Richard "Rick" Carleton Cantrell

Richard "Rick" Carleton Cantrell, 88, of Dufur and formerly of Union, died Feb. 9.

Viewing and visitation will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 15th and Oregon streets in The Dalles. A memorial service will follow at noon.

Burial is planned for 1 p.m. Monday at the Union Cemetery.

He was born March 25, 1920, the second of three children to Richard Burgess and Edna Adelaide (Aiken) Cantrell on the Carleton Ranch in Dufur. He grew up in Dufur, was active in many school activities including sports and graduated from Dufur High School in 1939. He then attended Oregon Normal School (now, Western Oregon University) in Monmouth, played on the varsity basketball team and graduated with a lifetime teacher's certificate.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945 during World War II.

Rick married Idonna Ward of Union in 1942. This marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, when he was sealed to his wife and family for time and all eternity.

From 1952, he lived and ranched in Dufur. During his lifetime, he taught school at Hill Military Academy, Parkdale High School, Union, Lobster Valley, Chenowith and Dufur Schools, where he retired. For several years, he owned Rick's Feed in Dufur.

He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served missions with Idonna in Nigeria and Texas, and served for 17 years as a temple worker in the Portland Latter-day Saints Temple.

He had a great love for his family, his country and his many friends. He enjoyed serving with the Dufur City Council, the Wasco County Sheriff's Department for 25 years and as Wasco County judge for four years. He was a Wasco County commissioner. He worked the Tygh Valley All-Indian Rodeo for more than 20 years. To him, there were no strangers, only friends he hadn't met.

He is survived by his wife, Idonna, of Dufur; sons, Rick and his wife, Cheryl, of Kennewick, Tom of Salt Lake City and Jim and his wife, Kathleen, of Dufur; daughter, Idonna-Jean (Donnie) Bruns and her husband, Peter, of Silverton; 14 grandchildren; 22 and counting great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Dorothy; and his brother, Tom.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dufur Alumni Scholarship fund, P.O. Box 342, Dufur 97021.

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