Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Christilaw, Donald "Don" Lewis November 7, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, November 10, 2005
     Donald “Don” Lewis Christilaw, 82, a resident of Sandy, died at a local 
care facility in The Dalles on Monday, Nov. 7, 2005.
     He was born in Port Angeles, Wash., on March 3, 1923, the third of six 
children to Henry and Cora Bell Christilaw.
     He was raised in Tacoma, Wash., where he graduated from High School. He 
then joined the National Guard until he enlisted in the Army where he served 
during World War II. He participated in battles in the Aleutian Islands and 
Europe where he was wounded in Belgian during the Battle of the Bulge, where 
he received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He returned back to the states 
to recover at Madigan Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., where he met his future wife 
Harriet Beatrice Phares. They were married on Oct. 20, 1945 in Walla Walla, 
Wash. They settled in the Portland area working in the milk industry.
     He went to Lewis and Clark College to receive his degree. After college 
he went to work for the Crown Zellerbach Company as a manager of the billing 
department. Over the years he lived in Oregon City, West Linn and Portland 
area, retiring in the late seventies. After he retired he dabbled in the Real 
Estate Business.
     He was a member of the Clackamas Deputy Sheriffs Reserve, the American 
Legion of Oregon City Post #5, the VFW, Order of Purple Heart, Elks and Civil 
Air Patrol, he enjoyed working with the boy scouts and other organizations 
involving children.
     He is survived by his three children, Penny Deurwaarder and her husband 
David, Wamic; Paul Christilaw and his wife Clara, Cheney, Wash.; and Phil 
Christilaw and his wife Mel, Tacoma, Wash.; six grandchildren; nine great 
grandchildren; his sister Rosie Casey, Norwalk, Calif.; and numerous nieces 
and nephews. 
     He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, brothers and two sisters.
     Private cremation was held at Win-Quatt Crematory in The Dalles, OR with 
Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements.
     Graveside memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 18, 
2005, at Willamette National Cemetery with Pastor Stan Wall residing.
     Memorials may be made to Oregon Veterans’ Home Trust Fund, 700 Veteran 
Drive, The Dalles, OR 97058.


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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