Wasco-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Barstad, Harvey Arnold April 7, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 9, 2004
     Harvey Arnold Barstad, 78, a resident of The Dalles, died at his home on 
Wednesday, April 7, 2004.
     He was born April 8, 1925, in Park River, N.D., the second of eight 
children to Elmer Melvin and Ida Sophie (Gustafson) Barstad. 
     He was raised in Park River and moved with his family to Silverton in the 
early 1940s. 
     He entered the U.S. Army on July 28, 1943 serving with the 91st Division 
as a heavy machine gunner. He served in Rome, Northern Apennines and obtained 
decorations including the Purple Heart. Upon his discharge in November 1945, 
he returned to Silverton and worked with his father as a carpenter. He then 
moved to Klamath, Calif. and worked in the sawmill. 
     He married Ruth Esther Frovarp on Aug. 31, 1952, in Reno and they lived 
in Klamath before moving to The Dalles in 1959. 
     He worked on the construction of the aluminum plant and then went to work 
for Harvey Aluminum and retired from Northwest Aluminum in 1990. 
     He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and The Dalles Country Club. He 
enjoyed refinishing antique furniture and was an exceptional carpenter, having 
built the family's current house with his brother-in-law, Oscar. He and his 
wife lived in the home for 35 years. 
     He is survived by his wife, Ruth Barstad; his daughter, Deb and her 
husband, Bill Burns, Gresham; Greg and his wife, Marla Barstad, Yakima 
grandchildren, Jaime and Matthew; three sisters, Viola Lauderdale and Doris 
Wright, both of Salem; Marlis and her husband, Donald Denley, Gilbert, Ariz; 
his brother, Larry and his wife, LaDonna Barstad, Silverton,; sister-in-law, 
Verna Boyette, The Dalles; several nieces and nephews, including, Michael and 
his wife, Debby Boyette, The Dalles. He was preceded in death by one brother, 
Richard; two sisters, Joyce and Jean; brother-in-law, Oscar Frovarp.
     Viewing visitation will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home 
on Sunday, April 11 from 2 to 6 p.m. and on Monday, from 8 to 11 a.m.
     Graveside committal services will be held at Willamette National Cemetery 
in Portland on Monday, April 12, 2004 at 1 p.m. 
     Memorial services will be held at Zion Lutheran Church on Tuesday, April 
13 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Dorthy Nielsen officiating. Spencer, Libby and Powell 
Funeral Home are in care of arrangements.
     Memorials may be made to American Lung Association, 7420 SW Bridgeport RD 
#200, Tualatin, OR 97224-7711.


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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