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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 OBITUARIES BALFOUR —Lucille Balfour, 93, of Dillon, Mont., passed away at Parkview Acres Care and Rehab- ilitation on March 2, 2016. She was the first child to Lucille Balfour born Forrest and Myrtle Storey Campbell on Dec. 12, 1922, in Anaconda, Mont. She grew up in Anaconda and graduated from Anaconda High School in 1940. While in high school, she played violin and viola in the orchestra and small string groups; her great- granddaughter Talana carries on with her violin. She entered Bozeman Deaconess Hospital Nursing program in the fall of 1941. She was engaged to John Paddock and they married when he was home on leave, Oct. 17, 1942. She finished her nurses training and worked a year as an RN at Galen until he was discharged from the Army Air Corps in 1945. They lived in Anaconda for several years and were the par- ents of three children: Jim, Bob and Carole. They lived near Pablo in the Flathead Valley and had a dairy for a short time. On returning to Anaconda, both she and John worked at the Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Galen. In 1961, they moved to Dillon, where they owned a service station. Lucille went back to school in Bozeman and earned her B.S.N. degree at Montana State University. After John died in 1965, she was the Dean of Women at Western Montana College for two years before returning to work as a nurse at Fort Harrison in Helena. She again went back to col- lege and obtained her master’s degree in nursing in 1970. In the ensuing years, she also worked for the Indian Health Service; was the executive director of the Montana Nurses Association; taught in the nurs- ing program at Idaho State University and returned to Montana to work at the Montana State Health Department. In 1982, she went to Sitka, Alaska, to work at Sheldon Jackson College. It was there she met and married Clinton Balfour in 1984. After he fin- ished his volunteer stint at the college they settled in Florence. They were both active in volunteering. They were on the board for the Dial-a-Ride agency and she drove the Dial- a-Ride bus for eight years; was on the advisory boards for hos- pice and home health; was on the board for an agency work- ing with the developmentally disabled; was on a committee working to provide educational opportunities for senior citi- zens; took continuing educa- tion courses at the local junior college; and was an avid genealogist who traced and documented both sides of her and both husbands families. Clint died in 1997. She loved to read — history and mystery — and had a large collection of books. She partic- ipated in at least two archeolo- gy digs and was an avid pho- tographer. She has been an active vol- unteer at the Montana Spaghetti feed Thursday The Siuslaw Valley Firefighters’ Association is sponsoring its annual St. Patrick’s Day Spaghetti Feed at 2625 Highway 101 on Thursday, March 17, from 4 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for children aged 12 and younger. Historical Society since her return to Helena in 2002. As time permitted, she quilt- ed and knitted. She traveled extensively — to Mexico, Europe, Scotland, England, Ireland, Hawaii, Alaska and many of the states in this country. She is survived by a sister, Virginia Paddock, of Boulder Colo.; her sons: James (Jo Ann) Paddock and Robert (Mary) Paddock, of Dillon, Mont., and Carole Herron (Wayne Momsen), of Helena, Mont.; step-son Ron Balfour of West Virginia; and step-daughter, Faye (Ken) Morley, of California; her grandchildren: Betty (Mike) Mooney of Dillon, Barbara (Mike) McAlonan of North Carolina, Brenda Nelson of Grants Pass, Ore, John C. (Chandra) Paddock of Dillon; her great- grandchildren: Andy and Cindy Atchley; Talana and Teernan Nelson; Erin, John and Sarah McAlonan and Mathew Paddock; step-grandchildren Dawn Morley of Sacramento, Calif., Tom Morley of California, Dr. Kara Morley Smolek (Dan) of Michigan, Yvonne Balfour-Bell (Bill) of Virginia, Dana (Alan) Briggs of Connecticut, Todd (Lisa) Balfour of Vermont; seven step-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Avril Hoblitt. Memorial contributions can be made to the Montana Historical Society in Helena or a charity of the donor’s choice. Burial services will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Anaconda at a later date. PATTERSON—Doris Jean Howell Patterson, 91, formerly of Florence, passed away peacefully at home in Rio Rancho, N.M., in the early morn- ing hours of Feb. 17, 2016. Doris All four Patterson of her sur- viving children were present during the final days of her life. Doris was born Sept. 26, 1924, in Ashland, Kan. She attended Sterling College in Sterling, Kan., for one year, where she met her future hus- band, J. Wilbur Patterson. She transferred to Texas Women’s College in Denton, Texas, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in interior design in 1946. Doris and Wilbur were mar- ried June 6, 1946, and had five children from 1947 to 1966. She supported Wilbur dur- ing his positions as a pastor in various communities in Kansas and subsequently as an admin- istrator for the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Philadelphia, New York and Louisville, Ky., followed by retirement in Florence and Eugene, Ore. She moved to Rio Rancho following Wilbur’s death in 2012. Doris was active in every community in which she lived, serving often as PTA president and on the National Board of Presbyterian Women. She was actively involved in the Florence Events Center, and both she and Wilbur were active in the churches in which they were members throughout their married life. Doris was a calligrapher, artist, a skilled seamstress and organizer, and was librarian at her retirement home at the time of her death. Doris was preceded in death by Wilbur; her daughter, Kathy Mangonon; and her brother, Don Howell; in addition to sons-in-law Dan Mangonon and Miguel Trujillo. She leaves behind her chil- dren: Jim Patterson and his wife Deborah, Mary Beth Patterson, Laura Patterson and husband Stephen King, and David Patterson and his wife Mary MacArthur; four grand- children and one great-grand- son. Doris also leaves her broth- er, Vernon Howell; sister Helen Anderson; and sister-in- law Olga Howell, along with many nieces and nephews. A memorial service cele- brating her life will be held at the Rio Rancho Presbyterian Church on Saturday, March 19. Doris requested that any memorial donations be made to groups that benefit the needy, homeless or hungry. Coast Guard secures drifting boat On March 10, U.S. Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River received several reports of an unmanned vessel drifting in the Siuslaw river, near the Marine Manor neighbor- hood. Coast Guard crew discov- ered and recovered the 19- foot boat, which had loos- ened from its mooring during stormy conditions on March 9. The crew performed a smooth recovery operation, without incident, and the PHOTO BY DEBORAH HELDT CORDONE boat owner was contacted, U.S. Coast Guard Station able to retrieve the boat and Siuslaw River secures a boat drive it back down the river adrift on the Siuslaw River. within an hour of reports. Senior Chief Tim Tregoning, boats are properly secured to commander of the station, said, weather the storms, preventing “We are pleased circumstances a hazard that can harm others, permitted saving someone’s the environment, and property.” For more information on boat and preventing a hazard to navigation. As the winter car- boating safety, visit www.uscg- ries on, vessel owners are boating.org. encouraged to ensure their Correction The review of the SEAcoast presentation of Ballet Fantastique in the Saturday, March 5, issue of Siuslaw News was written by Lynette Kristine; the col- umn incorrectly listed Ellen Templar as the reviewer. Siuslaw News regrets the error. WEATHER DATA D ATE March March March March March March March H IGH 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 48 57 56 52 51 53 52 Rainfall Month: 6.79” 36 45 45 43 38 42 39 0.25 1.00 0.03 0.56 0.88 0.80 0.27 Week: 3.79” Year: 28.38” Courtesy of Roger Cunningham The local bank that gives you the world. 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