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April 26, 2017
Wallowa County Chieftain
Dorothy Edith Capron
Sept. 24, 1923 –– April 5, 2017
Leona Darlene Carper Collins
Aug. 25, 1925 –– April 10, 2017
Vernice Juker
June 20, 1925 –– March 7, 2017
Dorothy “Dottie” Capron, age
93, passed away peacefully with
family members by her side at Peace-
Health Southwest Medical Center in
Vancouver, Wash., from complica-
tions of pneumonia.
Dottie was born in Butler, Penn.,
the eldest of fi ve children. She was
a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army
Nurse Corps during and after World
War II. In February 1947, she met the
love of her life Allen Weston Capron
Jr. (“Wes”) on a return fl ight to her
base in Biloxi, Miss., after being temporarily assigned to Denver
(where Wes was stationed) during a fl u outbreak.
After a double date that night, fi ve months of daily love letters
and a visit to Dorothy’s parents in Pennsylvania, they were married
by a justice of the peace in Gulfport, Mis., in July 1947, a union
that lasted for 64 years until Wes died in 2011.
The fi rst 14 years of marriage, they lived Texas, Nebraska and
California. In Oregon, they lived in St. Helens, Enterprise, New-
berg, Tigard and Beaverton. Dottie’s fi nal year was in Washougal,
Wash. Their love produced four children: two sons David Capron
and Donald Capron and two daughters Cheryl Klingenberg and
Joyce Eaton. Dottie was a lovely Christian woman who lived her
life for her Lord and her family.
Dottie was the original “super mom.” With her husband, she
raised four children only fi ve years apart in age. She worked full-
time as a nurse after the youngest child was in grade school yet
kept up with homemaking tasks, which included cooking (cinna-
mon rolls and cherry pies were her specialty), sewing, crocheting,
cross stitch, gardening and canning. At Columbia District Hospital
in St. Helens, her expertise was helping to deliver babies. Shortly
before she died, the family found her handwritten memoir of her
early years and discovered that she was also a wonderful writer.
She leaves behind her children; siblings Ferne, Carol and Don-
ald; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by her husband, step-daughter Susan Totten and
sister Grace Robinson.
Memorial Service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday April 29, at Ti-
gard Christian Church, 13405 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard. Burial with
military honors will be at Willamette National Cemetery 1:30 p.m.
Friday, May 12. In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to Tigard
Christian Church. Arrangements under the direction of Young’s
Funeral Home, Tigard.
Leona Darlene Carper Col-
lins passed away peacefully
surrounded by family April 10,
2017.
She blessed the world with
her presence Aug. 25, 1925, in
Promise, Ore. Born to Walter
and Lula Mae Carper, she was
one of 10 children. Her mother
came from West Virginia over
The Oregon Trail and was one
of the fi rst families to settle in
Wallowa County. That journey
took four months as they traveled by covered wagon.
She married Jim Richard and moved to Lake Charles, La.,
where they had three children: Gerald, Joyce and Greg. They
later divorced, and she made her way back to Wallowa.
She then met Roy Collins “The Love of Her Life” at a barn
dance. On April 8, 1955, they said “I do,” and his children Nor-
man and Sheila joined the family. Together they had three boys:
Les, Bruce and Terry bringing the combined total to 7. They
were blessed to have 53 years of wonderful marriage before
Roy’s passing.
You could always catch her dancing a jig, yodeling, playing
the harmonica and spoons. She loved music, and you would
hear it daily throughout the house. Over the years, she crocheted
many afghan blankets and embroidered beautiful dish cloths.
She and Roy grew a bountiful garden and canned the goods
from it each year. She was known around town for her delicious
“hotty garlic” dill pickles and homemade huckleberry pies.
Some of her fondest memories were camping and fi shing at
Oxbow, hunting with family and friends, picking morels and
huckleberries and playing cards, board games and jigsaw puz-
zles. She loved spending time at their Powatka Cabin while lis-
tening to country music and sipping whiskey. She even had a
swig on her 91st birthday.
Her greatest joy in life was being with her grandchildren.
She would snuggle, kiss and spoil all of them. Her legacy of
love will always resonate.
She is survived by four children, 21 grandchildren, 23
great-grandchildren, a great-great grandchild and two siblings.
She was preceded in death by her husband Roy, sons Bruce,
Greg and Gerald, seven siblings and granddaughter Charisse.
A service will be held at Lostine Cemetery 2 p.m. May 6 The
family encourages everyone to come and share stories of her.
Vernice Juker, 91, of Yuma,
Ariz., passed away March 7,
2017, in the comfort of her two
caring daughters.
Vernice Carlene was born
June 20, 1925, in Enterprise,
Ore., to Oscar and Carrie Ham-
mack. She grew up on an Alder
Slope farm and attended Gwen
Country School.
She became a hard-worker
at a very young age as she and
her two brothers worked on the
family farm. After graduating from Enterprise High School, she
worked for dentist named Thompson.
Vernice married Gifford Botts in 1945, moved to Wallowa,
Ore., and worked at Bates sawmill. They bought a farm on Prai-
rie Creek where they raised horses, dairy cows, hay and grain.
Vernice and Gifford welcomed two daughters: Carol Ann
and Karen Darlene. She continued her love of horses as a mem-
ber of the Wallowa County Wranglers Club, she loved the rides
and functions, especially the week-long ride up to the high
mountain lakes.
Vernice worked a few summers at Russell’s restaurant at
Wallowa Lake and as a cook at Wallowa County Hospital. She
and Gifford later divorced.
Vernice was baptized March 8, 1970, at the Enterprise Chris-
tian Church.
She married Leo Juker in 1971, and they owned a J. I. Case
dealership and enjoyed fi shing trips (one to Alaska). In the late
‘70s, they became snowbirds when they began spending the
winters in Yuma. They would swim at the rec center and play
cards with friends.
After Leo’s passing in 1986, Vernice became a permanent
Arizonian and continued spending time planting fl owers. Her
yard was her pride and joy. She loved watching the Diamond-
backs and meeting friends for donuts. Vernice, Carol and Karen
took a trip to Hawaii during this time.
On March 7, when Vernice’s golden heart stopped beating,
God put his arms around her and lifted up the best to his beauti-
ful garden where she can fi nally rest. It broke our hearts to lose
her, so parts of us followed her to the place she now calls home.
She was preceded in death by parents Oscar and Carrie,
brothers Harold and Vernon “Dick” and husband Leo.
She is survived by daughters: Carol (David) Erwin; Karen
(Patricia Jarvis) Botts; grand-daughters Andrea Alness, Jenni-
fer (John) Pinczes, Amber Erwin; family member Steve Alness;
and great-grand children Dennis Pinczes, Brittany and Brandon
Alness.
As she now watches us from above, celebrate her life and
honor her memory by these words she gave to us “From A
Friend:”
I would rather have one little rose from the garden of a
friend, than to have the choicest fl owers when my life is at an
end. I would rather have the kindest words and a smile that I
can see, than fl attery when my heart is still and life has ceased
to be. I would rather have a loving smile from a friend I know
is true, than weeping over my life’s form when I bid this world
adieu. Then bring me on the fl owers today, pink or white or red.
I would rather have one fl ower now than a truckload when I am
dead. Bring them on while I am here so the fl owers I can see.
When my eyes are closed in death, they will be no joy to me.
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The family of David Clegg
would like to thank everyone for your acts of kindness in
recent weeks. Thank you to all who brought food, visited,
called, sent flowers and cards, and donated in his memory.
Your thoughtfulness, kind words, and shared
memories will never be forgotten.
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