar-
ried Dorothy J. Harris.
He was preceded in death
by his eldest son, Tom in
1965; his first wife, Lola Mae
Travis in 1967; and by his
four brothers.
Survivors include his wife;
sons, William T., of Florida,
and Daniel R., of China;
stepdaughter, Sandra L. Har-
ris, of Dallas; stepson, W.
Scott Harris, of Dallas; nine
grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
At the family’s request, no
services will be held.
To leave an online tribute:
www.dallastribute.com.
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center handled arrange-
ments.
‘Bud’ Oscar Paul
Siemiller
June 18, 1954 – Aug. 24, 2016
“Bud” Oscar Paul
Siemiller, 62, of Dallas, died
Aug. 24.
He was born in Dallas to
Oscar A. and Cora E. Baley
Siemiller.
He grew up in Dallas and
graduated from Dallas High
School. He worked for the
Russell’s Landscape busi-
ness. He loved being out-
doors hunting, fishing and
gathering mushrooms.
He is survived by daugh-
ter, Tina (Josh) Breeden, of
Dallas; son, Joe (Amanda)
Siemiller, of Monmouth; sib-
lings, Rocky Siemiller, of
Dallas, Judy (Gary) Smith, of
Falls City, Dennis (Evelyn)
Siemiller, of Salem, Rose
(Claude) Vincent, of Falls
City, Betty (Lenny) Dato, of
Falls City, and Debi (George)
Zeitner, of Falls City; and
seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in death
by sisters Mary Newton and
Marsha Barnhart.
Private family services
were held. Dallas Mortuary
Tribute Center handled
arrangements. To leave an
online tribute: www.dallas-
tribute.com.
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