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| Name |
Dale Patrick Garlick |
| Birth |
17 Feb 1981 |
Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
4 Sep 2001 |
PORTL |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWDB-564 |
| Death |
24 Aug 2004 |
Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
| Burial |
Multnomah Park Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I166050 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 17 Feb 1981 - Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 4 Sep 2001 - PORTL |
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 | Death - 24 Aug 2004 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
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 | Burial - - Multnomah Park Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
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| Notes |
- Death of a Great Missionary.
31 Aug 2004
Dale Patrick Garlick
Friday, August 27, 2004
A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004, in the Portland Sta k e Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Dale Pa tr ick Garlick, who died Aug. 24 of cancer at age 23.
Mr. Garlick was born Feb. 17, 1981, in Medford, and moved to Portlan d i n 1991. He graduated from David Douglas High School in 1999, and wa s an E agle Scout with Troop 719.
Survivors include his parents, Don and Barbara; brothers, Michael S., Ph i llip D. and Samuel R.; and sister, Tanya M.
Arrangements by Family Memorial.
Below is some more information on our brother that has been called home.
Life marked by challenges, defined by grit Dale Garlick faced canc e r a s h e had every other obstacle, with determination and the belief t ha t he would prevail Tuesday, September 07, 2004
JOAN HARVEY
Dale Garlick was a fighter. Everything he achieved he had to fight for , a nd he achieved much in his short life.
Despite a learning disability, he graduated from high school and becam e a n Eagle Scout. He had good, close friends, brothers and a sister wh o ador ed him, and he was becoming a leader in his church.
Dale was never diagnosed with dyslexia, but the pictures he drew as a ch i ld were backward and he had a difficult time learning to read.
Dale was born in Medford. The family fell on hard times after companie s h is father, Don, worked for closed.
Don and Barbara, Dale's mother, worked at a series of jobs to scrape tog e ther money to raise five children. The five are disparate in learning a bi lities, from talented and gifted to different disabilities. The famil y mo ved back to Portland hoping to find a better job market.
When Dale entered Mill Park Elementary School, he was put into a speci a l classroom. He struggled fiercely and with Barbara's help managed to w or k himself into the mainstream program, although it was a greater strug gle .
Along the way, he developed an interest and talent for computers.
When Dale was about 7, his older brother, Mike, 14, started working fo r h is Eagle award. Dale became Mike's shadow, trying in any way he coul d t o help. He decided to be an Eagle Scout, too.
Dale joined Troop 719 in the family's Cherry Park Ward of the Latter-d a y Saint church.
He worked hard on his merit badges. The first ones, for swimming, campin g , forestry, canoeing and bicycling, fit directly into his passion f o r t h e outdoors; later ones, were more difficult for Dale. But by she e r determination and cussed hard work, he earned badges for personal man ag ement, citizenship and family life.
For his Eagle project, Dale developed a computer program for his churc h t o help people find jobs on the Internet.
Dale went before the grueling review board in March 1999 and passed wi t h flying colors. On June 9 that year he graduated from David Douglas Hi g h School and on June 26 he was awarded his Eagle badge.
After high school, Dale worked for the Circuit City warehouse. It wa s a j ob he loved; it was active and didn't require more reading than h e felt c omfortable with.
In November of 2001, Dale left for Knoxville, Tenn., to fulfill his chur c h mission. Besides proselytizing, Dale did a lot of service work, clean in g yards, chopping wood, roofing houses, helping people get to medica l app ointments.
He was cut off from his family; no e-mails are allowed and telephone cal l s are permitted only on Christmas and Mother's Day. Letters are allowe d , but that was a difficult medium for Dale.
Fourteen months into his two-year commitment, Dale started having heal t h problems. Tests showed a gigantic mass on his kidneys. He was sent ho me , had extensive surgery, chemotherapy and radiation and seemed to ge t bet ter. But just before last Christmas the cancer returned.
Dale fought the cancer just as he met every other challenge. He never st o pped believing he would conquer it. He dropped his dreams of joining t h e military but investigated new treatments for dyslexia and filled ou t pa perwork for college financial aid. He worked to overcome his awkward nes s with women and start dating.
He helped his younger brothers, Phillip and Sam, attain Eagle Scout. A n d he helped his church genealogy computer project.
He became reacquainted with Mike and confided to him that he'd been plag u ed by depression before going on his mission. Even though he had achiev e d so much, he always felt stupid because he was treated that way by s o ma ny people.
He loved root beer, pizza and hamburgers, all kinds of music and watchi n g DVDs, especially old MASH episodes and the original Transformers, G. I . Joe and Jetsons cartoons. He asked for pumpkin pie instead of cake f o r his birthday.
When the going got rough, his younger brother, Phillip, became his careg i ver. Dale dubbed him "Dr. Phil." Phillip slept on the floor by Dale's b e d every night.
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