SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2017
OBITUARIES
BURNETT—Kelly Burnett,
53, of Coos Bay and formerly
of Florence,
passed away
Feb. 8, 2017,
in the arms
of her hus-
band.
Kelly was
born
in
Florence on
Kelly Burnett March 27,
1962,
and
was the daughter of Richard
and Irene Wittwer. Kelly start-
ed working at a young age at
A&W Restaurant in Florence.
She was taught the old-school
waitressing and got good at it.
She worked at the Blue Hen
from 1992 to 2004.
She met Traque Larson and
they were married Dec. 27,
1987, and had two boys togeth-
er: Richie Larson born in
August 1989 and Traque Ryan
Larson in December 1991.
Kelly and Traque divorced
in 2003. In 2004, when the
Blue Hen shut down, she got a
job at Hickory’s Barbecue and
also began working at Seafood
Station, where she met Scott
Burnett.
When Hickory’s closed in
2009, Kelly went to work at the
Little Brown Hen. She also
worked at Morgan’s Country
Kitchen.
She later married Scott
Burnett and went on to take on
13 grandkids. She had taken on
four more children: Heather,
Jon, Kristina and Carrie.
In 2016, she moved to Coos
Bay, when her husband got a
job with Bi-Mart after he was
transferred in 2013.
At the age of 50, Kelly
jumped out of an airplane and
skydived. Then, in 2015, Kelly
found a lump and discovered it
was breast cancer. She beat it
and was called “triple nega-
tive.”
While receiving treatment,
she met some good friends on
the Florence bus that takes peo-
ple for radiation to Eugene. She
decided at that time to make
contributes to them.
She loved to show her appre-
ciation for things done for peo-
ple. She also loved hunting and
spending time with family.
In late 2016, she came down
with a bad cough and eventual-
ly found it to be a symptom of
cancer. She continued her bat-
tle and never complained.
She was loved by all.
Her favorite color was pur-
ple and had friends everywhere
she went.
There will be a celebration
of her life on Saturday, Feb. 25,
at 11:30 a.m., at the Florence
Event Center.
She was preceded in death
by her dad, Richard (Dick the
Barber) Wittwer.
She is survived by her moth-
er, Irene Wittwer; her sister
Tammy; two brothers, Steve
and Mike; her husband Scott;
six kids; and 13 grandkids.
She sits in the house of the
Lord with her beautiful smile
and awesome laugh. May her
angle wings be as beautiful as
she is.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Western Lane Ambulance District and Siuslaw Valley Fire & Rescue
Ambulance and fire call runs Feb. 6-12
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Bay Street
Lake Street
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9th Street
Transfer To Mckenzie Hospital
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Russell Drive
Clear Lake Road
Willow Court
Bay Street
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Quanagh Court
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Civil rights work to be
recognized at library
On Saturday, Feb. 25,
KXCR, Community Radio,
and Citizen’s Democracy
Watch will commemorate
300 years of social justice
activism.
The event will be held in
the Bromley Room at the
Siuslaw Public Library, from
1 to 3 p.m., and is free to the
public.
The commemoration will
include a remembrance of
those who gave their lives to
work for equal rights from
1717-2017.
The meeting will conclude
with a conversation dis-
cussing issues of social jus-
tice and work that remains to
be done.
This program is supported
by KXCR, non-commercial
radio, and the members of
Citizens Democracy Watch.
The
Siuslaw
Public
Library is not responsible for
and is not a sponsor of this
program.
For more information,
contact Jenny Velinty at 541-
997-7573.
Bridge crews to work 24
hours a day through March 3
Oregon Department of
Transportation reports that
Hamilton Construction crews
will be on site at the Siuslaw
River Bridge working 24
hours a day this week through
March 3. with high noise-gen-
erating activities expected
between 4 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Residents and those passing
by can expect to see contain-
ment structures begin to move
south on the bridge as progress
is made.
As requested by residents
and the City of Florence, a
fence is being placed around
the staging yard west of Old
Town on Bridge Street. Crews
expect for most work to move
to the south end of the bridge
soon, but there will continue to
be a staging yard at that loca-
tion.
The Siuslaw River Bridge
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Cathodic Protection Project is
repairing damaged concrete,
replacing bridge railings, and
constructing sidewalk features
at the bridge ends. A major
portion of the project is to
install cathodic protection that
includes a zinc surface coating
to protect the structure from
corrosion. Sandblasting the
bridge and spraying the zinc
coating are noisy operations
that must be done separately,
in containment structures. The
project is scheduled to be com-
pleted in March 2019.
More information on the
project is available at
www.Siuslawbridge.com.
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Florence Food Share
Monthly Statistics
January 2017
Households served . . . . . 648
Ages served
Infants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Children 3-12 . . . . . . . . . 280
Teens 13-17 . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Adults 18-54 . . . . . . . . . . 831
Seniors 55+ . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Total served . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,827
Florence Food Share, 2190 Spruce
St., P.O. Box 2514, Florence, OR
97439
BIRTH
TIPLER— Emersyn
Olivia Tipler, a girl weighing
7 lbs., 9.5 ozs., was born to
Alissa Dawn Webb and Eric
William Tipler of Florence
on Feb. 12, 2017, at 3:44
p.m., at PeaceHealth Peace
Harbor Medical Center.
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24th Street
Robin Lane
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Alder Court
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SPARKY—Gone
too abusive home by Doug Kelly,
soon suddenly, without warn- and in return gave back to us
ing. His name was Sparky, all love, joy friendship and
but was also referred to as companionship 70x7.
Spark-plug,
For myself, he
Sparkler, and Sir
made me responsible
Sparks-a-lot.
and
independent,
I’m sure you get
which brought the
the drift.
phrase “now I’m not
Even more comi-
lonely or desperate.”
cal, he was always
What a blessing it
referred to as “she.”
was after all these
Could it be because Georgia and years he got to see
of how he pranced?
and spend time with
Sparky
Or his photo-shoot
our family, especially
smile? His hair style?
all the kids in Washington
Or just because he was just state this last Christmas.
so darn cute and pretty.;
Sparky impacted so many
probably all of the above.
lives and knew so many peo-
He touched everyone’s ple; this was the best way to
heart weather you met him reach out to each and every
once or saw him on the regu- one of you about his passing
lar. He was rescued from an on Feb. 2, 2017.
T
he Hammon Family would like to thank the
fi refi ghters, emergency responders, friends of Asa
and the Florence Community for showing your respects
for our dearly departed Asa, at his recent memorial.
We knew he was loved, but the outpouring of support
during this most diffi cult time was an unexpected and
amazing gift that we will always cherish. We thank you
from the bottom of our hearts.
~Th e Hammon Family
Denyse, Shelby, Trudie, Lalitha, Melissa
541-997-3160 • 351 LAUREL STREET
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