Silverton - Dorothy Olin Dahl (1926-2013), of Silverton, Oregon died on October 5, 2013. She was born in Crosby, North Dakota and grew up on a farm homesteaded by her parents.
Dorothy and her three sisters traveled half the year to their one-room schoolhouse on a homemade sleigh warmed by a potbelly stove, and their lunch was often a potato baked in the school’s wood fire. After graduating from high school, she and her older sister, Lorraine, headed to Portland to work in the WWII shipyards, and her family followed soon after. Dorothy was a jitterbug queen and always loved to sing and certainly to talk. At Oregon State University she met her future husband, Raymond Dahl, who was a career U.S. Air Force pilot. They followed military assignments across the country, raising five children in seven different locations, before they retired to Ray’s hometown of Silverton.
Known for her vivacious personality, generosity, optimism and snazzy dressing, Dorothy was always surrounded by crowds of friends and family at church, bridge group, PEO, and in her neighborhood. With her amazing memory and warm-hearted curiosity, she became the unofficial town historian. Once described as a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball, Dorothy will be missed by everyone who met her. Her deep faith in God provided her strength and joy throughout her life and it will continue to sustain her family and friends.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband and two sisters, and is survived by her children, Valorie Johnson, Karen Dahl-Darling, Kristine Dahl, Craig Dahl and Randy Dahl and eight grandchildren, Adam and Valorie Darling, Sam Johnson, Georgia and Ziggy Zacks, Jonas and Noah Dahl, Brady Dahl, and by her sister, Marjorie Mullen.
The memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on October 19th at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Silverton. A reception will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Seven Brides. Donations in her memory can be made to Silverton Hospital, Silverton Fox Foundation or Immanuel Lutheran Church. Comments may be left in the guest book at www.legacy.com. Arrangements by Unger Funeral Chapel, Silverton.
Dorothy and her three sisters traveled half the year to their one-room schoolhouse on a homemade sleigh warmed by a potbelly stove, and their lunch was often a potato baked in the school’s wood fire. After graduating from high school, she and her older sister, Lorraine, headed to Portland to work in the WWII shipyards, and her family followed soon after. Dorothy was a jitterbug queen and always loved to sing and certainly to talk. At Oregon State University she met her future husband, Raymond Dahl, who was a career U.S. Air Force pilot. They followed military assignments across the country, raising five children in seven different locations, before they retired to Ray’s hometown of Silverton.
Known for her vivacious personality, generosity, optimism and snazzy dressing, Dorothy was always surrounded by crowds of friends and family at church, bridge group, PEO, and in her neighborhood. With her amazing memory and warm-hearted curiosity, she became the unofficial town historian. Once described as a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball, Dorothy will be missed by everyone who met her. Her deep faith in God provided her strength and joy throughout her life and it will continue to sustain her family and friends.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband and two sisters, and is survived by her children, Valorie Johnson, Karen Dahl-Darling, Kristine Dahl, Craig Dahl and Randy Dahl and eight grandchildren, Adam and Valorie Darling, Sam Johnson, Georgia and Ziggy Zacks, Jonas and Noah Dahl, Brady Dahl, and by her sister, Marjorie Mullen.
The memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on October 19th at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Silverton. A reception will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Seven Brides. Donations in her memory can be made to Silverton Hospital, Silverton Fox Foundation or Immanuel Lutheran Church. Comments may be left in the guest book at www.legacy.com. Arrangements by Unger Funeral Chapel, Silverton.
Silverton - Dorothy Olin Dahl (1926-2013), of Silverton, Oregon died on October 5, 2013. She was born in Crosby, North Dakota and grew up on a farm homesteaded by her parents.
Dorothy and her three sisters traveled half the year to their one-room schoolhouse on a homemade sleigh warmed by a potbelly stove, and their lunch was often a potato baked in the school’s wood fire. After graduating from high school, she and her older sister, Lorraine, headed to Portland to work in the WWII shipyards, and her family followed soon after. Dorothy was a jitterbug queen and always loved to sing and certainly to talk. At Oregon State University she met her future husband, Raymond Dahl, who was a career U.S. Air Force pilot. They followed military assignments across the country, raising five children in seven different locations, before they retired to Ray’s hometown of Silverton.
Known for her vivacious personality, generosity, optimism and snazzy dressing, Dorothy was always surrounded by crowds of friends and family at church, bridge group, PEO, and in her neighborhood. With her amazing memory and warm-hearted curiosity, she became the unofficial town historian. Once described as a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball, Dorothy will be missed by everyone who met her. Her deep faith in God provided her strength and joy throughout her life and it will continue to sustain her family and friends.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband and two sisters, and is survived by her children, Valorie Johnson, Karen Dahl-Darling, Kristine Dahl, Craig Dahl and Randy Dahl and eight grandchildren, Adam and Valorie Darling, Sam Johnson, Georgia and Ziggy Zacks, Jonas and Noah Dahl, Brady Dahl, and by her sister, Marjorie Mullen.
The memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on October 19th at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Silverton. A reception will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Seven Brides. Donations in her memory can be made to Silverton Hospital, Silverton Fox Foundation or Immanuel Lutheran Church. Comments may be left in the guest book at www.legacy.com. Arrangements by Unger Funeral Chapel, Silverton.
Dorothy and her three sisters traveled half the year to their one-room schoolhouse on a homemade sleigh warmed by a potbelly stove, and their lunch was often a potato baked in the school’s wood fire. After graduating from high school, she and her older sister, Lorraine, headed to Portland to work in the WWII shipyards, and her family followed soon after. Dorothy was a jitterbug queen and always loved to sing and certainly to talk. At Oregon State University she met her future husband, Raymond Dahl, who was a career U.S. Air Force pilot. They followed military assignments across the country, raising five children in seven different locations, before they retired to Ray’s hometown of Silverton.
Known for her vivacious personality, generosity, optimism and snazzy dressing, Dorothy was always surrounded by crowds of friends and family at church, bridge group, PEO, and in her neighborhood. With her amazing memory and warm-hearted curiosity, she became the unofficial town historian. Once described as a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball, Dorothy will be missed by everyone who met her. Her deep faith in God provided her strength and joy throughout her life and it will continue to sustain her family and friends.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband and two sisters, and is survived by her children, Valorie Johnson, Karen Dahl-Darling, Kristine Dahl, Craig Dahl and Randy Dahl and eight grandchildren, Adam and Valorie Darling, Sam Johnson, Georgia and Ziggy Zacks, Jonas and Noah Dahl, Brady Dahl, and by her sister, Marjorie Mullen.
The memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on October 19th at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Silverton. A reception will follow at 4:00 p.m. at Seven Brides. Donations in her memory can be made to Silverton Hospital, Silverton Fox Foundation or Immanuel Lutheran Church. Comments may be left in the guest book at www.legacy.com. Arrangements by Unger Funeral Chapel, Silverton.
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