Died as Della Dean, buried as Della Bushnell.
1900 NE CENSUS – Della E. Hixon (b July 1890, Nebraska) enumerated with parents John M. (b Feb 1863, Missouri, married 13y, occupation minister) and Ruth (b Sept 1868, Indiana, mother of 2 children, both living) and 1 sister Ethel L. (b Nov 1888, Nebraska)

1st MARRIAGE - Earl Clifford Bushnell md Elizabeth Dell Hixson 11 Mar 1908 in Union Co., Oregon

1910 OR CENSUS – Della E. Bushnell (19y, b Nebraska, married 2y) enumerated with husband Earl C. (23y, b South Dakota; occupation engineer)

1920 OR CENSUS – Della E. Bushnell (29y, b Nebraska) enumerated with husband Earl C. (32y, b South Dakota, occupation civil engineer) and son Vernon C. (7y, b Oregon)

1930 OR CENSUS - Della E. Bushnell, age 39, married at age 17, b. Nebraska, is enumerated with husband Earl C. Bushnell, age 42, married at age 21, occupation city building inspector, b. South Dakota, along with Vernon C., age 17, b. Oregon, and Walter J., age 8, b. Oregon.

1940 OR CENSUS – Della E. Bushnell (49y, b Nebraska) enumerated with husband Earl C. (53y, b South Dakota, occupation city building inspector) and son Walter J. (18y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935

2nd MARRIAGE – Albert Dean & Della Bushnell md 26 Oct 1958, Marion Co, Oregon

OSBH DC (1967 Multnomah co) #15431 Della Elizabeth Dean, female, homemaker, widowed, spouse Albert Dean; b 7 July 1890, Alliance, Neb; father John Hixon; mother Ruth Cherrington; d 27 Oct 1967, Gresham rest home, of 10317 SE Market Drive, Portland, age 77y; bur Salem Pioneer; informant Walter J. Bushnell, son

Della Bushnell Dean
Mrs. Della Elizabeth Bushenn Dean, 77, a resident of Salem since 1909, died Friday night in a Gresham nursing home.
A native of Alliance, Neb., she came here shortly after her marriage to Earl Busnell, who was city building inspector at t he time of his death in 1944.  She was married in 1958 to Albert Dean, who died five years ago.
Mrs. Dean was employed by the State Department of Motor Vehicles from 1947 until her retirement in 1954. She was a member of Knight Memorial United Church of Christ.
Survivors include sons Vernon C. Bushnell, Boise, Idaho, and Walter J. Bushnell J. Bushnell, Portland, sister Mrs. Ethel Dexter, Tacoma, Wash.; four grandchildren.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Howell-Edwards mortuary, Rev. Edward J. Morrison officiating. Private interment will be in Salem Pioneer Cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 29 Oct 1967 III 23:1

Della Elizabeth Bushnell Dean
Late resident of Salem, at a Gresham, Oregon Nursing Home.  Survived by sons Vernon  C. Bushnell. Boise, Idaho, Walter J. Bushnell Portland; 1 sister, Mrs. Ethel Dexter, Tacoma, Wash.; 4 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday, Oct. 31st, 10:30 a.m. Howll Edwards Chapel of the Gardens, 1350 Comm'l SE, with Rev. Edward J. Morrison officiating. Private interment at Salem Pioneer Cemetery.
Oregon Statesman 29 Oct 1967 III 23:7

Bushnell 
Della E. 
July 7, 1890 - Oct. 27, 1967 
[shares marker with Earl C. Bushnell] 

LR 
LD
OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1967) #15431
S&H pg 41
Saucy Survey & Photographs

1900 NE CENSUS (Sioux Co, Bowen, ED 191, sheet 1A)

Oregon Marriages Index (Ancestry.com)

1910 OR CENSUS (Union Co, N Elgin, ED 283, sheet 5B)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, West Salem, ED 366, sheet 6B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 59, sheet 4A)

1940 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 24-62B, sheet 61A-B)

OS 29 Oct 1967 III 23:1
OS 29 Oct 1967 III 23:7