Surnames: Giesler, Poorman, Clancy, Pollentier John Calvin "Cal" Giesler, 79, a resident of Arlington (Oregon), died at his home on February 5, 2002. He was born July 21, 1922 in Ontario (Oregon) to John Chester and Mildred Lillian Poorman Giesler. He grew up in the Ontario and Boise, Idaho area. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from January of 1942 through December of 1945. He earned his Associates Degree from Boise Junior College, a Bachelors at Colorado A&M and his Masters at Oregon State University. He worked as a biologist for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and helped develop and institute the Oregon Hunters Safety Program. He lived in Portland from 1952 until 1970 and then lived in Burns (Oregon) for 13 years before moving to Arlington in 1986, and has lived there since then. He was a member of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Arlington and PERS. He was active in the church, drove the Gilliam County Bus, and was active in Arlington Help, Senior Meals Program, Band Festival and the Chamber of Commerce. He had served as Judge Pro Tem, Arlington Justice Court and was grand marshal at the Gilliam County Fair. He also volunteered in the Lunch Buddy Program which was very special to him. Survivors include his brother, Glenn Giesler and his wife, Denise, Crouch, Idaho; sisters, Donna Lee Clancy, Nampa, Idaho, JoAnn Pollentier, Sheridan (Oregon); and numberous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Doris Pollentier and a brother, Donovan Giesler. Recitation of the Rosary will be held on Friday, February 8, at 7 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church in Arlington. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, February 9, at 10 a.m. at the church. Burial will follow in the Arlington Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Francis Catholic Church or the Arlington Ambulance Service, sent in care of Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, P.O. Box 289, Hermiston, Oregon 97838. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. The Dalles Chronicle February 8, 2002 Written permission to reprint obituary given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser.