Wasco-Sherman-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Balzer, Melvin Dwayne January 21, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, January 25, 2005
     Melvin Dwayne Balzer, 83, a resident of The Dalles, died in San Ramon, 
Calif., on Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, while visiting his family for the holiday 
season. 
     He was born May 20, 1921, in Grass Valley, the second of three sons to 
Albin Frank and Anna Carolyn (Bruckert) Balzer. He grew up and attended 
schools in Grass Valley and served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years during 
World War II and the Korean Conflict.
     He married Betty Louise See on Jan. 23, 1943, in Everett, Wash. After the 
war, they lived in the San Francisco Bay area, then in Portland from 1952 to 
1954, before settling in San Leandro, Calif. They moved to The Dalles in 
November 1989. He was an appliance repair technician and was the Sears Service 
Manager in the San Francisco East Bay, Calif., area for 30 years. 
     He was a member of American Legion, The Hi-Flyers, The Dalles First 
Christian Church and was an avid bowler and fisherman.
     He is survived by his daughter, Sheila and her husband James Pacheco, 
Castro Valley, Calif; two grandchildren, Corbin Pacheco, Concord, Calif.; and 
Elizabeth Pacheco, Castro Valley; one great-grandchild Tatiana Alarcon, Castro 
Valley; his brother, Ralph and his wife, Mary, Seal Beach. He was preceded in 
death by his wife, Betty L. Balzer, in January 2001.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Wednesday, Jan. 26, from 2 to 7 p.m. and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until the 
beginning of the service.
     Funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. Interment will follow at Threemile Road Odd 
Fellows Cemetery formerly known as Parklawn Cemetery. 
     Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2120 
First Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109.


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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