OBITUARIES.Byline: The Register-Guard Domenico Tonole COTTAGE GROVE Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). - The funeral will be held Dec. 10 for Domenico "Mac" Tonole of Cottage Grove, who died Dec. 4 of age-related causes. He was 99. Tonole was born Jan. 31, 1905, in Cottage Grove to John and Angelina Perini Tonole. He married Thelma Lebow on April 21, 1928, in Eugene. She died July 14, 1994. As a young man, he worked on the railroad near Oakridge. He later was a mill worker for W.A. Woodard Lumber Co., and continued with the company after it was bought by Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co. He retired from Weyerhaeuser in 1970. Tonole was a lifelong resident of Cottage Grove. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F. Lodge 68 in Cottage Grove. Survivors include a son, Wayne, of Portland; six grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. A daughter, Janet Dyche, died Dec. 20, 2002. Friday's funeral will be held at 1 p.m. at Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove. Burial will be in Shields Cemetery, also in Cottage Grove. Ernestine Mitchell A memorial service will be held Dec. 13 for Ernestine Mitchell of Eugene, who died Nov. 14 of age-related causes. She was 87. She was born Dec. 13, 1916, in Bernadotte Township, Ill., to Stephen and Edith Wilson Mitchell. Mitchell attended Northwestern Bible School in Minneapolis. She worked as a secretary in a Christian bookstore in Minneapolis and also was a secretary at the Conservative Baptist Seminary in Denver, Colo. She moved to Eugene in 1934 and was a secretary in the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. business office for 18 years, retiring in 1983. She belonged to the First Baptist Church First Baptist Church may refer to many churches: Canada
Monday's service will be at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Eugene. Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to the church. Hal Andrus Private services were held for Hal S. Andrus of Eugene, who died Dec. 4 of age-related causes. He was 98. Andrus was born March 19, 1906, in Range, to Grosvenor and Christina Miller Andrus. He married Dorothy Johnson on April 9, 1928, in Hood River The Hood River is a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Approximately 25 mi (40 km) long from its mouth to its farthest headwaters on the East Fork, the river descends from wilderness areas in the Cascade Range on Mount Hood and flows . She died in 1982. He married Leona Weatherly on June 27, 1991. At age 12, he hired out on his first cattle drive. At age 19, he was contracted to haul lumber in his own truck. He built and operated sawmills and designed, built and repaired sawmill sawmill, installation or facility in which cut logs are sawed into standard-sized boards and timbers. The saws used in such an installation are generally of three types: the circular saw, which consists of a disk with teeth around its edge; the band saw, which equipment. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed hunting, fishing and beekeeping beekeeping or apiculture Care and manipulation of honeybees to enable them to produce and store more honey than they need so that the excess can be collected. Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of animal husbandry. . Survivors include his wife; two sons, Stephen of Vashon, Wash., and Cecil of Boise; a daughter, Margaret Gardner Professor Margaret Gardner is the Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT University in Melbourne. Professor Margaret Gardner took on the role of Vice-Chancellor and President in April 2005, having previously held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the of Redmond; 10 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren. West Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene is in charge of arrangements. Burial is at West Lawn Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to a Shriners Hospital for Children. Lois Rookard REEDSPORT - The funeral will be held Dec. 9 for Lois Joyce Rookard of Reedsport, who died Dec. 4 of age-related causes. She was 93. She was born Nov. 26, 1911, in Reubens, Idaho
Reubens is a city in Lewis County, Idaho, United States, on the camas prairie. The population was 72 at the 2000 census. , to Bert and Maud Demerest Mead. She graduated from Myrtle Point High School. She married Ray Rookard; he died in 1986. She drove school buses in the 1950s and worked at the Gardiner and Reedsport post offices in the 1970s. She enjoyed gardening, needlepoint needlepoint: see lace. needlepoint Type of embroidery in which the stitches are counted and worked with a needle over the threads, or mesh, of a canvas foundation. It was known as canvas work until the early 19th century. , knitting, crocheting and making quilts and dolls. She was a lifetime member of Martha Chapter 48 and the Rebekah Lodge. Survivors include a daughter, Florence Hagemann of California; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. Thursday, followed by the funeral at 10 a.m. at Dunes Memorial Chapel in Reedsport. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in Coos Bay. Memorial contributions may be made to Portland's Shriners Hospital for Children, 3101 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239; or Lower Umpqua Hospice, 600 Ranch Road, Reedsport, OR 97467. Dorothy Soults Private services were held for Dorothy Soults of Eugene, who died Dec. 5 of complications of Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. . She was 91. Soults was born July 7, 1913, in Nanaimo, B.C., to Harry and Mary Auchinvole. She married Edgar Soults on Oct. 12, 1935, in Oakland, Calif. He died in 1999. She graduated from high school in Oakland, Calif., and was a longtime homemaker. She had lived in Eugene for 60 years and previously lived in Yuma, Ariz. Soults enjoyed oil painting, sewing, cooking and fishing. She belonged to First Christian Church First Christian Church can refer to:
Survivors include four daughters, Jan Leister leis·ter n. A three-pronged spear used in fishing. tr.v. leis·tered, leis·ter·ing, leis·ters To spear (a fish) with a leister. of Eugene, Joan Guiley of Springfield, Merle merle a pattern of coat color pigmentation with dark, irregular blotches on a lighter background. Seen in some Collies and Welsh corgis. In shorthaired dogs, e.g. Great Danes and Dachshunds, the similar pattern is called dapple. Anne Atkinson of Scio and Margaret Wilson of Medford; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grand- children. A grandson died previously. Burial was in West Lawn Memorial Park in Eugene. Musgrove Family Mortuary of Eugene was in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Nursing Home Ministries, 2765 Malibu Way, Eugene, OR 97405. Clarification Martha M. Brauner of Corvallis, formerly of Eugene, died Dec. 1 at age 96. She was born July 22, 1908, in Corvallis, to Adolph and Mary Behnemann Leder. McHenry Funeral Home in Corvallis is in charge of arrangements. News obituaries are a free service of The Register-Guard and are printed as space allows. The News Department will accept information on its standard obituary forms submitted through funeral homes or by the deceased's immediate family. Obituary information is available at (phone) 485-1234, Ext. 5534, or (fax) 683-7631. If you want to purchase advertising space for a more detailed obituary, call 342-1212. Obituaries published in the past 30 days are available at www.register guard.com. |
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