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Wednesday, May 10, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituaries
Jeremy Todd Moyer
Carmen Millar Hull
June 13, 1977 — May 5, 2017
October 26, 1941 — April 27, 2017
Jeremy Todd Moyer
was born June 13, 1977,
in Redmond, to Dave and
Donna Moyer. He passed on
May 5, 2017 at age 39.
Jeremy is survived by his
daughter, Joslynn Moyer;
his parents, Dave and Donna
Moyer; and his three siblings
and families: David and
Amber Moyer and their son
Nathan; Travis and Sommer
Moyer and their son Justin;
Korina and Nathan Weigand
and their children Evan and
Madilyn.
He is also survived by
many uncles, aunts, and
cousins.
There were many aspects
to Jeremy’s life and ways
he touched our lives. He
will be remembered as a
son, brother, uncle, cousin,
friend, outdoorsman, poker
player, bowler, initiator of
belly laughing or practical
jokes, and having the ability
to enjoy food like no other.
In lieu of flowers, please
make donations to one of
the following: Sisters-Camp
Sherman Volunteer Rural
Fire Department, Wildland
Fire Fighters Association, or
Sisters Schools Foundation.
A graveside service will
be held at 11 a.m. Saturday,
May 13, at Redmond
Memorial Cemetery (3545
S. Canal Blvd., Redmond).
A memorial potluck
will be held at Sisters
Community Church –
Fireside room (1300 W.
McKenzie Hwy., Sisters)
to share food, memories,
and stories of Jeremy’s life.
Please join us there at 12:30
p.m. on Saturday, May 13.
Information provided by
the Moyer family.
Carmen Millar Hull
passed at her Sisters home
with her husband and daugh-
ter by her side from ALS,
also known as Lou Gehrig’s
Disease. For three years,
she steadfastly continued to
live fully as the disease pro-
gressed, with grace and all
the abilities she could muster.
Carmen was literally
born at an insane asylum in
Memomanie, Wisconsin,
where her father, Gordon
Millar, was the farm man-
ager and her mother, Irma
Millar, oversaw the hous-
ing and meals. She grew up
with a sister and brother and
an extended family of mental
patients in the huge facility.
She learned from early child-
hood that there is more to
each of God’s children than
what appears on the surface.
As children, Carmen and
her siblings worked along-
side the patients who were
capable of and aspired to be
part of the farm production.
They tended a 10-acre garden
on the 1,100-acre farm and
cared for Belgian horses, cat-
tle, poultry and pigs, which
fed up to 130 residents of the
facility, staff and patients.
They were so successful that
the farm sold livestock and
produce to the surrounding
community.
The Belgian horses added
to the joys of childhood when
the young children groomed
them for horse shows and
fairs, and were trusted to lead
the giant steeds into show are-
nas. Thus, Carmen developed
a lifelong love for horses and
for draft horses in particular.
She and her husband, Allen,
traveled to an annual Idaho
Draft Horse Sale, where there
were even reunions with for-
mer Wisconsin friends.
Because of their expe-
rience with chronically ill
mental patients and their will-
ingness to let patients be part
of the farming experience,
Carmen’s father once pro-
phetically said, “I think that
someday we’re going to find
out that getting out on the
land and especially working
with animals is good therapy
for people.” That attitude was
planted in Carmen’s heart.
She attended college at the
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, a sat-
ellite campus of University of
Wisconsin.
Carmen married Bill
Wynveen in the 1970s. The
couple moved to Portland,
Oregon, where Bill did
graduate studies. She began
her working career at
Management Compensation
Group as assistant to the pres-
ident for 10 years, and then
at Massachusetts Mutual,
another investment-life insur-
ance company. A divorce led
her to expand her horizons in
her working world.
Her longest career was
at the Oregon Board of
Medicine, where she was
hired as a temp. She devel-
oped a protocol for physi-
cians who suffered alco-
holism and addiction that
including counseling, family
therapy and treatment. Her
incredible organization skills
resulted in her being hired to
manage this program in the
Oregon Health Professionals
Program from 1995 until
2008.
She met Allen Hull at
a mutual friend’s birthday
party in 1980. They were
inseparable from that time,
marrying in 1982. The cou-
ple rode bicycles all over
Portland with her stepchil-
dren, Dana and Darin, long
before bicycles became an
Oregon identity. She and
Allen enjoyed listening to
jazz and socializing with a
wide range of friends. They
were regular hosts of house
guests and companions,
including dogs. They showed
American Water Spaniels at
championships.
The Hulls were very
active members of Prince of
Peace Lutheran Church in
Beaverton, Oregon.
Carmen’s stepdaughter,
Dana, described her as her
“do-over mother,” a mom
who was a best friend and
taught Dana to knit and quilt.
In the 1980s, Carmen
joined the Singing Christmas
Tree, a Portland tradition. She
continued to sing with the
choir until her disease caused
her to quit singing three years
ago, traveling to practices
weekly in the fall for the
Christmas performances.
With a move to Sisters in
2006, Carmen became active
in Shepherd of the Hills
Lutheran Church. She served
on the church council for six
years, the last three years as
council chair. As her disease
progressed, she joyfully rode
her power wheels from their
Coyote Springs home to
church meetings, as weather
permitted, in another display
of grit and independence.
She was a member of
the Sisters Philanthropic
Education Organization
(PEO). She was also a
clarinet player in Cascade
Horizons Band, where she
played her old high school
clarinet in her first perfor-
mances. She sang in Sisters
High Desert Chorale for
nearly 10 years, and con-
tinued playing in the Sisters
High Desert Bell Choir until
spring of 2016.
With the diagnosis of this
terminal disease, Carmen
never complained about her
lot in life. Not even to Allen.
She adapted with all that
technology had to offer as her
abilities declined. The Hulls
became active in ALS Walks,
with a support group of
church members and friends.
In her last months, she spoke
through her computer, even
to lead council meetings.
Her faith carried her with
a security that gave her peace
and trust to the end. She was
a powerful lesson in love and
acceptance.
Carmen is survived by
her husband of 35 years,
Allen Hull, daughter, Dana;
sister Sandra Calvert; nieces
Shelley Magnani (Jay) and
Patricia Richards (Patrick).
A memorial service will
be held at Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church on
June 17 at 1 p.m. In lieu of
flowers, the family requests
that donations are made in
memory of Carmen to the
ALS Society of Oregon and
Southwest Washington, 700
NE Multnomah St., Portland,
OR 97232, or www.alsa.org.
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