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On The Record
OBITUARIES
CULY—D. Paul Culy, 97, of
Florence, went to be with our
Lord on March 27, 2019. He was
born Oct. 27, 1921, in San Di-
ego, Calif., to Frank and Bessie
Culy. Paul joined the U.S. Navy
in 1942 and served in com-
bat during
W o r l d
War II on
the
D.E.
23 U.S.S.
Charles R.
Greer as a
S onarman
Second
Class.
P a u l
Paul Culy
married
June Loret-
ta McCann in 1947 and they
shared 52 years together.
Paul was a partner in Culy
Transportation, the family
trucking business started by
his father. After, he continued
working in the transportation
business until his retirement.
Paul and June moved to Flor-
ence in 1998 from Santa Maria,
Calif. Paul served as the Flor-
ence Senior Center president
from 2007 to 2011. His lead-
ership was instrumental in the
funding and construction of the
current senior center on King-
wood Street.
Paul is survived by daughter
Barbara Caswell of Santa Ma-
ria, Calif.; sons Douglas Culy
of Fresno, Calif., Brian Culy
of Florence and Patrick Culy
of Sweet Home, Ore.; and 10
grandchildren.
Paul is proceeded in death by
his loving wife, June Culy; and
parents Frank and Bessie Culy
and four brothers.
Paul was well loved in his
community and will be missed
by many. At his request, pri-
vate cremational rites were
held through Burnss’s Riverside
Chapel Florence Funeral Home
with inurnment at Pacific Sun-
set Cemetery.
BROMLEY—Sadly, Trudy
Arbogast-Bromley passed away
on March 28, 2019. Trudy was
born in Minneapolis, Minn.,
on May 20, 1946. She grew up
in Minnetonka Minn. Trudy
was married
to
David
Bromley
until
his
passing in
1990.
Tr udy
and Dave
owned and
operated a
Plumbing
Trudy
business for
Bromley
many years
in Carver
Minn., where Trudy had var-
ious jobs working as a book-
keeper until they were offered a
chance to run the Roto Rooter
division in Tacoma, Wash.
They settled in Tacoma for a
couple of years until their trans-
fer to the Hawaii division on
the Island of Oahu. After Dave’s
passing, Trudy moved back
to Minnesota and eventually
ended up in Winona, Minn.,
where she and her life partner,
Ray Lint, started a sign-making
business. When her daughter,
Ginny Verville, moved to Ore-
gon, she and Ray also decided
to settle there along with her
mother, Harriet Arbogast.
Trudy loved her home in
Florence, where she enjoyed
helping Ginny at her pet
grooming shop. She loved the
beautiful flowers, (Rhododen-
drons) blooming in the early
spring and all of the small town
festivities Florence has each
year.
Trudy is survived by her
mother, Harriet Arbogast;
daughter Ginny Verville; Gin-
ny’s husband Paul; son Jeff
Bromley; Jeff ’s wife, Tina;
grandchildren Jeremy and Mis-
sy Bromley; her life partner Ray
Lint; two beautiful dogs, Pony
and Belle; and many other fam-
ily and friends.
We LOVE you Trudy and will
miss you dearly. Services will be
held in Minnesota.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
PIER-
S O N —
With deep
regret, we
announce
the pass-
ing of Pau-
lette Pier-
son, 83, of
Florence.
Paulette
S h e
leaves be-
Pierson
hind her
loving husband of 48 years,
Richard Pierson.
She is survived by her be-
loved children: Paula Blackwell,
Kenneth Slack and Julie Slack;
her brother Robert Endres;
nieces Diana Farthing and Jan-
ice Groben; and nephew John
Giberson.
Paulette was beautiful, funny,
kind, loving and generous. She
loved visiting with her family.
When we were all together, she
could be heard joking, laughing
and telling stories. She enjoyed
gardening and playing Bunko
with her friends at Green Trees.
She loved the girls joking and
witty banter. She also enjoyed
occasional visits to Three Riv-
ers Casino. Paulette was a lucky
person and more often than not
came home a winner.
A few years back, the beauti-
ful forest next to her home was
demolished by developers, leav-
ing behind 40 acres of stumps,
dead wood and dug-up earth.
About that time, we began to
see her decline. She felt dev-
astated and helpless, knowing
there was nothing she could do
about it.
The following year, a fire
broke out in the dead wood left
from the forest, nearly resulting
in the loss of her home. After
enduring these events, she still
loved seeing her flowers bloom,
caring for and protecting them
just as she did her family.
We will always hold her dear
to our hearts, and are forever
thankful for the time we had
together, and for the love we all
shared.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was en-
trusted with arrangements.
FA R M E R — C o n s t a n c e
Farmer, 94-plus years old, went
to be with
the LORD!
K i n d ,
sweet, lov-
ing
and
hard-work-
ing,
she
was mar-
ried
45
years
to
Constance
Ray Reyn-
olds. She
Farmer
was very
proud of their 6 children. Her
joy was that her children were
doing well and loved each
other. She talked and bragged
about them all. Their children
are: Dan, Joyce, Julie, Steven,
June and Nancy. They raised
the last 5 children on a ranch
in Cave Junction, Ore., where
Constance enjoyed gardening
and oil painting.
She was custodian at Illinois
Valley High School in Cave
Junction for nine years. She
had a way with kids and many
students called her “mom.” She
had nine grandchildren, 12
great-grandchildren and two
great-great-grandchildren.
After Ray died, she married
Elvin “Jack” Farmer. They were
married 20 years in Florence,
Ore. They enjoyed dancing,
friends and some traveling.
Constance volunteered a lot for
her church, the hospital, garden
club, Moose Lodge, the Elks
Lodge and went to Coastal Fit-
ness senior class.
Her last 9 years were spent
living with eldest daughter
Joyce in Salem. Daughter Nan-
cy also helped care for their
Going Out Of Business
mom. She enjoyed her senior
fitness class at 24-Hour Fitness
and her Respite group at the se-
nior center Club 50+.
She was preceded in death by
her brother Warren, half-sister
Arda, half-brother Lloyd, broth-
er-in-law Dale and many more.
She is missed deeply. Constance
is best described by 1 Corinthi-
ans 13: 4-8. A celebration of her
life was held March 30 at United
Methodist Church.
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