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Frank L. Butler
March 8, 1918 - Sept. 25, 2003
Frank L. Butler of Salem died on Sept. 25. He was 85.
He was born to Randolph and Zella Dryer Butler on the family farm near Falls City.
The family later moved to Dallas where he graduated from high school in 1935.
He worked as a planer for the Cobbs and Mitchell Lumber Company in Valsetz for three years.
He married Erlene A. Josi in Portland on Sept. 7, 1943.
During World War II he served in the U.S. Army.
In 1949 he graduated from Oregon State College with a degree in business administration.
They moved from Corvallis to Salem where he worked as a tax auditor for the Oregon Department of Revenue for 30 years until his retirement in 1979.
He was a member of the Salem Evangelical Church. He was also a member of the Polk County Historical Society.
He enjoyed helping the church with their accounting records, compiling history and doing crossword puzzles.
Survivors include his wife, Erlene A. Butler of Salem; sons, Arthur A. Butler of Salem, Philip N. Butler of Falls City and Leroy W. Butler of Pendleton; daughter, Francene A. Dezellem of Gresham; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held Sept. 30 at Salem Evangelical Church and intermenty was at Belcrest Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made to the church.
Howell-Edward-Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
Dorothy Bertina Woodin Watson
April 28, 1922 - Sept. 23, 2003
Dorothy Bertina Woodin Watson of Albany died on Sept. 23 in Albany. She was 81.
She was born to Thomas Earl and Viola May Thompson Woodin in Withrow, Wash.
The family lived in Athol, Idaho where she graduated from high school. In high School she loved to play basketball.
She met Norris Halden in Plummer, Idaho at a grange dance and they were married in 1941 in Big Sandy, Mont., and then moved to Kalispell, Mont. They divorced in 1956.
She moved to Spokane, Wash., in 1960 and went to Spokane Community College and graduated from LPN Nursing School in 1964.
She worked at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane and several nursing homes until her retirement.
She married Jerry Watson in 1965 and lived in Washington, California and Oregon. He died in 1996.
She enjoyed bowling, cooking, canning, crocheting, embroidering pillowcases and hand quilting.
She was preceded in death by brothers, Jim, Hugh, Harold and Delbert; sisters, Elsie Mallory and Ethel Spath; half-brother, Clay; and half-sister, Velma Nixon.
Survivors include her six children, Karen Henderson of Deming, N.M., Daryl Halden of Napa, Idaho, Dennis Halden of Damascus, Dean Halden of Columbia Falls, Mont., Karla Ortegon of Lebanon and Duane Halden of Fairbanks, Alaska. best friend and companion, Carl Miller of Albany; 16 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Contributions may be made to the Linn County Society for Prevention and Cruelity to Animals (SPCA).
A celebration of her life was held Sept. 26 at Grand Prairie Park in Albany.
Farnstrom Mortuary in Independence handled the arrangements.
Randall "Randy" Arthur Inman
Jan. 19, 1959 - Sept. 2, 2003
Randall "Randy" Arthur Inman of Phoeniz, Ariz., died on Sept. 2 in Phoenix. He was 44.
He was born to Arthur and Barbara Inman in Dallas.
He was preceded in death by his father, Arthur Inman.
Surivors include his mother, Barbara Inman of Falls City; brothers, Rick Wade of Anchorage, Alaska, Dennis Wade of Hermiston, Ron Wade and Alan Wade, both of Dallas, and Doug Inman of Falls City.
Private family services were held.
Bertha June Harper
June 29, 1916 - Sept. 26, 2003
Bertha June Harper of Sheridan died Sept. 26. She was 87.
She was born in Gary, Indiana, the oldest of twelve children.
She married Ray Harper in 1934 in Yuba City, Calif.
They had a dream of owning their own farm and in 1959 they purchased their farm in Sheridan. They resided on the farm until Ray's death in 1999.
She was kind and happy and enjoyed being a homemaker. She was a wonderful baker and was famous for her great blackberry cobbler. She enjoyed growing flowers and gardening and was very strong in her faith.
She had resided in the Sheridan Care Center the last four years. She had made many friends, worked her word books and enjoyed all the activties, especially bingo.
Memorial services will be at 6:30 p.m., Friday Oct. 3 at the Jehovah's Witnesses Hall located on West Main Street in Sheridan.
Arrangements are under the direction of Bollman Funeral Home in Dallas.
Audrey Belle Kidd
June 1, 1917 - Sept. 27, 2003
Audrey Belle Kidd of Dallas died on Sept. 27. She was 86.
She was born to Robert and Clara Kidd in Paul, Idaho.
Private services were held.
Arrangements were handled by Dallas Mortuary Chapel.
Marie M. Parsegian
April 2, 1920 - Sept. 29, 2003
Marie M. Parsegian of Dallas, formerly of Independence, died on Sept. 29 in Dallas. She was 83.
She was born to Everette Sherman Case and Mary Annis Ray in Logan County, Kan.
She moved to Independence in the early 1930s. She had lived in Independence and Dallas.
On Sept. 19, 1936 she married Walter Johnson Parsegian in Vancouver, Wash.
They owned a berry and cherry farm in Dallas. She was also an Avon representative for many years.
She enjoyed flowers, working outside, gardening, quilting, crocheting and the beauty of the outdoors.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Parsegian; son, Patrick Parsegian; sister, Nellie Smith; and brothers, Alfred, Earl, Harry, Norman, William, and Maxson Case.
Survivors include her daughter, Carol Wright of Dallas; sisters, Clara Cunningham and Maxine Mersch, both of Independence and Viola Dunn of Monmouth; four grandsons; and six great-grandchildren.
Graveside inurnment will be at 2 p.m., Friday Oct. 3 at Hilltop Cemetery in Independence. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m., Wednesday Oct. 1 at Farnstrom Mortuary Chapel which is handling the arrangements.
