SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017
OBITUARIES
Winner of the Mayor’s Award &
the best Non-Commercial entry….
Says
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a y s “THANK
T H A N K Y
YOU!”
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•Oregon Pacifi c Bank •Shippin’ Shack
•R&R King Logging
•Les Schwab
•Jennifer Waggoner
•Siuslaw Elementary
•Pro Lumber
Principal,
•Peterson
Mike Harklerode &
Woodworking
the “Helping Hands”
•Ron’s Paint & Supply artists
•Copeland Lumber
(students)
•Gary & Cyndie Quinn
•John Ward
•Ben Cahoon
•Tiffany Holdahl
•Karylynn Keppol
•And all the
energetic
Float Volunteers!
You all “showed up” to help us create our 2017
award winning, Rhody Day Parade
“ALWAYS READY with Helping Hands” entry!
We could NOT have done it without you!
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Together, No Child Will Go Hungry
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FB4K
PO Box 3347
Florence, OR. 97439
541-997-2497
Most people have heard of the
3Rs of environmentally
friendly behavior-
REDUCE is to use less of something.
Use less water, turn off lights,
use both sides of a paper.
REUSE is to use an item again. Refi ll a water bottle, reuse a
container and buy reusable bags.
RECYCLE is to make new items from old ones; recycle
bottles, glass, paper, cans, plastic, cardboard & more.
T ip
With the end of the school just around the corner,
many of us are planning a summer vacation.
Traveling or staying in new locations can challenge
our typical recycling habits. But with a little planning,
you can still keep your paper, bottles and cans out of
the trash.
On the Road Again
Once you’ve loaded up the family vehicle with
clothes and electronic gadgets, add a bag or
stackable bag-lined container to stow bottles,
cans, paper, cartons and other recyclables. Teach
sustainability to the kids by getting them involved
with fi nding the recycling bin at wayside rests,
public parks and even some gas stations.
Q uiz
Answer to Previous Quiz: C: Recycling
If you make a quilt from old clothes you are….
A) reducing. B) reusing. C) recycling.
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friends, many fondly remember
“Taco Nights” at the Combest’s
home.
Lois is survived by her six
children: Roy Combest, Rick
Combest,
Robin
Ross
Combest, Randy Combest,
Rachel Foster and Ronda
Muilenberg; 17 grandchildren;
many great-grandchildren, two
of her eight siblings; along
with many nieces and nephews.
Her husband Ray, her grand-
son Ian Foster, her parents and
six of her siblings preceded
Lois in death.
Upon Lois’s request, there
will be no services.
Lois was always grateful to
have had dear and close friends
from Florence over the years
who brought her joy and sup-
port.
We would like to extend a
special thank you to the staff at
Spruce Point Memory Care for
their kind and compassionate
care of Lois.
We are also grateful to
Burns’s Mortuary for taking
care of cremation services.
The family requests memori-
al donations be made to Lois’
late grandson’s memorial fund,
the Ian Foster Fund, through
the Siuslaw Athletics Boosters
Club, P.O. Box 1972, Florence,
Ore. 97439, or online at www
.siuslawathleticboosterclub.co
m.
All proceeds aid students in
meeting sports participation
fees.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
BEAL—Herbert E. Beal Jr.
(Herb), 84, of Roseburg and
Florence, passed away May 29,
2017. Arrangements are being
handled by Burns’s Riverside
Chapel Florence Funeral
Home.
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nephews and friends that
adored her.
Her love for her family,
friends and her faith in God
was unwavering. No words can
express how much they will
miss her; but they can’t help
but feel joyous when they think
of the sweet reunion that will
be taking place between her,
those six giggling sisters, her
beloved son Scott, her dear par-
ents and everyone else she lost
through the years.
There will be a private
graveside service for immedi-
ate family.
Our hearts will continue to
ache for her until we are
together again.
COMBEST—Lois
M.
Combest,
85,
longtime
Florence
resident,
p a s s e d
away May
27, 2017, at
S p r u c e
P o i n t
Memory
C a r e
Lois Combest Residence
in Florence.
She was born July 18, 1931,
in Pleasant Grove, Utah, to
Floyd and Ruth Sorenson.
Lois married Ray Combest
in 1948 in Pleasant Grove.
They were happily married for
38 years. They moved to
Florence in 1962. Lois worked
at night as a waitress for years
while operating a business.
Lois and Ray owned and
operated various businesses
through the years. It was a con-
stant struggle to raise six kids
in a small town, a struggle they
happily endured; their kids
were always a priority and the
center of their life.
Through the years, Lois
always made her home a wel-
come place to her children's
RV
— back to her family home-
stead on Upper North Fork
Road in Florence.
Twyla walked the property
in search of the perfect spot to
put their new house and then
turned it into a home with her
lovely sense of style, personal-
ity and warm heart. She created
beautiful garden beds through-
out and, with the help of her
son, she also built a rock water-
fall that she loved to sit and lis-
ten to outside on the big front
porch her husband Ray had
built for her.
She loved to host and enter-
tain family and friends, and
especially enjoyed having sum-
mer porch parties.
Twyla was an incredible
woman, sister, wife, mother,
aunt, grandmother, grandma-
great and friend. Her radiance
touched everyone who knew
her, along with her big heart,
entertaining sense of humor,
contagious laugh and her zest
for life.
She was always one to take
in strays and offer her warm
heart and friendship as a safe
refuge.
Twyla was preceded in death
by her son, Scott R. Geer.
Twyla is survived by her lov-
ing husband of more than 65
years, Raymond R. Geer.
Twyla is also survived by her
son, Kim L. Geer; daughters
Rochelle L. Baliz, Shannon D.
Nivilinszky and her husband
Barry J. Nivilinszky; four
grandchildren:
Shane A.
O’Brien, Nichole M. Anthony
and her husband Tommy
Anthony,
Brandon
S.
Nivilinszky,
Jordan
J.
Nivilinszky and his fiancé Lizz
Burkhart; four great-grandchil-
dren: Cora B. Nivilinszky,
Kyden R. Nivilinszky, Bryce
O’Brien and Qyla Anthony; as
well as hundreds of nieces,
SE
GEER—Twyla A. Geer
passed away peacefully sur-
rounded by
her family
May
12,
2017,
in
Florence.
Twyla, born
May
21,
1931, was
the youngest
of seven girls
Twyla Geer
born
to
Forrest and Jessie Francisco
and was raised on their 160-
acre homestead on the Upper
North Fork Road in Florence.
She married the love of her
life, Raymond R. Geer, on Aug.
6, 1951. Together they had four
children, which they raised in
Eugene until 1973, when they
moved with their two youngest
children to Tempe, Ariz.
Twyla was always a nurturer
to her family and friends
through her delicious cooking,
baking, sewing, decorating,
singing, laughing, playing,
love and tender heart for all.
After her children were
grown Twyla worked at
Phoenix Transformers becom-
ing a supervisor and dear friend
to everyone there.
Twyla continued nurturing
others by deciding late in life to
start an elderly care home
which she named The Care
Affair. Twyla and her husband
purchased the property and she
began to fill it with her warm
heart by decorating every room
with her beautiful style turning
it into a home for all.
With the help of her husband
and eldest daughter, they
gained the reputation of having
the best food and warmest
caregivers in the business, suc-
cessfully operating their care
home until 1997 when Twyla
and her husband retired and
returned to where her heart was
Dave’s
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