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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015
OBITUARY
Roger, Ida Jane and JoAnn.
Bill is survived by Ida Jane
Taylor, currently living in
Tacoma,
Wash.;
JoAnn
Roseburg, living in Bellevue,
Wash.; and Roger Stirling, liv-
ing in Portland, Ore.
Bills first job was driving
trucks in Turner for Stan
Brockway.
In 1944, he joined the U.S.
Navy and was stationed on
several supply ships (Navy
Merchant Ships) carrying sup-
plies to the Pacific Troops. He
went through the Panama
Canal six times and was dis-
charged in 1947, at Norfolk,
Va.
His “goal” when he was dis-
charged was to become a
rancher.
Bill learned to fly airplanes
via the G.I. Bill and became a
“Spray Pilot,” flight instructor,
aircraft mechanic and an air-
craft charter pilot for Hensley
Flying Service in Havre, Mont.
He was actively engaged in
these flying activities for more
than 15 years.
Bill was a member of
Fraternal Order the Elks in
Havre, Mont., where he
remained a member even when
in Utah and Oregon. He later
also joined the Eugene, Ore.,
Elks.
Bill and his brother, Frank,
bought two Dairy Queens in
Provo, Utah. Bill was the
operator and manager of these
stores.
In the 1960s, he and Frank
built a brand new Dairy Queen
restaurant on Coburg Road in
Eugene. In the late 1970s, they
sold this DQ as Bill had decid-
ed he would like to go fishing
in Winchester Bay.
Fishing in Winchester Bay
was the start of his third major
career.
In the 1970s, first he bought
a 28-foot Uniflite, but soon
decided that boat was much
too small for the way he want-
ed to fish. He bought the 50-
foot trawler “Cathan” for com-
mercial salmon fishing, crab-
bing and tuna fishing. At one
point, he had more than 200
crab pots.
In the 1980s, there was the
annual opening day boat
parade, and one year the
“Cathan” won Best Of Show.
Bill enjoyed and loved peo-
ple. He had many friends in the
Winchester Bay area.
Bill enjoyed and had a flare
for new sporty cars, pickups
and SUVs, including, in the
late 1940s, a flashy Buick con-
vertible (one of many Buicks
Bill owned in his life); in the
mid-1950s
a
Lincoln
Continental — a real road car
— and in the 1960s he owned
several Ford Thunderbirds —
including a honey-gold 1965
T-Bird.
In the 1970s, he purchased a
special-order Irish Kelly green
Cadillac Coupe Deville, and in
2003 he owned a dark blue
Ford Expedition-XLT.
In recent years, Bill enjoyed
his daily walks around
Winchester Bay, including
stops at the post office, the
pizza parlor and the Neptune
restaurant for a Pepsi.
And then there were the
trips to the Lakeside Resort for
lunch, which was another of
his favorites.
Bill will be greatly missed
by all of us, including his
many relatives.
Donations in remembrance
can be made to the Winchester
Bay Community Center, 635
Broadway, Winchester Bay,
OR 97467.
Rhododendron Senior Court applications open until Friday
Siuslaw and Mapleton
high school juniors and sen-
iors can still apply to be on
the 2016 Rhododendron
Senior Court.
The Rhody Court commit-
tee will accept completed
applications through Friday,
Nov. 13.
The application is online at
www.florencechamber.com
and at the counselor’s office
at Siuslaw and Mapleton high
schools.
This is an ambassador
opportunity for public speak-
ing and leadership roles in the
community. Members of the
court will visit community
events, business leaders, sen-
ior living centers, youth
organizations
and
civic
groups.
The Junior Court deadline
has passed, and students
should find out if they made it
in the third week in
November.
The Rhododendron Royal
Courts will demonstrate their
talents in the Rhododendron
Showcase on Wednesday,
May 18, 2016.
For more information, con-
tact Annette Foglio at 503-
381-7943, Cindy Wobbe at
cindywobbe@msn.com, or go
the Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce website.
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Nov. 3
Randolf Antonio Eastwood
pleaded guilty to furnishing
minors with liquor. He was
sentenced to 10 days in
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residence or place of employ-
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S T I R L I N G — Wi l l i a m
“Bill” Stirling, a long-time res-
ident
of
Winchester
Bay, Ore.,
had recently
moved
to
Veneta.
B i l l
passed away
peacefully at
the family
William
h o m e
Stirling
Sunday, Oct.
25, 2015, at the age of 89.
A memorial service will be
held at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov.
13, at the Winchester Bay
Community
Center
in
Winchester Bay.
Bill will be buried later at
the
Willamette
National
Cemetery, in Portland, Ore.
Bill was born Sept. 19,
1926.
He grew up on a 2,000 acre
farm near Turner, Mont. He
attended the Turner Schools,
first at North Fairview
Elementary, one mile from his
home.
He lived there with his par-
ents, Tom and George Stirling,
five brothers and two sisters,
Thomas, Wallace, Frank,