Wednesday, April 8, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Obituaries
Sandra Kay Norin
Linda Crume
June 4, 1942 — April 4, 2020
March 23, 1952 — March 25, 2020
Sandra Kay Norin, age
77, of Sisters died Saturday,
April 4, at Country Side
Living memory care facil-
ity in Redmond of compli-
cations from Lewy body
disease.
Kay, a fourth genera-
tion Oregonian, was born in
La Grande, Oregon on June
4, 1942, to James William
<Bill= and Ruth Virginia
(Murchison) Guthrie. Raised
in an Air Force family,
Kay grew up in Colorado,
England, Alabama, Virginia,
Oklahoma and Ohio.
Kay graduated from the
University of California at
Santa Barbara with a BA in
political science and subse-
quently obtained her teach-
ing certificate from San Jose
State University.
Kay married Bob Norin at
the US Naval Postgraduate
School Chapel in Monterey,
California in 1966. Kay and
Bob lived in New York,
Switzerland, and California
before settling in Tigard in
1977. Upon retirement they
moved to Sisters in 2007.
Kay9s varied career
included teaching elemen-
tary school and kindergarten,
teaching English as a foreign
language in Switzerland,
drafting for an electron-
ics company, coordinating
education conferences, and
managing a software training
program. She spent two sum-
mers working in Yellowstone
National Park.
Kay was fiercely proud of
her Scottish and Quaker heri-
tage. She traced her ancestry
to nine of the 10 original
Linda Crume, a lifelong
resident of the Yamhill and
Forest Grove communities,
died on March 25, 2020
following a courageous
13-year battle with cancer.
Linda is survived by
her parents and her sister
Patti Kaser (husband Jeff),
all of Sisters; her husband
Dennis Crume, his three
children, nine grandchil-
dren and great-granddaugh-
ter Evelyn; three aunts and
numerous cousins.
Linda was born in
McMinnville on March 23,
1952, to Jack and Evelyn
Crumrine. She grew up in
Yamhill, Oregon graduating
from Yamhill-Carlton high
school in 1970. Linda mar-
ried Dennis Crume on July
27, 1997, surprising family
members at a reunion pic-
nic with their unexpected
ceremony. She took plea-
sure and pride from a long
career in the insurance
industry, assisting clients
at Bellwood Insurance,
Yamhill; Hagen Hamilton
Insurance, McMinnville;
and Waltz Sheridan and
1659 settlers of Nantucket.
Other ancestors came with
William Penn in the late
1600s to Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. In the mid 1800s
her father9s family settled in
Colorado and Utah, while
her mother9s family came
on the Oregon Trail to the
Grande Ronde Valley and
Baker City.
Kay was pre-deceased
by her parents and her
brother, David. She is sur-
vived by her husband Bob;
son Troy (Tracy) of Stirling,
Scotland; son Todd (Erica) of
Beaverton, Oregon; grand-
daughter Alexsandra; sister
Janis (John) Truesdell of
Fernley, Nevada; and nieces
and nephews.
Kay9s family will remain
ever grateful to the wonder-
ful caring staff at Country
Side Living in Redmond.
The family suggests remem-
brances be made to The
Deschutes Land Trust,
Partners In Care, or Thelma9s
Place in Redmond.
A celebration of Kay9s life
will happen when the coro-
navirus lockdown is lifted.
In the meantime, as Kay did,
her family suggests you con-
tinue to search for the perfect
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2000, and continued to work
through much of her illness.
Linda was diagnosed
with Stage 4 cancer in
2007, seven years after an
initial diagnosis of breast
cancer. For the next 13
years Linda bravely fought
the disease with faith and
determination. She commit-
ted herself to the betterment
of others, participating in
<Casting for Recovery,= a
fly-fishing retreat focused
on improving quality of
life for women with breast
cancer and participating in
a drug study for victims of
metastatic breast cancer.
Linda shared a love of
the outdoors with her fam-
ily and husband, camping
for the first time on the
Metolius River when she
was just three months old
and annually thereafter.
Linda began fly-fishing,
a passion she shared with
her father, sister, and hus-
band. These times were a
treasured release from her
illness and of precious con-
nection with family.
Linda was a spiritual
woman, committed to her
faith and unselfish caring
of others. Dennis and Linda
are members of the Forest
Grove Crossroads church.
A memorial service will
be held following release
of the current coronavirus
restrictions.
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