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
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March
March
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9
10
11
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48
57
56
52
51
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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”
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