Helen Maxine Buell

HELEN MAXINE BUELL, daughter of LOIS DORIS POLLOCK and SAMUEL LOWELL BUELL, was born December 10, 1920 in Falls City, Polk, Oregon,⁹⁴⁵⁴ and died August 25, 1992 in Linn County, Oregon.^{10634, 876} She is buried in Willamette Memorial Park, Albany, Linn, Oregon.⁴⁵⁶

She married (1) ELWOOD NAIRN TAYLOR on July 11, 1938 in Polk County, Oregon.⁸²¹⁹ He was born September 5, 1915 in Alberta, Stevens, Minnesota,⁷³⁷⁷ and died March 30, 2002.⁴⁵³²

She married (2) ORIN GEORGE DEXTER on March 8, 1946 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington.¹⁰⁶³⁴

• Descendant Reports
  • Edward Erwin Descendant Report (Ancestor of Helen M. Buell)
  • Jacob Clements Descendant Report (Ancestor of Helen M. Buell)
  • William Campbell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Helen M. Buell)

Personal Information

• Helen Maxine Buell was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church, Hope, La Paz, Arizona. ¹⁰⁶³⁴

Obituaries

Statesman Journal, August 27, 1992¹⁰⁶³⁴

Helen Maxine Dexter

Dec. 10, 1920 — Aug. 25, 1992

ALBANY — Helen Maxine Dexter, 71, died Tuesday.

A native of Falls City, she grew up in Nashville (Lincoln County), Dallas and Portland before moving to King Hill, Idaho, in 1946.

In 1959, she began spending summers in Oregon and winters with her family in Arizona. She worked as a saw maker and a woodworker. She had many collections.

On July 11, 1938, she married Elwood Narin Taylor in Dallas; they later divorced. She married Orin George Dexter on March 8, 1946, in Vancouver, Wash.; they later divorced.

The city of Buell and Buell Park were named after her family. She was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church in Hope, Ariz. She enjoyed the outdoors and motorcycle rides in the Arizona desert.

Survivors include her daughters, Jacqueline Lee Martin of Albany, LaVerne Ann Phillips of Reno, Nev., and Orina Georgia Dexter of Henderson, Nev.; sons, Charles Elwood Taylor of Tigard, Lawrence Wayne Taylor of Bend and Derryl Rae Dexter-Kupersmith of Hood River; sisters, Vivian Victorine Shapely, Alta LaVerne Carson and Carlotta June Lucht, all of Oregon and Arizona; 20 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will begin at 2 p.m. today at Willamette Memorial Park. Arrangements are by Fisher mortuary.

Contributions may be made to the Oregon Lung Association.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 14, 193010623	Dallas, Polk, Oregon	Samuel Lowell Buell Lois Doris Pollock Carletta June Buell Helen Maxine Buell Gerald Dean Buell