Wasco-Deschutes-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wildman, Richard Otis December 19, 2003
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The Dalles Chronicle, December 29, 2003
    Richard Otis Wildman, 80, formerly of The Dalles, died at a Portland care 
facility on Friday, Dec. 19, 2003.
     He was born Jan. 3, 1923, in Manchester, Okla., the third of four 
children to Milford O. and Sarah Elizabeth (McCartney) Wildman. He was raised 
in Manchester and later moved to Monticello, Utah and farmed until his entry 
into the U.S. Army in October 1943. When he was discharged in 1946, he 
returned to Utah and farmed. 
     He married Betty Jean Holiday in Monticello Sept. 23, 1947 and she died 
April 13, 1981.
     In the fall of 1954, he moved to Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho and worked for 
Potlatch Forests, Inc. in lumber production and then in its powerhouse. He 
moved to Milton-Freewater in the mid ’70s and worked at the Milton Nursery and 
then for Key Electronics, making food processing machinery. He came to The 
Dalles in 1980 and worked for School District 12 and later moved to Terrebonne 
in August 1981. On August 11, 1981, he married Margaret Daisy Graves in 
Madera, Calif. and she preceded him in death on October 1998. In June of 2003, 
he moved to Portland for health reasons.
     He was a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
     He is survived by his children and their spouses, Judy and Patrick Wood, 
Echo; Louise and Bruce Hegel, Milton-Freewater; Kenneth and Brenda Wildman, 
Portland; Marie and David Coleman, Terrebonne, and Hazel Pyle, Lyle; 17 
grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; his brother, Lester Wildman, Coeur 
d’ Alene, Idaho; sisters, Lola Anderson, Casper, Wyo., and Vera Winnegar, 
Coeur d’ Alene.
     Memorial services for family and friends in the Terrebonne area will be 
held at the Terrebonne Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Thursday, Jan. 1, 
2004 at 11 a.m.
     Public memorial services in The Dalles will be held at Spencer, Libby and 
Powell Funeral Home on Friday, Jan. 2, 2004 at 11 a.m. Private cremation was 
held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with burial of cremains at IOOF 
Cemetery on Three Mile Road. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of 
arrangements.


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


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