SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016
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MCNEFF —Elizabeth
“Lizzi” Ann McNeff, 62, of
Florence died peacefully Friday,
April 22, 2016, surrounded by
love.
Lizzi is free in the stars with
God and those who have been
waiting for her. She’s laughing,
walking, riding her horse, driv-
ing her Jeep and perhaps even
dancing.
She was born Aug. 19, 1953,
in Newport, Ore., but grew up in
Florence.
Lizzi was a pistol from the
beginning — dimpled, spunky,
loving, joyful, strong-willed and
adventuresome. She grew into an
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incredible woman of courage,
passion, generosity, loyalty,
intellectual
brilliance
and unparal-
leled work
e t h i c .
Courage
especially
epitomized
her life, no
matter the
Elizabeth
circum-
McNeff
stances or
what she faced.
Lizzi was determined to use
her life to do the most possible
good for others, privately and
professionally. A passionate
advocate for people experiencing
disabilities, Lizzi worked as a
research educator, grant writer,
program developer and director,
author and champion on others’
behalf.
Collaborating with her co-
researchers and their teams, Lizzi
developed “Healing Pathways,”
a peer support empowerment
program for women experienc-
ing
disabilities.
Healing
Pathways grew to being imple-
mented very successfully in rural
and urban Oregon communities.
In addition, Lizzi founded
DART (Disability Awareness
Resource Team), a group of
advocate volunteers with disabil-
ities who join together to provide
advocacy and support to people
with disabilities experiencing life
challenges, trauma and/or abuse.
Lizzi’s education and early
career were lively and accom-
plished. A graduate of Newport
High School (despite a few Ds),
Lizzi worked as a script typist for
the film “Sometimes a Great
Notion,” managed a dentist’s
office and completed community
college.
After experiencing a spinal
cord injury at 28, she kept going,
gaining her bachelor’s degree,
double masters degrees and doc-
toral candidate status.
Earlier in her career, Lizzi was
a sexuality educator, advocating
for sexual health and prevention
of teen pregnancy. From there,
she transitioned to research and
program development in disabil-
ities issues and self-empower-
ment.
Lizzi intensely loved family,
friends, colleagues and life’s
adventures.
Incredibly strong in every
way, she had no time for whin-
ers, excuse-makers or persons
who chose to stay stuck. Like
Grandma Moses, Lizzi believed
life is what you make it.
A celebration of Lizzi’s life
and joyous spirit will be held
Sunday, July 10, from noon to 5
p.m., at Wildwood Recreation
Site east of Portland on Highway
26 near Welches, Ore.
Family and friends are invited
to bring themselves, a potluck
dish, a camp chair, stories and
memories to share; Wildwood
was one of Lizzi’s favorite
places.
To honor Lizzi and the passion
she had for her work, any dona-
tions can be made to further the
work of DART and Healing
Pathways to: HASL Center for
Independent Living, 305 NE “E”
St., Grants Pass, Ore., 97528,
Florence Area Community
Coalition (FACC) will hold its
annual meeting and election of
board members on Wednesday,
June 1, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in
the Bromley Room at the
Siuslaw Public Library. The
public is invited and refresh-
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YACHATS — Bellingham
writer Kristin Noreen will read
portions from her book “On
Silver Wings: A Life
Reconstructed” at the Little
Log Church, at the corner of
West Third and Pontiac streets
in the heart of Yachats, on
Saturday, May 28, at 4 p.m.
The event is free.
For more information, con-
tact the events coordinator at
541-547-4547.
Noreen has written since
she was a child; however, her
first venture into published
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Featured speaker for this
month is Ranger Paul Reilly,
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Honeyman State Park and the
Friends of Honeyman.
Reilly conducts educational
and interpretive programs that
have included field trips for
hundreds of local school chil-
dren who study animal habitats,
plant identification and classifi-
cation, native and non-native
species, fisheries and more.
The Friends of Honeyman is
a non-profit organization whose
mission is to support the educa-
tional and interpretive activities
at Honeyman.
New FACC board candidates
are Lynn Anderson and Bob
DuBose.
FACC meets monthly \ at the
library. Additional activities
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citizens.
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and 19 grandchildren. He loved
family and friend time: fishing,
golfing, baseball games and, at
the end of a day of fun, barbe-
quing his famous ribs.
He will be remembered for his
zest for life, his strength and
smile — and above all, his Irish
humor.
Jerry is survived by his wife,
Lynda (DeMoss) Green of
Florence; his sister, Shirley
(John) Gray of Shelton, Wash.;
children Monica Green of
Bluffton, S.C., Grady (Courtney)
Green of Fort Worth Texas,
Melani (Ted) Borger of
Pflugerville,
Texas,
and
Donovan (Rachel) Green of
Chicago, Ill.; stepchildren Eric
(Chris) Weitz of San Jose, Calif.,
Warren (Stacy) Weitz of San
Jose, Calif, Carl (Kat) Weitz of
Denver, Colo., Lara Hernandez
of Daly City, Calif., Damon
(Shaina) Weitz of Round Rock,
Texas, Dustin Hempstead of
Seattle, Wash.; and 19 grandchil-
dren.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Ralph and Viva
Green; and his brother, Sonny.
Private cremation services
were performed by Burns’s
Riverside Chapel.
A private memorial service
will be held at a later date. In
memory of Jerry, tip a glass of
the Irish, play a round of golf, or
wet a line.
Donations can be made in his
memory to Deschutes River
Conservancy, Peace Harbor
Home Health and Hospice, or the
Siuslaw Public Library.
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GREEN—Gerald
Leroy
(Jerry) Green, 82, born in
Portland,
Ore., on Jan.
21,
1934,
passed away
at home in
Florence on
May
21,
2016, after a
long, coura-
geous battle
Gerald Green
with cancer.
After
graduating
from
high school in Rockaway Beach,
Ore., Jerry proudly served in the
U.S. Air Force from 1953 to ’57,
spending three years in England,
where he met his first wife, Jean.
Upon his discharge, he attend-
ed
Western
Washington
University and subsequently
moved to California, where he
worked for San Mateo County’s
Public Works Department for 32
years as a civil engineer. After
Jerry and Jean divorced, he mar-
ried Carla Mueller with whom he
had four children.
Jerry married Lynda Green in
1991. The two were married for
nearly 25 years, the last 15 spent
in Florence on Jerry’s beloved
Oregon coast.
Jerry had a passion for golf
and fishing, and was a fervent
fan of the San Francisco Giants
and 49ers. He enjoyed sunny
days when he could put the top
down on his green ‘92 Mustang
GT and cruise down the coast lis-
tening to Louis Armstrong sing,
“What a Wonderful World.”
Jerry’s greatest love was his
four children, six stepchildren,
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writing came after she experi-
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Noreen is also the 2016
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years ago. It has now expand-
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story. This year, the winning
entry also included 15 dogs in
the story.
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