2A | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019 | SIUSLAW NEWS
On The Record
Dunes Memorial Chapel
serving Florence and the surrounding area
OBITUARIES
REINDL—Willetta “Wil-
lie” Reindl, 93, passed away
peacefully Tuesday, March
26, 2019, in Eagle, Idaho,
where she had lived in as-
sisted care with her husband
Bob and Willie Reindl
Bob since 2016.
Bob preceded her in death
at age 94, Dec. 24, 2017, at
the VA Hospital in Boise.
As long-time Florence
residents, it was their wish
to be returned to their home
town after both had passed,
to be buried together next to
their son, Melvin, at the Pa-
cific Sunset Cemetery (see
date of Memorial and Life
Celebration below).
Born in Florence in April
1925, Willie was the young-
est of four children born
to Henry and Flossie Hun-
tington. After graduating
high school in 1943, Willie
attended Eugene Business
College, subsequently work-
ing as a clerk for Sacred
Heart Hospital in Eugene,
Moffit Field Air Base in the
Bay area and Crown Zeller-
bach near Gardiner, Ore.
In early 1945, Willie re-
turned to Oregon and, in
April, she began dating Bob
who was home on leave from
the Navy during WWII.
Eleven days later they mar-
ried on April 15 and that
union would last nearly 73
years.
Bob was still on active
duty at the end of WWII, so
Willie moved twice to the
East Coast to live near his
bases in Portland, Maine,
and Norfolk, Va. They re-
turned to Florence in late
1948.
Willie was a very de-
voted wife, mother, sister,
aunt, friend and neigh-
bor, and her smile was
ever-present! She had a
passion for gardening
and was an outstanding
seamstress, which led to
her teaching 4H Club
sewing classes.
When they moved to
Hebo, Ore., with Bob’s career
in the forest service, Willie
took up toll painting, which
led to her love of Norwegian
Rosemaling. She would con-
tinue painting and sewing
for many more years until
Parkinson’s Disease stole her
ability to do either.
Willie and Bob loved the
outdoors — hiking, fishing,
camping and RVing with
friends, touring the west,
parts of Canada and Mexico.
At retirement, Willie
wanted to leave the coastal
climate so they found their
new home in Dallas, Ore., in
the Willamette Valley.
They continued RVing
many more years and spent
many winters in southern
Ariz. They were active mem-
bers of the Evangelical Lu-
theran Church in Florence,
Tillamook and Dallas, Ore.
Willie is survived by their
two children: Susann (and
Kim) of Ecklund, Idaho,
and Phil Reindl; Phil’s two
children: Heidi (and Mike)
Harper, of North Carolina,
and Andy Reindl, with the
USAF in Ramstein, Germa-
ny.
A celebration of two lives
well lived will be held Satur-
day, June 8, in Florence, at
New Life Lutheran Church
beginning at 10:30 a.m. This
will be followed at 11:30 a.m.
by a Military Honors Burial
at Pacific Sunset Cemetery.
A catered lunch and life
celebration will begin at
12:30 p.m. at the Florence
Event Center.
Anyone planning to at-
tend is asked to RSVP by
May 24 to sadieslair@gmail.
com and list how many in
your party.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions to Parkinson’s Associ-
ation (www.parkinson.org/
ways-to-give) or American
Heart Association (www.
heart.org/en/get-involved/
ways-to-give ) can be made
in memory of Willie Reindl
or Bob Reindl.
GO ODWIN— G ord on
Jay Goodwin, a long time
Florence resident, passed
early Tuesday morning on
April 2, 2019.
Born in Portland, Ore.,
on June 20, 1932, he was a
second generation Orego-
nian; his mother, Velma, was
born in Brownsville, Ore., in
1903.
He got his Masters Degree
from Fresno State in 1977
and worked in the mental
health field as a psychiatric
social worker until he retired
in January of 1991.
Jay will long be remem-
bered and appreciated as
the Founder of the Florence
Unitarian Universalist Fel-
lowship on Heceta Road.
His greatest concern was
politics. He was often seen
at the main intersection of
Highway 101 and Ninth
Street every Saturday urging
others to get involved.
He volunteered for nearly
10 years at the Pioneer Mu-
seum. He also volunteered
at the Heceta Lighthouse,
Elder-
berry
Square,
Siuslaw
Public
Librar y
and oth-
er plac-
Jay Goodwin es.
Jay is
survived
by two daughters: Robin
and Terry, presently living in
Maryland.
Florence Unitarian Uni-
versalist Fellowship will host
a Celebration of Life par-
ty on April 28, beginning
at 2:30 p.m. Bring a dish to
share.
All are welcome.
BIRTH
SCOTT—Kai Bobby
Scott was born at 6:48
p.m. on Tuesday, March
19, 2019. He weighed 6
pounds, 15.8 ounces and
was 21 inches long. He
was born to Brennent
Scott and Julia Warren
Lelievre.
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