orlmaier

The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, OR., March 9, 1990, page 2

ROBERT LYLE MAIER

            Robert Lyle Maier, 71, a resident of The Dalles for 34 years, died on Thursday at a Portland hospital.
            He was born Oct. 4, 1918 in Portland to Joseph and Edna (Brooks) Maier. He graduated from Benson High School in 1936 and joined the U.S. Navy, where he served for nine years.
            After leaving the service he began working for Pacific Northwest Bell in February of 1946 in Portland. He married Dorothy J. Pierson in Hermiston on April 7, 1946.
            He worked in the telephone company's line construction department and retired out of Bend in 1972. He was member of Faith Lutheran Church, and the Telephone Pioneers.
            Survivors include his wife, Dorothy, The Dalles; two sons, Joseph Maier, Hermiston; and Richard Maier, Hillsboro; a daughter Sharon Eberhardt, Arcadia, Calif.; five grandchildren, Melissa, Jason and Travis Maier, Nathan and Lauren Eberhardt; and a sister, Jean Campbell, Milwaukie.
            Funeral services will be held at Faith Lutheran Church on Saturday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Roger Sylvester officiating. Burial will follow at Appleton Cemetery, Appleton, Wash.
            Memorial may be made to Faith Lutheran Church or the Oregon Heart Association. Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.