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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2016
OBITUARIES
CHAPMAN —George
Robert Chapman Jr., lifelong
resident of
Florence,
p a s s e d
away April
7, 2016, at
the age of
90.
He was
born May 8,
1925,
in George Robert
Florence at Chapman Jr.
his
aunt
Gertrude Bernhardt’s home.
His father, George Robert
Chapman,
and
mother,
Martha Laura Houghton
Chapman, lived on 109 acres
that his grandfather Robert
Moody Chapman bought
from Frank Condon in 1903.
His grandfather, father and
family had a herd of milking
cows and Angus beef cattle
for all these many years.
Robert’s father George
passed away in 1951.
Robert met his wife Ruby
on April 23, the day after her
17th birthday, and were mar-
ried June 27, 1952.
Milking cows, raising four
boys, hunting and fishing
were his life.
When the North Fork
(Minerva) school closed, he
started high school in
Florence at the age of 13.
Playing football was his
pleasure. He had five years of
earning a “letter” on the
Siuslaw team by going an
extra senior year.
Just before one game with
Reedsport, the Reedsport
team came in to see the play-
er with the size 15 shoes.
He received a full scholar-
ship to Pacific University, but
was unable to take it because
of World War II.
Robert was a sawyer in
many small mills throughout
the area.
When Robert was 83, he
won a gold medal at the
U.S.
Arm
Wrestling
Championships.
Robert is survived by his
wife Ruby and sons Robert,
Jesse, Dwight and John.
A memorial service will be
held at the First Baptist
Church, 25th Street, Florence,
June 27, 2016, at 1 p.m. This
date is Robert and Ruby’s
64th wedding anniversary.
EARLE—Ruby Lexene
Earle, 82, passed away June
19, 2016.
She was born Nov. 7, 1934,
in Virginia.
Ruby married Elmer Loren
Earle in Florence in the ’50s.
They had one child.
Elmer passed away in 1977
of Parkinson’s disease. She
remarried Melvin Paul Earle
in Florence, who preceded her
in death.
She is survived by two sis-
ters, Mea Shoak and Verna
Owens, her son Daniel
(Linda) Earle, and one grand-
daughter, Bonnie Earle.
Ruby will be cremated, and
no services are planned.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
ANDERSON —Dr.
Richard Anderson, 81, of
Florence passed away June
15, 2016.
A funeral service will be
held Saturday, July 2, at 11
a.m. at the Florence LDS
church, 2705 Munsel Lake
Road, with interment at
Pacific Sunset Cemetery.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
EDLUND—Ellen
E.
Edlund, 97, of Florence, for-
merly of Coos Bay, passed
away June 21, 2016, in
Florence.
Arrangements are under the
care of Coos Bay Chapel,
541-267-3131.
Local students make
honor roll at Oregon State
CORVALLIS — Names of
students who have made the
Scholastic Honor Roll Spring
term have been announced by
Oregon State University.
A total of 1,017 students
earned straight-As (4.0).
Another 3,745 earned a B-plus
(3.5) or better to make the list-
ing. To be on the Honor Roll,
students must carry at least 12
graded hours of course work.
Local students included:
Florence:
Straight-A Average: Sara C.
Burns, Junior, Public Health.
3.5 or Better: Lyndee L.
Center, Senior, Accountancy;
Robert P. Ellison, Senior,
Business
Information
Systems; Marisha D. Mosley,
Senior, Kinesiology.
Mapleton:
Straight-A
Average:
Lindsay Free, Senior, Political
Science.
Swisshome:
Straight-A Average: Rikki
N.
Redhead,
Senior,
Psychology.
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Florence police warn of
jury scam phone calls
Florence Police Department
received several reports
throughout the week of a man
calling residents regarding
missed jury duty.
According to police, the
caller says his name is either
Deputy or Sergeant Walker
with the sheriff’s office. He
claims that a person has
missed jury duty and needs to
pay a fine. Then he either
offers to collect the fine onsite
or has the person go to the
police department to pay.
Residents are warned that
this is a scam and the man is
not affiliated with either the
Florence Police Department or
Area
BIRTHS
WILBY—Jaikeb
Alan
Wilby, a boy weighing 8 lbs.,
15 ozs., was born to Jaime
Wilby and Alan Wilby Jr. of
Florence on June 20, 2016, at
6:05 p.m. at PeaceHealth
Peace
Harbor
Medical
Center.
ATKINSON—Seaton Lee
Atkinson, a boy weighing 8
lbs., 5 ozs., was born to
Elizabeth
and
Steven
Atkinson of Florence on June
21, 2016, at 7:42 p.m. at
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center.
Lane County Sheriff’s Office.
People may also receive
phone calls for other, similar
scams.
If you are called by this
scammer, do not give them
money and contact the
Florence Police Department at
541-997-3515.
Courts provide communica-
tion with jurors via letters
mailed through the U.S. Post
Office.
If you have a question about
possible jury duty, you can
contact
the
Florence
Municipal Court at 541-997-
3123 or the Lane County
Justice Court at 541-997-2535.
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Monthly Statistics
May 2016
Households served . . . . . 632
Clients served
Infants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Children 3-12 . . . . . . . . . 246
Teens 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Adults 18-54 . . . . . . . . . . 791
Seniors 55+ . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Total served . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,737
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