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Byline: The Register-Guard

Agnes Clark-Johnson

SPRINGFIELD - Agnes L. Clark-Johnson of Springfield died July 27 of age-related causes. She was 87.

She was born April 25, 1915, in Eugene to George and Estella Barrett Gates.

She married Harold Clark in Eugene on July 12, 1935. He died in 1976. She married Louis Johnson Louis Johnson may refer to:
  • Louis A. Johnson (January 10 1891 - April 24 1966), the second United States Secretary of Defense, serving in the cabinet of President Harry S. Truman from March 28 1949 to September 19 1950.
 in Dallas, Ore., on May 17, 1979. He died in 1984.

She was a homemaker and owned a dairy farm in Creswell. Her interests included her grandchildren, Jersey cows and rose gardens. She was a life member of the Order of the Eastern Star The Order of the Eastern Star is the largest fraternal organization in the world that both men and women can join. It was established in 1850 by Rob Morris, a lawyer and educator from Boston, Massachusetts who had been an official with the Freemasons. .

Survivors include a sister, Juanita Rasmussen 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). ; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. A daughter, Maralyn Shepherd, died in 1998.

No services are planned. Burial will be at Rest-Haven Memorial Park in Eugene. Rest-Haven Memorial Park & Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society,
n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research,
 and to the American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of .

Elizabeth Denham-Penrod

ROSEBURG - A memorial service will be held for Elizabeth M. Shedd Denham-Penrod of Roseburg, who died July 30 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 77.

Denham-Penrod was born May 24, 1925, in Mill Valley, Calif., to Martin and Dorothy Watrous Shedd. She married Bert Denham in Eugene in 1943. They later divorced. She married Francis Penrod in Eugene in 1976. He died in 1999.

She moved to Eugene from Mill City, graduated from Eugene High School in 1942 and attended 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. . She was primarily a homemaker and worked for Burien Bible Book Store in Eugene, at a Eugene nursing home and as a custodian at Fairfield Church of the Nazarene Church of the Nazarene (năz'ərēn`), U.S. Protestant denomination established in 1908 through the union of the Church of the Nazarene, based in California; the Association of Pentecostal Churches, a New England group; and the Holiness  in Eugene.

She enjoyed working in her yard, reading, crossword puzzles, Christian music Christian music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding the Christian life, as well as (in terms of contemporary music) to give a Christian alternative to main stream secular music.  and counted cross stitch. She was a member of the Fairfield Church of the Nazarene. She moved to Roseburg from Eugene in 1999.

Survivors include two sons, Mark Denham of Burlington, Wash., and Kirk Denham of Pleasant Hill; a daughter, Gayle Kutschara of Roseburg; 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.
, Peggy Blair Profile
A trial lawyer, mediator and negotiator, Peggy J. Blair is the past Director of Legal Services and Senior Legal Counsel for the Canadian Medical Association. She has been a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1990 and is a past member of the Law Society of
 of Eugene; 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.
, Tom Penrod of Seattle; two sisters, Dorothy Kellogg of Waldport and Marion Shepard of Eugene; nine grandchildren; and three great-grand- children.

Monday's service will be at 2 p.m. at the Fairfield Church of the Nazarene. Burial will be at Rest-Haven Memorial Park in Eugene. Rest-Haven Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions can be made to Alzheimer's Research, 1238 Lincoln St., Eugene, OR 97401.

Russell Ellwood

SPRINGFIELD - A private family memorial service will be held for Russell L. Ellwood of Springfield, who died July 28 of cancer and Alzheimer's disease. He was 76.

Ellwood was born Sept. 4, 1925, in Beatrice, Neb., to Russell and Alice Sage Ellwood. He married Anne Marshall in Eugene on May 27, 1945.

He lived in Washington, Kan., from 1931 to 1939 and moved to the Eugene-Springfield area in 1940. He served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II and received a bachelor's degree in forestry from 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.  in 1949.

He worked for the state Department of Forestry from 1949 to 1951 and was employed as the logging and lands manager with Guistina Brothers for more than 40 years. He enjoyed his family, traveling in his RV and woodworking.

He was president of the Eugene Toastmasters Club, was active in numerous professional forestry groups and was a member of the 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 Eugene.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Mark of Beaverton; three daughters, Laura Dillon and Aliza Maricle, both of Springfield, and Tamra Hagman of Hillsboro; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A son, Kirk, died in 1981.

Rest-Haven Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions can be made to the Alzheimer's Association The Alzheimer's Association, incorportated on April 10, 1980 as the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., is a non-profit American voluntary health organization which focuses on care, support and research for Alzheimer's disease.  or to the American Cancer Society.

Elaine Kingsley

A memorial service will be held Aug. 6 for Elaine Ann Kingsley of Eugene, who died July 25 of cancer. She was 72.

Kingsley was born June 6, 1930, in Portland to Sanford and Bernice Bassett Nemerovsky. She graduated from Eugene High School in 1948. She was also a graduate of the University of Oregon and was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Alpha Omicron Pi (ΑΟΠ, AOII) is an international women's fraternity that was founded on January 2 1897 at Barnard College on the campus of Columbia University in New York. Its founders were Stella George Stern Perry, Helen St. .

She managed the Outdoor Store and was a retail employee at Harry Ritchie's Jewelers. Her interests included horses and horse activities and gardening. She also enjoyed her grandchildren.

Survivors include two sons, Ken Saxon and Michael Kingsley, both of Eugene; and three grandchildren.

Tuesday's service will be at 1 p.m. at Rest-Haven Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene. Inurnment will be at Rest-Haven Memorial Park. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society.

Lloyd Adams

Lloyd Lee Adams of Eugene died July 20 of cancer and a stroke. He was 79.

Adams was born Nov. 19, 1922, in Hatfield, Mo., to George and Velma Roberts Adams. He served in the Army during World War II and was employed as a steel worker at Schnitzer Steel, as a mill worker at Rosboro Lumber and as a maintenance worker at the University of Oregon.

He moved to the Eugene-Springfield area in 1955. His interests included fishing, hunting, wood crafting and having fun. He was a member of the Moose and the Eagles in Eugene and volunteered with the Senior Companion Program, working with developmentally disabled children.

Survivors include three sisters, Neva Riley and Bernice Fletchall, both of Eugene, and Pearlie Younkin of Newport.

No services are planned. Chapel of Memories Funeral Home in Eugene is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society.

Owen Mickel

A celebration of life will be held Aug. 2 for Owen Mickel of Eugene, who died July 29 of complications from diabetes and Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 and is referred to as Parkinson's disease. . He was 71.

Mickel was born March 21, 1931, in Hardin, Mont., to Carl and Evelyn Mickel. He married Wynona Ellsworth in Corvallis on Aug. 13, 1965.

He graduated from Union High School in Miles City, Mont., and served in the Air Force during the Korean War Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation. . He moved to Eugene from Butte Butte, city, United States
Butte (byt), city (1990 pop. 33,336), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc. 1879. It is a trade, ranching, and industrial center.
, Mont., 37 years ago.

He worked as a miner, TV technician and woodcutter. His interests included history, science and astronomy. He enjoyed prospecting, collecting rocks and camping and was a member of the Westside Christian Church in Eugene.

Survivors include his wife; five sons, James of Springfield, Stephen of Tacoma and Samuel, Jeffrey and Scott, all of Eugene; two brothers, Eugene of Arkansas and Gary of Camas, Wash.; a sister, Norma Newland of Jordan, Mont.; and three grandchildren.

Friday's celebration will be at 2 p.m. at the Westside Christian Church in Eugene. Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Diabetes Association or to the Parkinson's Foundation.

Anita Bilderback

The funeral will be Aug. 5 for Anita D. Bilderback of Eugene, who died July 30 of diabetes. She was 40.

Bilderback was born Dec. 9, 1961, in Cottage Grove. She graduated from Creswell High School in 1980 and attended Portland Community College for a year.

She lived in Santa Barbara, Calif., for nine years before returning to Eugene in the early 1990s. She worked in the food service department at the Red Lion in Santa Barbara and was employed with Safeway in Eugene.

She enjoyed cats, embroidery, thrift shopping, bike riding and watching movies. She was a member of the singles group at the Eugene Christian Fellowship.

Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Mary and Allen Bradshaw of Creswell; her father, Allen Bilderback of Seattle; a brother, Richard Bradshaw of Gresham; two sisters, Tamra Pratt of Woodland Hills, Utah Woodland Hills is a town in Utah County, Utah, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 941. Geography
Woodland Hills is located at  (40.013495, -111.654019)GR1.
, and Susan Cummings of Plainfield, N.J.; and a stepsister, Kathryn Smith of Sacramento, Calif.

Monday's service, followed by a reception, will be at 11 a.m. at England's Eugene Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Lane Memorial Gardens in Eugene.

Memorial contributions can be made to the American Diabetes Association.

Larry Garske

The funeral was held July 12 for Larry Dean Garske of Salt Lake City, formerly of Cottage Grove, who died July 9 of cancer. He was 62.

Garske was born Feb. 16, 1940, in Eugene to Joseph Garske and Adina Johnson Garske Mosby-Myers. He married Kay Newsom in Salt Lake City on Aug. 6, 1971.

He 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.  and was a member of the Cottage Grove Riding Club and the Creswell Saddle Club. In Salt Lake City, he worked in real estate and as general manager of the Marriott Hotel. He also managed a nursery and owned Larry Garske Enterprises and Investments.

He was a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
  • Christian Church, the body of all persons that share faith based in Christianity
  • Church of Jesus Christ–Christian, a white-supremacist church founded by Ku Klux Klan organizer Wesley A.
 of Latter-day Saints and enjoyed church activities, including missions to Poland and England. He returned to Cottage Grove every spring and fall to help his mother with her many activities and to escort her to the Oregon State Fair The Oregon State Fair is the official state fair of the U.S. state of Oregon. It takes place every August-September in the state capital, Salem.

The first unofficial state fair was held in 1858 (the date the state agency that runs the fair uses for its anniversary), and the
.

Survivors include his wife; his mother of Cottage Grove; two daughters, Yolanda Cook and Mariza Garske, both of Salt Lake City; a son, David of Salt Lake City; and two brothers, Jerry Garske of Boston and Derral Mosby of Ridgefield, Wash.

McDougal Funeral Home in Salt Lake City is in charge of arrangements.

Clarification

Gordon O. Barnard of Eugene died July 28 at age 81. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Eugene.

The News Department will accept information on its standard obituary forms submitted through funeral homes or by the deceased's immediate family.
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