Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....O'Brien, Floyd D. July 23, 2006
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The Dalles Chronicle, July 24,   2006
     Floyd D. O’Brien, 84, died from cancer July 23, 2006, at his home in 
Salem with family at his side. 

     He was born Feb. 19, 1922, in Dufur to Edith Evelyn (Moore) and Richard 
Ferris O’Brien. He graduated from Dufur High School in 1940. While still in 
school, he worked for Heislers Market in Dufur and learned to cut meat.

     In 1941, he moved to Springfield, where he worked as a meat cutter for 
Irish & Murphy. In August 1941, he joined the U.S. Army where he served in the 
Pacific in General MacArthur’s Headquarters Company. He was discharged in 
October 1945 as a technical sergeant, receiving the Asiatic-Pacific Service 
Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the Philippines Liberation Medal with one 
Bronze Service Star. 

     After discharge, he went back to Irish & Murphy. It was there he met 
Helene Andersen Carter and they were married on Dec. 29, 1947. At the time, 
she had a daughter, Barbara Carter, who remained his only child. 

     He continued in the meat industry until 1965, then worked for the Fuller 
Brush Company until 2001.

     The couple moved to Salem in November 1967 and became involved with the 
Thor Lodge of Sons of Norway, where Floyd served a term as president. 

     On May 3, 1990, Helena died after a long illness. He married Leslie Ann 
Reseland in Dallas on Oct. 20, 1990. The couple shared travels, dancing, music 
and being with friends. Since his stroke in 2001, she gave him care and 
tenderness.

     Oregon Ducks football was his great passion and he delighted in following 
them to postseason bowl games, having had season tickets for 50-plus years.

     He is survived by his wife, Leslie; daughter, Barbara Brown Richey and 
son-in-law Ken; grandson, Jason C. Brown (Samantha Faircloth); granddaughter 
Maria Jackson (Thom); and great-grandchildren, Quinn, Jillian and Kelly 
Jackson; his sister, Carol Mead and her husband, Mell; stepchildren, Nancy 
Crass (Kevin), Bill Reseland; step-grandchildren, Luke McAllister (Andrea), 
Melanie Taylor and Tiffany Allen (Jason), Natasha Christensen (Jason) and 
Lacey Crass; five step-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews 
and great-nieces and nephews.

     He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, brothers Claude, 
John, Francis, and Ferris O’Brien, and his sister Hazel O’Brien Studenicka.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 26, at Barrick Funeral 
Home. Memorial services will be Thursday, July 27, at 2 p.m. at Salem First 
Christian Church. Private interment will be at Willamette National Cemetery, 
Portland.

     Contributions in his memory may be made to Willamette Valley Hospice, 
1015 Third St. NW, Salem, OR 97304; Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation, 
1410 SW Morrison, Suite 760, Portland, OR 97205; First Christian Church, 685 
Marion St. NE, Salem, OR 97301.


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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