2A | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2018 | SIUSLAW NEWS
T HE R ECORD
OBITUARIES
BROWN —Marjorie
“Marge” Dianne (Miles)
Brown, 79, of Florence, passed
away peacefully in her sleep at
home in the early morning
hours on Wednesday, June 6,
2018.
Marge
was born
April 10,
1939,
in
N o r t h
Bend, Ore.,
to Everett
and Ruby
Marjorie
( Hu g h e s )
Brown
Miles.
She was
raised in Florence, where she
attended school, graduating
from Siuslaw High School in
1957. After graduating, Marge
enrolled at Linfield College
for one year.
On Feb. 3, 1967, she mar-
ried William Eyler Brown.
Marge worked as a typist for
a title insurance business until
her retirement in 1990.
She was a member of the
Florence Christian Church.
She was also a member of the
Eugene Eagles Lodge, where
she enjoyed golf and social-
izing with friends. Her hob-
bies included golf, gardening,
crafts, camping, fishing and
especially her grandchildren
(even a great-grandchild).
Marge is survived by her
husband, William “Bill”
Brown, of Eugene; her son
and daughter-in-law, Jim
and Tami Brown; one grand-
daughter, Heidi Brown; one
grandson and his wife, Riley
and Mercedes Brown; and
one great-grandson, Nathan
Brown; all of whom live in
Springfield.
Marge was preceded in
death by her parents, Everett
and Ruby Miles of Florence;
her brother, Everett “Bud”
Miles of Florence; and a neph-
ew, Bob Miles of Florence.
Marge was buried in a pri-
vate ceremony in Florence on
June 18.
A celebration of life will
take place June 30, from 1 to 3
p.m. at McDonald Wholesale,
Weir McDonald Conference
Room, 2350 W. Broadway in
Eugene.
The family invites all
friends and family of Marge’s
to come celebrate her life.
In lieu of flowers, the fam-
ily encourages donations be
made in Marge’s name to Spe-
cial Olympics Oregon.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
McQUOID—Constance
Suzanne McQuoid, 69, of
Florence, died peaceful-
ly while surrounded by her
loved ones on April 18, 2018.
Constance was born in Ar-
kansas, raised in Louisiana
and South
America,
and settled
in Oregon
for the past
37 years.
She had
a
rebel-
lious spirit,
Constance
a wicked
McQuoid
sense of
humor and
a passion for the arts, educa-
tion and the many gifts of na-
ture.
She was an avid reader, in-
tellectual and an Anthropos-
ophist.
She was an educator and an
entrepreneur, with her most
well-loved endeavor being
The Cauldron Cooking Com-
pany with everyone's favorite
seitan WHAM!
She is survived by her son,
Joachim McQuoid of Flor-
ence; her daughter and son-
in-law, India McQuoid and
Christopher Neeley of Chi-
cago, Ill.; sister-in-law Lisa
Brick of Morristown, N.J.; her
loyal dog Binki; her kitty, Mi-
nou; and grand-dog Charlie.
Constance wrote her own
obituary, which made her
roar with laughter.
Those who knew Con-
stance and her humor will en-
joy her final published words:
“On the 18th day of April,
2018, something happened to
Constance McQuoid, so she
bought the farm. Before she
stuck her fork in the wall, she
endured the ministrations of
Big Pharma and Drs. Butcher
and Hackett, exiling her from
being classified as mammal.
“She was in the gentle hands
of a local home hospice group
who cared for her as she tran-
sitioned. She had a life-long
love of dogs and chocolate,
spoke several languages and
grew up in Locombia. She
loved watercoloring, driving
long distances, gardening
woody herbs and roses, and
the needle arts (not drugs).
“She was the proud mother
of a daughter and a son. She
considered herself a flaming
liberal (therefore not well-
liked by limited thinkers) and
a pantheist. There will be no
bucket-kicking ceremony.
“To all her students, with
the exception of a few stinkers,
she deeply cared about their
well-being.
“We love and miss her in-
finitely and wish her well in
her travels through the Bar-
dos.”
BUCKLEY—A celebration
of the life of Leonard Buckley
will be held June 20, begin-
ning at 10 a.m., at the Church
of
Jesus
Christ of
Latter-day
Saints,
2705 Mun-
sel
Lake
Rd.
in
Florence.
A view-
Leonard
ing
was
Buckley
h e l d
June
19
at Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home.
Leonard wanted it known
that he died as a result of be-
ing stubborn, refusing to fol-
low doctors’ orders and doing
things his way for almost nine
decades.
He loved diet orange soda,
Puget Sound oysters, garage
sales and telling a good story.
Leonard could always make
you smile.
He asks that you stop by
and re-tell the stories he can
no longer tell.
Leonard was born in April
1929, in Idaho, to Christian
and Mary Buckley. He was the
youngest of their 12 children.
He started working by tend-
ing cows at age 8. He graduat-
ed to driving a taxi at 14, bak-
ing bread at 15, working in a
steel mill at 16 (he lied about
his age) and then he learned
to harvest trees and drive a
dozer which eventually led
him to Florence.
Besides logging, Leonard
landscaped properties with
ponds and terraces, built
roads and developed the land
for many familiar Florence
landmarks such as Driftwood
Shores and Abby’s Pizza Par-
lor.
Leonard was preceded in
death by his wife, Doris; and
companion, Sandra Brown.
He is survived by his be-
loved daughters: Cherie (Ear-
nest Greek), Kerie (Gilbert
Aerni) and Tracy; his grand-
children: Savanah Suhr, Aar-
on Shelley (Rista), Zachary
Ryan, Molly Somers, Melina
Jenkins, Clarence (Stepha-
nie) and Gary Aerni; and his
great-grandchildren: Gabri-
elle and Kaitlin Suhr, Ava,
Ally, Bella and Aria Shelley,
Sean Sommrs, Madeline and
Dylan Jenkins, Jessica and
Owen Aerni; and many loving
nieces and nephews.
Leonard’s motto was: “As
you go through life, make this
your goal: Keep your eye on
the doughnut and not on the
hole.”
Leonard’s family would like
to thank Dr. Mildred Row-
ley and the staff at McKenzie
Primary Care. They always
laughed at his jokes, which
made his day a bit brighter.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
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CORRECTION
In the article “Dunes City
Could Place Minor Levy On
Property Owners In Novem-
ber Vote” (June 16), Lane
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June 13
June 14
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Low Rain
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