Wasco-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Baarstad, Lawrence "Larry" February 29, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, March 5, 2004
     Lawrence “Larry” Baarstad, 87, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local 
care facility Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004.
     He was born May 26, 1916, in Valley City, N.D., the fourth of five 
children to Peder and Laura (Andersen) Baarstad. He was raised on a farm in 
Flasher, N.D., after moving there in 1918. While growing up, he and his 
brothers had a dance band and at one time played with Lawrence Welk.
     He married Beulah L. Slough on June 22, 1938, in Bemidji, Minn., and they 
lived there until moving to the Portland area in 1942. He served in the U.S. 
Army during World War II, then returned to Portland where he worked. Larry 
also attended International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pa., to become 
a concrete inspector. On Dec. 1, 1955, he earned his certifications as special 
inspector of Pre-Stress Concrete, Field Concrete and Masonry. He worked for 
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratories and Northwest Testing Laboratories in 
Portland, moving to The Dalles area in the mid-1970’s to work on The Dalles 
Dam expansion project.
     He was a member of the Moose Lodge, American Legion and was devoted to 
his family.
     He is survived by his son, Lawrence and his wife, LeeAnn Baarstad, 
Pendleton; his daughter, Linda and her husband, Paul Worthington, Portland; 
and his grandson, Larry and his wife, Cheryl Baarstad, Pendleton. He was 
preceded in death by his wife, Beulah, in 1991 and by his four brothers.
     No public funeral services will be held at his request. Private cremation 
was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Smith Callaway Chapel in care 
of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to The Eye Care Foundation, Inc. for Macular 
Degeneration, 115 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021.


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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