OBITUARIES.Byline: The Register-Guard Jane Higdon A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at the McDonald Theatre in Eugene for Jane Vanneman Higdon, who died May 31 at age 47 of injuries received in a traffic accident. She was born June 21, 1958, in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif., to Donald and Nancy Smith Higdon. She married Tom Jefferson in Eugene. She worked as a faculty researcher at the Linus Pauling Institute The Linus Pauling Institute was established at Oregon State University in August 1996 under an agreement reached between OSU and the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine (located in California from 1973 to 1996). at Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. . Survivors include her parents; her husband; two brothers, David of Los Alamos Los Alamos (lôs ăl`əmōs', lŏs), uninc. town (1990 pop. 11,455), seat of Los Alamos co., N central N.Mex. It is on a long mesa extending from the Jemez Mts. The U.S. , N.M., and Roger of Seattle; and four sisters, Sarah Higdon of Chicago, Hilary Higdon of Austin, Texas, Claire Nichols of Roanoke, Va., and Alyssa Tugend of Bonita Bonita (Spanish and Portuguese for "beautiful") is the name of:
Arrangements by England's Eugene Memorial Chapel. Remembrances to the Greenhill Humane Society A humane society is a group that aims to stop animal suffering due to cruelty or other reasons. Examples Examples of humane societies include: The Humane Society of the United States, Peninsula Humane Society, American Humane which was founded in 1877 as a network of or Committed Partners for Youth. Helen Wertz 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). - A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, at Creswell Presbyterian Church for Helen R. Wertz of Cottage Grove, who died June 2 of cancer at age 78. She was born Oct. 6, 1927, in Sargent, Colo., to Ottis and Anna Wright Smith. She married John Wertz on March 13, 1970, in Reno, Nev. A former resident of Creswell, she lived in Lane County for 72 years. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Anna Dockery of Cottage Grove; a brother, Ottis Smith of Dorena; and a sister, Evelyn Smith of Cottage Grove. A son, Randy LaBlue, died previously. Arrangements by England's Creswell Memorial Chapel. 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 form, as well as a photograph, submitted through funeral homes or by the deceased's immediate family. Obituary information is available at (phone) 485-1234, Ext. 5534, (fax) 683-7631, or on the Web at www.registerguard.com by clicking on "News Forms." To purchase space for a more detailed, personalized obituary, also including a photo, call the advertising department at 683-7612. News obituaries published in the past 30 days are available at www.registerguard.com. |
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