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KRZYCKI—Leroy
J.
Krzycki, 82, passed away
Friday, June 28, 2019, from
heart failure.
Leroy was born Nov. 8,
l936, in Columbus, Neb., to
Clarence and Marcella (Zou-
cha) Krzycki.
He was raised on a farm
and, for the first eight
grades, went to a one-room,
one-teacher country school.
He graduated from Colum-
bus High
School in
1954. He
went on to
graduate
from the
University
of Nebras-
ka with a
B a c h e l o r Leroy Krzycki
of Science
degree in 1958 and earned a
master’s degree in mechani-
cal engineering in 1960.
During his career at the
Naval Weapons Center at
China Lake, Calif., from
1959 until his retirement
in 1991, Leroy was engaged
in cutting-edge technology
projects employing highly
experimental hardware and
propellants.
He was the Propulsion
Manager for the AGM-
53A Condor Air-to-Sur-
face Guided Missile, which
involved development of a
high-energy liquid rocket
powerplant.
Leroy initiated and man-
aged the in-house Project
QuickTurn, which devel-
oped and flight-demon-
strated thrust vector control
(TVC) for highly maneuver-
able air-launched air-to-air
missiles, which made quick
course corrections.
He then became Missile
Systems Manager for the
air-to-air AIM-95 Agile
dogfight missile, which used
the QuickTurn airfame and
moveable nozzle TVC.
This was followed by jet
vane TVC design and aero-
dynamics analyses for the
Vertical Launch ASROC
and anti-submarine missile
flight demonstrations. He
also participated in the Ver-
tical-Seeking Ejection Seat
Demonstration Project.
Leroy helped to develop
a self-contained, diver-con-
trolled, carriable lift buoy-
ancy device for underwater
object recovery.
He was head of the Ae-
ro-propulsion Project to
investigate propfan propul-
sion for cruise missiles. He
managed an interactions
wind tunnel project of a
large-scale propfan powered
model of a long-range cruise
missile.
Leroy was the U.S. leader
on cooperative projects with
two foreign governments on
the effects of ionized rocket
exhaust gases on guidance
and telemetry signals.
During his career, Leroy
interacted with Wernher
von Braun and Edward
Teller. Among non-mili-
tary projects, he was a sit-
ing and design study for the
Department of Energy for
a demonstration 10-mega-
watt (electrical) Solar Pow-
er Tower. The Power Tower
and mirror field were ulti-
mately built and operated at
Daggett, Calif.
In 1970, Leroy provided
technical information for the
Blue Flame rocket-powered
land speed car, which broke
the absolute world land-
speed record at 622.407 mph
— a record held for 13 years,
and which remains today the
fastest American-built car in
history.
For most of Leroy’s ca-
reer as he created technol-
ogies that comprised seven
government patents, he was
working in a time when the
industry used slide rules,
drafting tables, and mimeo-
graph machines; calculators,
computers and printers were
still in the future.
In Leroy’s memoir, he
quoted Mark Twain’s state-
ment that described his 32-
year career in rocketry and
physics work: “The secret of
a successful life is to make
your vocation your vaca-
tion.”
Leroy said going to work
for him was like having
Christmas everyday.
In 1964, Leroy married
Bette Meyers and the two
purchased Wilhelm Creek
Ranch, a beautiful 324-acre
piece of property located
15 miles up the North Fork
of the Siuslaw River. Here,
Leroy and Bette lived part
of each year and planned to
build a house together. Bette
and Leroy were married for
22 years before Bette died in
1985.
Later, Leroy married
Katheryn Davis. Leroy made
it possible for Katheryn, al-
ready an accomplished art-
ist, to paint full time. Leroy
was Katheryn’s greatest sup-
porter as he framed her art-
work and helped to operate
Quiet Waters Gallery at their
home on Sutton Lake.
With Leroy’s help, Kath-
eryn sold over 1,000 paint-
ings during her lifetime.
After Katheryn’s passing
in 2009, Leroy created and
published two photo books
of Katheryn’s works: “The
Art of Katheryn Davis,” Vol-
umes 1 and 2.
Leroy spent the last years
of his life writing his unfin-
ished memoir, “Farmboy
Rockateer.”
Leroy is survived by his
special friend, Dee Newton;
his sister and her husband;
Beverly and Carroll Jaix-
en, Suzanne (Tim) Mueller,
Linda (Mike) Embury, John
(Cindy) Jaixen, Jerry (Don-
na) Jaixen, Steve (Laurie)
Jaixen, and Jennifer (Bry-
an) Jaixen-Simmons; many
grand-nieces and nephews;
step-children: Kelty (John)
LaRocco, Steven Davis, Tina
Davis (Steve Ives) and Susie
(Charley) Dewberry; and
many step-grandchildren.
A private burial service
was held at Pacific Sunset
Cemetery in Florence.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions may be made to two
charities Leroy supported:
the Oregon Coast Military
Mu s e u m ( w w w. ore gon -
coastmilitarymuseum.com)
and the Nicaragua Ruby
Ranch Project that helps
impoverished children and
is implementing clean water
projects for the region (www
.rubyranchproject.com).
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
GREENE—Suzanne D.
Greene, of Florence, passed
away peacefully on Thurs-
day, July 4, 2019, in the
home she loved on Mercer
Lake, with her wife, Becky
Goehring, by her side.
Suzanne was a curious
and passionate lover of life
and all the diversity it of-
fers. Born in Norfolk, Va.,
Suzanne graduated with a
master’s degree from George
Washington University.
When Ronald Reagan de-
funded educational grant
programs, she changed her
life course, moved to Berga-
mo, Italy, and enrolled in the
Maria Montessori Teachers’
Program.
Upon completion of that
program, she taught elemen-
tary-aged students at Mon-
tessori schools on Hilton
Head, S.C., and Puerto Rico.
She also taught on St. Thom-
as. Returning to the main-
land, Suzanne moved to San
Anselmo, Calif., and accept-
ed a position with Berkeley
Montessori, first teaching
and then consulting for
both Berkeley Montessori
and oth-
er Mon-
tessori
schools
in the San
Francisco
Bay Area.
In 1983,
Suzanne
Suzanne
purchased
Greene
a 60-acre
parcel in
the western Sonoma County
foothills and converted the
primitive communal space
into an award-winning inn,
which she named Huckle-
berry Springs Country Inn
and Spa.
To prepare as an innkeep-
er and chef, she enrolled in
the culinary program at San-
ta Rosa Junior College and
completed that coursework
while designing and build-
ing the inn and its cottages.
She created “glamping” be-
fore glamping was cool.
Suzanne attended many
specialty cooking courses,
including the Internation-
al Thai School of Cooking
in Bangkok, the New Orle-
ans School of Cooking and
courses taught by noted
chefs Jacques Pepin, Mad-
eleine Kamman, Marcella
Hazen, John Ash and Barba-
ra Hom.
Those chefs influenced
the wine country cuisine she
served at the inn.
As an inn owner, she was
a founding member of the
Russian River Innkeepers’
Association and served on
the boards of the Sonoma
County Tourism organiza-
tion and the Russian River
Wine Roads.
In 1994, she met her wife
and together they ran the
Inn until they sold and re-
tired to Florence in 2005.
After 19 years of a loving
and committed relationship,
Suzanne and Becky were fi-
nally able to legally marry in
November 2013.
In Florence, she re-kin-
dled her passion for the
Montessori Education phi-
losophy and was a driving
force behind the establish-
ment of the Florence Mon-
tessori Preschool, which
opened in 2007.
Suzanne loved to trav-
el and did that extensive-
ly throughout Europe, the
Americas and Asia. Her
natural curiosity opened up
her world and created glob-
al friendships. She was an
avid reader, movie-goer, pa-
tron of the arts, news junkie,
passionate chef and a proud
Democrat.
She loved taking classes
at Lane Community Col-
lege, especially Stretch and
Strengthen with Liz Purtell
and Move It Or Lose It with
Julie Ellingson. She had a
biting sense of humor and
a strong sense of right and
wrong. From that, she did
not deviate.
A lifelong advocate for
women, Suzanne enthusias-
tically supported causes and
organizations whose mis-
sions were to help women
achieve an equal footing in
this country.
She is survived by her
wife, her brother Preston
Greene and his partner Sean
Hubbard of Napa, her aunt
Elizabeth Green of Norfolk,
Va., and an extended family
of cousins, in-laws, and dear
friends.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Wallace and
Mabel Greene.
Becky is grateful for the
loving care and support in
Suzanne’s last weeks from
their beloved niece, El-
len Akre, Harry and Elaine
Akre, Peace Harbor Hos-
pice, Dr. Glen Buchanan of
the Willamette Valley Can-
cer Institute and the incred-
ible nurses and doctors who
cared for her at both Peace
Harbor and Riverbend hos-
pitals.
A celebration of life will
be planned for the future.
Donations in her memo-
ry may be made to Planned
Parenthood of SW Oregon,
the Siuslaw Education Foun-
dation or Emily’s List.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
BENNETT—Doris Ani-
ta (Miller) Bennett, 80, of
Hemet, Calif., and former-
ly of Florence, passed away
Sunday, June 30, 2019, at
Redlands
C ommu-
nity Hos-
pital,
in
Redlands,
Calif.
Doris
was born
July
28,
Doris Bennett 1938, in
Middle-
town, Ohio, to Chester and
Lillie Mae (Gibbs) Miller.
She attended Tecumseh
High School in Adrian,
Mich.
She started work as a do-
mestic homeworker. Later,
she worked several years at
the American Chain and
Cable Company in Adrian.
Moving around the country,
she settled in Illinois and
worked as a meat wrapper in
numerous grocery stores.
On Sept. 25, 1979, she
married William (Bill) Ben-
nett at Scott AFB in Ill. They
enjoyed 40 years together,
traveling and living for six
years in Europe, where she
was president of the military
wives club at High Wycombe
AFB, England, and was bap-
tized in the Thames River.
She worked with the mili-
tary wives at Rhein Main Air
Base at Frankfurt, Germany,
greeting military personnel
and helping with bazzars.
Weekends were filled with
Volksmarch opportunities
to get acquainted with the
German people and their
culture. Returning back to
America, she spent her re-
maining years living in Kent
and Olympia, Wash., Flor-
ence and traveling around
the country in their motor-
home. Finally, she spent her
last six years living in South-
ern California during the
winter months.
Doris is survived by her
husband, William (Bill)
Bennett; sister Norca (Basil)
Woodard; daughter Tam-
my Reeves; nieces: Sheila
Albat, Cheryl Brock, Teena
M. (Fred) Chiarello, Renee
(Bobby) Copley, Myrna Kee-
na, and Misty Parsons; neph-
ews: Howard Baltz, Victor
A. Baraley, David Woodard
and Timothy Woodard; and
cousins Charles Bailey and
Bill Forney.
She was preceded in death
by her parents; her son, Ste-
phen Roe; sisters Nina Baltz
and Norma Jean Baraley;
niece Marisa Baraley; neph-
ew William Alan Lloyd;
and her great-nephew Josh-
ua Raney. Also, two best
friends, Marilyn Merrick of
Adrian, Mich., and Nancy
Davis of Tallahassee, Fla.,
formerly of Adrian, Mich.
Cortner Chapel in Red-
lands, Calif., provided dis-
position arrangements.
Services will be deferred
until her husband passes and
will be interred with him at
the Tahoma National Ceme-
tery in Kent, Wash.
COOK—Donna Cook,
93, of Florence, passed away
July 2, 2019. Burns’s River-
side Chapel Florence Fu-
neral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
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Civil War Food Drive
July 20 th
11AM to 2PM
10TH ANNUAL SUMMER GOLF SPECTACULAR
Rotary Club of Florence Charity Fundraiser
to support Florence area Community Projects and End Polio Now
At Ocean Dunes Golf Links
3345 Munsel Lake Rd., Florence, OR - Phone (541) 997-3232
Saturday, August 3, 2019 • Shotgun Start 10 a.m.
Teams of Four • Scramble Format • Gross & Net Divisions
Tee Prize: Long Drive, Straight Drive, and KP’s on all Par 3’s
$25,000 Cash Hole in One Prize! Prizes on other Par 3 Holes • $5,000 Putting Contest!
Entry Fee $89 per player, Limited to First 128 Players
It is Time for our annual
Power of Florence,
Civil War Food Drive
Choose your team and bring your
non-perishable food dona ons to
Grocery Outlet
All dona ons go to the Florence
Food Share.
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