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announcements/obituaries
june28
2011
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World...
Riplee Rowene Skillin
Riplee Rowene Skillin was
welcomed by proud parents Jennifer and
Michael Skillin and big sister Gabby
on April 23, 2011. Riplee weighed
9lbs, 2 oz. And measured 22 inches.
Grandparents are Allen and Sandy
Dewebber, Michael and Diana Skillin,
and Shirley and Bernie Ebhardt. Great
Grandparents are Dewey Dewebber,
Winnie Hutchinson and Alice Bowers.
In Memory of...
MARVIN O. MEYER
Marvin O. Meyer, 92, a longtime
resident of the Vernonia community,
died Friday evening, June 17, 2011 at his
home.
Graveside Services were held
on Monday, June 27, 2011 at 2:00 P.M.
at the Vernonia Memorial Cemetery,
2080 Bridge Street in Vernonia, Oregon,
with the
Pastor John Cahill, of the Pioneer Baptist
Fellowship in Vernonia, officiating. A
Flag Honor Presentation will be held
under the direction of the American Port
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Marvin Oren Meyer was born
February 13, 1919 at Ridgefield, WA to
Otto William and Ida Hathaway Meyer.
He was the third child in a family of five
boys and one girl.
Several moves were made by
the family before they settled on a farm
along Timber Road. He spoke of early
childhood memories, working with his
father supplying firewood to the Pleasant
Hill school and harvesting cedar poles
off of a forest ridge with horses. Also
as a youth, he worked as a caddy at the
nearby Vernonia Golf Club.
He received his early education
at the rural Pleasant Hill elementary
school and Vernonia High School. He
left high school to work in the logging
industry, first working with his father. He
told of many memories when he worked
in the area of the Sunset Highway (Hwy
26 to the coast) before the highway was
completed. Later, he worked for small
private, “gypo” logging contractors.
He married Irene Bergerson;
they later divorced.
Before entering the US Navy
during WW2, he was an electrician at
the Mare Island naval base in California.
While at naval boot camp, he contracted
scarlet fever which resulted in rheumatic
fever and heart damage and a year of
hospitalization. He was discharged with
100% disability.
His love of the outdoors and
knowledge of the logging industry led
him back to the forest and to logging.
He decided that working for himself was
most satisfying and began to purchase
equipment and timberland when
possible. As the years past, he slowly
regained his health.
About 1962, he began growing
cultivated and cultured Christmas trees as
he realized a market was developing for
the product; he had previously harvested
natural growth Christmas trees. He was
a pioneer and innovator for this new
industry. People wanted a fuller, more
perfect tree and it was his challenge to
produce just that tree. Noble fir became
the “Cadillac” of Christmas trees but
its natural growth was alpine in nature.
Marvin was one of the first growers to
shear, and to align and shape the top
of each tree. Over the years his many
innovations were studied and adopted by
other growers.
In 1962 he was awarded the
first Columbia County “Tree Farmer
of the Year” award and received that
award again in 1972. He was a charter
member and director of the Columbia
County chapter of the NW Woodlands
Association which later became the
Columbia County Small Woodlands
Association, an affiliate of OSWA. He
was very active in the offices of the
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county association during those early
years.
Before the state-wide Outdoor
School program was envisioned,
Marvin and a group of forest owners,
including then county agent Don Coin
Walrod, held a day of learning about the
forest. This annual event was conducted
at Camp Wilkerson for all of the 6th
grade classes in Columbia County.
Every Christmas season through
2009, he hosted Head Start and private
school children on his tree farm to tell
them about growing trees. He illustrated
tree growth with seeds and seedlings
and how they grow, culminating with
the cutting and baling of a tree which the
group of children would take with them
to decorate. In addition, a small treat
or memento was offered to each child,
sometimes it was their own seedling to
plant. He looked forward to their eager
faces each year.
The majestic Sequoia and Port
Orford cedar trees in the Vernonia city
park and the trees lining the roadway
in Anderson park were donated and
planted by Marvin in the early 1960s
when they were about 5-6 feet tall. He
faithfully watered them to ensure that
they grew. Several area homesteads and
rural properties have beautiful mature
trees which he either planted or provided
to his friends and acquaintances. He
planted many thousands of trees and
experimented with numerous types of
conifers.
Marvin had many other interests
in addition to his life-long commitment
to the forest industries. He was a very
competent mechanic, doing most of his
own repair work on his logging and
tree farming equipment and personal
vehicles. He had a love for the Chevrolet
automobile and owned several collector
cars and trucks, showing them to anyone
who was interested. He also enjoyed
photography, gardening, touring with
a travel trailer, clam digging, and other
outdoor activities. Before arthritis
invaded his knees, he enjoyed square
dancing and round dancing.
He has been a member of the
First Christian Church of Vernonia since
1933. In 1975, he married Ellen Hanson.
They constructed their home on the tree
farm and operated a successful u-cut and
wholesale Christmas tree business for 35
years.
He is predeceased by all of his
siblings. Surviving are his wife, Ellen,
sons, Phillip of Aloha, Ron of Portland,
and Stanley and Gary of Vernonia,
and three grandsons, Justin, Nick and
Michael Meyer.
To sign the online guest book or
to send a condolence to the family go to
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Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral
Home in Vernonia is in charge of the
arrangements.
JACK S. HOWARD
Jack S. Howard, 70, a former
resident of Portland, Oregon, late of
the Beaverton community, died Sunday
afternoon, February 6, 2011 at the
Porthaven Care Center in Portland,
Oregon.
He was raised and received his
education in the Vernonia community,
having been a graduate of the Vernonia
High School Class of 1958.
Graveside Services were held on
Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the Vernonia
Memorial Cemetery, 2080 Bridge Street
in Vernonia, Oregon, with Pastor John
Cahill, of the Pioneer Baptist Fellowship,
officiating. Full Military Honors will
be under the direction of the American
Veterans Honor Guard.
The family suggests that
remembrances may be contributions to
the Disabled American Veterans, 8725
N.E. Sandy Blvd., Portland, Oregon
97201, in his memory.
To sign the online guest book or
to send a condolence to the family go to
www.fuitenrosehoyt.com.
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral
Home in Vernonia is in charge of the
arrangements.
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JESSE T. FULKERSON
Jesse T. Fulkerson, 87, a
resident of the Cornelius community,
died Sunday, June 12, 2011, at Hillsboro
Rehabilitation and Specialty Care.
Jesse True Fulkerson was born
March 1, 1924 in The Dalles, Oregon.
Jesse was a WWII veteran survived
by his long time companion Betty
Everett, children Ann Marie Mott, Mary
Pat Nester, Karen Embury and Bill
Fulkerson, 8 grandchildren and 4 great-
grandchildren.
He was raised and attended
school in The Dalles, graduating from
The Dalles High School Class of 1942.
Following high school, Jesse joined the
United States Navy. He served on the
USS Patterson as a Torpedoman Third
Class (TM3) in the South Pacific. After
his Honorable discharge, he continued
serving in the Naval Reserves and
National Guard until 1956.
During his service in the Naval
Reserves and National Guard, Jesse
worked on The Dalles Dam before
moving to Portland, Oregon to work
at the shipyards and earn his degree in
Mechanical Engineering. He worked
for Morrison & Funitaki Engineering in
Portland before retiring in 1976.
During his retirement, Jesse
owned and operated Ye Old Dingheiser
Tavern in Manning, Oregon until the
early 90’s.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, Jesse and Harriett Fulkerson; his
wife, Mary Mildred Fulkerson; his wife,
Lillie Ann (Brickell) Fulkerson; and two
sisters, Barbara Ayres and Una Rogers
It was very difficult for dad when our
mother passed away. Fortunately he met
a wonderful women, Betty to spend the
rest of his life with. Betty, we would like
to thank you for making our dad’s life
so happy over the last 21 years. I don’t
know what he would have done without
you. Thank You.
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