Wasco-Washington-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bisset, Ralph Rodick June 19, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, June 21, 2006
     Ralph Rodick Bisset, 96, a resident of The Dalles, died Monday, June 19, 
2006, at a care facility in Beaverton.

     He was born Dec. 4, 1909 in Dayville, to James and Mary (Klimanek) Bisset.

     He was raised outside of Dufur, attended a one room school house at Wolf 
Run and graduated high school at Columbia Prep in Portland. 

     He worked for wages from age 9. He worked for Dufur area farmers and 
orchards. During the depression he worked driving cattle truck from Dufur to 
Portland for $1 a day.

     He married Hazel Beymer on June 29, 1940 at Dufur Alphonso Catholic 
Church at 6 a.m. They lived in Rufus and Parkdale. When his brother Jack 
returned from the war, they purchased the Mint Tavern, then the “Turf” Tavern 
and the family resided in The Dalles.

     They were members of St. Peter Catholic Church in The Dalles. He loved 
watching his kids and grandkids participate in sports. He was generous with 
his time and labor, helping many friends and neighbors over the years. He was 
a man who was quick to give money and assistance to those in need. 

     He is survived by his wife, Hazel; his children and grandchildren, Judy 
Perdue, Portland; Annette Yeager, Portland; and Robbie Perdue, Vancouver, 
Wash.; Yvonne Jordan, Portland, and her son Michael Jordan; Donna Bisset, 
Portland; and Ben Balzer, Beaverton; Bill Balzer, Portland; Katie Howton, 
Snoqualmie, Wash.; Linda and Bob Smith, The Dalles; Owen Smith, The Dalles; 
and Noel Smith, Scottsdale, Ariz.; R. Philip and Sue Bisset, Dundee; Melissa 
Grace, Boerne, Texas; Mary Bisset, Portland; Hannah and Ken, Dundee; and six 
great grandchildren.

     He was preceded in death by brothers Donald (Jack), Ken and Lex; sisters, 
Lucy McCarthy and May Kennedy.

     Viewing and visitation will be from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 
22, with rosary to follow at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home. Mass of 
Christian Burial will be held at St. Peter Catholic Church at 11 a.m., Friday, 
June 23. 

     Memorials may be made to St. Vincent de Paul Meal Program at PO Box 553 
The Dalles, OR. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home is in care of 
arrangements.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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