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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015
OBITUARIES
tions or support them in their
endeavors. She made phone
calls to her loved ones on a
regular basis just to let them
know she loved them.
She was a light to her fami-
ly, and now they are all shim-
mers of that light.
Joan was preceded in death
by
her
mother,
Faye
O’Connell; a sister, Bonnie
Ritchie, and a son, Woody
Bray II.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Bill Mason; a sister,
Shirley Donatoni; her daugh-
ters: Bonnie, Lynne, Lori,
Kathleen, Mary, Debra and
Larissa; her sons: Patrick Bray,
John Bray and Bobby Mason;
and her 58 grandchildren.
A funeral service for Joan
will be held Monday, July 13,
at 1 p.m., at Burns’s Riverside
Chapel Florence Funeral
Home.
LANDWEHR —Gordon
Landwehr, 89, of Florence,
passed away
July 6, 2015.
Gordon
and his fam-
ily
have
lived
on
Siltcoos
Lake
for
approxi-
mately 160
Gordon
years; his
Landwehr
house was
once the post office.
He used to ferry across the
river for groceries and goods.
Gordon went to a one-room
school in West Lake. He joined
the Marines at the age of 18,
serving in Okinawa where
3,000 were killed. While serv-
ing his country, he was wound-
ed with 27 pieces of shrapnel
in his legs and buttocks. He
received the Purple Heart.
He was was a timber faller,
working in the woods for
International Paper for years.
He had a ranch up the North
Fork with a river running
through it, where he raised
beef and a garden, fished,
smoked jerky, clammed and
crabbed.
He also had a house and
land at North Beach and was
one of the camp houses in
Booth; they towed across the
lake on logs and pulled on the
hill with a D8 cat.
Gordon was married to his
first wife for more than 50
years. They owned Mode O’
Day in town.
Gordon had one daughter,
Jerlyn; two granddaughters
and six great-grandchildren:
Brook, Kay, Kaitlyn, Rylie,
Emily, Logan, Dillon and
Jordon.
After his wife’s death, he
married Adeline Webb and
they were married nine years.
Graveside services will be
held July 14, at 11 a.m., at
Pacific Sunset Cemetery.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of all arrangements.
GETCHELL —Orville
Lewis Getchell, 87, of
Florence, passed away July 6,
2015.
Orville was born July 19,
1927, in Eugene, Ore., to par-
COURTS
Florence Municipal Court
June 30
Byron Leroy Barnett plead-
ed no contest to criminal tres-
pass. He must report to
Emergence Addiction and
Mental Health Services. He
must pay $375 in fines and
not contact or be in or about
the premises or place of
employment of the victim.
Shane Michael Zemansky
GRADUATE NOTES
pleaded no contest to theft.
He was sentenced to four days
in Florence City Jail. He must
pay $430 in fines and not con-
tact or be in or about the
premises or place of employ-
ment of the victim.
Dakotah Richard Hill
pleaded guilty to a misde-
meanor for driving with a sus-
pended license. He must pay
$1,125 in fines.
Shindig supports local garden
Come to Homegrown Pub,
294 Laurel St., on Monday, July
13, at 5 p.m., and support local
farms and the Siuslaw
Elementary School garden.
The “Support Local Summer
Shindig” is hosted by Real
Food Co-op and Homegrown
Public House.
There will be appetizers and
dinner, including grilled local
lamb, salmon and vegetables
with fresh berries for dessert.
A dessert auction fundraiser
will support the school garden.
Tickets are $25 and are avail-
able at Real Food Co-op and
Homegrown Pub.
CORVALLIS — Names of
students who have made the
Scholastic Honor Roll Spring
term have been announced by
Oregon State University.
A total of 982 students
earned a straight-A (4.0).
Another 3,571 earned a B-
plus (3.5) or better to make
the listing.
To be on the Honor Roll,
students must carry at least 12
graded hours of course work.
Students on the Honor Roll
from Florence, Mapleton and
Swiss Home included:
• Florence
Straight-A Average:
Raelyn K. Robinson (sen-
ior) Human Development and
Family Science.
3.5 or Better: Sara C.
Burns (sophomore) Pre-
Public Health; Robert P.
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He
served
in Army
Tr a n s p o r t
in the Al-
e u t i a n
Islands dur-
ing World
War II and
then
the
U.S. Army
occupation
forces
in
Orville
Japan.
Getchell
Orville
worked as a service technician
for Coca-Cola for 34 years.
He married Juanita Brink on
June 30, 1951, and the couple
recently celebrated 64 loving
years of marriage.
Orville was an avid fly fish-
erman, hunter and talented
woodworker.
He enjoyed many years of
traveling to Alaska, where he
built a cabin.
He is survived by his wife,
Juanita Getchell, of Florence;
brother Les and sister-in-law
Lois Getchell, of Florence;
his
brother-in-law
Mark
Brink of La Pine, Ore.;
his daughter, Susan, and
son-in-law Charles Young, of
Wasilla, Ark.; his son Gene
and daughter-in-law Joyce
Getchell of Florence; his
grandson, Jason Gerola, of
Kehei, Hawaii; his grand-
daughter, Aimee, and her hus-
band, Louis Garibay, of
Beeville,
Texas;
his
granddaughter, Sarah, and
her husband, Paulo Wolcoff,
of
Palmer,
Ark.;
his
granddaughter Nikki, and
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Ellison (junior) Business
Information Systems; Brad
A.
Greenburg
(senior)
Exercise and Sport Science;
Elisabeth H. Jones (senior)
Biology; Hayden R. Miles
(sophomore) Fisheries and
Wildlife Science; Nikki J.
Parry
(senior)
Forest
Engineering; Kayla Rickford
(senior)
Ecological
Engineering; Will H. Seble
(senior) Digital Communic-
ation Arts.
• Mapleton
3.5 or Better: Lindsay
Free
(junior)
Political
Science.
• Swisshome
3.5 or Better: Rikki N.
Redhead (junior) Psych-
ology.
her husband, Todd Miller, of
Junction City, Ore.; his grand-
daughter, Andrea, and her hus-
band, Jesse Kincade, of Eagle
River, Ark.; and 12 great-
grandchildren.
A funeral was held at Burns’
Riverside Chapel Florence
Funeral Home on Friday, July
10.
Sally Rash will be signing
copies of her new book,
“Sally’s Silly
Small Step System”
from 1:00 to 4:00 on
Friday, July 17th at
PS Winkles on Bay Street
Published by Pacific Publishing
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$9 Regular/$8 Senior or Student/$7.50 Matinee/
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PREVIEW: Ant-Man - 117 min (PG-13) - Marvel’s newest super hero
Thu: 7:00 – Starts regular run Friday July 17! Stars Paul Rudd
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Every Day Except Sun & Thu: 2:10, 7:00, 9:40 | Sun: 12:40, 6:10, 8:50
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Fri: 12:40, 3:20, 6:20, 9:00 | Sat: 3:30, 6:20, 9:00 | Sun: 2:40, 5:20, 8:00
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La bohème - 170 min (NR) – A Royal Opera House Presentation
Sat, July 11: 12:00 | Wed, July 15: 6:00 – John Copley’s classic production with
a stunning cast
The Audience - 145 min – National Theatre Live Presents – ENCORE
SCREENINGS
Sun, July 12: 1:00 | Thu, July 16: 6:30 –Mirren in her Tony award-winning role
as Queen Elizabeth
Sunshine Superman - 100 min (PG) – A heart-racing portrait of Carl Boen-
ish
Tue: 5:00 – True Story Tuesday – The fascinating origins of BASE jumping
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CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
MASON—Joan
Marie
Mason, 80, of Florence, passed
away peace-
fully at her
home with
family
by
her side on
Sunday, July
5, 2015, just
before sun-
rise.
Joan was
Joan Mason
born Sept. 2,
1934, in Bard, Calif., to Faye
Bivens and Zelma Ritchie.
She was blessed with a fun-
loving spirit, valued hard
work, good manners and
excelled in everything she put
her mind to.
Joan married Woody Bray in
1953, and together they raised
nine children.
In 1971, Joan met Bill
Mason while working as a
hostess at a Sizzler restaurant.
For Bill, it was love at first
sight. They married on Oct. 2,
1973, and spent the next 42
years on a honeymoon.
Joan and Bill moved to
Klamath Falls, Ore., in 1980
and enjoyed many years teach-
ing together as firearm safety
and shooting instructors.
Joan shared her love for life
and spiritual beliefs with all
who needed it.
She will forever be remem-
bered as a humble woman who
wanted to help others, and all
who knew her would agree
that she was “an original”.
Family was her top priority.
She never missed an opportu-
nity to share in family celebra-
