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OBITUARIES
MAYWOOD—Sergeant First
Class Jack John Arlin Maywood,
Retired, 85, of Granbury, Texas,
passed Nov. 1, 2018.
A military veteran, Jack served
his country during the Korean
Jack Maywood
War and completed two tours in
Vietnam to support U.S. military
efforts.
He served as a Avionics Equip-
ment Maintenance Mechanic/
Supervisor in the United States
Army for 29 years. During his
service, Jack earned numerous
medals including the Bronze Star
Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air
Medal and Meritorious Service
Medal.
Jack was born to John Joseph
Maywood and Edna Eicke, on
November 24, 1932, in Pasadena,
California.
In 1957, Jack joined the Armed
Forces and was assigned to the
United States Army base camp in
Fort Ord, Calif. His tours of duty
included: Nike Missile sites in
California; Ft. Bliss, El Paso, Tex-
as; Vietnam (2); Ft. Wainwright,
Alaska (2); W. Ft. Hood, Texas;
and Thule, Greenland.
Upon arriving in Thule, the
duty officer said, “What are you
doing here? Your orders were
canceled. But since you are here,
we’ll keep you!”
Although Thule turned out to
be his worst tour by far, it gen-
erated the most stories which he
shared with family and friends,
including the introduction of one
of his favorite breakfasts “hard-
boiled eggs smothered in cream
of mushroom soup!”
Following his retirement from
the military in 1978, Jack worked
for and retired from the Federal
Aviation Administration in Fair-
banks, Alaska, after 16 years; 13
of those years he worked a rota-
tional schedule of two weeks on
in Barrow, Alaska, and two weeks
off at home in Fairbanks.
Jack eloped with his sweet-
heart, Vonda Glea Trueblood,
to Raton, New Mexico, where
they were married on Oct. 17,
1953, and celebrated 65 wonder-
ful years as husband and wife on
Oct. 17, 2018.
Together, Jack and Vonda
raised five beautiful children.
Jack pursued his dreams with
a passion. While residing in
Fairbanks, he would often say
he had “the perfect Alaska life”
hunting moose and bear on
the Chatanika River and Hess
Creek, boating, snow machining,
cross-country skiing, gardening
and cooking his favorite meal of
the day, breakfast. He fished all
over Alaska and was known as
“Yukon Jack” on the Chatanika,
where he and Vonda co-owned a
cabin with friends.
One of Jack’s most proud
achievements was the 15 times
he drove the Alaska-Canadian
(ALCAN) Highway; often pull-
ing a travel trailer hitched to the
bumper of the family’s 1967 sta-
tion wagon with Vonda by his
side, his five kids constantly ask-
ing “Are we almost there yet?”
from the back of the wagon
with their dog, Blackie, and
cat, Pepper.
In 1994, Jack and Vonda
retired to the “perfect” golf
course community in Flor-
ence, where they were very ac-
tive and made many friends.
Their years in Florence were
filled with golf games and
tournaments, beach walks,
park hikes and discovering
new towns in search of the per-
fect “Sunday” breakfast.
Jack’s children and grandchil-
dren got to share many of their
discoveries; but not one of them
was brave enough to try his oys-
ter omelet. Always the prank-
ster, Jack was known to keep the
entire neighborhood on edge
wondering (and worrying) when
their names would appear at the
top of Jack’s prank list.
In 2017, Jack and Vonda relo-
cated to Granbury, Texas, to be
closer to two of their kids and to
give Vonda some much-deserved
warmth. They found the “per-
fect” lake-front cottage, where
they enjoyed many sunrises (but
very few sunsets) together on the
patio of their Lakestone cottage.
Jack believed morning was the
“perfect” time of day; so he was
up every morning at 5 a.m. and
usually in bed before the sun had
a chance to set.
Jack was touched when he re-
ceived a Lakestone Veteran Rec-
ognition.
He is survived by his precious
wife, Vonda Glea; son, Kenny
Maywood (Beth); four daugh-
ters: Kelli Wright (Lonnie), Kristi
DiCostanzo (Carmine), Karen
Sundborg (Jim), and Keryl Por-
ter (Erik Munson); and his sister,
Bonnie Lofton.
He also leaves eight grandchil-
dren and eight great-grandchil-
dren who cherish his memory.
His children remember him as
a loving, encouraging father who
celebrated all of his kids’ success-
es and as an adventure seeker
who enriched all of their lives
(but maxed out Kelli’s camping
days), and his Florence friends
who fondly remember him cruis-
ing around the golf course in his
orange OSU golf cart with his
faithful rescue pup, Heidi, by his
side.
He was preceded in death
by his father, John; his moth-
er, Edna; and a sister, Patricia
Washburn.
Jack was interred with the
military honors due to him at
the DFW National Cemetery
on Nov. 15.
In lieu of flowers, the fam-
ily requests that donations be
made to DFW Canines for
Veterans Organization at df-
wcaninesd.com/donate
and/
or DFW Wreaths for Heroes
(TX0033) at wreathsacrossa-
merica.org.
The family would like to
thank everyone for their prayers
and sincere condolences.
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ert (Bob) Arne Manseth, be-
loved father, grandfather and
great-grandfather, passed away
peacefully in Portland, Ore., on
Oct. 24, 2018, after a courageous
battle with Parkinson's Disease.
He was born Nov. 21, 1929, in
Eugene, Ore., to Magnus and Es-
ther Manseth.
Bob graduated from Oklaho-
ma A&M with a Bachelor’s De-
gree in Civil Engineering.
He was proud of his military
service in
the
U.S.
Marines
and
Air
Force and
was
sta-
tioned in
the United
Kingdom
the
Robert Manseth in
1950’s.
It was
in Edinburgh, Scotland, that he
met his first wife, Anita.
Bob and Anita were married
at the Scandinavian Lutheran
Church in 1954. Daughter Gail
was born in Prestwick, Scotland,
in 1955 and son Ron was born
in Ruislip, England, in 1956 —
both on U.S. Air Force bases.
Shortly after, the couple
moved to the United States and
they resided in Detroit, Mich.,
and Portland, Ore., before set-
tling in Florence in 1965.
Daughter Lisa was born in
1966 in Florence.
Bob remarried twice in the
years after.
Bob spent his years in Flor-
ence working as a Civil Engineer
and land surveyor; he also was
the creator and owner of Indian
Forest, a Highway 101 landmark
for 40 years; Laurel Bay Gardens
now occupies the building Bob
built many years ago.
Bob was a member of the Elks
Lodge and when he wasn't busy
working would go into town to
visit with friends at the Elks,
Traveler's Cove or at the casino.
He spent many holidays with
family in Eugene, Portland and
Seattle and enjoyed taking his
family to dinner or just chatting
with a glass of wine.
Bob was preceded in death by
his father, Magnus Manseth; his
mother, Esther Manseth; and his
brother, Karl Manseth.
He is survived by his daugh-
ter, Gail Yoshikawa (husband
Bert, daughter Courtney, son
James, daughter-in-law Trisha,
and great-granddaughter Ka-
lyn); son Ron Manseth (sons
Eric and Jordan); and daughter
Lisa Sanchez (husband Edwin,
and sons Andrew and Nick).
A private family memorial
service will be held at the Wil-
lamette National Cemetery in
Flo
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on Dec. 1 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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come for food and stories in re-
membrance of our father and
friend.
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