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2 A SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2017 COURTS OBITUARIES Volunteers sought for homeless count Volunteers are needed for Lane County‘s annual home- less Point in Time Count (PIT). On Wednesday, Jan. 25, Lane County Human Services, along with its non- profit partners, will conduct a PIT count of people who are homeless in Lane County. The annual homeless count reaches throughout the community to people sleep- ing on the streets, vehicles, parks, camps, and other places not designed for human habitation. Emergency shelter and transitional housing pro- grams designated for people who are homeless are also counted. The next volunteer train- ing for the count will be Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 3:30 p.m. For more information con- tact Pearl Wolfe, supervisor, Lane County Human Services Division, at 541- 682-4629. Florence Food Share Monthly Statistics December 2017 Households served . . . . . 619 Ages served Infants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Children 3-12 . . . . . . . . . 217 Teens 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Adults 18-54 . . . . . . . . . . 699 Seniors 55+ . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Total served . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,613 Florence Food Share, 2190 Spruce St., P.O. Box 2514, Florence, OR 97439 WEATHER DATA D ATE H IGH Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 43 44 41 39 41 44 50 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rainfall Month: 6.24” L OW R AIN 37 30 29 28 28 29 34 1.90 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Week: 2.40” Year: 6.24” Courtesy of Roger Cunningham Follow us on Twitter @S IUSLAW N EWS Mapleton in 1964, when Fred worked at U.S. Plywood, from where he retired and eventually passed away in 1983. Ruth worked at Siuslaw Bank in Mapleton for 17 years and retired in 1985. She moved to Beaverton in 2011. She is survived by her four children and their families: Ed Iholts, Beverly Thornburg and Duane Iholts, of Beaverton, and Lonnie Iholts of Florence; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. No funeral service is planned. Private burial is planned to lay her to rest beside her hus- band Fred in Eugene. Arrangements are being held through Burns’s Riverside Chapel Florence Funeral Home. GRETH—Roxanne Jean (Heist) Greth, 82, of Florence, p a s s e d away Jan. 15, 2017, due to breast can- cer. Born Oct. 14, 1934, in Reading, Pa., she Roxanne lived a joy- Greth filled life that centered on her love of family, travel, and her husband of 62 years, Wallace Alan Greth Sr. She attended school in her native Pennsylvania, graduat- ing from Reading Senior High School in 1952. From there, she attended Stevens College in Columbia, Mo., graduating with an AA degree in 1954. She was married April 23, 1954, to Wallace Alan Greth in Columbus, Mo. She gave birth to her first two children, Wendye Ann and Janeen Gay, in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1955 and 1956. Wallace, a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was stationed at Nuremberg at the time. The Greth family moved to Lakewood, Calif., in June 1957. Baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Feb. 1, 1958, Roxanne was endowed and sealed to her husband on March 21, 1959. Roxanne and her family moved to Rowland Heights, Calif., in 1962, before relocat- ing to Concord, Calif., in 1974. Roxanne and Wallace also lived three-and-a-half years in their comfortable RV before settling in Florence. Roxanne loved traveling across the country in the RV, and also loved to crochet for her grandchildren and great- grandchildren. She worked 25 years as a supervisor for Pacific Tel & Tel in both northern and southern California. Roxanne is survived by her husband, Wallace Alan Greth Sr., of Florence; five children: Wendye Ann Manzone of Grants Pass, Ore., Janeen Gay Greth of Bend, Ore., Robin Lee Goncalves of Antioch, Calif., Wallace Alan Greth Jr. of Pleasanton, Calif., and Michael Scott Greth of Brentwood, Calif.; 15 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. A memorial service for Roxanne will be held Saturday, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2705 Munsel Lake Rd., at the corner of Munsel Lake and North Fork roads. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to the American Cancer Society. Burns’s Riverside Chapel Florence Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. VOLKOFF—Paulette G. Volkoff, 66, of Florence, passed away Jan. 14, 2017. Arrangements are being held by Burns’s Riverside Chapel Florence Funeral Home. Florence Municipal Court Jan. 17 Damon Lee Barton pleaded guilty to DUII and a misde- meanor for driving with a sus- pended driver’s license. He was sentenced to four days in Florence City Jail and must report to treatment. He must pay $2,280 in fines and his dri- ver’s license is suspended for one year. Dustin Hale Richards plead- ed guilty to theft and a misde- meanor for driving with a sus- pended driver’s license. He was sentenced to three days in Florence City Jail. He must pay $1,720 in fines and not contact or be in or about the premises or place of employ- ment of the victim. Christopher Shane Cooper pleaded guilty to theft. He was sentenced to two days in Florence City Jail. He must pay $445 in fines and not be in or about the premises or place of employment of the victim. Winter Luncheon and Speaker Honeyman Meeting Hall (Yurt) January 22, 1 to 3 p.m. open to all who share our interest in the Woahink Watershed RSVP by January 20: lindayoder@hotmail.com or 541-590-0944 Our goal is to promote the understanding, preservation and thoughtful management of Woahink Lake, its watershed and its ecosystem. We are community minded with a passion for the people we serve. member 541-997-7121 opbc.com @OregonPacBank CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK BURCH—Robert (Bob) M. Burch, 88, passed away peace- fully Jan. 18, 2017, while surrounded by family. Bob will be remem- bered by those who knew him as Robert Burch a loving hus- band, father and grandfather and a really nice guy. Always ready with a joke and a smile, he was an avid golfer and fisherman. He made time for his family and volun- teering. He leaves behind his loving wife, Mickey, and daughters Karen and Nancy (Ray) and grandson Dylan. He will be sorely missed. IHOLTS—Ruth Iholts, 96, of Mapleton, longtime Mapleton resident, passed away in Beaverton, Ore. She was born in Miles City, Mont., on Feb. 14, 1920. Ruth Iholts She and her husband, Fred, moved to
