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Letha Markgraf
Letha Markgraf died March 11, 2003, at her daughters home in Newberg. She was 97.
She was born May 29, 1905, near Clayton, N.M., to W. Cecil and Martha Thompson. In 1908, the family moved to Texas and then to San Diego in time for her to start school. She graduated from Emerson Grade School, San Diego High School and San Diego State Teachers College.
In 1925 she married
Roy Crone at the Church of Christ in San Diego.
In 1932 the family moved to a primitive area of acreage near Sandy where she managed her home the first 10 years without electricity or running water, made her childrens clothing (except for shoes and socks), gardened, canned, made soap, helped clear the land, built and remodeled. She worked with strawberries at Sandy Farms, cooked at Sandy Grade School and wrapped meat at the Lee Meat Company.
The couple helped build the congregation building at Church of Christ in Sandy. She was an avid student of the Bible and taught Sunday school for many years.
After her husband Roys death in 1962, she continued to live in the home near Sandy until her marriage to Ernest Markgraf in 1978. The couple resided at his home in Lemon Grove, Calif., where he died in 1980. In 1990, she returned to Oregon and lived in Portland and in Newberg. In 2000, she moved into foster care with Mark and Barbara Searles of Dundee.
Survivors include: son Charles Crone of Eugene; daughter Maridine Douglass of Newberg; 13 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; seven great-great grandchildren and two step-great-great grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Attrells Newberg Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to Columbia Christian Schools or Providence St. Vincent Hospice in care of Attrells Newberg Chapel, 207 Villa Road, Newberg, OR 97132.
Lula P. Clements
Lula P. Clements of Newberg died March 7, 2003, at Avamere at Newberg. She was 91.
She was born Sept. 10, 1911, in Dale City, Iowa, to Virgil and Alta (Dupuy) Devilbiss. She was raised and educated in Sanborn, Minn., and Linden, Iowa. On Sept. 14, 1929, she married
Oran Clements Sr. in Adel, Iowa. In 1930, she moved to Carr, Colo., where the couple lived in a sod house. In 1936, they returned to Iowa and continued farming. In 1954, they moved to Dayton. She was a member of the Dayton First Baptist Church and a 50-year member in the Rebecca Lodge. She was also a member of the Eastern Star Knowles Chapter.
Survivors include: daughters, Sarah Barber of Newberg, Nellie Bindel of Winterset, Iowa, Dorothy Ellis of Rogers, Ark., Mary Golightly of Pierceton, Ind., LaVonne Morgan of Waukee, Iowa, Ruth Sexton of McMinnville, Beverlee Towry of Salem and Elsie Webster of Albany; sons, Fred and James of Dayton and Thomas of Palmer, Ark.; sisters. Hazel Barnes of Dexter, Iowa, Dorothy Devilbiss of Rippey, Iowa, Dorothy Lewis of Perry, Iowa, and Helen Evans of Des Moines, Iowa; 41 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by husband, Oran, in 1972; son Oran Jr.; daughter Edith Koch; three brothers; two sisters and four grandchildren.
A memorial service was held Wednesday at the Chapel of Macy and Son. Interment was held at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery in McMinnville.
Memorial contributions may be made to hospice or Dayton First Baptist Church in care of Macy and Son Funeral Directors, 135 N. Evans, McMinnville, OR 97128.
Maurice A. Eickholt
Maurice A. Eickholt died March 7, 2203, at a Salem Memorial Hospital. He was 84.
He was born Oct. 23, 1918, in Clyde, Mo. He was a decorated U.S. Army veteran of World War II who saw duty during the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he worked for the Philip Morris Tobacco company and for many years as a warehouse manager and salesman for the Townsend Wholesale Grocery Company in Maryville, Mo. In 1939, he married
Dorothy Markham in Maryville. In 1994 they moved to McMinnville.
Survivors include: wife Dorothy of Newberg; daughter Gloria Roberts of Portland; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. March 23 in the Heritage Place Community Room, 2915 N.E. Hembree St., McMinnville. Private interment will be held at Willamette National cemetery.
Flowers and remembrances may be sent to Heritage Memorial, 6637 S.E. Milwaukie Ave., Suite 1, Portland, OR 97292.
Hattie B. Winther
Hattie Burgoyne Winther died March 7, 2003, at Providence Newberg Hospital. She was 88.
She was born March 21, 1914, in Alma, Neb., to Henry and Isabella (Larison) Green. She grew up and attended school in Phillipsburg, Kan. In 1933, she moved to Newberg and married
Fred Burgoyne in 1937; he preceded her in death in January 1958. She married
Harry Winther in 1962 and was again widowed in 1986.
She lived on Zimri Drive for many years and enjoyed raising farm animals, goats, donkeys and other livestock. She worked for Deheus Clothing Company in Portland and was a power machine operator until retiring in 1974. She enjoyed collecting items of interest, especially mugs from all over the world. She was a member of the Newberg Church of the Nazarene for many years.
Survivors include: daughter Naida Corder of Newberg; stepson Don Winther of Omaha; sister Summer Blakley of Avendale, Ariz.; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by daughter, Frances, and son Lyle.
Chapel viewing and visitation is from 8 a.m. until the 10 a.m. funeral service today (Wednesday) at Attrells Newberg Chapel. The Rev. Don Fivecoat will officiate and a concluding service will follow at Valley View Memorial Park in Newberg.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Newberg Animal Shelter in care of Attrells Newberg Chapel, 207 Villa Road, Newberg, OR 97132.
Norma B. Beebe-Piersall
Norma Beth Beebe-Piersall of Eugene died March 7, 2003, of cancer. She was 73.
She was born Nov. 15, 1929, in Jewell County, Kan., to Frank and Ethel (Fogo) Dillon. She lived in Kansas much of her early years, attending Friends Bible Academy and College in Haviland, Kan., for high school and her first two years of college. In 1949 she transferred to George Fox College (now George Fox University) to complete her bachelors degree. During this time she met Richard Beebe; the couple married
June 2, 1951, in Newberg following graduation from college.
The couple moved to Eugene where they helped start Eugene Friends Church and worked for the Crow-Applegate-Lorane School District; she worked as a first-grade teacher. She was preceded in death by husband, Richard, in September 1989. On Feb. 14, 1999 she married
Wayne Piersall from Coeur d Alene, Idaho.
Survivors include: husband Wayne of Eugene; sons, Richard of Keizer, Terry of Camano Island, Wash., and Gayle of Spring Arbor, Mich.; daughter Londa Rochholz of Eugene; brother Ardean Dillon of Manhatta, Kan.; numerous nieces and nephews and nine grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Newberg Friends cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Free Methodist Church in Eugene.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Eugene Friends Church Building Fund, 3495 W. 18th St., Eugene, OR 97402.
Clarence A. Schaad
Clarence August Schaad of Newberg died June 12, 2003. He was 98.
He was born June 19, 1904, to August and Anna (Bartruff) in his family home on the Rex Hill side of Parrett Mountain. He was the first of seven children and attended the two room Rex School through the eighth grade. His labor was needed to support the family so he did not attend high school. He did, however, attend the University of Oregon for a period of time.
As a teen-ager, he cultivated crops using horse-drawn equipment. Since his Uncle Gottlieb was the local road supervisor, he drove a team of horses to construct and maintain county roads.
He began his career as a structural ironworker in 1925, during the construction of the Willamette Falls paper mill in Oregon City. He was an apprentice ironworker during the construction of the Burnside Bridge in Portland. In 1927, he became a journeyman ironworker. At the time of his death he was the longest living member of Ironworkers Local #29.
He continued his construction career as ironworker foreman for the Ross B. Hammond Construction Company. Buildings that contain his labor include the Oregon State Capitol, Portland International Airport, the original Paramount Theater, the renovated Civic Auditorium, buildings on the Tektronix campus, state office buildings, hospitals and prisons, dormitories and classroom buildings at Oregon State University, elementary and high schools in the Portland and Salem areas. Bridges include the Ross Island and several on Highway 101 from Tillamook to Coos Bay.
In 1963, he was awarded the title of Guildsman of the Year by the Associated General Contractors. In July 2001, he received an award for 80 years as a member of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers.
In his spare time, he operated a walnut and prune farm on Rex Hill. For 60 years he served as a volunteer cooperative weather observer reporting precipitation from the station identified as Rex Hill South.
He received the Edward H. Stoll Award and the John Campanius Holm Award for service to the National Weather Bureau. He enjoyed fishing for salmon, steelhead and trout. He was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church. On June 27, 1931, he married
Grace Hyde. She preceded him in death in 1944.
Survivors include: son Lewis of Newberg; daughter Grace of Portland; five sisters and brothers; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by son Allan in 1976.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the First United Methodist Church with Pastor Jane Shaffer officiating. Committal service will follow at 1:30 p.m. at Newberg Friends cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Camp Magruder maintenance fund or Newberg United Methodist Church camping endowment fund in care of Attrells Newberg Chapel, 207 Villa Road, Newberg, OR 97132.
Mary Link
Mary Link died June 11, 2003. She was 87.
She was born on March 23, 1916.
Survivors include: daughters Sylvia Slothower of Welches and Janice Dugan of McMinnville; son Thomas of Falls City; sister Irene Porter of Vancouver, Wash.; seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil, in 1980 and son Ned.
Private interment is planned at Valley View Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Newberg.
Vera Parker
Former Newberg resident Lillian Vera Parker of Portland died June 14, 2003. She was 96.
She was born Oct. 29, 1906, in Portland to Charles and Ada (Russell) Dannals. At the age of 7, she moved to McMinnville. She graduated from McMinnville High School and then moved to Portland. On Nov. 13, 1933, she married
Alton Parker in Yuma, Ariz. After he husbands military service, the couple moved to Lakewood, Calif, then Temple City, Calif., then Sepastool, Calif., until moving to Newberg in 1983. In 1989, they moved to Beaverton until 1955, when she moved to Portland. She was a member of the Oregon Camelia Society and the China, Burma, India, V.A. Auxiliary.
Survivors include cousins, Elizabeth Garrett of Chehalis, Wash., and Steven Russell of Portland. She was preceded in death by husband, Alton, in 1990.
A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. today (Wednesday) at Willamette National cemetery with the Rev. Doug Rose officiating.
Betsy A. Hughes
Betsy Ann Semler Hughes died June 12, 2003, at a Portland hospital. She was 51.
She was born Nov. 27, 1951, to Jerome and Bernice (Hochfeld) Semler in Portland. She grew up and attended school in Portland and graduated from Wilson High School in 1970. She lived in an apartment with friends from 1970-1971. In 1972 she moved with a friend to Denver, and returned to Portland in 1974.
She enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, but shortly after, received a discharge after a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. In 1975, she became manager of Far West Federal Savings in Portland and in September 1977 she met Patrick Hughes on a blind date. They were married
in April 1978 in Reno In May 1979 she resigned from Far West Federal Savings to start a family. In 1980, they moved to Newberg where she lived until the time of her death.
Survivors include: mother Bernice Semler of Portland; daughter Sarah Yanke of Dundee; brothers, Joel of Beaverton and Dennis of Portland. She was preceded in death by husband, Patrick, in February 2002.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday) in Attrells Newberg Chapel with Pastor Norm Olson officiating. Committal is private in Valley View Memorial Park in Newberg.
William L. Martin
William LaVerne Martin died June 9, 2003, in his home in Mesa, Ariz. He was 69.
He was born the son of Clair and Lee (Kniss) Martin on Aug. 15, 1933, in Portland. He grew up attending Portland schools and graduated from Franklin High School in 1951. He served in the U.S. Army from April 1953 until 1955. On April 15, 1954, he married
Barbara Draper in Oregon City and settled in Lake Grove. In 1966 the family moved to a home that he built in the Stafford area. In 1970 the couple divorced.
He was employed by Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone from 1955 until his retirement in 1982. He started out as a journeyman switchman in the central office. After retiring he worked for New York Bell in Manhattan as one of the first technicians to implement fiber optic technology into its existing systems.
In 1984, he married
Beverly and eventually settled in Mesa, Ariz., where he was a charter member of AOL, volunteering his time and knowledge helping elderly people in the community with anything from home repairs, cooking, running errands, setting up computers, and being a friend.
He enjoyed restoring cars and family members said he was especially proud of the 1923 Model T Ford that was featured in Hot Rod Magazine. He was fascinated with electronics, computers and motors. According to his family, he inherited his mothers passion for gardening and her German culinary expertise and enjoyed fixing simple, but beautifully prepared meals. He was especially proud to trace his paternal lineage back to one of George Washingtons generals that served in the American Revolution. He was also directly related to the Baseball Hall of Famer, Pepper Martin.
Survivors include: daughters, Susan Dato of Tualatin, Sally Paulson of Sherwood and Sandra Girdner of Tualatin; sister Shirley Fast of Crooked River; brother Walter of Portland; seven granddaughters and numerous nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly, on June 8 of cancer, his mother, father, and brother, Wallace.
A graveside service with vault internment will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Willamette National cemetery in Portland.
Buddy Pierce
Franklin A. Buddy Pierce died June 3, 2003, in Salt Lake City. He was 61.
He was born Feb. 23, 1942, to Tracy and Martha (Corder) Pierce in Bula, Texas. He moved to Newberg in 1952. He finished his education and graduated from Newberg High School. He served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, in 1974 married
Sharon Brady McMillan, and moved to Utah in 1991.
Survivors include: wife Sharon of Salt Lake City; daughters, Jennifer Prosser, Michelle Rizzutto and Renee Johnson; stepdaughter Deanne Capenetti; stepson Scott McMillan; sisters, Julie Cronk, Cora Comfort and Lois Trent; and 17 grandchildren.
He was buried with full military honors at Willamette National cemetery in Portland on June 10.
Mary Jo Candaux
Mary Jo Candaux of Newberg died June 5, 2003, at Providence Newberg Hospital. She was 81.
She was born July 29, 1921, to Carl and Ella Mae (Wood) Smith in Aztec, N.M. She lived in Aztec until 1941, when she moved to St. George, Utah. In 1944, she moved to California, and in 1946 she moved to Sandpoint, Idaho, where she lived until 1960. In 1960, she moved to Clark Fork, Idaho. In 1975, she moved to Boise.
She was primarily a restaurant cook in the various cities she lived in. In 1991 she moved to Oregon. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, crochet, knitting and her home and children. She was a member of the Lutheran Church in Clark Fork, Idaho. She was also a member of the Unity Rebekah Lodge in Boise.
Survivors include: sons, Carl Goodwin, Harry Goodwin of Newberg and Henry Meredith of Council, Idaho; daughters, JoAnne Hess of Rochester, Wash., Charlene Robinson of Puyallup, Wash., and Beth Smuen of Vernal, Utah; brothers, Bruce Smith of Hurricane, Utah, and Buddy Smith of San Jose, Calif.; sisters, Carlee Smith and Mabel Harrison, both of Portland; 22 great grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by son, Harley Goodwin.
Private services will be held. Arrangements are in care of Macy and Son Funeral Directors of McMinnville.
