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Nathan Hanson

A memorial service will be held Nov. 30 for Nathan Lloyd Hanson of Eugene, who died Nov. 22. He was 65. The family chose not to list the cause of death.

Hanson was born May 31, 1939, in Veneta, to Eldo and Hilda Ruth Depew Hanson.

A lifelong area resident, he graduated from Elmira High School
:For the school in Elmira, Ontario, see Elmira District Secondary School.
Elmira High School is a 4A public high school of about 500 students in Elmira, Oregon located approximately 15 miles from Eugene.
. He had worked as a forklift operator and maintenance supervisor until his recent retirement. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and the outdoors. He belonged to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is a conservationist organization, founded in the United States in 1984 by four hunters from Troy, Montana (Bob Munson, Bill Munson, Dan Bull and Charlie Decker) with the mission of ensuring the future of elk, other wildlife, and their .

Survivors include a son, Nathan "Tad" of Eugene; a daughter, Shannan Truax of Eugene; a stepdaughter step·daugh·ter  
n.
A spouse's daughter by a previous union.


stepdaughter
Noun

a daughter of one's husband or wife by an earlier relationship

Noun 1.
, Brenda Adams; a stepson step·son  
n.
A spouse's son by a previous union.


stepson
Noun

a son of one's husband or wife by an earlier relationship

Noun 1.
, Marty Gray of Eugene; four brothers, Edward and Lee, both of Veneta, Clarence of Klickitat, Wash., and Michael of Orlando, Fla.; five sisters, Nellie Stevenson of Eugene, June Bell and Evelyn Yoder, both of Veneta, Ruth Heinzle of Pensacola, Fla., and Clara Ingle in·gle  
n.
1. An open fire in a fireplace.

2. A fireplace.



[Perhaps Scottish Gaelic aingeal, fire, light.
 of Orlando, Fla.; and nine grandchildren. A son, William "Billy" Gray VI, died previously.

Tuesday's service will be held at 1 p.m. at Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Eugene. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in care of the funeral home.

Robert "Jim" Creasey

A memorial service will be held Dec. 1 for Robert Jimmy "Jim" Creasey of Eugene, who died Nov. 20 of lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. . He was 68.

Creasey was born Oct. 15, 1936, in French Camp, Calif., to Lloyd and Wanda Strehlow Creasey. He married Jeannine Hulse on May 26, 1955, in Eugene. She died Nov. 1, 1993. He married Nancy Fassett on Aug. 13, 1994, in Eugene.

He graduated from Willamette High School Willamette High School is a school in Eugene, Oregon.

Willamette, or "Wil-Hi," is located in the Bethel-Danebo area of west Eugene, and is the only high school in the Bethel School District.
 in 1954. He served in the Army in Japan from 1956 to 1958 and worked in the grocery business from 1958 to 1970 as the owner of McCabe's Market. He moved to Roseburg in the 1970s and worked as manager of a fruit and produce company. He worked at Sims Electric from 1976 to 1979.

Creasey was a drug and alcohol counselor at Serenity Lane for 20 years, retiring in 2001. He worked for and was part-owner of Jean Tate Jean Tate was a fictional character in the ITV soap Emmerdale. Family
  • Father: Scott Windsor
  • Mother: Zoe Tate
  • Grandfathers: Reg Dawson (deceased), Frank Tate (deceased)
  • Grandmothers: Viv Hope, Jean Tate Sr.
 Real Estate in 1993. He enjoyed golf, yard work and spending time "Spending Time" is the first single released by Christian artist Stellar Kart.

The lyrics describe the band members desire to spend "more time with God". "Sometimes it’s a real struggle to spend time with God.
 with his family. He was a former member of Emerald Executive and Springfield Country Club. He was a lifetime member of Central Lutheran Church.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Douglas of Bend and Bob of Portland; two daughters, Lisa Perra of Eugene and Shellie Robertson of Kent, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Angie Bowen of Portland; two brothers, David of Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley,  and Lone of Tomball, Texas Tomball is a city in Harris County, Texas. The population was 9,089 at the 2000 census. In 1907, the community of Peck was renamed Tomball. The city (and the local school district) are named for local congressman Thomas Henry Ball, who had a major role in the development of the ; and nine grandchildren. A stepdaughter, Christie Lusk, died in 1997.

Wednesday's memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. at Central Lutheran Church in Eugene. England's Eugene Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospital Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , 1227 Third Ave., Chula Vista Chula Vista (ch`lə), city (1990 pop. 135,163), San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1911. , CA 91911, or to Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), worldwide organization dedicated to the treatment of alcoholics; founded 1935 by two alcoholics, one a New York broker, the other an Ohio physician. .

Cleda Vossen

The funeral will be held Nov. 29 for Cleda Evelyn Vossen of Eugene, who died Nov. 23 of age-related causes. She was 85.

Vossen was born June 11, 1919, in Lakeview, to Elizabeth Jamieson. She married Earle Vossen on June 23, 1938, in Lakeview.

She graduated from Lakeview High School Lakeview High School may refer to:
  • Lakeview High School — Battle Creek, Michigan
  • Lakeview High School — St. Clair Shores, Michigan
  • Lakeview High School — Lakeview, Michigan
  • Lakeview High School — Lakeview, Minnesota
. She was among the first women to act as fire lookouts from towers in Oregon.

She also had worked as a buyer for Broadway Clothing and at Chase Flowers.

Vossen had lived in Eugene since 1945. She enjoyed spending time with her family. She also enjoyed the beauty of nature, flower gardening, travel, antiques, making and collecting dolls, quilts and thimbles. She volunteered at Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to:

In the United States:
  • Sacred Heart Medical Center — Eugene, Oregon
  • Sacred Heart Medical Center — Spokane, Washington
See also
  • Sacred Heart Hospital (disambiguation)
 and the Campbell Senior Center.

Survivors include three daughters, Lani Gilbert, Patricia Duke and Kathy Hanson, all of Eugene; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grand- children.

Monday's service will be held at 1 p.m. at Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home, Eugene. Burial also will be in Lane Memorial Gardens.

Virginia Thompson Virginia Thompson was a Canadian figure skater. She competed in ice dance with William McLachlan. They won three national titles, and one silver medal and a bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships.  

Virginia Y. "Ginnie" Thompson of Marysville, Wash., and formerly of Springfield, died Nov. 16 of age-related causes. She was 78.

Thompson was born Feb. 7, 1926, in Lyme Center, N.H., to Samuel and Effie Gray Euphemia ('Effie') Chalmers Gray (1828 - 1897) was the wife of the critic John Ruskin but later left her husband to marry his protege, the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. This famous Victorian "love triangle" has been dramatised in several plays and an opera.  Ware. She married Junior Thompson. He died in 1987.

She moved to Springfield in 1932 and later graduated from Springfield High School Springfield High School may refer to:
  • Springfield High School (Colorado) — Springfield, Colorado
  • Springfield High School (Illinois) — Springfield, Illinois
  • Springfield High School (Louisiana) — Springfield, Louisiana
. She lived in the Springfield area until 1989 and also had lived in Phoenix, Ariz. A homemaker, she enjoyed spending time with her family, embroidery, puzzle books, watching baseball and collecting owls. She belonged to Women of the Moose Chapter 1440.

Survivors include four sons, Gary of Canby, C.P. "Mike" of Woodburn, Michael of Kennewick, Wash., and Anton "Tony" of Shoreline, Wash.; three daughters, Pennie Alaniz of Moses Lake Moses Lake, city (1990 pop. 11,235), Grant co., central Wash., on Moses Lake; settled 1897, inc. 1938. A distribution and shipping point for the Columbia basin project, it produces are sugar, potatoes, milk, paper, rocket propellant, silicon, chemicals, and frozen foods. , Wash., Cassandra Golden of Marysville, and Lucinda Day of Lynnwood, Wash.; a brother, Jack War of Ashland; two sisters, Theresa Johnson of Eugene and Dolly Sweeney of Australia; 32 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. A daughter, Elvira Caesar, and a grandson, Daniel Thompson, died previously.

A celebration of her life was held Nov. 20 in Marysville, Va. Solie Funeral Home in Everett, Wash., was in charge of arrangements.

Kenneth Stroup

DEXTER - The funeral will be held Nov. 30 for Kenneth Dean Stroup of Dexter, who died Nov. 24 of age-related causes. He was 75.

Stroup was born Jan. 7, 1929, in Bowdle, S.D., to Clarence and Adeline Flemmer Stroup. He married Bobbie Mae Fuller in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , on July 4, 1949.

He moved to Cottage Grove during his first-grade year and graduated from Cottage Grove High School Cottage Grove High School is a public high school located in Cottage Grove, Oregon. It has a newer school building, opened in 2003 to replace the old high school building that was built in 1939 and held its first classes in 1940. .

He served in the Air Force as an airframe repairman re·pair·man  
n.
A man whose occupation is making repairs.

Noun 1. repairman - a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
maintenance man, service man
 and served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars.

He retired from the military in 1968 and returned to Dexter, where he worked as the maintenance supervisor at Pleasant Hill High School until 1985.

He was a member of the Cottage Grove Moose Lodge.

He enjoyed dancing while a young man, and was an avid reader.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Randy of Deer Lodge, Mont., Reggie of Charleston, and Robert of Clarksville, Tenn.; a daughter, Marcia Lynn Harp of Dexter; a sister, Doris Eubanks of Cottage Grove; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A son, Rodney Stroup, died Oct. 4, 1997.

Tuesday's service will be at 11 a.m. at Buell Funeral Chapel in Springfield. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., also at the chapel.

Jean McCracken

Jean Reid McCracken of Eugene died Nov. 23 of complications of multiple sclerosis. She was 82. A private family celebration of life will be held.

McCracken was born Aug. 26, 1922, in Plattsmouth, Neb., to Gilbert and Lauretta Reid Taylor. She previously lived in Kearney and Omaha, Neb., and Roseburg, and had lived in Eugene for the past 43 years.

McCracken attended Longfellow High School in Kearney, Kearney State College and Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. .

She enjoyed reading and observing nature, and was a longtime member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Survivors include three sons, Craig Johnson of Salem, and Christopher Johnson and Curt Johnson, both of Springfield; seven daughters, Cindy Cooley, Celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to:

in Music
  • Voix céleste, a Pipe Organ stop.
  • Celesta, a musical instrument
Other
  • Spanish/Portuguese for Sky Blue, Light Blue, Baby Blue
 Payton, Cecily Wijers and Collette Johnson, all of Eugene, Candice Stadler of Corvallis, and Claudia Johnson Wadsworth and Carolyn Johnson, both of Portland; a brother, Jack Taylor of Winona, Minn.; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Two husbands, Dr. Robert Johnson and Robert McCracken, two daughters, Jean Johnson and Teresa Johnson, and a grandson, Michael Payton, died previously.

Burial will be in Rest-Haven Memorial Park, Eugene. Rest-Haven Funeral Home, also in Eugene, is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1650 N.W. Naito Parkway, Suite 190, Portland, OR 97209.

Tarik Nugent

Tarik Nugent of Eugene died Nov. 24 of cancer at age 20. An open house to celebrate his life will begin Nov. 30 and continue daily until Dec. 6.

Nugent was born July 8, 1984, in Marcola to Charles and Barbara Nugent.

A lifelong resident of Lane County, he attended Eugene Waldorf School, Spencer Butte Middle School and North Eugene High School North Eugene High School is a public high school of about 1,200 students in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is located at 200 Silver Lane near the Santa Clara area of Eugene.[1] North Eugene's mascot is the Highlander. , graduating in 2004.

He had just begun attending classes at Lane Community College when he became ill.

He played varsity baseball and basketball at North Eugene High and wanted to become a professional athlete. He won the "Against All Odds" award at his high school graduation and had been recognized for his athletic performances.

He enjoyed playing the piano, playing billiards billiards, any one of a number of games played with a tapered, leather-tipped stick called a cue and various numbers of balls on a rectangular, cloth-covered slate table with raised and cushioned edges. , the comedy of Jerry Seinfeld and the movie "Happy Gilmore."

Survivors include his parents, of Eugene; and two brothers, Asia Nugent and Shaun Nugent, both of Eugene.

The weeklong open house will be held each day from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the home of his parents at 4110 Braeburn Drive in Eugene. Private burial was at Rest-Haven Memorial Park in Eugene. England's Eugene Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Joan Jordan

PLEASANT HILL - A memorial service will be held Dec. 4 for Joan B. Jordan of Pleasant Hill, who died Nov. 23 of cancer. She was 64.

Jordan was born July 18, 1940, in Bay City, Mich., to Robert and Marguerite Boyles Reid. She married George Jordan on April 20, 1964, in Portland.

She had worked as a bookkeeper and as a payroll specialist for Pearl Buck Production Services. She enjoyed sewing, camping, fishing and spending time with her friends and family, and belonged to the Rebekah Lodge in Eugene. She had lived in Pleasant Hill for 20 years and previously lived in Portland.

Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Debbie Farris and Susan Evans, both of Portland, and Kim Ward of Bainbridge, Wash.; a son, George Jr. of Vancouver, Wash.; a sister, Roberta Jacobs of Bay City, Mich.; nine grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren.

The Dec. 4 service will be held at 1 p.m. in the Trent Church of Christ in Pleasant Hill. England's Eugene Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Brock Parthemer

A memorial service will be held Dec. 4 for Brock R. Parthemer of Eugene, who died Nov. 18 of head injuries suffered in a fall. He was 48.

Parthemer was born March 15, 1956, in Portland, to Robert and Elaine VanSoelen Parthemer. He married Mary Stadtfeld in 1988. They later divorced.

He received a degree in accounting and worked as a certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state.
 and a certified valuation analyst. He enjoyed hiking, skiing, canoeing and music. He previously lived in Gunnison, Colo.

Survivors include his former wife, Mary Stadtfeld Parthemer of Eugene; a daughter, Elena Parthemer of Eugene; a son, Alex, of Eugene; and three brothers, Mark of Portland, Grant of Brush Prairie, Wash., and Greg of Vancouver, Wash.

The Dec. 4 service will be held at 11 a.m. at Campbell Senior Center in Eugene. Musgrove Family Mortuary of Eugene is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to Birth to Three, the Eugene Education Fund or Hays Memorial Tree Garden.

A. Yvonne Haviland

A. Yvonne "Tia" Haviland of Eugene died Nov. 13 of age-related causes. She was 81.

Haviland was born Aug. 8, 1923, in Imperial, Neb., to Ray and Vina Browning Smith. She married John Haviland in 1955 in Portland. They divorced in 1976.

She had worked at US Bank in Portland and also was a homemaker. She enjoyed nature, art, music and writing poetry.

She is survived by a brother, Robert Smith of Eugene.

Inurnment services were held Nov. 16 in Riverview Abbey in Portland. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.

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