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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015
OBITUARIES
projects until he was 88.
He is survived by his wife,
Jean; their daughter, Kimberly;
Wally’s son, Jerry Holden, and
daughter, Jodi Bernhardt; Jean’s
daughters Linda Holt and Sandy
Chiang; many grandchildren
and great-grandchildren; and his
sister, Ida Hagadorn.
His funeral service will be
held Friday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m., at
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home.
A remembrance gathering
will be held at Driftwood Shores
Banquet Room following the
service.
PETERSON— Robert
“Bob”
Raymond
Bailey
Peterson was
born in Los
Angeles, Ca-
lif., on Jan.
30, 1935. In
1939, he was
adopted by
Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Peterson
of
Exeter,
Robert
Calif.
Peterson
Bob lived
in Exeter until his graduation
from Exeter High School in
1953.
While attending high school,
Bob distinguished himself as a
gifted athlete and attended
Oklahoma State University on a
football scholarship.
In 1962, he married Corkie
Maggy of Fresno, Calif.
Eventually, Bob went to work
for Fresno Wire Rope and
Rigging Company, rising to the
position of manager.
In 2002, Bob and Corkie
retired and moved to their
favorite vacation spot in
Florence.
Bob was preceded in death by
his wife Corkie, and his adopted
son, Terry Peterson.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
URGO—Margaret “Marge”
M. Urgo, passed away Feb. 2,
2015 at the
age of 91.
Marge
was born
June
22,
1923,
in
N
e
w
Britain,
Conn., to
Frank and Margaret Urgo
M a r y
Kummer. She had two siblings,
Mary and Louis, who preceded
her in death.
Marge lived and grew up in
Newington, Conn. It was there
she lived until she met and mar-
ried Eugene Urgo in Brooklyn,
NY., on Jan. 10, 1943. After
marriage, Marge and Gene lived
on Long Island, N.Y., and had
four children. In later years,
when their children moved to
the West Coast, they then
moved to Watsonville, Calif.
It was there they both lived
until Gene passed away in 1988.
In 1990, Marge moved to
Florence.
A homemaker and always an
involved parent volunteer
throughout her children's youth,
it was in her later years that she
became an active community
volunteer in Florence. Marge
was involved in her church, St.
Mary’s, Our Lady of the Dunes
Catholic Church, and for a while
she also sang with the Florence
Community Choir.
Marge was also a part of the
Peace Harbor Auxiliary, where
she served as president for two
years and then later continued
on happily as part of the
“Tuesday Group.” Marge also
volunteered at the Siuslaw
Pioneer Museum.
She was especially fond of
giving tours and sharing the his-
tory of the Florence area and our
great country. Marge took great
pride in serving and helping oth-
ers.
Although Marge suffered
much heartache during her life-
time by losing her first son,
Thomas, at age 3; her husband,
Gene, in a plane accident at age
70; and also battling but beating
colon cancer and melanoma, it
was through her strong faith in
God that her love of life never
faltered.
Marge, always with a smile,
would tell anyone she met how
blessed she was. Truly one who
loved life, her family and God.
She is greatly missed and will
be forever loved.
Marge is survived by her
two sons: Michael and his
wife Cynthia Urgo of
LaHonda, Calif., James his
and wife Gwenn Urgo, of
Carmel Valley, Calif.; and a
daughter, Mary-Jean (MJ)
Church and husband, Dave, of
Florence; five grandchildren:
Creighton, Kelsey, Ashley,
Hallie and Seabre; and one
great-grandchild, Evie Rose.
A memorial service for
Marge will be held Sunday,
Nov. 8, at 2 p.m., at Burns’s
Riverside Chapel Florence
Funeral Home.
HOBERG—Wanda Hoberg,
84, of Florence, passed away
Oct. 26, 2015.
Now playing OCT 30 - Nov 5
New This Week:
BRIDGE OF SPIES (PG-13) - James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks), a lawyer
during the Cold War, is recruited by the CIA to negotiate the return of a pilot.
BURNT (R) - After hitting rock bottom from drug addiction and wrong turns,
Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) cleans up his act and returns to
London to fight for his third Michelin star.
SICARIO (R) - Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), an idealistic FBI agent, is sent to
help in the fight against the ever present violence involved in the Mexican
border drug wars.
Continuing:
STEVE JOBS (R) - An intimate look into the life and mind of Steve Jobs, the
man behind the digital revolution.
The Martian (PG-13) - Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) must rely
on his wits and meager supplies to survive on Mars. 2D and 3D.
Special Events:
This changes everything - Sat, 10/31 1pm - True Story Tuesdays
Encore screening, based on Naomi Klein’s best-selling book
AIDA on sydney harbor - Sun, 11/1 12pm
Hamlet - Wed, 11/4 6pm - National Theatre Live’s record-breaking event!
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MILITARY NOTES
MITCHELL— Army
National Guard Pvt. Korina
C. Mitchell has graduated
from basic combat training
at Fort Jackson, Columbia,
S.C.
During the nine weeks of
training, Mitchell studied
the Army mission, history,
tradition, core values and
physical
fitness,
and
received instruction and
practice in basic combat
skills, military weapons,
chemical warfare and bayo-
net training, drill and cere-
mony,
marching,
rifle
marksmanship, armed and
unarmed combat, map read-
ing, field tactics, military
courtesy, military justice
system, basic first aid, foot
marches and field training
exercises.
Mitchell is the daughter
of Jason and Lynette
Mitchell of Florence, and
sister of Samantha Roberts.
She is a 2015 graduate of
Siuslaw High School.
Correction
In the special “Fire
Prevention and Protection”
section in the Oct. 17 issue of
the Siuslaw News, the presi-
dent of the Siuslaw Valley
Firefighters Association was
incorrectly stated. Tim Teel is
currently serving as presi-
dent.
Siuslaw News regrets the
error.
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Year: 36.49”
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Arrangements are being held
through Burns’s Riverside
Chapel Florence Funeral Home.
MATTSON—Mary
Ann
Mattson, 78, of Florence, passed
away Oct. 23, 2015.
Private cremational rites were
held through Burns’s Riverside
Chapel Florence Funeral Home.
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
HOLDEN—Henry Wallace
“Wally” Holden died peacefully
in his sleep
Oct.
22,
2015, after
a long bat-
tle
with
Alzheim-
er’s.
Wa l l y
was born in
the North Henry Holden
Fork Valley
on March 10, 1923, to Henry
and Pearl (Woosley) Holden. He
was the sixth of seven children.
He grew up on the North Fork
family ranch until he joined the
Army during World War II.
He was a sergeant in the
1000th Treadway
Bridge
Company. Their main mission
was to build bridges across the
Rhine River, so the tanks and
equipment could get in to
Germany.
After the war, he moved to
Florence and worked in the log-
ging industry, then ran logging
crews in Alaska for a few years
until he decided to build his own
boat in the family back yard.
The boat was 48 feet long and
15 feet wide. Five years later he
launched it at the Murphy log
dump. He found out that he got
seasick and eventually sold the
boat.
It is still an active vessel out
of Newport.
Wally invented the Holden
Line Horse, which was a
machine he built to roll up log-
ging cable in the woods. He
built 83 of these machines him-
self before selling the patent.
Wally worked for the forest
service for several years before
retiring. He worked on many