Dorothy Eileen Budnick

Dorothy "Eileen" Budnick was born on September 4, 1938, in Albion, Pennsylvania, to Anna Mae Olear and John Thomas Rizner. She passed away on March 8, 2026, in Salina, Kansas, after several years of medical challenges.

Eileen graduated from Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon, in 1956 and attended Seattle Pacific University for one year. She married Duane King Budnick on October 28, 1961, in Seattle, Washington. The couple started their family in Seattle before moving to Portland in 1964, where Eileen raised their children while working part time as a secretary and real estate manager. She was an active and devoted member of Lents Evangelical Church. Later in life she lived in Central Oregon and then settled in Salem, Oregon, where she spent 37 years. Her lifelong love of flowers and gardening brought her active involvement in local garden and fuchsia clubs, where she found joy, friendship, and community.

Eileen is survived by her sons, Daniel K. Budnick and partner Susan Lentsch of Portland, Oregon, and Darr C. Budnick and wife Nancy of Salina, Kansas; her daughter, Delana S. Kiossovski and husband Val of Mountlake Terrace, Washington; and her granddaughters, Elizabeth and Rachel Kiossovski. She was preceded in death by her husband, Duane K. Budnick; her sisters, Shirley Lawson and Gladys Eggiman; her son, Derek A. Budnick; and her grandson, Aaron C. Budnick.

She was deeply loved by all who knew her and will be profoundly missed.