Robert Earl Salisbury

September 17, 1924 - April 25, 2012

Robert E. Salisbury Robert E. Salisbury was born the son of Earl Salisbury on Sunday, September 17, 1924 in Sacramento, California. Robert was raised in Sherwood. He graduated from Sherwood High School in 1941 and worked as a logger on the coast range. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII, from 1943 until 1945 in the Pacific, Seventh Infantry. He received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. After returning from the service he started his own businesses including a pump company and a tree nursery. On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, Robert Earl Salisbury died at a local care facility when he was eighty-seven years, seven months and eight days of age. Surviving and left to honor his life are: his son Patrick Salisbury and wife Shanon of Sherwood; his daughter Laura Camp of Tigard; one grandchild and those who have come to know and appreciate him where he has lived and worked. He was preceded in death by his father Earl and his grandparents Frank and Ida May Salisbury. His Memorial Service will be Friday, May 11, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in Attrell’s Sherwood Funeral Chapel, a Golden Rule Funeral Home, with Father Tom McCarthy, SJ officiating. Private Interment will be held at Willamette National Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.attrells.com.