T h e IN D E P E N D E N T , J u n e 7, 2 0 0 0
O b itu ary
P a g e 19
(Mora obituaries on page 21)
up in Cornelius, and graduated from
Forest Grove High School.
He served three terms in the Civil
ian Conservation Corps and was a pilot
in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1936
until 1940, when he received a medical
discharge.
PHILLIP A. WESSELS
Phillip Alfred Wessels, 85, Forest
Grove, died May 26, 2000. No public
services will be held.
Mr. Wessels was born July 18,
1914, in Seattle, Wash., to Louis J. and
Josephine (Leasia) Wessels. He grew
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Mr. Wessels worked for the Port
land Police Department until 1944,
when he joined the Forest Grove Po
lice Department until retiring in 1974.
He served as president of the Inter
national Foot-Printers and was a mem
ber of Portland Elks Lodge 142, and
the Forest Grove Wood Carvers and
Gem Club, as well as being an active
participant in the Cornelius City Coun
cil and the Cornelius Historical Society.
Mr. Wessels was preceded in death
by a granddaughter, Kathy Haag, and
a brother, Perry.
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MELVIN GLEN' HIEBER
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at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Salem.
Disposition was by cremation.
Judge Melvin “Glen” Hieber was
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The family moved to Vernonia when
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He married Dorothy Challacombe
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After WWII, he moved back to Hills
boro. He was appointed deputy district
attorney for G. Russell Morgan. Then
was appointed the first district judge in
Washington County in 1951. In 1955,
he was appointed circuit court judge for
Washington County by Governor Paul
Patterson, retiring in December, 1976.
In 1977, he became a senior judge and
also served as a pro tern circuit court
judge in several counties in Oregon.
Additionally, he became an arbitrator
and taught in Judge's College in Uni
versity of Nevada in Reno.
Judge Hieber was a member of Fri
ars Honorary Society and ATO Frater
nity, VFW Post #2666, Masonic Lodge
- Tuality Lodge #6, a charter member
of the Lions Club, Washington County
Bar, Oregon State Bar, University of
Oregon Alumni Association. He was a
former member of Forest Hills Golf
Club, West Hills Racket Club, Chair
man for Hillsboro Library Board and
Washington County Historical Society.
He attended All Saints Episcopal and
St. Bartholomews Church.
Survivors include his wife; daugh
ters, Glenda Blanchard of Salem and
Julia Mewhinney of Hillsboro; a broth
er, Gordon of Salem; four grandchil
dren.
Remembrances are suggested to
the Oregon School of the Blind.
Survivors include his wife; two
daughters, Phyllis Palmer of Portland,
and Sandy Kalsch of Hillsboro; six
grandchildren; two great-grandchil
dren; one sister, Goldie Kadow of Van
couver, Wash.
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