Obituary: Connie L. Revenue Selzler

March 15, 1943 – December 30, 2025

Connie Revenue Selzler sparkled. She was the kind of person who brightened up any room she entered.

Having overcome big challenges while growing up, she was empathetic and has been helping others most of her life. She cared for an aging relative at the tender age of 15. She grew up in the Cottrell area on Dunn Road and 352^nd. She graduated from Oregon City High School in 1961. Connie kept in touch with her Sandy/Cottrell classmates and helped plan many 1961 Sandy High School class reunions.

Her great-grandparents,Francis and Lydia Revenue,were the first residents of the area in 1853. Her grandfather John Revenue was the first pioneer child born here in 1856. John founded the Sandy Historical Society in 1926 on his 70^th birthday. Connie was very proud of her pioneer family history.

She held many different jobs over the years until her retirement. When she moved to Sandy, she became involved with the Sandy Historical Society and museum. She served on the board of directors and gathered newspaper articles that were written about the museum and society for the archives. She contributed to the book “Barlow Road,” written by the Clackamas County and Wasco County Historical Society, highlighting the history of her family in the area.

Once the museum was finished in 2007, she became a docent and frequently gave tours of the museum. She continually gave support and encouragement to the staff and volunteers. She enjoyed cooking, and for many years made her famous beef stroganoff at the volunteer thank you luncheons. She shared the history of the Revenue family with the museum and was very proud of it.

She was very pleased that her son Dixon chose to marry his wife at the museum. Enjoying the holidays, she and Dixon decorated the lobby of the museum for Halloween several times, and one year Dixon and his wife dressed as Santa’s helpers for Sandy’s Christmas tree lighting in the Plaza.

In 2009, Connie was chosen as Queen of the Sandy Mountain Festival’s five generation court. Portland’s Royal Rosarians chose and gifted a sunny yellow rose for the court, which is now planted in the Queen’s garden outside the museum. As a member of the Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers, she encouraged them to have three of their meetings at the museum and served as hostess and docent.  

She prioritized visits to nursing facilities and private homes, bringing flowers, cards, sympathy, and smiles. She recently joined the St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Sandy.

Wherever she went, she invited people to visit the museum. She was honored in the Sandy Historical Society’s Buckboard Tales newsletter’s “Spotlight on a Volunteer,” and was asked by writer Carol Collman why she continued to dedicate so much time at an age when many others would be content to take their retirement ease. Connie responded without hesitation “Because it’s in my heart. I belong with the history. If I didn’t share the history, people would not know. I’m not going to be here forever.”

She is survived by her son Dixon Wolff, estranged son Rob Wolff, and nieces and nephews and was preceded in death by her husband Leroy, father Homer, mother, and four siblings.

A celebration of life will be held at the Sandy Grange, 33705 SE Kelso Rd, Boring on Saturday, February 21 at 2:00 p.m.