SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016
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OBITUARIES
SKANES— Jordyn
Chrystiana Skanes, a girl
weighing 8 lbs., 2 ozs., was
born to Erin Michelle Phillips
and Darrell Gene Skanes Jr. of
Florence on March 26, 2016,
at 4:12 p.m., at PeaceHealth
Peace Harbor Medical Center.
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DOYLE—Danny
Alton
Doyle passed away suddenly
March 18,
2016,
in
Reedsport.
D a n n y
was the sec-
ond of four
children of
William H.
and Annette
Danny Doyle A. (Andruss)
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Danny was born Dec. 30,
1946, in Coos Bay, and spent
his whole life living in
Reedsport. While in the eighth
grade at Pioneer School, he set
the Pole Vault record, done with
an aluminum pole, a record that
still stands today. Shortly there-
after, they changed to fiberglass
poles.
In high school, Danny played
football and was a member of
the class of 1966. He married
Nancy Morris in 1968 and had
two children, Keri and Jeff.
Danny worked in the sawmill
at International Paper Co. until
the mill closed. He was also a
deputy sheriff with Douglas
County, and drove longhaul
truck (mainly on the west
coast). He had an associate
degree in police science from
Southwestern
Oregon
Community College.
Danny’s greatest love and joy
was spending time with his
children. Danny also loved
spending his time outdoors,
including hunting, fishing and
cutting wood.
He also loved cooking; you
could usually find him cooking
at the Eagles and Moose Lodge,
or for all his family and friends.
He especially enjoyed doing
banquets.
His special was prime rib
with homemade horseradish
and various seafood dishes, but
his most requested dish by
everyone was his famous
“armadillo eggs.”
He started going across the
bar at Winchester Bay at the age
of 15 (his mother wasn’t happy
about that when she found out).
He would often share his catch
with friends, family and neigh-
bors.
Danny had a huge heart and
never met a stranger. If he knew
you needed something, he was
always glad to help — and his
“Feed The Need”
Florence Food Share’s
3 r d Annual City-wide Food Drive
April 4-30, 2016
In Partnership With h e Following Local Businesses:
Banner Bank • Bay Street Grille • bonjour!
• City of Florence City Hall
City Lights Cinema • Coastal Fitness • Coast Insurance
• Drit wood Shores
Elks Lodge • Faith Fellowship Four Square Church
• Florence Events Center
Florentine Estates • Fred Meyer • Fresh Harvest Restaurant
• Grocery Outlet
Lane Community College • Mini Pet Mart
• Mo’s Restaurant • Nature’s Corner
Oregon Pacii c Bank • Pacii c Pines RV Park
• Peace Health • Port of Siuslaw
Real Food Co-op • Restobar Restaurant • Ron’s Paint
• Safeway • Shipping Solutions
h e Shorewood • Siuslaw School District
• St. Vincent de Paul
h ree Rivers Casino • T.R. Hunter Real Estate
• U.S. Bank
Bring your canned goods and cash donations to these locations,
to help us “Feed Th e Need”!
MOST NEEDED ITEMS:
PEANUT BUTTER, CANNED MEAT (SUCH AS CHILI OR STEW), MAC-N-CHEESE,
CANNED FRUIT, CANNED DICED AND STEWED TOMATOES, FLOUR, SUGAR,
BABY FORMULA, HAMBURGER HELPER, & RICE-A-RONI
generosity was returned 10-
fold.
Danny is survived by his
children, Keri Doyle and Jeff
Doyle of Florence; his brothers:
Donald of Reedsport and Bill of
Lebanon, Ore.; his sister,
Evonne Henry, of Montana;
numerous nieces, nephews,
cousins and aunts; several
grand-nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, a nephew and
long-time companion, Shirley
Britt.
He will be missed by all his
family and friends.
A celebration of his life will
be held Saturday, April 9, at 1
p.m.
at
the
Reedsport
Community
Building
on
Winchester Ave., in Reedsport.
Private cremational rites
were held.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home and
Siuslaw Crematory are in
charge of all arrangements.
CONKLIN—John (Jack)
Bernard
Conklin
passed away
the evening
of March 4,
2016,
at
RiverBend
Hospital,
due to age-
John Conklin r e l a t e d
causes, at
the age of 88. He was surround-
ed by family and loved ones.
Jack is survived by his wife
of 14 years, Gerry Stoeckl-
Conklin; his nine children:
Bernard,
John,
Michael,
Theresa,
William,
Paul,
Eileen, Joseph and Mary; 46
grandchildren and many great-
grandchildren; seven step-chil-
dren: David, Richard, Robert,
Teresa, Jeanne, John and James;
and numerous step-grandchil-
dren and great-grandchildren.
Jack was born on April 27,
1927, in West Seattle, Wash., to
John and Mary Conklin.
In 1945, Jack enlisted in the
U.S. Navy, serving his country
proudly as a Corpsman. Upon
his discharge from the Navy in
1946, he returned to Portland,
Ore., where he met his loving
wife of 48 years, Agnes Mary
Barry.
They wed in her hometown
of Lakeview, Ore., in 1950.
Jack and Agnes knew they
wanted to raise a large Catholic
family and the Lord blessed
them with nine children.
Throughout his career, Jack
provided for his family, work-
ing as the manager of Midgley’s
and Eugene Mirror and Glass.
They had a beautifully chaotic
household filled with faith and
family love.
After sharing nearly half a
century of marriage together,
Agnes passed away in 1998.
Jack moved to Florence to seek
healing and solace from the
beauty of the ocean. He met
Geraldine Stoeckl, and they
married in December of 2001.
They enjoyed many years
living in Florence until health
problems required Jack to move
to Eugene.
Jack was a respected member
of Alcoholics Anonymous for
almost 50 years. AA was a sub-
stantial part of his life and he
sponsored many new members
over the years whom he consid-
ered to be like sons.
A sincere thank you to Pat
Maher, Judy Matthews and his
grandson, Mark Conklin, for
bringing Holy Communion to
him during his illness. Also, a
sincere thank you to the care-
givers at Reynold’s Adult
Foster Care.
The Funeral Mass for Jack
will be held Monday, April 4, at
12:15 p.m., at St. Mary’s
Catholic
Church,
1062
Charnelton St., in Eugene.
The Rosary will be prayed at
11:30 a.m.; Funeral Mass fol-
lows at 12:15 p.m.
A reception will follow.
Donations can be made to the
American Diabetes Association
or
to
the
Carmelite Sisters in Eugene,
Ore.
DALE—Edwin C. Dale, 73,
died peacefully at home March
22,
2016,
after a strug-
gle with can-
cer.
Ed was
born in El
Paso, Texas,
to
Edwin
and Robbie
(Horner)
Edwin Dale
Dale.
A lifelong learner and adven-
turer, he graduated from the
University of Texas at El Paso
and worked as a laboratory
technician at TRW Systems in
the Los Angeles area; a hippie
carpenter in Colorado; a home
builder in El Paso; a science
teacher in El Paso and Big
Spring, Texas, as well as in
Roseburg, Ore.; and finally, as a
mask designer for Intel in
Beaverton, Ore.
He was proud of his work on
the Intel Pentium 4 team.
Ed retired at age 58 to spend
time traveling and birding with
his wife, Elisa, and enjoying
their four children.
“Texagonians,” Ed and Elisa
loved living in both Texas and
Oregon. They have lived in and
loved Florence since 2010.
Ed loved exploring the desert
Southwest, Cascade wilderness
areas and basin and range coun-
try of Eastern Oregon. He
fished, birded and botanized
wherever he found himself.
He and Elisa loved traveling
in their Casita travel trailer,
including the several months
when they served as park natu-
ralists at Falcon State Park in
Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
His inquiring mind, love of
adventure, wry humor and car-
pentry and handyman smarts
will be sorely missed by his
friends and family.
Ed is survived by his wife of
34 years, Elisa; daughter Sylvie
(Jim) of New Jersey; sons John
Lake (Karina) of Eugene,
Alfredo Moreno (Kristin) and
Reeve Dale of Portland; grand-
children: John H. and Justis
Lake and Madeline Moreno.
The family is very grateful to
Compassion and Choices of
Oregon, which enabled their
beloved Ed to die with dignity
as he so wanted.
Contributions may be made
in Ed’s memory to Compassion
and Choices of Oregon (4224
NE Halsey, Suite #335
Portland, OR 97213.)
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
WALKER—Donald Earl
Walker, 73, a long-time
Florence area resident, passed
a w a y
March 27,
2016,
in
Bend, Ore.
Don was
a veteran of
the
U.S.
Navy and
received his
bachelor ’s Donald Walker
degree in
finance from the University of
Connecticut.
He was a beloved brother,
father and grandfather. He
instilled in his children his love,
honesty and an appreciation for
the outdoors.
He is survived by his brother
and sister-in-law, Ken and
Carla; daughter and son-in-law,
Bonnie and Mike (Bend); son
and daughter-in-law, Shawn
and Sherry (Fort Collins,
Colo.); and grandchildren:
Jeana, Levi and Kasiah.
Private cremational rites
were held.
Send donations to the Central
Oregon Veterans Ranch, P.O.
Box 8302, Bend, OR., 97708 or
at www.central oregonveteran-
sranch.org.
“Surely your goodness and
love will follow me all the days
of my life, and I will dwell in
the house of the Lord forever.”
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