NOVEMBER 22, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
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Getting to know our neighbors
Reporter Lauren Murphy has been visiting Keizer’s retirement communities
with the purpose of getting to know some of our seniors, the lives
they’ve lived and what they are up to now.
Allen Freebury
Beverly & Jack Tincknell
Allen
Freebury
retired to Oregon in
2007 with his wife.
He worked a total
of 21 jobs after two
years of college. He
decided not to fi nish
his four year degree
because after two
years he decided he
was ready to join the
workforce. He spoke
proudly of his three
children, a son in Se-
attle and two daugh-
ters in New Mexico.
He had a lot of ad-
vice for the younger
generation: learn U.S.
history, create a job track record and most importantly, “keep the
course, take good care of yourself.”
Jack Tincknell moved to
Oregon when he was 14 years
old. After high school he joined
the Navy; he did contracting
work overseas after that. Upon
moving to Willamette Lutheran
Retirement Community about
a year and a half ago, Jack was
adopted by the three baby Ni-
gerian dwarf goats, – Patches,
Heidi and Ginger, – who con-
sider him their dad. Jack said
they’re extremely friendly and
often look for food in people’s
pockets. The residents dressed
the goats up for the Civil War
football game last year. His ad-
vice for young people is to get
an education.
Beverly Tincknell moved to
Oregon from Wisconsin when
she was 13. She graduated from
Salem High School (now North
Salem High School.) After she
graduated she got a job as a sec-
retary, with no college degree,
Words and pictures
by Lauren Murphy
and worked there for 27 years.
She and Jack got married when
they were in their 40s and the
two fondly remembered travel-
ing a lot for his Navy reunions.
She echoed the advice of her
husband, “I got a job right out
of high school but that’s hard to
do nowadays,” she said.
Shirley & Don Knepp
Don Knepp served in the
Army for two years after his
fi rst year of college. After
getting out of the service, he
graduated with a degree in
chemistry and then earned a
master’s in teaching. He has
been married to Shirley for
54 years. They spent 20 years
in Pendleton where he taught
seventh grade science and
then moved into minsitry for
10 years, “I can tell you hon-
estly that teaching is far more
stressful than ministry,” he said
with a laugh. His advice to
young people is to take care of
the Earth.
Shirley Knepp graduat-
ed from Portland State as a
teacher. She began to work in
Salem but then went on the
mission fi eld with the United
Methodist Church. She mar-
ried Don and ran a daycare for
15 years in Pendleton. They
lived on or near Umatila Res-
ervation during their years in
Pendleton. In her retirement,
she enjoys serving as a dea-
coness in the United Method-
ist Church. Both she and Don
volunteer at the Riverfront
Carousel, they said they’ve
worked on all but fi ve of the
horses. They also enjoy trav-
eling and recommend visiting
Malta.
death
notice
Gift tags
now hanging
around town
Gift tags for the Keiz-
er Network of Women’s
(KNOW) Giving Basket pro-
gram are now out in the com-
munity. The fundraiser hopes
to help about 250 local fam-
ilies this year.
“All the tags are already
in the community, all people
have to do is pick one up and
then return the gifts to the lo-
cation where they found the
tag or to the Keizer Cham-
ber of Commerce offi ce,” said
Danielle Bethell, executive di-
rector.
Gift tags are hanging from
trees at Courthouse Athlet-
ic Club, 117 McNary Es-
tates Drive N.; Mommy and
Maddi’s, 4765 River Road
N.; Copy Cats, 3800 River
Road N.; 5007 River Road
N.; Willamette Valley Bank,
5140 River Road N.; The
Human Bean, 5007 River
Road N.; Los Dos Hermanos,
3590 River Road N.; Keizer
Church of Christ, 5405 Ridge
Drive N.E.; and St. Edward
Catholic Church, 5303 River
Road N.
Gifts need to be returned
by Wednesday, Dec. 4
SUBSCRIBE
Nelson
McLoud
March 16, 1922 –
November 14, 2019
Services are planned Sat-
urday, Nov. 30, from 1 to 3
p.m. at Keizer Community
Church, 380 Churchdale Av-
enue N.
Keizer Funeral Chapel is
handling arrangements.
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