Westlund memorial Saturday in Salem (KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland)

12 March 2010, 11:50 am

SALEM -- Two public memorials were planned for the late Ben Westlund, the Oregon State Treasurer who died last week of cancer. A Central Oregon businessman, Westlund, 60, was elected to the treasurer post in 2008 after 12 years in the Oregon legislature. A public memorial was scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. in the House Chamber the State Capitol. The family asks that in lieu-of-flowers ...... Read More »

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