Obituary: Edward Scott Blaser, 90, a resident of The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Earline Wasser April 2003 ********************************************************************************* The Dalles Chronicle April 7, 2003. Surnames: Blaser, Scott, Rogers, Leavitt, Miller, Sweet Edward Scott Blaser, 90, a resident of The Dalles, died at his home on Thursday, April 3, 2003. He was born July 28, 1912, at the family home in an area called Cricket Flats, nine miles north of Elgin (Oregon), the fourth of seven children to Edward and Roxy Lucina (Scott) Blaser. He grew up in Pine Grove (Oregon) Telocaset (Oregon) and Summerville (Oregon). As a young man, he help(ed) his father on the ranch, then "started to work out" working at a sawmill and driving a truck to LaGrande (Oregon). He also worked as a ranch hand and a skid cat driver in logging. On July 28, 1942, he entered into active duty in the Seabees, serving in the 21st Naval Construction Battalion, as a motor machinist's mate first class, until November 23, 1945. He married Evelyn Bruce Rogers on June 18, 1955, and adopted her two young children, Karen and Allen. They lived in Arlington (Oregon), then Pendleton (Oregon), and settled in The Dalles, where they built a home and stayed. He worked for Empire Machinery, Stone Machinery and Halton Tractor - all the same company, just changing names. He was a shop foreman and trained in the mid-west on the electrical parts of diesel mechanics. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Among his many interests, he was an expert marksman, winning many medals for being a sharpshooter; he also got his private pilot's license. He had a reputation among his colleagues of having, or being able to make, any tool that was needed in diesel mechanics. At age 80, he decided it was time to learn to rebuild magnetos and so he did. He is survived by his daughter, Karen, and son-in-law, Gary Leavitt; grandchildren, Cindy Miller and husband, Jeff; Stephanie and Katie Leavitt, all of The Dalles; Brian Leavitt, Camp Pendleton, California; great grandchildren, Blake and Jacen Miller, and Drei Leavitt, The Dalles; his niece, June Ann Sweet and husband, Jerry and many nieces and nephews. His wife, Evelyn, his son, Allen, a granddaughter, Tawnya and his siblings, preceded him in death. Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home on Tuesday, April 8, 2003 from 2 to 7 p.m. and 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9, at The Dalles Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Ron Robbins presiding. Interment will follow at The Dalles Parklawn Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to Muscular Dystrophy Association, 4800 SW Macadam #112, Portland, Oregon 97201.