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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2017
OBITUARIES
WALBOM—Kathryn Mary
Hemingway Walbom, 68, of
Florence, returned to God’s
Garden on
Oct.
20,
2017, while
surrounded
by family.
Kathryn
(Kathy) was
born
to
R o b e r t
Walter and
Kathryn
Mary Edith
Walbom
Catmull
Hemingway on June 30, 1949,
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kathryn was one of the
original 1967 Flower Children
who went to San Francisco
with flowers in her hair. She
spent the span of her career as
a horticultural and occupation-
al therapist, passionately serv-
ing the elderly and the differ-
ently-abled.
She had a passion for gar-
dening, an eye for beauty, col-
lected things that made her
happy, and a soft heart for any-
one or anything that needed
her.
She is survived by her hus-
band of 46 years, Kregg
Walbom, and their children:
Mary Shalome Orton (Troy)
and Christian Shawn Walbom;
and her five grandchildren:
Aspen, Megan and Bryton
Orton, and Tallyn and Deryck
Walbom; and her siblings:
Richard (Wendy) Hemingway,
David (Nancy) Hemingway
and Sharlene Hemingway
(Steve Horvath).
A celebration of her life will
be held Nov. 11, from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m., at Lone Peak Park in
the indoor pavilion at 10600
South 700 East in Sandy,
Utah.
People are encouraged to
wear bright colors to help
reflect the joy found both in
Kathy’s life and the flowers of
her garden.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
MOBLEY—Carol Marion
(Jones) Mobley, 76, of
Florence, passed away Oct.
23, 2017.
C a r o l
was born
Nov.
27,
1940,
to
Bruce and
Lucille
Jones
in
Eugene,
Ore. She Carol Mobley
was raised
with her three younger sib-
lings — Loraine, Gail and
Larry — between Eugene and
ultimately Florence, where
they explored their avid love
of the outdoors.
She attended Siuslaw High
School, where she met her
future husband, Ben Mobley,
who had just moved to town
from Oklahoma. They were
married four years later on
June 13, 1959, and spent their
first years together while Ben
was serving in the U.S. Army
from 1960-64. In June 1962,
they welcomed their first son,
Benjamin “Benny” Bruce and,
two years later, they were
blessed with twins Lorrie Kay
and Jack Clifford.
The three of them kept
Carol’s hands full, whether
she was acting Cub Scout
dorm mom, shuffling kiddos
to guitar or choir lessons, or
just simply trying to keep
them safe as they attempted to
race dirt bikes and cars on the
back roads and trails of Rose
Hill Road.
Carol was an incredible
wife, mother, sister and grand-
mother, and someone who
never met a stranger. She was
never too shy to “break the
ice” and had a laugh that
would light up a room and
everyone in it. And while she
would never consider herself a
“girly girl,” Carol never met a
perm she didn’t like.
She was funny and hard-
working, endearing and honest
to a fault, and she always
knew how to turn a phrase.
Carol taught her family and
close friends to be proud of
who you are, regardless of
where you came from, and that
to be “rich in family and
friends” was the best kind of
wealth you can acquire.
Carol was a consummate
teacher and a friend, and was
the soul of patience. She spent
as much of her free time as
possible out in nature, and rev-
eled in getting her hands dirty
in the garden. She schooled
her children and grandchildren
about the local fauna and flora
(including teaching the best
way to capture salamanders up
the old spring road); she was a
kind spirit, an animal lover
and someone who lived life to
the fullest; she was also a
wonderful artist. In her free
time, she spent hundreds of
hours toll painting with
friends, wood-working, cro-
cheting or sewing blankets for
the lucky recipients of her
beautiful gifts.
Carol spent much of her
working years waitressing,
and was someone that the
community looked forward to
visiting with — whether it be
at the local Elks Club, Charl’s
Restaurant
or
Morgan’s
Country Kitchen.
In her later years, she
worked with her daughter-in-
law as a receptionist at
Carlson Wagonlit Travel,
which she retired from in
2015.
Carol is remembered by all
whose life she changed for the
better, and especially her dot-
ing grandchildren, who were
blessed to have been by her
side when she passed peace-
fully in the wee hours of the
morning.
She is survived by her sons:
Benny and Jack of Florence,
Ore.; six grandchildren and
their spouses; eight great-
grandchildren; three siblings
and their spouses; and count-
less nieces, nephews and
“adopted” family members
who were lucky enough to
love this special lady along the
way.
Carol left this world so
much better than when she
arrived, and we were — each
and every one of us — so for-
tunate to know a woman like
her.
Join in celebrating the life
of this amazing women on
Saturday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m. at
Florence Christian Church,
990 Second St., in Florence.
In lieu of flowers, consider
donating to Florence Garden
Club, P.O. Box 2442, in
Memory of Carol Mobley.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Bi-Mart, police host annual
Drug Take Back Day today
Florence Police Department,
Lane County Sheriff’s Office
and the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) will be
hosting a National Drug Take
Back Event on Saturday, Oct.
28, aimed at providing a
resource for Lane County resi-
dents to safely, securely and
anonymously turn in their
unwanted, outdated or expired
household medicines.
The
Florence
Police
Department has participated in
this program for several years
and has been successful in
removing hundreds of pounds
of medications for safe dispos-
al.
People can bring their
unwanted, outdated or expired
prescription and over-the-
counter medications to the
Florence
Bi-Mart,
4310
Highway 101, on Oct. 28 from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Acceptable items include:
prescription medications, over
the counter medications, vita-
mins,
drug
samples,
pet medications, ointments,
lotions and liquid medicines in
glass or leak proof cont-
ainers.
This event is unable to
accept needles, thermometers,
bloody or infectious waste,
medicines from businesses,
hydrogen peroxide, aerosol
cans, inhalers and diabetic
meters.
Thousands of pounds of
medications have been turned
in at sites operated by the DEA
and its thousands of state and
local law enforcement part-
ners.
In addition, Americans are
now advised that their usual
methods for disposing of
unused medicines — flushing
them down the toilet or throw-
ing them in the trash — both
pose potential safety and health
hazards.
If people are unable to
attend the Drug Take Back
Event and have medications
they would like to dispose of,
the
Florence
Police
Department has a Drug Drop
Box located in the lobby at the
Florence Justice Center, 900
Greenwood St., that is avail-
able to accept medications
Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding legal
holidays.
Wise Woman Emerging
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