Obituaries.Byline: The Register-Guard Ross Overholser The funeral will be Nov. 27 for Ross Overholser of Canby, formerly of 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). , who died Nov. 22 from a heart condition. He was 97. He was born July 6, 1904, in London, Ore., to John and Nancy Ann Powall Overholser. He attended Silk Creek Grade School 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. in 1922. Overholser came from a pioneer family. His maternal grandmother traveled the Oregon Trail Oregon Trail, overland emigrant route in the United States from the Missouri River to the Columbia River country (all of which was then called Oregon). The pioneers by wagon train did not, however, follow any single narrow route. in 1851 and his paternal grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl came West on the first train to cross the completed transcontinental railroad transcontinental railroad, in U.S. history, rail connection with the Pacific coast. In 1845, Asa Whitney presented to Congress a plan for the federal government to subsidize the building of a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific. . He married Marguariete Hooker in 1932. He was a lifelong logger, 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 owner and rancher. He did early logging with horses and built a number of mechanical logging devices. After retirement, he built a sawmill at age 82 to salvage lumber for his ranch. He helped restore the Silk Creek Grade School exterior. He moved to Canby in 1994. Survivors include his wife; a son, Conley of Cottage Grove; a daughter, Lavona Schroder of Canby; two foster sons, James Duer of Cottage Grove and Sean Stephensen of Canby; 17 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Tuesday's service will be at 10 a.m. at the Canby Funeral Chapel. Burial will be Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Silk Creek Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to The Christie School, a treatment facility in Marylhurst for abused and neglected children. Joy Bailey COTTAGE GROVE - The funeral will be Dec. 1 for Joy Thomas Bailey Thomas Bailey may refer to:
He was born July 6, 1908, in Bartley, Neb., to William and Edith Ludwig Bailey. He married Dorene Hatfield in Montrose, Colo., on Feb. 11, 1928. He worked as a truck driver, pulp mill foreman, and service station and restaurant owner. He lived throughout the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century and also in Ketchikan, Alaska, before moving to Cottage Grove 12 years ago. He enjoyed rockhounding Rockhounding is the recreational collecting of rocks and/or mineral specimens from their natural environment. Early rockhounds were prospectors looking for valuable minerals and gemstones for commercial purposes. , making jewelry, building clocks and fishing. He was a past member of the Elks Lodge. Survivors include his wife; a son, Lawrence "Bill" of Cottage Grove; a daughter, Frances "Pat" Koons of Ketchikan; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. A daughter, Lucille Moon, and a sister, Vera Strong, died previously. Saturday's service will be at 10 a.m. at Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove. Burial will be at Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of choice. 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.registerguard.com. |
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