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Alice Tolleson

SPRINGFIELD - The funeral will be Dec. 20 for Alice Ruth Tolleson of Springfield, who died Dec. 15 of pneumonia. She was 78.

Tolleson was born Jan. 24, 1927, in Kirby, Ark., to Jesse and Della Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Johnson may refer to:
  • Mitchell Johnson (painter), American painter
  • Mitchell Johnson (cricketer), Australian cricketer
  • Mitchell Johnson (murderer), American juvenile mass murderer
  • Mitchell Johnson (musician), Australian drummer in the band Bagster
. She married Billy R. Tolleson in Kirby on Feb. 1, 1945.

Tolleson enjoyed bingo, flowers, crafts, square dancing and watching the Portland Trailblazers' basketball.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Twilla Moorehead of Eugene and Sandra Shaffer of Springfield; a brother, Joe Johnson Joe Johnson may refer to:
  • Joe Johnson (basketball) (born 1981), NBA player
  • Joe Johnson (American football)
  • Joe Johnson (politician), U.S. Democrat
  • Joe Johnson (snooker player) (born 1952)
  • Joe Lee Johnson, NASCAR driver
 of Springfield; three grandchildren; and two great-grand-children.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Buell Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Buell Funeral Chapel.

Buell Funeral Chapel in Springfield is in charge of arrangements.

Daws Angel

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 Dec. 21 for Daws Wiley Angel of Cottage Grove, who died Dec. 16 of age-related causes. He was 96.

Angel was born Oct. 13, 1909, in Chili, Wis., to Daws and Minnie Barnard Angel. He married Mary Rose The Mary Rose was an English Tudor carrack warship and one of the first to be able to fire a full broadside of cannons. The Mary Rose was well equipped with 78 guns (91 after an upgrade in 1536).  Sullivan in Seattle on Dec. 30, 1932. She died June 6, 1989.

Angel attended school in Los Gatos Los Gatos (lôs gä`tōs, lŏs, găt`əs), city (1990 pop. 27,357), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1887. It is an affluent residential community and health resort. , Calif. He lived in San Jose, Calif., before moving to Cottage Grove in 1947.

He was in the Marine Corps from 1933 to 1941. Angel worked at shipyards after he left the Marines and later at several local mills as a lumber grader.

Angel enjoyed hunting, fishing, raising cattle and spending time with family.

Survivors include two daughters, Carol Volesky and Claudia Kimery, both of Cottage Grove; nine grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

A daughter, Nadine Emery, and two grandchildren, Andrew Kimery and Matthew Woody, died previously.

Wednesday's service will be at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church First Baptist Church may refer to many churches: Canada
  • First Baptist Church of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
United States
  • First Baptist Church (Bay Minette, Alabama)
  • First Baptist Church (Greenville, Alabama)
 in Cottage Grove. Burial will be in Hawley Cemetery.

Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove is in charge of arrangements.

Vera Peterson

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The area beside a grave.
 funeral will be held Dec. 21 for Vera Peterson of Eugene, who died Dec. 14 of age-related causes. She was 87.

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, to Clarence and Pearl Hedeen. She married Theodore "Ted" Peterson on Jan. 25, 1936, in Sioux City, Iowa. He died Oct. 12, 1981.

She had lived in Eugene for 60 years and previously lived in Sioux City, Salina Salina (səlī`nə), city (1990 pop. 42,303), seat of Saline co., central Kans., on the Smoky Hill River; founded 1858 by settlers opposed to slavery, inc. 1870. , Kan., and Renton, Wash. She was a longtime homemaker and also worked in the family drapery business. She enjoyed creating landscapes and still life oil paintings, reading, the outdoors and flower gardening. She also liked holiday baking, and her family will remember her for her "melting moments" and butter spritz cookies.

Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn Ramus ramus /ra·mus/ (ra´mus) pl. ra´mi   [L.] a branch, as of a nerve, vein, or artery.

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 of Eugene and Ellen Barry-Lane of Pender Island, B.C.; three brothers, Ned Meacham of Stagecoach stagecoach, heavy, closed vehicle on wheels, usually drawn by horses, formerly used to transport passengers and goods overland. Throughout the Middle Ages and until about the end of the 18th cent. , Nev., La Mar Meacham of Sunnyside, Wash., and Duane Meacham of Yakima; two sisters, Donna Lynde and Delia Kirby, both of Yakima; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A daughter, Carol Jean, and two brothers, Ivan Meachan and Truman Meach- an, died previously.

Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene. Wed- nesday's service will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Lane Memorial Gardens in Eugene. Memorial contributions may be made to hospice.

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