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In Memoriam

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Dr. Robert Howard Dempsey
Dr. Robert Howard Dempsey died on August 23,
2019, in Yakima, Washington, rich in years and
wisdom. Known to family and friends as "Howie,"
he touched a legion of lives with his stoicism,
intellect, and gentle nature.

Dr. Robert Howard Dempsey

Howie was born on November 22, 1923, in Freewater, Oregon, to Stillman and Winnie Catherine
Dempsey. He joined a brother, William, and the
family first lived on an apple ranch owned by his
mother's father, S. S. Shields. Howie recalled an
idyllic childhood that included a fishing stream
running through his backyard, endeavors to make
the perfect sling shot, forts built from found
boards, and whistling through his evening paper
route. He received his first amateur radio operator's license at the age of 15 and maintained the
same call sign-W7HQC-throughout most of
his hamming years. Building and operating radio
equipment to communicate with fellow radio enthusiasts around the globe was a lifelong passion.
Upon graduation from high school, Howie entered
Oregon State College, where he pledged Pi Kappa
Phi fraternity. With World War II underway, Howie
entered the United States Army in May 1944 and
rose to the rank of staff sergeant, U.S. Army Signal
Corps (liberation of France, Battle of the Bulge,
liberation of Germany). He lost two comrades who
served side by side with him in the decisive southern flank of the Battle of the Bulge. Those men
always remained in his heart and prayers.

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(now Grace of Christ) in Yakima, Washington.
Following graduation, Howie and Lorna returned
to Yakima to make their home. Two sons, Robert
Howard Dempsey II and Paul Campbell Dempsey,
were blessed by his steady hand and unwavering
support as well as by his profound pride in their
lives.
Howie began his orthodontic practice in Yakima
in 1958 and retired in 1987. Many years later, former patients would seek him out to display their
"Dr. Dempsey" smiles.
Howie was introduced to golf while still on active
duty in Europe following the Allied victory in 1945.
He was a first-rate player for several decades. It
was fitting, therefore, that following his retirement from dentistry, Howie became the first
Apple Tree Golf Course marshal. He rode the cart
paths from 1993 until 2011, making friends on the
greens and in the clubhouse. It was a "second
career" that brought him a whole new world of
friends and colleagues.

Upon returning home, Howie enrolled at the University of Oregon, later entering the University of
Oregon Dental School in 1949. In 1956, he became
a member of the University of Washington's
orthodontic class of 1958 and graduated with a
master's degree in dental science.

Howie is survived by his wife, Lorna, of Yakima;
son Rob and wife Tracey of Abilene, Texas; son
Paul of Yakima; and five grandchildren, Joshua,
Bethany, Jordan, Jonathan Luke, and Bre, of Texas. Howie was predeceased by his parents and
his brother William. Howie found great wisdom
in these words of Presbyterian minister Reverend Charles L. Orr: "One thing that can be said
about your life and mine is that we are always
in motion. We are always changing, leaving one
kind of time for another, one job for another,
one set of friends for the next until we come to
the last of our times and places." Howard came
faithfully and bravely to the end of his times and
places.

On August 25, 1957, Howie marred Lorna Alice
Campbell of Selah in the First Presbyterian Church

The PCSO Bulletin thanks the family of Dr. Robert
Howard Dempsey for providing this memorial.

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