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Joan P. Ingram
Joan P. Ingram died Dec. 29, 2006, at her Sherwood home. She was 68.
She was born Feb. 2, 1938, in Racine, Wisc., to Val and Elizabeth (Parr) Geiser. Her family moved to Texas, where she graduated from Nocoma High School and North Texas State College at Denton. She worked for the U.S. Air Force. She married
Garren Ingram in 1961. They moved to Sherwood in 1964; they divorced in 1976.
She worked as a claims adjuster for the Social Security Administration in Portland until her retirement in 2003.
She enjoyed photography and pets.
Survivors include: son Dayne of Sherwood; daughters, Valerie Kirkendall of Wilsonville, Demaree Ingram of Beaverton, Nancy Murphy of Inola, Okla., and Laura Burnell of Purcell, Okla.; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held Jan. 3 at Attrell's Sherwood Funeral Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Humane Society, in care of Attrell's, 16195 S.W. First St., Sherwood OR 97140.
Wilma G. Matthews
Wilma 'Billie' Grace Matthews died Dec. 29, 2006, at her Newberg home. She was 74.
She was born May 28, 1932, in Spokane to Albert and Laura Mae (Wright) Mildes. She graduated from Everett High School in Everett, Wash. Her family moved to Colorado. She married
Donald Matthews in 1954 in Denver. In 1956, they moved to Oregon, settling in Newberg in 1963.
She was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Newberg, and active in community service through that church's Dorcas Group. She also enjoyed camping, needlework and crosswords.
Survivors include: husband Donald of Newberg; daughter Laura Young of Dallas; son Ronald of Hepner; and four grandchildren.
Visitation is from 9 to 11:30 a.m. today (Saturday) at Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today (Saturday) in the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Newberg with Pastor Tim Mayne officiating. Committal will follow at Willamette National cemetery in Portland.
Memorial contributions may be made to the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Celiac Research, in care of Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel, 207 Villa Road, Newberg OR 97132.
Kenneth W. Murphy
Former Newberg resident Kenneth Wayne Murphy died Dec. 26, 2006, in Detroit, Mich., of congestive heart failure. He was 58.
He was born Aug. 21, 1948, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to Waldo and Ann (Sanger) Murphy. He moved to Oregon with his family as a young man. He served in the U.S. Army for two years, stationed in Germany and worked as a truck driver.
He married
Marie Perlongo in 1967. They divorced and he married
Audry Ayers in 1974. They also divorced.
He moved to Detroit in 2005 to be near his daughter, Cheryl.
Survivors include: daughters, Cheryl Murphy of Taylor, Mich., and Kimberly Simpson of Las Vegas; father Waldo 'Bill' Murphy of Newberg; stepmother Dorothy Murphy of Newberg; sisters, Gwen Armstrong of Canada and Kathy Vigil of Gladstone; stepsister Karen Miller of San Diego; and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Ann Sanger Park.
Private family services have been scheduled.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Constance M. Hlavaty
Constance Margaret Hlavaty died March 25, 2007, at a local hospital. She was 59.
She was born July 6, 1947, in Neptune, N.J., to Theodore and Rosalind (Waldorf) Hlavaty. She was raised on the East Coast. She married
George Hlavaty and they lived in the San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento, Calif. In 2005, she settled in Newberg to be with her family. She was a homemaker and enjoyed window shopping and garage sales.
Survivors include: daughters, Katrina of Maryland, Aura of Sherwood and Angelina of California; brothers, Timothy Hlavaty of Los Angeles and Ronald Hlavaty of Santa Cruz, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are pending and are in care of Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel.
Karen C. McFall
Karen Clara McFall of Sherwood died March 26, 2007. She was 60.
She was born May 31, 1946, to George and Erma (Baker) Kirkpatrick in Hillsboro. She grew up on a farm in the Scholls-Hillsboro area and graduated from Sherwood High School in 1964.
She attended Western Business School in Portland and went to work for American Steel. In 1967, she married
Dennis McFall and they settled in Eugene. They returned to Sherwood in 1972 and later divorced.
She continued her career as an administrative assistant for US Bank in Sherwood, Tigard, Beaverton and Portland, and Allstate Insurance in Tigard, retiring in 2006.
She attended Mt. Home United Methodist Church and Countryside Methodist Church in Sherwood. She enjoyed cross-stitching, mystery novels, trips to the beach and sports.
Survivors include: son Clint of McMinnville; daughters, Connie Kimber of Aloha and Clarrisa Aoyama of Tualatin; brother Rodney Kirkpatrick of Gresham; sister Joan Kirkpatrick of Sherwood; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her brother, David Kirkpatrick.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today (Saturday) at Mt. Home United Methodist Church in Sherwood with Pastor Anne Weld-Martin officiating. Committal will follow at Gibbs cemetery in Sherwood.
John C. Sundberg
John Carl Sundberg, who has family in Sherwood, died March 25, 2007, at his Portland home. He was 90.
He was born Dec. 9, 1916, to Charles and Edna (Johnson) Sundberg in Crosby-Ironton, Minn. He worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps and served in the U.S. Army, receiving his discharge in 1946. He attended St. Cloud University and the University of Minnesota, earning a master's degree in business. He also took classes toward a doctorate at the universities of Colorado and Southern California.
Her married
Mary Schmitz on June 17, 1948. The couple settled in Fairmont, Minn., where he taught at Fairmont High School. In 1965, they settled in Portland, where he continued to teach at Portland Community College, retiring in 1981.
He was a member of the American Legion and the National Education Association. He enjoyed reading, dogs and vacationing in Florida.
Survivors include: wife Mary of Portland; son Robert of Sherwood; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by son John, brother George and sister Dorothy Iudehar.
A funeral service was held March 29 in Attrell's Sherwood Funeral Chapel, with Father William Wickham officiating. Committal was at Pleasant View cemetery in Sherwood.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Humane Society or the Alzheimer's Research Foundation, in care of Attrell's, 16195 S.W. First St., Sherwood OR 97140.
Harold O. Weesner
Harold Oliver Weesner died Feb. 8, 2007, at Friendsview Manor. He was 76.
He was born March 18, 1930, to Oliver and Pearl (Bundy) Weesner in Newberg. He graduated from Newberg High School in 1949 and received a bachelor's degree from George Fox University in 1953. He married
Marjorie Larrance in Greenleaf, Idaho, on June 18, 1956.
While an engineering student at Oregon State University, Weesner was drafted for military service. A conscientious objector, he was instead assigned to work as an accountant in the Alexian Brothers Hospital in Chicago.
Completing his national service, he was recruited to work in the bridge engineering department of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The couple settled in the Chicago suburbs.
In 1963, he completed his master's degree in engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The couple returned to Newberg that year after his wife Marjorie was offered a teaching position at George Fox College (now George Fox University).
He worked for 30 years as a structural design engineer with the Oregon Department of Transportation, where he helped design the Progress Overpass on Highway 217 and the Fremont Bridge in Portland.
He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Newberg Friends Church. The couple sat on the GFU President's Council and endowed two scholarships in engineering and physical education. He also tutored math students at GFU and lent his engineering expertise to the Wheeler footbridge and numerous retaining walls around the campus.
Survivors include: daughter Cathy King of Battle Ground, Wash.; sister Esther Thomas of Quincy, Wash.; and two grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife Marjorie in 2002 and by a sister, Margaret Weesner, in 1981.
A memorial service was held Feb. 22 in Newberg Friends Church. Disposition was in Newberg Friends cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Twin Rocks Friends Camp, in care of Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel, 207 Villa Road, Newberg OR 97132.
Thomas R. Roth Sr.
Thomas Roger Roth Sr. of Dayton died March 23, 2007. He was 71.
He was born July 25, 1935, to Casper and Marie (Balmer) Roth in Portland. He was raised in Dayton and graduated from Dayton High School in 1954. After graduation he worked for Alpenrose Dairy of Portland and settled in Dundee.
On March 17, 1956, he married
Patsy Gladden. They operated the Roth Dairy Farm in Dayton, where they settled in 1966. He retired from Alpenrose in 1996, but continued to work on properties he owned and assisted his uncle in construction.
He enjoyed trains, cars, gun and coin collecting, traveling and wagering on the Portland Trail Blazers.
Survivors include: wife Patsy of Dayton; son Tom Jr. of Prineville; daughters, Geraldene Pierce and Susan Moe of Dayton and Rhonda Roth of Issaquah, Wash.; brother Paul Roth of Newberg; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by sister Rose Hershifeldt.
A funeral service was held March 29 at the chapel of Macy and Son Funeral Directors in McMinnville with Pastor Jim Peterson officiating. Committal was in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association in care of Macy and Son, 135 N. Evans St., McMinnville, OR 97128.
Eve R. Watt
Eve Rachel Watt of Newberg died March 24, 2007, of complications from cancer. She was 49.
She was born Sept. 24, 1957, to Lester and Eleanor (Saatio) Watt in Torrance, Calif. She spent her childhood in McMinnville and Sherwood.
In 1988, she settled in Newberg with her children. She worked in the electronics industry and was employed at Vanguard EMS.
She lived briefly in Aloha before returning to Newberg to live with her sisters.
She enjoyed crafts and raising birds.
Survivors include: sisters, Becki Watt and Martha Knapp of Newberg; son Kyle James of Portland; daughter Daris James of Aloha; brothers, Roger Watt of Washington and Gerald Watt of California; and three grandchildren.
A memorial gathering will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Watt home, 15250 NE Kincaid Road, Newberg.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.
William R. Boyd Sr.
William Renton Boyd Sr., died March 18, 2007, at a local hospital. He was 75.
He was born April 3, 1931, to Edgar and Annie (Renton) Boyd in Yale, Okla. He was a member of the Seminole Indian tribe and moved to Oregon as a youth.
He graduated from Lebanon High School in 1949 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1951 to 1953. Returning to Lebanon, he began a career as a police officer, later working in Salem and Idaho.
In 1951, he married
Ellen Jones in Lebanon. He became an insurance adjuster in 1964, retiring in 1980. In 1968, he settled in Newberg, where he remained until moving to Dallas in 2006.
He was preceded in death by his first wife in 1982. He married
Sharon Ackerman in November 1986.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Dallas and volunteered in the Newberg High School wood shop, where he was an assistant shop teacher for 10 years. He also enjoyed fishing, boating and camping.
Survivors include: wife Sharon of Dallas; sons, William Jr. of Gresham, Paul of Cornelius and Bruce of Newberg; daughters, Shahana Johnson of Newberg, Taslima Stoddard of Dillon, Mont. and Sofia Parra of Salem; brothers, Robert of White Swan, Wash. and Richard of Ukiah, Calif.; sisters, Joann Rasor of Corvallis and Imogene Wells of Salem; 16 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by daughter Janice Gomez.
A funeral service was held March 22 in Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel with Pastor Jeremy Hajdu-Paulen officiating. Committal was in Willamette Valley National cemetery in Portland.
