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Richard Hill
Richard Eugene Hill of BZ Corner, Wash., passed away at his home on Nov. 1, 2003. He was 71 years of age.
Richard was born Feb. 17, 1932, in Effie, Minn., to Wayne Alton and Beulah (Elliot) Hill. Richard worked for over 30 years as a logger. He joined the Navy in 1954, served during the Korean War and received an honorable discharge in 1957. He sketched wildlife and was an artist who enjoyed working in different mediums, including paints and wood. Richard also wrote short stories and poetry. He had a big heart and helped his neighbors.
Richard is survived by his children, Rick Hill of Roseburg, Ore., Trinette Hill of Boardman, Ore., Wendy Hill of Irrigon, Ore., Cindy Rushall of Camas, Wash., and Lance Hill of Milwaukie, Ore.; brother George Hill of of Deer River, Minn.; sisters Rosemary Fritzgerald of Arizona, Karen Farrell of Lafayette, N.C., and Kathy Adams of Pine Bluff, N.C.; eleven grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother, Wayne Hill.
Richard will be interred at Willamette National cemetery in Portland, Ore. The family will observe a private memorial service. Gardner Funeral Home in White Salmon, Wash., handled arrangements.
Harold Brower
Harold Houk Brower, formerly of Hood River, died Oct. 15, 2003. He was 64 years of age.
Harold was born Oct. 23, 1938, in Corvallis, Ore., the only child of Harold Houk Brower, Sr., and Margaret Lucille Struck. He spent his childhood in the mill town of Dee in the Hood River Valley. He attended Wy’east High School, graduating in 1956, and continued his education at Portland State University and Oregon Technical Institute in Klamath Falls. He received an associate degree in Structural Engineering from OTI in 1960.
Harold was hired by the U.S. Forest Service in June of 1960. He worked as a project manager in engineering and was a fire fighter for the Ochoco, Siskiyou and Tongass National Forests. He retired from the Forest Service in 1994.
On May 21, 1977, Harold married
Ann Marie Conlee in Brookings, Ore.
He was an active volunteer in his community. He served as a volunteer fire fighter for the city of Gold Beach for 15 years. He spent two winters building wildlife habitat for the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico and worked with the Whale Watch Spoken Here program for the Oregon State Parks. He belonged to the Fraternal Order of the Elks for 30 years. Harold enjoyed gardening, woodworking, hunting, rafting, playing with his grandchildren, and was an avid salmon fisherman on the lower Rogue River. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather.
Harold is survived by his wife, Ann Conlee-Brower, of Grants Pass; daughter and son-in-law Diane and Buzz Anders of Prineville; daughter Susan Marciel of Prineville; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Vicki Brower of Gold Beach; and four grandchildren, Sarah Jamison, Stephanie Adamson, Andrew Marciel and Kaitlin Marciel, all of Prineville. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Assoc., Oregon Trail Chapter, 1311 NW 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97209.
Cye Cyzauskas
On Sept. 25, 2003, Vincent D. “Cye” Cyzauskas, 76, passed away at the home of his daughter in Eureka, Calif., with his wife and daughter by his side. He had faced a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Cye was born Nov. 1, 1926, in Forest City, Penn., to William C. Cyzauskas and Ann E. Ignatovich. He excelled in football, baseball, track and basketball while in high school. Upon graduation, Cye joined the navy. A World War II veteran, he once had to bail out of an airplane in the South Pacific and swim seven miles to shore. He was also in a crash-landing.
Cye met his wife, Patricia Ann Park, of Bellingham, Wash., while stationed at Whidbey Island, Wash. The couple married
on May 7, 1948.
Cye was an award-winning accountant, working for 10 years in Lynden, Wash. He then joined the U.S. Border Patrol and relocated with his family to Temecula, Calif., to start his career in law enforcement. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Cye became a Sky Marshall and transferred to Gainesville, Fla., and Miami, Fla. He was one of the Marshals who helped the first African American student into college in the state of Mississippi and was wounded by protesters in the process.
Cye moved to Laredo, Texas, and eventually transferred to Bakersfield, Calif., where he rose in the ranks to become the Senior Patrol Inspector in charge of that station. He retired from that position in 1982. Upon retirement, Cye and Pat moved to White Salmon, Wash., where they had owned property for many years.
During his lifetime, Cye was an active fisherman, bowler, gardener and a member of the B.P.O.E. Elks for 53 years. Apart from English, he spoke Lithuanian, Polish and Spanish. Cye and Pat traveled to California often to see their daughters.
Cye is survived by his wife of 55 years, Patricia; daughters Patricia Cyzauskas of Eureka, Calif., and Michelle Cyzauskas of Martinez, Calif.; grandsons David Wood of Newport, Ore., who is currently serving in the U.S. Army in Germany, and Bryan Wood of Seattle, Wash.; sisters Ona Magalski of New Jersey, Ruth Koban of New York and Joan Westfall of Washington. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his sister, Leona Stefko.
A memorial service will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in White Salmon, Wash., on Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. Remembrances may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Willisa Nack
Willisa Kathryn (Hunt) Nack, formerly of Hood River, died of cancer Nov. 1, 2003, in Portland. She was 79 years of age.
Willisa was born July 20, 1924, in Walla Walla, Wash. She married
Albert Earl Nack and in 1950 they moved to Hood River, where they lived for 32 years. She worked as a homemaker. In about 1982 she moved to Gresham/Portland, where she lived until her death.
Willisa is survived by her daughters, Shirley Bartram, Sharon Hughes, Susan Griffith, and Sandra Swoverland; a sister, Edith Pfiffner; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Albert, in 1992.
There will be a funeral mass at 11 a.m. on Nov. 6 at Ascension Catholic Church, 7507 SE Yamhill St., in Portland. Remembrances may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, P.O. Box 36, Hood River, OR 97031. Lincoln Memorial is in charge of arrangements.
Henry C. Holman
Hood River resident Henry “Chet” Holman died Thursday, Sept. 19, 2002, at his residence. He was 84 years of age.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002, at 2 p.m. at Anderson’s Tribute Center in Hood River, Ore.
A graveside service will be held Friday, Sept. 27, 2002, at 2 p.m. at Juniper Haven cemetery in Prineville, Ore.
A visitation will be held Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Tribute Center.
Henry “Chet” Holman was born March 8, 1918, in Prineville to Henry Chester and Agnes (Frison) Holman. Chet was raised by his foster mother, Ida Wilson in Prineville, and graduated from the Crook County High School. He worked various jobs in Prineville such as for the Civil Conservation Corps, he was a machinist for Alexander Yaukey Lumber Company, and was later a master mechanic for the Crook County Roads.
During World War II Chet served in the U.S. Army as a Staff Sergeant. He was part of the Air Transfer Command. Mr. Holman was an airplane mechanic and worked on two of our former Presidents’ aircrafts. Towards the end of Chet’s service in the military he went overseas and served in Okinawa. Mr. Holman was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1945.
After the war Mr. Holman returned to Prineville, and married
Ina Hardenbrook. Together Chet and his wife lived in Los Alamos, N.M., where he worked for the University of California in their science lab. In 1960 Mr. Holman and his wife moved from New Mexico to Bonneville, Ore. Once here in Oregon Chet worked for the Army Corps of Engineers. Chet put time in at both the Bonneville and The Dalles dams as a machinist. In 1965 Mr. Holman and his wife moved to Hood River, where they have lived ever since.
Chet enjoyed hunting and boating, but most of all he just loved to spend time with his family no matter what they were doing.
Mr. Holman is survived by his wife, Ina Holman, of Hood River, sons Phillip Holman of Washougal, Wash., and Richard and his wife, Vikki Long Holman, of Albuquerque, N.M., daughters Sheila Holman of Haines, Ore., and Juli and her husband, Ken Twidwell, of The Dalles, Ore., grandchildren Stephani and Ranay Twidwell, James, Erika, Christine, Sidney, Allison and Hannah Holman.
Mr. Holman was preceded in death by his son Sidney Holman.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Crook County Historical Society c/o Anderson’s Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
Vernon Momberg
Hood River resident Vernon Momberg died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002, at the Mid Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles. He was 92 years of age.
Vernon was born Dec. 30, 1909, to Gustav and Caroline (Winkler) Momberg in Chicago, Ill. Mr. Momberg was raised and educated in Burlingame, Calif. He was the first boy born in the Masonic grouping in Burlingame, and this is how he received his middle name.
After graduating from Burlingame High School, Vernon joined the United States Navy as a reservist, not knowing it was later to become his career. On Nov. 27, 1942, Vernon married
Emma Susan Erickson in Long Beach, Calif. He and his wife moved all over the United States to wherever he was stationed.
Mr. Momberg’s career as a Navy Electronics Technician allowed him to work in a wide range of fields. He taught electronics for the U.S. Navy in Millington, Tenn., for a while and worked on various projects assigned by the Navy. After retiring from the armed forces in 1970 Vernon and his wife moved from California to Hood River. Once here in the Valley Mr. Momberg owned and operated MEG Telecommunications. He worked on projects such as installing home fire alert systems in local residences, refurbishing the large antique clock at the First National Bank, and teaching electronics at the Hood River Valley High School.
Some of the things Vernon enjoyed were photography and orchids. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Burlingame, Calif., and in Hood River.
Mr. Momberg is survived by his wife Susan of Hood River, sons Knute Momberg of Stockton, Calif., and Keith Momberg of Portland, Ore., daughter Kristine Savoie of The Dalles, Ore. and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Veteran’s Home c/o Anderson’s Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
Wade Hampton
Wade Hampton, Jr., 72, of Portland, Ore., died June 21, 2002, at Gaston, N.C., Memorial Hospital.
He was a native of Gaston County, the son of the late Herman Wade Hampton Sr. and Nellie Roselle Sawyer Hampton.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, at Crag Rats Hut.
Wade was a retired timber worker, and a member of Odell Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife of 44 years, Erin Charlene Hampton, of Portland, and three sons, Vern Hampton of Portland and wife Diane, Rod Phelan and his wife, Becky, of Cascade Locks, Ore., and Gary Phelan of Portland, and daughter, Connie Hampton, of Portland.
He is also survived by his brothers, Floyd Hampton and wife, Gladys; Bob Hampton and wife, Vernette; Calvin Hampton and wife, Virginia; Thomas Hampton and wife, Linda; Allen Hampton and Ted Hampton, and one sister, Irene Chesney, all of North Carolina, and Aunt Verdie Manley of North Carolina.
He is also survived by grandchildren Ryan Hampton of Portland, Braun Phelan, Aaron Phelan, Shauna Phelan, Monique Phelan, Casey Kastrup, James Webb and Trevin Webb, and great grandchildren Brent Webb, Ethan Webb, Austin Webb, Chris Kastrup, Nick Kastrup, Cassidy Powell, and Hunter Richards.
A potluck luncheon immediately follows Saturday’s service. If you wish to attend, please bring a dish, all are welcome.
Memorial donations can be donated to FISH Food Bank.
William Runckel
William Justin Runckel died of lung cancer on Sept. 17, 2002, at the age of 84.
He was born in San Francisco, Calif., and earned his Master’s of Science degree in chemical engineering from Oregon State University in 1942. He married
Joan Wright in June 1943, and they lived in Hood River for a number of years. He lived in Portland for the past 34 years. He worked as a consultant in the lumber industry.
He is survived by his wife, Joan, and sons Robert, Daniel, Douglas, and Christopher, and daughter Annette. His son James preceded him in death. He is also survived by nine grandchildren.
Remembrances can be made to Hopewell House Hospice in Portland. Arrangements were made by Hennessey, Goetsch and McGee of Portland. No services are planned.
Gregory Mendick
Gregory Mendick, 42, of Hood River, died Sept. 17, 2002, as the result of a traffic accident on Sept. 16, in Sacramento, Calif.
He worked at Hood River Ford as a sales representative, and he was also working in Sacramento in car financing. He moved to Hood River in 2001.
He attended Asbury Methodist Church in Hood River.
He is survived by his wife, Debra Mendick, of Hood River, and by his daughter, Rachel Bohnen of Atlanta, Ga., his mother, Doris Nelson of Seaside, Ore., and stepfather Mario Padilla of Placentia, Calif.
Also surviving are his brother Rodney and his wife, Lizzie, of Texas, nephew Waldo Mendick of Texas and sisters Lisa Mendick of Portland, Ore., Debbie Mendick of Seaside, Ore., Michelle Krynski of California, and Melody Lansky of Rogue River. Nieces Amanda of California, Nadia of Portland, Ore., nephews Jevon and Rodney of Seaside also survive.
He is also survived by his great-aunt Charlotte Wertgen of Hood River, cousins Matt and Mary Thomas of Parkdale, Ore., and their sons Derek and Billy, cousins Lori and Tony Martinez of Portland and his second-cousins Andy and Annika of Portland.
He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Betty Breidel of Washington and his brother-in-law, Jeff Paxton and his wife, Penny, of Washington, nieces Ricki Jean and Jessica, of Washington and his dogs, Boo and Hannah.
A service is planned in California.
Olive Morgan
Olive E. Morgan, a longtime Odell, Ore., resident died Nov. 23, 2002, at the Hood River Care Center. She was 89 years of age.
Services will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2002, at 2 p.m. at Anderson’s Tribute Center. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 26, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Anderson’s Tribute Center.
Olive was born Nov. 15, 1913, in Mosier, Ore., to Charles and Etta (Lems) Brooks. She was raised and educated in Mosier, graduating from Mosier High School. In November 1943, she and John Morgan were married
. They moved to Odell in 1950. Olive was a longtime member of the Odell Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening, especially growing roses, canning, sewing and quilting. She won many ribbons at the local fair for her roses, including a grand champion ribbon. She had also won many ribbons for her vegetables and canned goods.
Olive is survived by her husband, John D. Morgan, son Paul D. Morgan and his wife Ginger of Wyandotte, Okla.; John C. Morgan and his wife Hazel of Hood River, Ore.; two brothers, Luke Brooks of Milton Freewater, Ore., and Paul Brooks of Mosier. Two grandchildren, Jeana and Jason Morgan, also survive.
Vault interment will be at Mosier cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Odell Baptist Church c/o Anderson’s Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
