Polk County News
6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • October 25, 2017
OBITUARIES
Virgil L. Carlson
Oct. 28, 1927 – Oct. 15, 2017
Virgil L. Carlson, of Siletz,
died Oct. 15, 2017, at the age
of 89.
He was born in Alliance,
Neb., on Oct. 28, 1927, to
Eric and Etta (Simpson)
Carlson. He married Barbara
Coslet in 1948; she died in
1995. They had two daugh-
ters; Dianna (Gordy) Gor-
don, of Mesquite, Nev., and
Suzan (Bill) Elliott, of Dallas.
Virgil is predeceased by
his wife and grandsons;
Steven Fink Jr., Danny Gor-
don, and son-in-law Steven
Fink Sr.
He is survived by his
daughters; six grandchil-
dren; 15 great-grandchildren
and five great-great-grand-
children. Contributions can
be made to any veterans or-
ganization in his memory.
There will be no service as
per his request. Dallas Mor-
tuary Tribute Center is car-
ing for the family.
To share an online condo-
lence; go to: www.dallastrib-
ute.com.
Wanda Ortman
March 25, 1921 – Oct. 10, 2017
Wanda Ortman, 96, died
on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
She is survived by sons
John (Lori), of El Sobrante,
Calif., and Bob (Peggy) of
Dallas; daughter-in-law
Gisela Burk, of Pinole, Calif.;
and two grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by
her husband Fred and
grandson Aaron.
A memorial service will
begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday,
Nov. 4 in the Dallas Retire-
ment Village Chapel. Private
interment will be in the Bel-
crest Memorial Park in Salem.
Memorials are suggested to
Weekday School of the Bible
or Child Evangelism in care of
the Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center at 287 SW Washington
St. Dallas, OR 97338.
www.dallastribute.com. For a
full obituary, see the Nov. 1
Itemizer-Observer.
Nick Martens
Oct. 9, 1918 – Oct. 17, 2017
Nick (Nicholus) Martens
passed away Oct. 17, 2017 at
99 years of age.
A resident of Dallas since
1936, Nick lived his last nine
years at the Dallas Retire-
ment Village where he passed
peacefully in his sleep.
Nick was born Oct. 9, 1918
at the family home near
Frazer, Mont. to Jakob and
Sara (Toews) Martens. On
June 25, 1905 his parents im-
migrated to the United States
from Russia passing through
Ellis Island, New York.
Nick’s experiences on the
family homestead farm
made for endless, fascinating
stories of that life. His educa-
tion took place in one room
schools, Sunday School, and
vacation bible school. Nick
was a carpenter and worked
on nearly 100 bridges.
The key turning point in
Nick’s life occurred in Mon-
tana. While out searching for
the cows at milking time one
summer day at about age
fourteen, Nick reined in his
horse, got down on his
knees in the prairie dust,
confessed his sins and re-
ceived Jesus Christ as his
personal savior.
In 1936, his family moved
to Dallas where they joined
a large community of rela-
tives and entered into the
fellowship of the Mennonite
Brethren Church. On May
25, 1942, Nick took Lydia
Ester Wiebe as his wife.
Their marriage extended
just eight days short of 70
years.
Nick and Lydia made
many trips back to Montana
to visit relatives and revisit
the places where so many
m e m o r i e s w e re m a d e.
Grandpa Nick and Grandma
Lydia took each grandson to
Montana after their eighth
birthday to introduce them
to places of family heritage.
Nick is survived by son
Steve and his wife Kathy of
Redding, Calif.; grandson
John, his wife, Megan, and
their children Addison and
Dresden of Redding; John’s
son Case of Eureka, Calif.;
grandson Peter of Myrtle
Creek, and many loved
nieces and nephews.
Nick was predeceased by
his wife Lydia (May 14,
2012); and 12 brothers and
three sisters.
A memorial worship serv-
ice will be held Saturday,
Oct. 28, at 1 p.m. at Dallas
Mortuary Tribute Center,
287 SW Washington St., Dal-
las. Interment will be at Salt
Creek Cemetery.
To share an online con-
dolence, go to: www.dallas-
tribute.com
Dorothea “Dot”
Emilie Mayer Ames
Dec. 9, 1926 – Oct. 17, 2017
Salem
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Dorothea “Dot” Emilie
Mayer Ames, 90, a resident
of Dallas died Thursday, Oct.
19, 2017.
She was born on Dec. 9,
1926 in Eastern Township of
Ottertail County, Minn. to
Adolf and Ida Mayer.
After WWII ended, Dot
married Homer C. Ames and
had two sons, Gary and
Keith. The Ames moved west
and settled
in Dallas,
where a
daughter
Connie,
and son
Melvin
were born.
H o m e r
and Dot were married on
April 1, 1946 and were mar-
ried 50 years when Homer
died. Dot worked as a cook
around Polk County, mainly
for the Blue Garden Restau-
rants in Dallas and Mon-
mouth.
Dot was involved with
church activities, cooking,
canning, baking and quilt
making until a massive
stroke 17 years ago.
She is survived by her
sons Gary (Jenny) of Kileen,
Texas, Keith (Vickie) of Dal-
las; daughter Connie Smith
of Salem; sisters Hertha
Quinn of Garfield, Minn.
and Darlene Burbee of
Union Gap, Wash.; brother
Marvin Mayer of Fridley,
Minn., along with 10 grand-
children, 17 great-grandchil-
dren and two great-great-
grandchildren. She was pre-
ceded in death by her hus-
band Homer, son Mel and
her parents.
Viewing will be from 2 to
8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25
with service starting at 11
a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26,
both in the Dallas Mortuary
Tribute Center.
Private interment will be
in the Dallas Cemetery:
www.dallastribute.com
James Edward
“Jim” Potter Jr.
Sept. 21, 1950 – Oct. 20, 2017
James Edward “Jim” Pot-
ter Jr., a resident of Dallas,
died on Friday. Jim was born
on Sept. 21, 1950 in Broken
Arrow, Okla., the son of
James and Hazel Potter.
He is survived by his
mother, Hazel Potter of Dal-
las, sister, Jackie Kroeker of
Dallas, nephew, Phil Kroek-
er, niece, Jennifer Scott of
Dallas.
He was preceded in death
by his father, James Edward
Potter Sr., in 1994, sister,
Joanne Potter in 2016, and
brother-in-law, Mike Kroek-
er on Sept. 25, 2017.
The family will honor his
memory privately. Dallas
Mortuary Tribute Center is
caring for the family.
James Vernon
Price
Dec. 8, 1930 – Oct. 10, 2017
James Vernon Price, 86, a
resident of Dallas, died
peacefully and in comfort of
the Dallas Retirement Vil-
lage Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.
He was born on Dec. 8,
1930 in Cherokee, Okla., the
son of Joseph Vernon and
Margaret Leola Busha Price.
He gradu-
ated from
Oklahoma
City Capi-
tol Hill
H i g h
S c h o o l
class of
1 9 4 8 ,
where he
played in
the CHHS
Ma rc h i n g
B a n d .
James at-
tended the University of
Oklahoma until his draft
number came up during the
Korean War, when he enlist-
ed in the U.S. Navy. He
worked for the Oklahoma
Publishing Company, Okla-
homan & Times Newspaper,
beginning at age 13 deliver-
ing the paper.
He also worked for the
Oklahoma City Fire Depart-
ment and the Federal Avia-
tion Administration. He
worked for the FAA in Okla-
homa, California, Frankfurt,
Germany and in Anchorage,
Alaska from 1968 until his
retirement. He was four
months shy of working 50
years with the federal gov-
ernment.
He is survived by his wife
of 66 years, Jean Price, of
Dallas; daughter Sheila N.
(Dr. Charles) Rightmer of
Salem; son Travis D. Price of
Eagle River, Alaska; four
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren. Also surviv-
ing are brothers Donald D.
(Helen) Price of Purcell,
Okla. and Sam T. (Pat) Price
of Oklahoma City, Okla. He
was preceded in death by a
son, Dustin James Price, two
sisters Maxine Grider and
Elizabeth Arnold and a
daughter-in-law, Lee Price.
A service of remembrance
will begin at 11 a.m. Satur-
day, Oct. 28 in the Dallas Re-
tirement Village Chapel.
Private interment will be
in the Sunny Lane Cemetery
in Oklahoma City, Okla. Me-
morial contributions are
suggested to the DRV Foun-
dation in care of the Dallas
Mortuary Tribute Center at
287 SW Washington St. Dal-
las, Oregon 97338, who is
c a r i n g f o r t h e f a m i l y.
www.dallastribute.com
Timothy Alexander
Elizondo
Aug. 4, 1985 – Oct. 7, 2017
Timothy Alexander Eli-
zondo of Dallas, Oregon
died Oct. 7, 2017 in Lincoln
City at the age of 32.
To be obsessed is to be mis-
understood and what some
saw as an irrational preoccu-
pation with
his craft, we
saw as the
defining
difference
between
average and
unforget-
table. Tim’s
passion was fishing and living
life to the fullest.
He was born in Nampa,
Idaho on Aug. 4, 1985, the
first of three children to Jesse
and Judy (Carbajal) Elizondo
and following would be sis-
ters Michelle and Tiffany.
Tim was a free-spirited kid
and was able to run the
streets of Weiser. Although
rambunctious, Tim had a
gentle heart. His energy and
charisma was contagious to
anyone he surrounded.
In Tim’s early childhood,
his mother met “Big Tim”
(aka Pops) expanding their
family with more sisters;
Stephanie, Sara and Susan.
One of his great influences
was his beloved grandmoth-
er Guadalupe Carbajal who
had a heart of gold and
passed that on to Tim. An-
other major influence that
shaped Tim’s life was his
Pops. As a young boy, Tim
developed a passion and
love for fishing and the out-
doors. In his teenage years,
the family moved to Nampa,
where Tim began his hobby
of BMX riding. He would
travel to different states to
ride and ended that era with
several awards and trophies,
and as he would explain to
his own kids later in life: “It
was so big! It was as tall as
me!”
Tim built friendships with
many, and loyalty was im-
portant to him. After high
school, these traits and
morals carried on and led
Tim to his wife and best
friend, Amanda Imeson, and
after eight years they mar-
ried on July 5, 2012. Tim took
on the role of becoming a fa-
ther to Amanda’s son, Alex,
and daughter, Arrianna, and
years later, after moving to
Salem, had a son, Adrian.
Tim was a loving father
and would always create spe-
cial surroundings that were
filled with fun and laughter.
As adventures began here in
Oregon, Tim got hired on at
Ore Pac and he became very
fond of Dallas. He loved his
job and his passion for fish-
ing began to flourish.
Tim bought his first drift
boat and he was in love! He
began taking it out on the
river fishing right away. His
love of fishing was mostly
for salmon and he was
known as “The Salmon Slay-
er.” He became so good at
salmon fishing that he had
to buy a second freezer.
When Tim was out on the
river, he made many new
friends and would always
have them out on the boat.
He was hardcore and dedi-
cated to the sport, so much
so that he would spend days
after work just prepping his
boat and gear and some-
times he would sleep at the
boat launch or even in his
boat to get the best spot,
many times waking up at 3
a.m. just to get those fish.
Tim loved fishing, but he
also loved his family, he was
a dedicated family man. He
was always surprising his
wife with trips or concerts
on anniversaries and birth-
days and would go out of his
way to make sure his kids
had whatever they needed.
He would always take the
family to do fun outdoor
things on the weekends and
even take the kids to the
park after work to help them
prepare for sports they were
involved in.
Tim loved his family so
much and always made an
effort to stay in contact with
everyone because it was
what mattered most to him.
He also loved his friends
Jeramie, Lance, James, Jeff
and Mike and would always
talk about how much fun
they all had. Tim was a loving
husband, father, son, brother
and friend and he was taken
way too soon, but we will
cherish him and the time we
had and never forget him.
Services were held. Dallas
Mortuary Tribute Center is
caring for the family. To
share an online condolence:
www.dallastribute.com.
Vivian Dyck
Schellenberg
April 3, 1923 – Oct. 22, 2017
Vivian Dyck Schellenberg,
a resident of Dallas died on
Sunday, Oct. 22 in Salem.
She was born on April 3,
1923 in Dallas, the daughter
of Isaak and Adaline
Hiebenthal Dyck.
Vivian attended Zion
Mennonite Church, which
was started by her grandfa-
ther Isaak Dyck sr. on their
family farm.
She graduated from Dal-
las High School in 1941. She
met her
husband
Aron “Ed”
Schellen-
berg when
he came to
work for
Vivian’s fa-
ther in
1934, when she was 12 and
he was 16.
Vivian married Eddie
Schellenberg on June 18,
1941 in the Grace Mennon-
ite Church on Jefferson
Street. The church later
moved and built a new
church building located on
East Ellendale.
Vivian accepted the Lord
as her savior as a teenager
and was an active member at
Grace Mennonite/Commu-
nity church. Vivian sang in
the church choir. She taught
children’s Sunday school and
was the superintendent of
the junior department.
She also was a member of
the Priscilla sewing circle. Vi-
vian taught child evangelism
classes and was active in the
Gideon Women’s auxiliary. Vi-
vian was a church youth
camp cook for many years
and was responsible for
many church social activities.
During grain harvest she
cooked delicious dinners
and took them out to the
field and they ate in the
shade of the combine.
Vivian was a rural mail
carrier starting in 1967. She
carried the mail for many
years until she retired. Vi-
vian and Aron farmed with
their sons, Donlee and Ken-
neth Schellenberg and son-
in-law, Larry Green known
as “Schellenberg Farms”,
growing prunes operating
the dehydrator, growing
grains and raising various
livestock.
Vivian loved working in
her flower beds and grew a
large garden to feed her
family.
She is survived by her
children, Donlee ( Judy)
S c h e l l e n b e r g , Na D e a n
(Stan) Schmidt, DeAnn
Green, Beverly (Len) Staple-
ton, all of Dallas, Marilyn
(Joe) Rouswel, of Willow,
Alaska, Kenneth (Lori)
Schellenberg of Wasilla,
Alaska , along with 13 grand-
children, 20 great grandchil-
dren and four great great
grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by husband, Aron on
Jan. 17, 2006, son in law,
Larry Green on Sept. 6, 2017
and granddaughter, Ronna
Wilson.
Funeral Services will be
on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 11
a.m. at Grace Community
Church in Dallas. Visitation
will be on Wednesday from 4
to 7 p.m. at the Dallas Mor-
tuary Tribute Center. Inter-
ment will be in Salt Creek
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to the Gideon’s in care of
Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center who is caring for the
family.
Bryce Rautio
Aug. 28, 1989 – Oct. 20, 2017
A memorial service will be
held at 4 p.m. on Saturday,
at First Baptist Church in
Dallas.
Viewing will be on Thurs-
day and Friday from 1 to 5
p.m. at Dallas Mortuary
Tribute Center, who is caring
for the family. To share an
online condolence:
www.dallastribute.com.
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