2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL January 7, 2015
South Lane Physical Therapy LLC
IN MEMORIAM
Bernice L. Fuller
1936-2014
Bernice L. Fuller, 78, of Cot-
tage Grove passed away Dec. 6,
2014.
She was born Nov. 26, 1936
in Alexan-
dria, Minn.
to Ken and
Ruth (Ide)
Freeman.
S h e
graduated
from Cor-
vallis High
School in
1955 and attended Lane Com-
munity College. She served in
the U.S. Army.
On May 29, 1965 in Corval-
lis, she and Fred Fuller were
married.
Bernice worked in the South
Lane School District cafeteria.
Family holidays and special
occasions were her most loved
times. She enjoyed attending
athletic events for her children
and grandchildren. She was
a voracious reader and cross-
word puzzle afi cionado and
loved Oregon Duck football,
camping, trout fi shing, paint-
ing and music by Bing Crosby
and Mario Lanza. Bernice was
a “snowbird” with Fred in Lake
Havasu City, Ariz. from Janu-
ary through March for over 13
years. Bernice enjoyed traveling
with her husband to New Eng-
land, Hawaii, Alaska and Wash-
ington, D.C.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Fred of Cottage Grove, a
daughter, Rebecca Fuller of
Fairview, Ore., a son, Jason
Fuller of Sherwood, Ore., a sis-
ter, Darlene Fotopoulos of Al-
bany, Ore., two brothers, Keith
Freeman of Redmond, Ore.
and Bill Freeman of Philomath,
Ore., four grandchildren, and
three great-grandchildren.
A memorial will be held Jan.
17 at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran
Church in Cottage Grove. Ar-
rangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
Harold B. Schreiber
1921-2014
Harold B. Schreiber, 93, of
Cottage Grove passed away
Dec. 30, 2014.
He was
born March
15, 1921 in
Fa r i b a u l t ,
Minn.
to
Benjamin
and
Lu-
cinda (Ei-
genbrodt)
Schreiber.
He graduated from Kenyon
High School in Minnesota and
served in the US Navy as a
Gunner’s Mate First Class on
the USS Tomich DE242.
On Feb. 8, 1947 in Albert Lea,
Minn., he and Beatrice Schultz
were married.
Harold worked at Weyer-
haeuser for 36 years and retired
in 1982.
He enjoyed woodworking and
volunteering at Trinity Lutheran
Church’s Community Kitchen.
Harold was the ultimate green
Quality Local Care…
thumb gardener, better known
as “The Frog Man”. He was
a member of the South Wil-
lamette Valley Honor Flight in
May 2013 to Washington, D.C.
Harold was a member of Our
Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic
Church, the Elks Lodge and the
Prospectors and Golddiggers.
He was awarded a “Harold Sch-
reiber Day” in Cottage Grove
and also was Elk of the Year.
Survivors include his wife of
Cottage Grove, a son, Dick Sch-
reiber and wife, Vicki, of Toutle,
Wash., a daughter, Sue Bisset
and husband, Phil, of Dundee,
Ore., six grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren with one on
the way.
A Memorial Mass and recep-
tion will be held Wed., Jan. 14
at 11 a.m. at OLPH Catholic
Church in Cottage Grove. In-
urnment will be at Willamette
National Cemetery. Memorial
contributions may be made to
South Willamette Valley Honor
Flight at Umpqua Bank or go
to swvhonorfl ight.org. Arrange-
ments under the care of Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel,
Cottage Grove.
Robert L. Githens
1929-2014
Robert
(Bob)
L.
Githens,
84, of Cot-
tage Grove
p a s s e d
away Dec.
26,
2014
from natu-
Death Notice
Wallace W. Dolph, 84, of Cot-
tage Grove, passed away Friday,
Dec. 26. Arrangements by An-
dreason’s Cremation and Burial
Service in Springfi eld.
LORANE COUNTRY NEWS
BY LIL THOMPSON
For the Sentinel
S
chool is back in full swing! Mark
your calendars for Friday, Jan. 16 as
the basketball game to wear your “Cougars
for the Cure” T-shirts.
This Thursday, Jan. 8, is already the fi re
board meeting.
Rural Arts Dinner and Movie Night is this
Saturday, Jan. 10. Everything starts with a
soup dinner at 6 p.m.; shorts and door priz-
ral causes.
He was born May 2, 1929
in Eugene to Floyd and Hazel
Githens.
He graduated high school and
served in the Navy — Personnel
Man 2nd Class — stationed on
the USS Grady. He was award-
ed a WWII Victory Medal and a
Good Conduct Medal.
On June 9, 1949 in Seattle,
Wash., he and Phyllis H. Hoff-
man were married. Phyllis
passed away Sept. 27, 2010.
Mr. Githens was part owner
of Floyd Githens Motor, worked
as a real estate agent and as an
instructor at Lane Community
College in Aeronautics.
He enjoyed fi shing, golf and
small-engine repair. Bob was
a volunteer fi reman, as well
as a member of the Masons,
Elks, and was a past Cottage
Grove Councilman.
Survivors include two daugh-
ters, Christine L. Walston and
Kathleen H. Kelty, both of Cot-
tage Grove, a brother, William
F. Githens of Tacoma, Wash.,
six grandchildren and 16 great-
grandchildren.
No service is planned. Crema-
tion took place under the care
of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel and Cremation, Cottage
Grove.
BIRTHS
es follow at 6:45 and the feature, “Mildred
Pierce,” begins at 7:30 p.m. Come out and
enjoy a great movie in Lorane, complete
with amazing popcorn!
Just a reminder about the CAL School
Board meeting on the third Monday of the
month now. Lorane Grange meets on the
third Thursday, Jan.15. It returns to the
fi rst Thursday of the month next month.
They hope to return to the spaghetti dinner
and bingo nights on Saturday, Jan. 24.
Dec. 26, 2014
To Heather Work
and Jeremy Alex-
ander of Cottage
Grove, a daughter.
Jan. 1, 2015
To Chelsie and
Adam Rust of
Cottage Grove, a
daughter.
Dec. 29, 2014
To Sarah and Evan
Pope of Cottage
Grove, a daughter.
Jan. 2, 2015
To Carol Long and
Timothy Dizick of
Cottage Grove, a
son.
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Is God angry?
I
grew up in an angry, un-
stable home. My father was
very angry most of the time,
and I didn’t always understand
what he was angry about. When
I accepted Christ as my Savior,
I took this experience with my
father into my relationship with
God. I believed God loved me
and forgave me of my sin, but
I still had this vague feeling
that He wasn’t pleased with me
and He was just a little bit an-
gry with me most of the time. I
lived this way for years until I
fi nally realized the truth: God is
not mad at me!
I believe many people feel like
God is mad at them. One day I
put a post on Facebook that said,
“God is not mad at you.” Within
a few hours, we literally had
thousands of positive responses
from people saying things like,
“That is exactly what I needed
to hear today.” Obviously, this is
a message we need to hear.
Getting to the root of the
problem
So where does this concept
of God come from? Maybe
it’s because of an angry parent
who was diffi cult to please. Or
maybe it’s due to the pain of re-
jection from parents or friends
who didn’t know how to give
unconditional love. Or it could
be the infl uence of church and
being pressured to follow rules
and regulations to make us ac-
ceptable to God.
We want to be good and
please God, and we may be able
to follow the rules for a while,
but when we mess up, we feel
guilty and condemned again.
Because we can’t be good
enough and do everything right
in our own effort and strength.
“But God demonstrates His own
love toward us, in that while we
were still sinners, Christ died
for us” (Romans 5:8 NKJV).
Notice this says “while we were
still sinners.”
Galatians 3:10 (AMP) says,
“All who depend on the Law
[who are seeking to be justi-
fi ed by obedience to the Law
of rituals] are under a curse and
doomed to disappointment.”
What are you depending on to
make you right with God? Are
you depending on rules and reg-
ulations that you follow or try to
keep?
Now I realize you can’t live
a healthy, productive life with-
out having some guidelines, but
this scripture is saying that we
will have serious problems if
we think our worth and value
as human beings are based on
following rules and regulations.
We are only made right with
God through the blood of Jesus.
And life is marvelous when you
know the true character of God
and who you are in Christ! That’s
when you feel good about your-
self deep down in your heart,
not because you do everything
right, but because you know
you are special to God and He
loves
you—unconditionally,
constantly, completely.
It seems too good to be true,
but it is true!
I do want to be clear about
Please see JOYCE, Page 5A
STAN NEUFELD
1923-2014
Cottage Grove
1498 E. Main Street
541-942-8444
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Stan Neufeld who started
in Hollywood in 1941 as an
assistant director on Westerns
produced by his father and who
worked continuously in the
business until he was 80 years
old, except only for service in
the Merchant Marine during
World War II, passed away on
December 26 in Eugene, Oregon
at the age of 91.
Stan was the son of Sigmund
and Ruth Neufeld and was born
in Hollywood in 1923. He was
raised in Hollywood and spent
every free moment on the sets of movies produced by his father in the 1930’s until he graduated from Fairfax
High School in 1941. He immediately went to work on the production side as an assistant director. He also
graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy and served for almost three years as an engineering offi cer on
ammunition ships in the Pacifi c during World War II. In 1945 after his discharge, he worked on such Oscar
winning movies as All the King’s Men and he worked with Orson Welles on Shanghai Lady. By 1950, he
joined Gene Autry at Flying A Productions for 6 years where he worked on the many series produced there,
including The Gene Autry Show and The Range Rider. He dreamed of becoming a production manager and
was inspired by the legendary production manager, Bert Sternbach, and he took over from Bert on one of
the earliest TV shows fi lmed in Canada in the mid 1950’s, The Last of the Mohicans. Following his return
to Hollywood and more movies and series, he moved to New York in 1960 to head the production unit for
the Emmy winning series, Naked City. Stan received his fi rst producing credit on Naked City and worked on
dozens of movies and TV series for the next 40 years. He was known for his vast knowledge of how to make
pictures and keep them under budget and on schedule. He was almost always the fi rst one on the set and the
last to leave in his total of 60 years in the business.
As the years passed, Stan also took two positions which took him away from the set, the fi rst at Orion
Pictures where he supervised the production of its fi lms, including at least two Oscar Best Picture winners.
For his last assignment, he joined a bonding company where he decided what fi lms to bond. Again, he was
touched by Oscar when one of the fi lms he bonded, The English Patient, won the Oscar for best picture.
He had to travel to North Africa during production and loved being on the set once again. His career ended
only when the bonding company closed. His retirement from the business marked the end of 90 years in the
business between his Dad who started in 1911 and Stan who followed him in 1941.
Stan’s recollections of his incredible career can be seen on the Director’s Guild website, and he will be
remembered by the many people in the business whose lives he touched.
Stan also found time to run marathons and was a champion in his age group until just prior to his 80th
birthday.
Stan is survived by his wife, Lesley, his son, Tim, his daughter in law, Gabie, his brother Sig, whose
Hollywood career was equally successful, Sig’s husband Patrick, his two granddaughters and their husbands,
Pam and Dale, and Kathy and Dane, his great granddaughter, Maya, and his faithful dog, Rocky.
He loved his family, his work and the picture business, and he will always be remembered not just
for his hundreds of credits and marathon medals, but more importantly for the hundreds of people in the
business for whom he was a mentor and an inspiration. Through many of them, he is still on the set every
day.