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2A | SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2018 | SIUSLAW NEWS T HE R ECORD OBITUARIES Mc D ONA L D — He l e n Lorraine McDonald, 84, of Wheatland, Mo., formally of Florence, passed away Aug. 6, 2018, at Hermitage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Aug 21, 1933 in Liver- more Iowa to Mildred (Miner)and Elwood Hansen. Helen She grad- McDonald uated from Livermore High School and married Charles Edward Whelchel in 1952, in Iowa, and then set- tled in Whittier Calif. They had three children together: Lawrence “Lonny” Whelchel, Linda Cheryl (Tillota) and Lowell Bryce Whelchel. Divorced in 1962, Lorraine pursued a career in banking as a teller, worked at a plant where Corning cookware was manufactured — all while attending college to earn her degree in cosmetology and raising three children as a sin- gle mom. She graduated from beauty college and went right to work as a beautician at various sa- lons in southern Calif. She met Donald “Don” Mc- donald in 1967 and, after a brief courtship, they married in Reno on July 6 of that year. They had 36 years together before Don’s passing in 2003 at age 72. Upon her marriage to Don, the family moved and settled in Folsom, Calif., where she opened her own beauty shop until the family decided to move to Florence in 1969. She worked at a few salons before she opened Lorraine’s Beauty Salon in Florence for many years with a vast client base in the community. Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Alvin; a sister, Eloise (Turner); as well as her sec- ond husband, Don. She is survived by her three children: Lonny of Eugene, Ore.; Linda of San Diego, Calif.; and Lowell of San Ra- mone, Calif.; her grandchil- dren: Corey Whelchel of Walnut Creek, Calif.; Tyler Whelchel of Junction City, Ore.; Kendal Whelchel of Eugene; and Connor Steven Whelchel of Florence; and a great-grandchild, Noah. Along with her biological family, she also leaves an ex- tended family and friends that were close to her for many years in Wheatland, Hermit- age and Bolivar, Mo. Final Interment will be at a later date at St. Paul’s Ceme- tery in Scott, Wisc. WILHELMI—Eugene ‘Jer- ry’ Jerome Wilhelmi passed away very peacefully at home on July 22, 2018. Jerry was born Aug. 17, 1924, in St. Paul, Minn. He served active duty in the U.S. Army Infantry in France during WWII. Soon after being dis- charged, he met and married his beau- tiful wife, Eugene Muriel, Wilhelmi who pre- ceded him in death in 2015. Jerry first attended the Uni- versity of Minnesota and then graduated from Chico State University in California with a degree in engineering. After Jerry and Muriel moved their growing family to California in the early 50s, he settled into a career teach- ing high school in Orange County. After retiring, they moved to Mendocino, Calif., where they started the Village Art Gallery. In the early 90s they moved to Florence, a place of which they were quite fond. Jerry and Muriel enjoyed big band and swing danc- ing into their late 80s, as well as fishing, exploring and snowbirding to the south- ern Cal-Arizona desert every winter for a spell. Their lives were blessed with many good times and great friends. Eugene is survived by his three sons: Gene, Dan and Scott; his daughter, Marcelle; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was dearly loved and will be greatly missed as will be his wisdom, generosity, wit and humor. Jerry would sometimes say when it was getting time to leave the party, “I’ve enjoyed about all I can stand.” Amen. BERNHARDT—Tre vor Ryan Bernhardt, 36, of Swis- shome, Ore., passed away Aug. 4, 2018, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle ac- cident on Highway 36. Tr e v o r loved the o ut d o or s and work- ing at his cutting Trevor company, Bernhardt Bernhardt C r e e k Timber. 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