Obituary - Donald DeMars

Thursday, March 29, 2001
THE JUNEAU EMPIRE

Juneau resident Donald James DeMars died March 22, 2001, in Corvallis, Ore., of liver cancer.

He was born Aug. 11, 1944, in Westhope, N.D. He was raised in Albany, Ore., and competed in track at Albany Union High School, graduating in 1962. He married Jeanine Marie Robare April 16, 1966. He graduated from Oregon State University with a master's degree in forestry and worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Portland, Ore.

He pursued doctoral studies in the later 1970s and transferred to Juneau in 1982. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, basketball, crabbing and archery. After his retirement in May 2000, he and his wife traveled to England. When he was diagnosed with cancer they relocated to Corvallis for treatment.

He is survived by his wife Jeanine DeMars, his son David DeMars of Juneau, daughter Angela Kemp and his mother Gladys Leona Wendling of Oregon, his brothers Gary of Alabama and Erwin of Oregon and sisters Vera Shoberg of Oregon and Marilyn Beverly of California, and granddaughters Cassie and Sarah.

He was preceded in death by his sisters Linda Willis, Rosalyn LaLond and Orea Louise DeMars.

Services were held Monday in Albany. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Liver Foundation, in care of DeMoss­Durdan Garden Chapel, 815 NW Buchanan, Corvallis, OR 97330.

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