Janice C. Grout
Funeral services were held for Janice C. Grout, a former Grand Ronde
resident, on Sept. 23 at Waud’s Funeral Home, Tillamook.
She was born Aug. 14, 1938 in Aumsville to John and Eilene (Branch)
Hofenbredl and died Sept. 20 in Tillamook.
She moved to Tillamook in 1964 from Grand Ronde where she had lived
for 28 years. On July 23, 1966 she married Marvin Grout in Tillamook. She
worked for the Tillamook Cheese Factory for 15 years and for the Tillamook
school district for the last 17 years.
She is survived by her husband, Marvin of Tillamook; children, Sandy
Rolston, Debbie Phillips and Ron Mercier, all of Tillamook; brothers, Larry
and John Hofenbredl, both of Grand Ronde; and six grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by a brother, Ronald Hofenbredl, and stepfather, Charles
Swenson.
Private vault interment was held at Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens.
Contributions: Ronald McDonald House in care of Waud’s Funeral Home, Tillamook.
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Wayne Roy Carroll
Wayne Roy Carroll, 54, formerly of Dayton, Ore., died Sept. 21 in Dayton,
Nev.
He was born June 25, 1946 in Tillamook. He lived in Dayton from 1953
to 1963 and graduated from Dayton High School in 1963.
He served on U.S. Navy submarines from 1963 to 1975. He worked as a
grade foreman and a foreman in heavy road construction.
Survivors include his wife, Lee of Dayton, Nev.; mother, Freda Carroll
of Sheridan; brother, Butch Smith of Junction City; sisters, Patricia Harney
of Astoria and Darlene Isabell of Napa, Idaho.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 30 at Ballston Community Center. Adamson’s
Sheridan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Dallas Spencer
Dallas Claude Spencer, 79, of Sheridan died Sept. 28 in McMinnville.
He was born Dec. 6, 1920 in Otis, Colo. He graduated from Sheridan
High School and served in the Navy during World War II. He was a rural
mail carrier for 30 years, retiring in 1976.
He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the Elks.
Survivors include his wife, Ardelle (Thompson) Spencer of Sheridan
whom he married May 30, 1943 in Orchards, Wash.; sons, Gail of Oregon City
and Dave of Sheridan; brother, Donald of McMinnville; four grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday at United Methodist Church in Sheridan.
Interment was in Green Crest Memorial Park, Sheridan.
Arrangements were by Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral Home. Contributions:
American Cancer Society in care of the mortuary.
The Sheridan Sun - Oct. 4, 2000
Nancy S. Nelson
Nancy S. Nelson of McMinnville died Oct. 8 in her home.
She was 45.
She was born March 2, 1955, in McMinnville, the daughter of Robert
L. and Marlys Russell Johnson.
She was raised in Amity, graduating from Amity High School in 1973,
where she had been a member of the National Honor Society. She married
Brian J. Nelson Sept. 15, 1973, in McMinnville.
She had lived in McMinnville since 1981. She worked for 15 years for
Dr. Harry McCulley. For the past six years she was owner with her husband
of T.J.’s Superette, in Sheridan.
She was past board member of the McMinnville Athletic Club, cofounder
of the McMinnville Area Girls Softball Association, an active member of
the Amity Booster Club, and a member of Michelbook Country Club.
Survivors include her husband, father and mother; son, Scott Nelson
of McMinnville; daughters Jennifer Wagner of Washington, D.C., and Lisa
Nelson of McMinnville; sister, Kathy Batz of Salem; and two brothers, Brad
Johnson of Sacramento, Cal., and Michael Johnson of Amity.
Memorial Services are at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Bethel Baptist Church,
McMinnville.
Contributions in Mrs. Nelson’s memory may be made to the Amity Booster
Club, in care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville.
The Sheridan Sun - Oct. 11, 2000
Vernon E. Brandt
Vernon E. Brandt of Sheridan died at home on Oct. 15 at the age of 66.
He was born April 29, 1934 in McMinnville to Edward and Alice Grauer
Brandt.
He was raised and schooled in Sheridan where he was student body president
at Sheridan High School.
He served in the U.S. Army in Korea. He attended Oregon Technical Institute
in Klamath Falls before going to work on the third generation Brandt family
farm which is now operated by his son David, the fourth generation.
He married Myrna Jean Hundtoft Sept. 2, 1961 in Portland.
He was a lifelong member and past council president and Elder of Trinity
Lutheran Church in Sheridan.
He served several terms on the Board of Directors of the Sheridan Grain
Company.
He received great joy from his grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife, Myrna, of Sheridan; daughter, Rachel Berg
of Seattle, Wash.; son, David Brandt of Sheridan; brother, Edgar of Dallas;
sisters, Evelyn DeJong of Sheridan, Nancy Lingenfelter of Munson, Pa.,
Charlotte Nordling of Eugene, Sharon Willweber of Seattle, Wash., Sarah
Wilson of Milwaukie; and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Nathan, who died in 1983.
Services are at 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sheridan
with Pastor Fred Storteboom officiating. Private family interment will
be at Greencrest Cemetery in Sheridan.
Memorial contributions may be made to Sheridan Trinity Lutheran Church
or Health Dynamics Hospice in care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors.
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Myrtle Mae Kowing
Myrtle Mae Kowing, 75, died Oct. 20 in McMinnville.
She was born in Sheridan May 26, 1925, the daughter of Stephen and
Cecil Russell Porter Sr. She attended schools in Sheridan, Willamina and
Grand Ronde.
She married Frank Kowing June 15, 1943. They moved to Ballston in 1951
and to McMinnville in 1958.
She was a member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.
She was a foster mother, a homemaker and a part-time matron for the
sheriff’s office.
She was also a member of the Society of Native Oregon Born, Rebekah
Lodge No. 12 and McMinnville Senior Citizens.
Preceding her in death were husband Frank Kowing, who died in 1984,
three sisters and two brothers.
Survivors include her sons, Brad Kowing of Dallas, Frank Jr. of Silver
Springs, Md., and Terry Kowing of Renton, Wash.; daughters Judith Nesbit
of Kelso, Wash., and Nancy Kowing of Pico Riveria, Calif.; sisters Etta
Hansen of Willamina and Margie Knowlton of Dora; brother, Birl Porter of
Portland; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial services were Oct. 23 at the chapel of Macy & Son Funeral
Directors in McMinnville. Interment was at Greencrest Memorial Cemetery,
Sheridan.
Contributions can be made to hospice in care of Macy & Son.
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Clara Yoder
Clara Yoder, 79, of Sheridan died Oct. 20 at Willamette Valley Medical
Center.
She was born Feb. 9, 1921, in McMinnville. She had worked at the Carlton
glove factory and she enjoyed playing the harmonica and traveling. She
was a member of the Sheridan Mennonite Church.
She moved to the Sheridan Care Center in 1993.
Two brothers — Elmer and Ammon Yoder — preceded her in death.
Survivors include her sister, Ada Swartzendruber of Sheridan, a brother,
Henry Yoder of McMinnville and a nephew, Stanley Swartzendruber of Estacada.
Services were Oct. 23 at the Sheridan Mennonite Church and interment
was at the Mennonite Cemetery in Willamina. Arrangements were by Adamson’s
Funeral Home.
Contributions in lieu of flowers can be made to the church.
The Sheridan Sun - Oct. 25, 2000
Grace M. Davis
Grace M. Davis, formerly of Willamina, died Oct. 16 in Dallas. She was
94.
She was born April 11, 1906, in Burwell, Neb., the daughter of William
and Jennie (Freedie) DeHart. She attended school in Burwell and in 1930,
married John Davis there. They operated a farm in Nebraska until 1955,
when they moved to Bay City, Oregon.
The family moved to Willamina in 1965. Mrs. Davis moved in 1997 to
Glendale to be near her son.
She is survived by a daughter, Luellen Pratt of Willamina and a son,
John Davis of Glendale, 11 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and nine
great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Anna
May Merritt, eight brothers and three sisters.
Funeral services at Waud’s Funeral Home in Tillamook were Oct. 19.
Interment was at Bay City IOOF Cemetery.
The Sheridan Sun - Oct. 25, 2000
James Henry Jones
James Henry Jones, 79, of Forest Grove, died Oct. 21 in Hillsboro.
He was born May 15, 1921, in Sheridan, the son of Cyrus and Olive Dorton
Jones. He lived all of his life in Sheridan, operating the family farm
until poor health forced his retirement in 1991. In his early years he
had logged and worked in sawmills during the off season. He farmed full-time
from the late 1960s until retirement.
He served on the Ballston School Board and as a volunteer firefighter
for the Sheridan Rural Fire Protection District.
Survivors include daughters Jeanette Fonnesbeck of Forest Grove and
Judy Choate of Rupert, Idaho, and Alaska, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Tuesday at Green Crest Memorial Park, in Sheridan.
The Sheridan Sun - Oct. 25, 2000
Roy M. Robertson
Roy McClennan Robertson, 74, of Hillsboro, died Oct. 16 in St. Vincent’s
Hospital in Portland due to heart-related problems.
He was born July 9, 1926, to Roy and Goldie Glass Robertson. He attended
schools in Willamina.
He served in the U.S. Navy and the Air Force, reaching the rank of
Staff Sergeant at discharge. He married Jeanne Surgeon Glass and was a
truck driver.
Survivors include his wife; stepson, Mike Stegle and stepdaughter,
Marcie Christiansen, both of Portland; sister, Betty Surgeon and brother,
Robert Johnson, both of Brookings, and several grandchildren.
Services were Oct. 21 in Tigard.
The Sheridan Sun - Oct. 25, 2000
Marie Miller
Marie Miller, 75, or Amity, died Oct. 26 in her home in Amity.
She was born Dec. 3, 1924, in Hutchinson, Kansas. She moved with her
family to Oregon in 1936, moving to Whiteson and Amity in 1941.
She worked in her early 20s as a volunteer at the Portland Mission.
She married Tobias Miller Sept. 10. 1950, at the Sheridan Mennonite
Church. He died in 1993.
She operated a home janitorial service for 40 years and was an active
member of the Sheridan Mennonite Church. She loved singing and playing
the harmonica, guitar and organ. She often played her harmonica in care
homes. She also loved gardening, canning and flowers. She had a caring
heart for others and their needs and tried to be a blessing to them.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister,
Savilla Gough, in 1994.
Survivors include four sons and three daughters; Duane Miller of McMinnville,
Steve Miller of Amity, James Miller of Dundee, Gary Miller of Amity, Linda
Willms of Dayton, Nadine Nelson of McMinnville, Katie Hahn of McMinnville;
four brothers, Enos Nisly of Sheridan, Ivan Nisly of Independence, Aden
Nisly of Salem and Albert Nisly of Goshen, Ind.; a sister, Ida McJunkin,
of Bazine, Kan. and seven grandchildren.
Services were Monday at Sheridan Mennonite Church, the Rev. Gary Nice
officiating. Interment is at Sheridan Mennonite Cemetery.
Arrangements were by Sheridan Mennonite Church and Macy & Son Funeral
Directors, McMinnville.
The Sheridan Sun - Nov. 1, 2000
Howard M. Guyton
Howard Mills Guyton, 89, of Sheridan, died Oct. 26 in Sheridan.
He was born Nov. 12, 1910, in San Francisco.
He married Wanda Guyton Aug. 4, 1952, in Spokane, Wash. She preceded
him in death.
He was an aircraft engine tester during World War II and was a carpenter
who helped construct the base foundation for the Grand Coulee Dam. He moved
to Alaska and worked for the railroad there until he retired in 1971.
He moved to Sheridan in 1971.
He was a lifetime member of the Odd Fellows and the Elks. He was a
member of the Rebekah Lodge. Hobbies included working in his wood shop
and reading.
Survivors include four daughters; Donna Moretto of Sheridan, Deanna
Testone of Phoenix, Ariz., Delma Moore of Anchorage, Ak., and Dorla Ebbighausen
of Elmer City, Wash.; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services, officiated by pastor Joel Boyce, were Monday at Adamson’s
Funeral Home in Sheridan.
The Sheridan Sun - Nov. 1, 2000
Henry Frank Morgan
Henry Frank Morgan, 57, of Willamina died Nov. 1 at his home as a result
of a motor vehicle accident.
He was born Sept. 26, 1943 in Hood River. He moved to Kodiak, Alaska,
in 1965 to teach high school math.
He enjoyed cooking, woodworking and working with fruit trees.
Survivors include his parents, George and Edna Morgan of Hood River
and a sister, Nancy Kellogg of Aloha.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. today in Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral
Home. Contributions: Willamina public library in care of Adamson’s.
The Sheridan Sun - Nov. 8, 2000
Augusta Clements
Former Sheridan resident Augusta (Kosack) Clements of Elfin Cove, Alaska,
died Oct. 13 at a nursing home in Juneau, Alaska.
She is survived by her husband, Roy Clements of Elfin Cove, Alaska,
and five sisters.
Cremation was performed and her wishes were for no memorial services.
The Sheridan Sun - Nov. 8, 2000
Floyd Reed Ullrich
Floyd Reed Ullrich, 80, a former Sheridan resident and mail carrier,
died Oct. 30 at home in McMinnville.
He was born Jan. 28, 1920 in Oconto, Neb., to Fred V. and Minnie Gertrude
Oliver Ullrich.
He graduated from Broken Bow (Neb.) High School and worked as a truck
driver.
He served as a staff sergeant in The Philippines during World War II
and won several medals, including the Bronze Star.
He moved to Sheridan after the war and married Florence Meda Blanchard
on Oct. 5, 1949 in Sheridan. He worked for Bayless Creamery and later at
Taylor Lumber and the plywood mill in Willamina. He also worked as a city
mail carrier in Sheridan and later as a rural carrier in Amity, retiring
from the Post Office in 1980.
He enjoyed dancing, hiking and camping.
Survivors include his wife; sons, Jeffrey of Valley Center and Mark
of Tiburon, Calif.; daughter, Sherry Toliver of McMinnville; sister, Freda
Clay of Salem; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services were held Friday at the First Christian Church with private
entombment in Evergreen Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Arrangements were made by Macy & Son mortuary, McMinnville. Contributions:
Hospice or First Christian Church in care of Macy’s.
The Sheridan Sun - Nov. 8, 2000
Morris L. Branson
Morris Branson, 81, a former Willamina resident, died Nov. 1 at home
in McMinnville.
He was born in Willamina and served in the Army during World War II.
He returned to Willamina and worked for Champion Plywood for 35 years,
retiring in the early 1980s. He moved to McMinnville in 1999.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and enjoyed working
with clocks.
He married Darlene Harrison in 1960. She died in 1984.
Survivors include a son, Gary Shields of California; daughters, Darlene
Taylor and Laurie Branson, both of McMinnville, Debra Hilario of Dallas
and Margo McMurrin of Salem; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services were held Monday at Macy & Son Mortuary, McMinnville,
with interment in Buck Hollow Cemetery, Willamina.
The Sheridan Sun - Nov. 8, 2000
Edith Littlejohn
Edith Littlejohn, 86, of Willamina died Nov. 13.
She was born Nov. 30, 1913 in Kalama, Wash., to Donald and Edith (Pavey)
Bate.
She married Elwin W. Littlejohn on July 6, 1935 in Yakama, Wash. He
died in 1998.
She was a member of the Willamina First Christian Church and a past
Noble Grand of the Rebecca’s Primrose Lodge in Willamina.
She taught Sunday school at vacation Bible school and was a member
of the Phil Sheridan Rodeo advisory committee. She also was a 4-H and Campfire
Girls leader.
In 1990, she was named Grand Ronde "Citizen of the Year" by the local
Kiwanis Club and in 1998 was Grand Marshal of the Willamina July 4th parade.
She was named "Mother of the Year" this year by the Willamina First Christian
Church.
She enjoyed horseback riding, crocheting, gardening and caring for
livestock.
Survivors include sons, Lewis of Salem, Doug of Valley Junction, Gary
of Rowell Creek; daughter, Eileen Holsclaw of Willamina; brothers, Arthur
Bate of Kalama, Wash., and Alex Bate of Redmond, Okla.; sisters, Robena
Reed of Scholls and Mickey Merz of Willamina; 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visiting will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Adamson’s Sheridan
Funeral Home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Willamina Middle School with
private family interment following in Green Crest Memorial Park.
Contributions: Willamina First Christian Church.
The Sheridan Sun - Nov. 15, 2000
Faye Clarkson
Faye Clarkson, 71, of Sheridan died Nov. 12.
She was born Aug. 18, 1929 in Ft. Smith, Ark., to Davie and Essie T.
(Fouts) Lasiter.
She worked as a bookkeeper and apartment manager.
She lived in Fort Smith, Ark., Roland, Okla., Eureka, Calif., and Prospect,
Ore., before moving to Sheridan in 1997. She was a member of the Grand
Ronde Church of the Nazarene.
Survivors include daughters, Gail Scott of Grand Ronde and Glenda Palmer
of Sallisaw, Okla.; brothers, Ewell Lasiter of Muldrow, Okla., and Jerry
Lasiter of Roland, Okla.; sister, Bernice Smith of Lewiston, Idaho; nine
grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Grand Ronde Church of the
Nazarene.
Arrangements were made by Adamson’s Sheridan Funeral Home.
The Sheridan Sun - Nov. 15, 2000
Don R. Beck
Don R. Beck, 62, of Willamina, died Nov. 7 in a Portland hospital.
He was born Jan. 23, 1938 in Milton Freewater to Marion and Pauline
Elsie Beck.
He worked for a dairy in Milton Freewater and Walla Walla, Wash. He
moved to Arizona in 1971 and worked for Paradise Valley school district.
He moved to Hermiston in 1979 and worked as a fork lift driver for Lamb-Weston.
He also worked for Marlette Mobile Homes in Hermiston.
He moved to Willamina in 1992 and worked at the veneer plant until
retiring in May. He enjoyed woodworking.
Survivors include his wife, Arlene, whom he married on May 27, 1989
in Hermiston; sons, Allan of Phoenix, Dana of Salem and Donald of Grand
Ronde; daughters, Pam Cherry and Sherry Beck, both of Fresno, Calif.; a
brother, Dale of Milton Freewater; sister, Pat Phillips of Hermiston; stepsons,
Michael Giffen of Portland and Jack Giffen Jr. of Eugene; 11 grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
At his request, no services were held.
Contributions: the American Heart Association in care of Macy &
Son mortuary, McMinnville.
The Sheridan Sun - Nov. 15, 2000
Richard P. Pearce
Richard P. Pearce, 80, a former Sheridan resident, died Nov. 6 in McMinnville.
He was born Jan. 6, 1920 in Portland to Percy R. and Marie K. Pearce.
At age six he moved to a farm near Whiteson.
He joined the Naval Reserve in 1941 and served in the South Pacific
during World War II.
After working at a steel mill in California, he learned the body and
fender trade and opened an auto repair shop in Sheridan until 1970.
He moved to a farm in Whiteson in 1965 and then to Carlton in 1994.
He enjoyed playing pinochle at the McMinnville Senior Center.
Survivors include his wife, Gayle, whom he married on Dec. 11, 1950
in Camas, Wash.; sons, Dan of Newberg and David of Albany; daughters, Laura
Doran of Carlton and Linda Freeborn of McMinnville; sister, Betty Davis
of McMinnville; step-brothers, James Powell and Kenneth Privatsky, both
of McMinnville; and eight grandchildren.
Memorial services were held Sunday at the McMinnville Senior Center.
Contributions: a favorite charity in care of Macy & Son mortuary,
McMinnville.
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