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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016
OBITUARIES
KNEAPER—John
L.
Kneaper, 70, of Swisshome,
passed away
Feb. 9, 2016.
A memori-
al celebra-
tion of his
life will be
held Sunday,
Feb. 21, at 11
a.m., at the
John Kneaper F l o r e n c e
Seventh Day
Adventist
Church,
4445
Highway 101.
Private interment was held
through Burns’s Riverside
Chapel Florence Funeral Home.
BECKMAN—John Steven
Beckman, 53, passed away Feb.
6, 2016.
S t e v e
was born
Sept.
13,
1962, in St.
Louis, Mo.,
and spent
more than
half his life
as a resident John Beckman
of Florence.
He loved to be outdoors,
enjoying the wilderness and
fishing. His hobbies also includ-
ed playing guitar and listening
to music.
He was a talented artist who
enjoyed drawing with charcoal
and other mediums.
He enjoyed spending time
with his friends and family.
Steve never met a stranger.
He is survived by his son,
John Steven Beckman, Jr.; his
parents Edward and Vivian
Beckman; and his younger sib-
lings Dan Beckman and Debra
(Phil) Derda. He had one niece
and two nephews: Taylor Derda,
Simon Derda and Brian
Beckman.
A celebration of his life will
be held Saturday, Feb. 27, at the
Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial
State Park Meeting Place, begin-
ning at 10 a.m.
The service will be led by
Pastor Bryan Moore.
The family requests sending
donations to a charity of your
choice.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
SPOONER—Robert
W.
Spooner, 69, of Florence, passed
away Feb.
1,
2016,
from cancer.
He was
born Aug. 9,
1946,
to
E m i l y
Louise and
William
Spooner of Rob Spooner
Grapeview,
Wash.
He graduated from Reed
College in 1967, and earned his
master’s degree in mathematics
from the University of
Saskatchewan.
In the 1970s, Rob owned a
computer company in Calgary,
Alberta, where he designed and
built operating systems. He met
his future wife, Alicia Dunn, in
Calgary, and they were married
on Aug. 14, 1975.
Rob and Alicia returned to the
U.S. in the early 1980s and Rob
worked for five years as associ-
ate publisher of Pacific
Northwest magazine, based in
Seattle.
In 1988, they moved to Flo-
rence and invested their lives
into Oregon Coast Magazine.
They also publish the Mile-by-
Mile Guide to the Oregon Coast.
Rob had a penchant for help-
ing others, especially through
education. He especially liked
young people and worked to
help many along their paths in
life. He worried about children,
especially those who did not
have a strong family network to
help them survive.
An active Kiwanian for many
years, he most recently strived
to establish a nonprofit childcare
center in Florence.
He is survived by his wife of
40 years, Alicia; three daugh-
ters: Chelsea Spooner, Jennifer
Hauge and Jaci Spooner; two
grandchildren, Stephen Hauge
and Andalusia Yandell; his sis-
ter, Linda Humphrey; nieces
Charlene and Denise Dunn; and
nephews Marvin and Dusty
Humphrey.
A celebration of life will be
held at the Adobe Resort in
Yachats on Saturday, March 5,
from 1 to 3 p.m.
Donations can be made to
“Early Learning Florence
(ELF),” the childcare center Rob
worked so hard to build. Mail
checks to 2775 Highway 101,
Florence, OR 97439.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
ADAMS—Bruce William
James Adams, 80, beloved hus-
band of Kym Adams, passed
away peacefully Feb. 2, 2016, at
home in Salem, Ore., with his
family by his side.
He was born in Woolwich,
England, in 1935, before his
parents moved to Orpington,
Kent, during the first year of his
life. He survived the bombing of
London during World War II as
a youngster, including a V2
rocket attack, which impacted
on his street and shattered win-
dows in his house.
He played as a soccer goalie
for many years and also played
cricket for the Cray Wanderers
in St. Mary Cray. Bruce was
proud to be a member of one of
the oldest football clubs in the
world. He served England in the
Royal Air Force (RAF) as an
aircraft mechanic specializing in
cockpit instruments.
Following his time in the
RAF, Bruce worked as a tool-
maker at Graham Farish Model
Railroad Company and then at
Amalgamated Dental Company
as a dental equipment technician
until 1969.
Subsequently, he moved to
Windsor, Pa., to work for
Dentsply International, which
recruited him from Amalgamated.
He travelled the world as a
salesman over three decades and
retired from the company in
1998.
Bruce claimed to have visited
just under 100 countries during
his lifetime and made many,
many friends along the way. He
made an impression on every-
one he met thanks to his high
integrity, kindness and conscien-
tiousness. Those fortunate
enough to get to know Bruce
found themselves holding great
respect for him.
Along the way, he had many
exciting and sometimes enter-
taining experiences, including
discovering actual KGB bugs in
his hotel room in Moscow,
meeting many international dig-
nitaries (four of whom were
later victims of unrelated assas-
sinations) and bumping into
Correta Scott King at an airport
where he had the honor of giv-
ing her change for a pay phone
call.
In 2003, Bruce and Kym
moved across country to
Florence, so that they could be
close to their children. Bruce
was a highly accomplished
wood worker who often donated
his skills towards friends, family
and community projects.
His handicap may not have
shown it but he thoroughly
enjoyed many years of playing
golf.
Bruce was preceded in death
by his father, Victor Reginald
Bruce Adams; and his mother,
Dorothy Gwendoline Gwyther.
He is survived by his wife of
46 years, Kym Adams; his chil-
dren: Alexzander (Bridget)
Adams, Djaylan Adams and Tim
(Tracey) Adams; and six grand-
children:
Pierce
Adams,
Monique Labbate, Lily Adams,
Christopher Adams, Michael
Adams and Bryan Adams.
His family will greatly miss
him and requests that donations
be made to either of the follow-
ing organizations:
RAM—Remote
Area
Medical, 2200 Stock Creek
Blvd., Rockford, TN 37853.
Combat Stress—Veterans’
Mental Health Charity Tyrwhitt
House,
Oaklawn
Road,
Leathehead, Surrey, KT22
OBX, England.
MOXLEY—Charlie Moxley,
71, of North Bend, passed away
Feb. 7, 2016. Burns’s Riverside
Chapel Florence Funeral Home
is in charge of arrangements.
Mayor Henry to speak at
City Club this Friday
On Friday, Feb. 19, the
Florence City Club will hear a
presentation on the activities
of the city’s Economic
Development Committee by
Mayor Joe Henry.
The committee, appointed
in June 2015, consists of seven
citizens and four ex-officio
members. The members are
assigned to one of three sub-
committees: Business Ret-
ention
and
Expansion;
Marketing and Recruitment;
and Organization.
The Mayor’s update will
focus on partnerships that
have been developed with
Regional Accelerator and
Innovation Network (RAIN)
and the South Coast Economic
Development Corporation,
current
economic
dev-
elopment activity and the
future of the city’s economic
efforts.
City Club meets at Ocean
COURTESY PHOTO
Florence Mayor Joe Henry
Dunes clubhouse and is open
to the public. A light lunch is
available at 11:30 a.m., with
the presentation beginning at
noon.
Any questions may be
directed to Sharon Hobart,
541-914-7784.
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GIUMELLI-ROGERS—
Brynn Marie Giumelli-
Rogers, a girl weighing 9
lbs., 12.5 ozs., was born to
Sarah Giumelli and Gene
Rogers of Florence on Jan.
29, 2016, at RiverBend
Hospital in Springfield.
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