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Vanna Arline Beatty
Vanna Arline Beatty, 85, a retired artist, died April 11, 2003, of natural causes in Brookings. She requested no services. Cremation was under the direction of Redwood Memorial Chapel and Crematory.
Harry Custer Vetterlein
Harry Custer Vetterlein, 93, of Brookings, died April 9, 2003, of natural causes at his home.
Vetterlein was born April 12, 1909, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Harry Custer and Edith (Eisenlohr-Landenberger) Vetterlein. Following high school, he attended a military boarding school in Pennsylvania, where he was trained in riding horses. This led to work at a dude ranch and breaking wild horses near Silver City, N.M.
He worked on Wall Street in New York, and joined the Manhattan Chess Club. In the late 1920s, he worked at Packard Motor Company, purchased a 1930 Model A Ford for $500 and drove his mother from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, Calif., with her two chow dogs in the rumble seat. He told of driving on roads so muddy that it was necessary to stop and scrape mud off the tires so they could turn.
He attended the Los Angeles Junior College and National Electrical School which led to his main vocation as a instrumentation technician in electronics at Aerojet General Corp. in Azusa, California.
Vetterlein held various jobs, even through the depression, including as a Fuller Brush salesman and gold miner, and drying apricots in California and selling them in New York where they could get five times the price. He was employed by North American during WWII where he worked on the P-51 Mustang and later for the Dept. of Navy and then Aerojet General where he worked on the Polaris Missile.
He met his future wife, Iretta Hansen, on a Greyhound bus as they were both traveling from Salt Lake City to California. They were married
December 25, 1940 in Pasadena, Calif.
They lived in Salt Lake City, Utah and in Manhattan Beach, Santa Cruz, Pasadena and Claremont, Calif. and, on retirement in 1976, moved to Grants Pass. The couple has made their home in Brookings since 1988.
Vetterlein was a devoted family man, his family said. He enjoyed fishing, camping, walking, photography, woodworking and sailing. He enjoyed all things about Brookings, including the rain.
He is survived by his wife, Iretta, of Brookings; sons David Hansen Vetterlein of Brookings; Robert Thomas and wife Gina Vetterlein of Upland, Calif.; sister Josephine Borden of Key West, Fla., half-brother Fred and wife Jeanette Vetterlein of Norristown, Pa.; and grandson Brian Robert Vetterlein.
He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Gloria Sherlene.
Memorial contributions may be made to Curry County Hospice, 800 Chetco Ave., Brookings, Ore., 97415.
Memorial services were held April 12, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brookings, with Bishop J. L. Marks officiating.
Private interment was at W.J. Ward Memorial cemetery in Brookings under the direction of Redwood Memorial Chapel.
Bradford ‘Brad' Allen
Bradford "Brad" Freeman Allen, 57, of Brookings died April 12, 2003, in Gold Beach at a care facility.
Mr. Allen was born in San Francisco on May 6, 1945, to Roy and Jessie Eleanor (Low) Allen.
After his graduation from high school in Wenatchee, Wash., he traveled extensively and did odd jobs in many locations. Brad learned to carve artistic wooden objects and traveled to flea markets and other venues selling his wares.
He was an avid reader and enjoyed locating old books at a bargain. He was a trivia buff, and had a great memory for detailed information. One of his favorite activities in life was to be in the outdoors camping.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Kathleen J. and Jason Wyles, and grandchildren Nikole and Trever Wyles, all of Klamath Falls; brother Robert Allen of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; aunt Harriet Hepler of Wenatchee, Wash.; and uncle Wayne Low of Olympia, Wash.
Cremation was under the direction of Redwood Memorial Chapel and Crematory.
Muriel Saalfield
Muriel Agnes Saalfield, 88, died April 30, 2003, at her home in Brookings of natural causes.
She was born on February 15, 1915, at Great Valley, N.Y., to Avery and Anna Mohr Howe.
She married
John E. Chase on October 25, 1933, in Great Valley, N.Y. They lived there until his death in 1979. She married
Richard Eighme in 1980, and after his death she married
Everett Saalfield of Little Valley, N.Y. in 1984.
She lived a very full and happy life, her family said. She enjoyed cooking, ceramics, crocheting, knitting, reading and dancing. She enjoyed being with people and will be long remembered for her sweet smile, twinkling blue eyes, and her great love of life.
She is survived by daughters, Patricia E. Ball of Brookings, and Marilyn S. Mack of Rapid City, S.D.; brother, Sidney Howe of Hamburg, N.Y.; sister, Esther Sylvester of Bradford, Pa.; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by brothers, Millard Howe and Glen Howe; and son, James Chase.
A memorial service will be held at a later time.
Arrangements are under the direction of Redwood Memorial Chapel.
Hazel Garliepp
Hazel Alberta Garliepp, 79, died April 28, 2003, at home in Brookings of natural causes.
She was born August 5, 1923, in Oakland, Calif., to Nathan Bickford Heath and Mildred Alberta Omstead Heath. She was raised in Oakland and knew her husband, Loree, when they were children growing up in the same neighborhood.
She graduated from Castlemont High School in Oakland and went directly to business school. Upon graduation she worked for the U.S. Navy supply depot in Oakland.
The Garliepps were married
October 5, 1946, in Oakland. They moved to Concord and lived there from 1946 until 1998.
Mrs. Garliepp spent five years as a bookkeeper, providing accounting services for the Montgomery Ward offices in Oakland. She then stayed home to raise her family, and returned to work for 10 more years in Walnut Creek at Montgomery Ward, retiring in the mid- 1970s.
She was an active member of the Fair Oaks Baptist Church in Concord. She was a member of the Sweet Adalines. She enjoyed bowling, playing the piano, crocheting, cooking, making ceramics, and had a love for all animals, especially her cats and dogs.
She was particularly fond of sunsets, and when she and her husband moved to Brookings, they lived in a home with a good view of them. She had a collection of hundreds of Santa Clauses and at Christmas had no need for any other decorations on the tree. She also collected music boxes and from this came her CB handle, "Music Box." Another nickname that was coined by her grandchildren when they would gather around her at the holidays was "Grandma Cookie." Her family said that she was loving, generous, the matriarch of their extended family, and a natural-born leader.
Mrs. Garliepp and her husband traveled the West Coast extensively, and Alaska and Hawaii.
She liked to plan the family trips in detail and then keep a journal as the travels unfolded. Since 1998, the Garliepps and one son have lived in Brookings.
She is survived by her husband; sons Dale Garliepp, Sr., and wife Linda of Selma, Oregon and Daryl Garliepp of Brookings; daughter Donna Heaivilin and husband Carroll, of Idaho Falls, Idaho; a sister, Diane Heath, of Spokane, Wash., three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and Tuffy, her cat.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister June Hohn, and an infant brother.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Donations may be made to the South Coast Humane Society. P.O. Box 7833, Brookings OR 97415.
Cremation is under the direction of Redwood Memorial Chapel.
Guyla Giddings
Guyla Grace Giddings, 72, of Crescent City, died April 29, 2003, in Medford.
She was born Sept. 16, 1930 in Colton, Calif.
She was a 67-year resident of Del Norte County.
Mrs. Giddings enjoyed gardening, crocheting, reading, and taking walks on the beach.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church where she played the piano to the children during classes.
Survivors include children Ellie and husband Phillip Rhodes of Medford; Lorena and husband Neil Harris of Paradise, Calif.; Evelyn B. Giddings and husband David Lemm of Eureka, Calif.; Blaine Giddings of Crescent City; Norman and wife Lynn Giddings of Crescent City; Albert Giddings, Jr. of Hiouchi; brothers Tim Griffin of San Bernardino, Calif.; Norman Griffin of New York; grandchildren Kelli Thacker; Clara Coltra; Jodi Brown; Stephanie Buma; Austin, Breeze and Stormy Giddings; Kelsey, Kendall and Cole Giddings; Eli and Megan Harris. Also surviving are seven great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Albert Giddings, Sr. in 1988.
Visitation will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, May 2; 9 a.m.-until service time, Saturday, May 3.
A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Wier's Mortuary Chapel, 408 G St., Crescent City. Interment will take place at the Del Norte County Veteran's cemetery in Crescent City.
Arrangements are under the direction of Wier's Mortuary Chapel.
