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Wednesday, August 31, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituary
Sisters salutes…
Gwen l. Newport
March 9, 1928 — August 25, 2016
Gwen is survived
by two sons, Chuck
and Jim of Sisters; six
grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
The family is very grate-
ful to Absolute Serenity,
David and Leah Tolle, the
caregivers at Pennington
Place and Partners in Care
for her care during the last
months of her life.
Remembrances can
be made in her name to
Partners in Care, 2075 N.E.
Wyatt Ct., Bend, OR 97701.
Carl and Gwen have
been reunited. The family
will have a private gather-
ing in her honor at a later
date.
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Ron Leis Celebration of Life
photo by Jim Cornelius
Ten Friends sold empty mugs as a fundraiser — and friend raiser.
financial contributions of all
who purchased cups will help
fund our education and health
projects in Nepal.
Thank you all.
• The Country Fair and Art
Show salutes Tumalo Coffee
House, who generously
donated a beautiful and deli-
cious cake to our Cake Walk
so that others in our commu-
nity might benefit!
• Warfighter Outfitters
thanks Shepherd of the Hills
Lutheran Church and The
Notables Swing Band for
the benefit concert they put
on Sunday, August 28. The
event raised $870, which will
go directly to providing out-
door experiences for disabled
veterans.
• A 21-woof salute to
Sisters Art Works and The
Roundhouse Foundation for
hosting the Fur & Feather
Art Show reception this past
Friday.
Many thanks to Sisters
Art Works owner Kathy
Deggendorfer and Susan
Robinson, managing director
of the foundation, for organiz-
ing the event.
Thank you to all the art-
ists who provided the fantas-
tic art for the show. Some of
the artwork is still available
for sale and can be viewed at
the Sisters Art Works Entry
Gallery through September 21.
A portion of art sales will go
to Furry Friends Foundation, a
501(c)(3) organization provid-
ing services to families with
pets in the Sisters area.
Serving Sisters Since 1976
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Gwen Newport, long-
time Black Butte Ranch
resident, passed away qui-
etly at Absolute Serenity’s
Pennington Place in Sisters
in the early hours of August
25.
Born on March 9, 1928,
in LaJunta, Colorado, she
was the youngest of two
daughters of Kay and Gus
Remington.
She grew up in Colorado
and Nebraska, moving to
Oregon in the 1950s and
spending much of the last 40
years at Black Butte Ranch.
On March 9, 1944, in
Ainsworth, Nebraska, she
met Carl Newport at the
nearby Army Air Force base
USO dance on her 16th
birthday. It turned out that
it was also Carl’s birthday.
They were together from
that day forward. In 1947,
Carl and Gwen were mar-
ried, Carl received his B.S.
in Forest Management, and
they headed west to begin
his career as a forester as
District Ranger in Gunnison,
Colorado, where their first
son, Chuck was born. They
spent several summers in
the Rocky Mountains, living
in wall tents and mountain
cabins.
In the fall of 1950,
the family relocated to
Corvallis, Oregon, where
Carl pursued his M.S. in
Forest Management. In
1951 he enrolled at New
York State College and
received his Ph.D. in Forest
Economics. They moved
back to Colorado for him to
teach Forest Economics at
Colorado State University
in Fort Collins, where
their second son, Jim was
born.
The family eventually
settled in Portland and lived
there from 1959 until Carl
retired.
During those career
years for Carl, Gwen stead-
fastly supported him and
her two sons, growing up
through grade school, high
school and college. During
those years, many trips were
made to Central Oregon,
and in 1971 they purchased
a lot a Black Butte Ranch
and built their retirement
home.
In retirement, Carl served
on the Board of Directors of
the World Forestry Center.
He and Gwen traveled all
over the world, attending
conferences and meetings
and exploring during those
years.
She loved traveling and
everything in the outdoors.
She was very athletic and
remained active into her
70s, skiing, hiking, golfing
and playing tennis.
• Rand Runco, Mark
LaMont, and Sally Benton of
Ten Friends wrote:
Hood Avenue Art Gallery’s
fundraiser last Thursday for
Ten Friends Project combined
a warm summer evening, daz-
zling artwork, delightful music
and an enthusiastic crowd.
We have many people to
thank, starting with Michelle
Deaderick of the Hood Avenue
Art Gallery, whose vision
leads us all, and local potters
who donated beautiful cups.
We were so lucky to have
our amazing local musicians
Doug and Katie Cavanaugh,
Brad Tisdel, Jim Cornelius
and Mike Biggers, Bubba
Clement and Margaret Wood,
and The Love Puppies enter-
taining us.
Deschutes Brewery pro-
vided delicious beer, and we
had culinary help from Jon
Renner, Peggy Benton, Melvin
Herburger and Melissa Ward.
We also thank The Nugget
Newspaper, XPress Printing,
Bonnie LaMont Rose, Karen
Withrow and Joanna and Bob
Burgess for their assistance in
making this event happen.
The support of Ten Friends’
work in Nepal is so appreci-
ated. Your donations of time,
talent and energy, and the
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