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 Peter Savage Overdahl, 70, died April 30 at his home in Richland. He was born in Ashland, Wis., and lived in the Tri-City area for 68 years. He was a retired Washington State Patrol trooper.

Einan's

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/05/01/2378940/former-trooper-dies-of-heart-attack.html#storylink=omni_popular#wgt=pop

 By Loretto J. Hulse, Tri-City Herald

The passing of former state trooper Pete S. Overdahl has left a big hole in the Tri-City community.

Overdahl, 70, died April 30 of a heart attack at his home in Richland while going through scholarship applications for Club 40, an alumni group for Columbia/Richland High School grads.

Friends said he would do anything for anyone at any time and was "a heck of a family man," though he never had children of his own.

He was born May 8, 1942, in Ashland, Wis. He moved to the Tri-Cities two years later when his father, Clarence, was named chief of police for North Richland.

Overdahl graduated in 1960 from Columbia High School, then served for three years as an air policeman in the U.S. Air Force in Germany. He applied for the Washington State Patrol after returning to the Tri-Cities and worked nine months as a Kennewick dispatcher before entering the academy.

"He always wanted to be in law enforcement," said longtime friend Mark Jansen of Pasco, who also is a retired state trooper.

Overdahl spent his first two years as a trooper in Walla Walla. He met his wife, Maggie, in 1967 in the laundry room of the apartments where they lived in College Place.

"My first words were, 'You sure work funny hours.' " Maggie Overdahl said. "His work car at the time was very loud and he was called out a lot in the middle of the night. When he started it up, everyone could hear it."

They were married June 15, 1968, and soon moved to the Tri-Cities, where he served another 23 years with the State Patrol.

Overdahl was appointed as a safety educator for the State Patrol in 1988, Jansen said. He visited schools from the Tri-Cities to Clarkston, teaching kids about strangers, bike and pedestrian safety, and seat belts until retiring in 1991.

"Pete had a great rapport with children," Jansen said. "For him, that was the pinnacle of his career."

Both Overdahls loved children. When Maggie heard about the American Field Service program for exchange students in 1983, they signed up. For the next four years they "parented" one full-time student per year and several who visited for weeks or months.

"Even though he and Maggie never had children of their own, he was the best dad ever to those foreign students," Sara Jansen said.

Overdahl's hobbies included photography and gluing used wine corks into bird houses, which he generously gave away. Maggie Overdahl said one uncompleted house is sitting on his work bench now.

An avid photographer, Overdahl took his camera to every social event, snapping pictures of everyone and everything. A few days later he'd drop off a stack of photos at the home of the host and hostess.

"Usually there were enough for everyone who attended to have one," Sara Jansen said. "That's what I remember about Pete -- he was the kindest, most caring man you'd ever know."

Maggie Overdahl described her late husband as a people person who stayed very socially active. He kept in touch with fellow police officers and would meet them every Wednesday morning for coffee. He also kept in touch with fellow classmates and often met them for lunch.

Her husband also was the world's most prolific card sender. During his retirement party in 1991, the emcee asked the crowd of 300-350 people to raise their hands if they'd received a card from him. Mark Jansen said all but about five hands went up.

"That was his joy, sending cards for all occasions," Maggie Overdahl said.

Overdahl also never gave up law enforcement, even in retirement. He served papers for law firms and had a private investigator's license.

"He was out at night, serving papers, just a few days ago," Mark Jansen said. "I told him it was crazy to do that at his age and he just laughed."

Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. May 11 at Faith Assembly, 1800 N. Road 72, Pasco. Graveside services will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, with a reception to follow at Einan's Event Center, 915 bypass highway, Richland.

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-- Loretto J. Hulse: 582-1513; lhulse@tricityherald.com

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May 8, 1942 - April 30, 2013<BR><BR>

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Pete was born May 8, 1942, in Ashland, WI  to Edith Margaret and Clarence Hjalmer Overdahl. He died on April 30, 2013 at home in Richland.<BR><BR>

Pete's father arrived in Washington State in 1943 and was the Police Chief in the city of North Richland. He moved his family to Richland in 1944 when Pete was two years old and his brother Jim was four. Pete attended Richland schools and graduated from Columbia High School in 1960. He loved the reunions at Col-Hi, reconnecting with classmates he hadn't seen for a while, and serving in any capacity to make it all happen. A highlight from their 2010 reunion was when their exchange student Ayla Ozer Unal returned from Turkey for their 50th reunion.<BR><BR>

He entered the U.S. Air Force in October 1962 and served in Germany as an Air Policeman. He was honorably discharged in February 1966. He treasured many friendships made during that time. In February 2007 he attended a 40th reunion of the 7310th group of many of those men in Las Vegas, NV and had an absolutely marvelous time! They laughed, lied, told stories, hugged, cried, ate, drank, took a million pictures and laughed some more. It was the first of several reunions.<BR><BR>

On June 15th, 1968 he married Margaret F. "Maggie" McKinley in Enterprise, OR and began his long time love of Wallowa County.<BR><BR>

He joined the Washington State Patrol in April 1966 and was stationed in Walla Walla from 1967 to 1969. He then transferred to the Kennewick office and worked out of there until he retired as a Trooper in June of 1991. He was named the first Trooper of the Year in 1984 for the State of Washington. The last three years he worked as a Safety Education Officer and spoke to over 41,500 students in eight counties, something of which he was very, very proud.<BR><BR>

After his retirement he kept quite busy as an investigator for the law firm of Rettig, Osborne, Forgette and O'Donnell. He also worked as a court security officer with the U.S. Marshall's Service at the Federal District Court in Richland. Also Quiktrak, an auditing company in Tualatin, OR. In 2007 he started Pete Overdahl Investigations doing private background investigations and process serving for several law offices.<BR><BR>

He was an active volunteer and past president of the Tri-City Cancer Center's Men's Club, the Wishing Star foundation, the Kennewick Kiwanis club and Kennewick's AFS organization. He was a member of the VFW and the Sons of Norway. He was extremely proud of his Norwegian heritage. He was also the past president & member of the Retired Washington State Patrol Employees Association. Pete was never happier than when he was busy and particularly when he was doing something for someone else; he truly had a servant's heart. He was a prolific card sender as many people will attest to and he was a story teller. One of his hobbies was photography. He was particularly interested in our amazing bald eagle! He had a lot of fun building cork birdhouses. And he loved his 1969 El Camino & drove over 300,000 miles in 40 plus years.<BR><BR>

Pete is survived at home by his wife Maggie. His cousins Norm & Phyllis Overdahl, Mike & Judy McGimpsey, David, Daniel, Mark & Patricia, Carl & Nancy Overdahl & Kiersten, Carol Overdahl, Zoe & Jack Lappin, and Alice & Fritz Miller.<BR><BR>

His mother passed away in 1967, his father in 1966 and his brother, Jim ('57) in 1974.<BR><BR>

He leaves behind his "children of the heart":
Klas & Mia Netzen of Sollentuna, Sweden and their sons Alfred, Johannes and Gustav
Paola & Dr. Christian Suarez of Vina Del Mar, Chile and their daughters Valeria and Rocio.
Sverre & Nina Overdal of Afjord, Norway and their daughters Hege and Vilde.
Maurizio & Valeria Fiori of Sardinia, Italy and their son Giuseppe & daughter Selene.
Now in Chicago, Illinois.<BR><BR>

Their families included Pete and Maggie in their lives and generously shared their children and grandchildren with them. They visited all of them in their amazing countries & were spoiled rotten.<BR><BR>

He also kept in touch with many, many friends around the world.<BR><BR>

Visitation will be held on Thursday & Friday, May 9 & 10 from 5pm – 8pm at Einan's Funeral Home in Richland.<BR><BR>

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 10am at Faith Assembly (Road 72 & Court) in Pasco followed by a graveside service at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Richland.<BR><BR>

The family would like for you to join them for a reception after the graveside service at Memories at Sunset Event Center also located on the cemetery grounds.<BR><BR>

Memorials may be made to the Tri-Cities Cancer Center or charity of your choice.<BR><BR>

From the T/C Herald 02-07:<BR><BR>

You can shed tears that he is gone,<BR> 
Or you can smile because he has lived.<BR><BR>

You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back,<BR> 
Or you can open your eyes and see all that he's left.<BR><BR>

Your heart can be empty because you can't see him,<BR>
Or you can be full Of the love you shared.<BR><BR>

You can turn your heart back on tomorrow and live yesterday,<BR>
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.<BR><BR>

You can remember him and only that he is gone,<BR>
Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.<BR><BR>

You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back,<BR>
Or you can do what he'd want <BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;smile, open your eyes, love and go on.<BR><BR>

Express your thoughts and memories in the online guest book at <A HREF="http://einansfuneralhome.com/_mgxroot/page_10851.php" TARGET="_blank">Einan's Funeral Home</A>.<BR><BR>


<A HREF="http://alumnisandstorm.com/Obits/pics13/RIP60OverdahL_funeral_00.htm" TARGET="_blank">Pete's Funeral</A>.

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