Wasco-Grant-Lane County OR Archives Obituaries.....Otos, Martell "Marty" Eugene April 29, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, April 30, 2004
     Martell "Marty" Eugene Otos, 82, a long time resident of The Dalles, died 
at the local hospital on Thursday, April 29, 2004.
     He was born Sept. 14, 1921, in Bucyrus, N.D., the third of seven children 
to Harry L. and Gladys (Larsen) Otos. He was raised in Bucyrus and Hettinger, 
N.D., graduating from high school in Hettinger in 1939. 
     He served four years in the U.S. Navy during WWII, marrying 
Roberta "Bobbie" Ruth Kelly on Jan. 16, 1942, in Wilmar, Minn. 
     They moved to The Dalles in 1946 and soon after started and operated The 
Dalles Reminder, a weekly shopping and advertising paper, now known as The 
Dalles Reminder Shopper.
     In 1959, they moved to Monument and ranched for two years. After a few 
years in the Eugene area, they resumed control of The Dalles Reminder, and 
moved back to The Dalles, selling the Reminder in the mid-1970s. 
     Among later enterprises, he and his wife obtained their real estate and 
brokerage licenses, and he continued his realty business until his death. 
He built and owned the airplane hangers at The Dalles Airport until the mid-
1990s.
     He was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, The Dalles Elks, Eagles, 
Moose Lodges and The Dalles American Legion. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, 
camping and flying his own airplane. 
     He is survived by Bobbie Otos, his wife of 62 years, of The Dalles; eight 
children, Susan Wilkins, Claremont, Calif.; Sally Otos, New York, N.Y.; James 
Otos and his wife, Debra Dunn, Powder Springs, Ga.; David Otos, Portland; 
Louis Otos and his wife, Betty, Cartersville, Ga.; Rebecca Finneran and her 
husband, Brian, Portland; Daniel Otos, The Dalles and Steven Otos and his 
wife, Kathryn, Lake Oswego; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; 
three brothers, Bill Otos and his wife, Maurine, Milwaukie; Larry Otos and his 
wife, Susan, Suquamish, Wash.; Tom Otos and his wife, Sandra, Ridgefield, 
Wash. He was preceded in death by one son, Richard, one daughter, Margaret, 
one sister, Grayce Bravos, and two brothers, Roger and Gordon.
     Mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Peter's Catholic Church on 
Saturday, May 1, 2004 at 10 a.m., with Rev. Todd Unger as celebrant. Interment 
will follow at St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery with Spencer, Libby and Powell 
Funeral Home in care of arrangements.
     Memorial donations may be made to Cascade AIDS Project, 408 SW 2nd Ave 
#412, Portland, OR 97204-9879 or Columbia Basin Nursing Home, Recreation 
Department, 1015 Webber Street, 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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