6 A SIUSLAW NEWS
❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015
OBITUARIES
LASERSOHN—William
Bock Lasersohn, 83, formerly
of
Flo-
rence, died
May
19,
2015,
in
Roseville,
Calif., after
a series of
illnesses.
He was
Dr. William born May
24,
1933,
Lasersohn
n e a r
Elmsford, N.Y.
He attended Woodstock
Country School in Vermont
and Antioch College in
Yellow Springs, Ohio, where
he met his first wife, Nancy
Moore.
They married in 1955 and
moved to Cleveland, Ohio,
where he attended Western
Reserve Medical School.
After completing his M.D.
and internship, he joined the
Public Health Service in
1961, and spent two years
providing medical care on the
Zuni Indian Reservation in
New Mexico.
After returning to Cleve-
land and completing his resi-
dency at St. Luke’s Hospital,
he went into private practice
in obstetrics and gynecology,
maintaining two offices and
working at several hospitals
in the Cleveland area.
He married his second
wife, Kay Barr, in 1978. After
moving
briefly
to
Jacksonville, Texas, he joined
the Army in 1981 and worked
for several years at a military
hospital
near
Stuttgart,
Germany, at Fort Ord, Calif.,
and Fort Campbell, Ky.
In 1981, he also became
sober. He was active in
Alcoholics Anonymous for
the rest of his life and derived
a great deal of satisfaction
and fulfillment from his
involvement in this communi-
ty.
On returning to civilian life
in 1986, Will and Kay moved
to Salem, Ore., where he con-
tinued his practice. He was
chief of staff in the Obstetrics
and Gynecology Department
at Kaiser Permanente in
Salem before retiring in 1995.
Following Kay’s death, he
married his third wife, Adelle
Cavanaugh, in 2010, when
they moved to Florence —
and eventually to Roseville
for the last part of his life.
Over the course of his
career, he helped more than
7,500 women deliver their
babies. He always got a spe-
cial thrill out of helping a new
person enter the world.
Perhaps more than most
people, he loved life and
found joy in it wherever he
could.
He is survived by his wife
Adelle Lasersohn; his sister,
Sarah Lasersohn Feldner; his
children: Peter, Mark and
Robin Lasersohn; and grand-
children: MJ Eckhouse, Xyl
Lasersohn, Meg Rumsey-
Lasersohn, Hallie Rumsey-
Lasersohn
and
Nathan
Lasersohn.
A memorial service will be
held Saturday, June 20, at the
Woodland Chapel on 582
High St. S.E., Salem, Ore., at
11 a.m.
Lunch will follow.
Consider a contribution in
memory of Dr. William
Lasersohn to:
Doctors Without Borders
USA, 333 Seventh Ave., New
York, NY 10001-5004 or at
www.donate.doctorswithout
borders.org/tribute.cfm.
COCKRUM —Gary
Cockrum, 70, of South Beach,
formerly of Florence, died at
his home May 23, 2015.
Services will be Saturday,
June 27, at the Newport, Ore.,
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s
Witnesses.
HORRILLO—John Perrez
Horrillo, 79, of Florence,
Oregon died at home sur-
rounded by his family, on
Monday, May 25, 2015.
Born August 27, 1936, in
Honolulu, Hawaii, Horrillo’s
family moved to California
when he was 11 years old.
He att-
e n d e d
Mountain
View High
School and
then Menlo
College,
where he
earned
a
black belt John Horrillo
in judo and
was a Community College
All-American in football.
At Oregon State, he led the
PAC-8 in interceptions and
punt return yardage. He was
an instructor and a very suc-
cessful wrestling coach at
Sierra College from 1965 to
1993.
He
introduced
Kid
Wrestling to Northern Calif-
ornia and was very involved
with cultural exchange teams
from Mexico and Japan.
After retiring, he moved to
Oregon, where he spent many
hours fishing in the rivers.
John and his wife Mary
became active with the
Florence
Area
Humane
Society to provide care for
homeless and abused animals.
John is survived by Mary,
his wife of 24 years; children:
Kristin
Luckett,
Scott
Horrillo, Sarah Johnson,
Kirsten
Banyas,
Scott
Johnson, Kiki Light, Steve
Johnson, Cory Light, Molly
Wells and Matthew Horrillo;
seven grandchildren, and an
extended family of friends
and relatives.
At his request, no services
will be held.
Remembrance may be
made to the Florence Area
Humane Society, special
medical account.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
DALE—Donald Dale, 86,
of Florence, sailed on to his
next life June 9, 2015, with
his loved ones by his side.
He was born to the late Roy
GRADUATE NOTES
and Annette Dale of San
Rafael, Calif.
He was a skilled and pro-
fessional mill man and cabi-
net maker. He founded
Damco, a successful business
for many years in the San
Jose area, manufacturing pre-
hung door and windows.
He married his sweetheart,
Mary, in 1951; they recently
celebrated
their 64th
wedding
anniversary.
T h e y
lived in San
Jose
and
Standish,
Calif., land-
ing in Flo- Donald Dale
rence
20
years ago to finish out their
retirement years.
Don
was
an
active
Freemason in San Jose. He
was also an active member of
the Elks Lodges in San Jose,
Susanville and Florence,
holding offices and Trustee
positions.
He was a Commander
of the Coast Guard Auxiliary
at the Siuslaw River Stat-
ion.
Don is survived by his wife
and loving partner Mary; their
miniature
Schnauzer,
Schotze; three daughters:
Diane Garcia of Florida,
Linda Wagner of Standish,
Calif., and Elaine Dale of
Santa Cruz, Calif; eight
grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren.
An Elks Memorial Service
and a celebration of his life
will be held at the Florence
Elks Lodge today, June 13,
from 1 to 3 p.m.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
DONALDSON—Charles
G. Donaldson, 87, of
Florence, died June 6, 2015.
Arrangements are being
held through Andreason’s
Cremation and Burial Service
in Springfield.
Florence Humane Society members to meet June 18
The annual meeting of the
Florence Area Humane Society
is Thursday, June 18, at 5:30
p.m. in the Bromley Room of
the Siuslaw Public Library,
1460 Ninth St.
The theme for the day’s pro-
gram is “The Future of FAHS,”
according to board president
Frankie Jorgensen.
“The board encourages
members to attend this meeting
to hear about the accomplish-
ments, challenges and direction
of our organization,” Jorgensen
said.
Members who have not
renewed their membership may
do so at the meeting, and mem-
bership forms will be available
for those who would like to
become a member of FAHS.
The Florence Area Humane
Society has operated a no-kill
shelter serving the people of
western Lane County since
1992. FAHS is a private, non-
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two thrift stores in Old Town as
well as frequent fundraising
projects.
On May 3, Blair Thomas
Pearson, a 2011 Siuslaw
High
School
graduate,
was awarded the
degree of bachelor
of science cum
laude in mech-
anical engineering,
with
a
minor
in chemistry, by
the
University
of
Portland’s
Donald P. Shiley
School
of
Blair
Engineering.
Pearson was a
member of the honors pro-
gram at UP.
In addition to being named
to the Dean’s List all four
academic years, he was a
member of the Oregon
Gamma Chapter of Tau Beta
Pi, the National Honors
Society for Engineering
Majors.
During his university
years, Pearson had the oppor-
tunity to intern at NASA’s
Goddard Space Flight Center
in Maryland, working on
novel thermal hardware.
In March, he traveled to
New Orleans for an analyti-
cal chemistry conference as
part of an ongoing research
assistant-ship with Dr. Kevin
Cantrell entitled, “A Hue-
Based Method for pH
Determination.”
Pearson’s Senior Capstone
Project was the creation
of a hands-free keyboard
interface, (col-
l o q u i a l l y
dubbed
“The
Glovebox,”
intended to help
individuals
with
limited
hand
move-
ment to more
effectively use
c o m p u t e r
Pearson
keyboards.
This project
was under the direction of
Dr. Deborah Munro.
His engineering class-
mates
voted
it
the
Outstanding Interdisciplinary
Project of the Year.
Pearson is the son of
Rachel and Paul Pearson of
Florence.
His
post-graduation
plans include a short trip
to Europe and a 10-week
summer internship with
Oregon Health and Sciences
University
in
the
Quantitative
Biological
and Biomedical Sciences
Program,
focusing
on
nanoparticle-based delivery
systems for RNA cancer ther-
apy.
His
long-term
plans
include graduate school
in biomedical engineering.
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