2A | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS
On The Record
OBITUARIES
BLUE—Alfred
Alton
Blue was born Feb. 23,
1931, in Hotchkiss, Colo.,
to Mollie Griffin. He spent
most of his early years with
his mother and stepfather,
Roy Blue, in Green Riv-
er, Utah,
on
the
farm. He
attended
Utah State
Universi-
ty until he
was called
into the
Alfred Blue U.S. Navy,
where he
served in the Korean War
from January 1951 until
November 1954.
In November 1954, he
married Claudia Weaver
and they had six children:
Michael, Lisa, Jennifer, Da-
vid, Joanna and Elizabeth.
They lived in California,
where he continued his
schooling and earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree at
Long Beach State College.
In 1969, Alfred and
Claudia sadly were di-
vorced. Eventually, he met
Lynette Jenkins while at-
tending school at Brigham
Young University and they
married in July 1971. They
were blessed with three
children: Melissa, Jonathan
and Timothy.
They began their life to-
gether in Utah but, after 15
years, moved to Bellevue,
Wash. While there, Alfred
earned a Master of Arts de-
gree in psychology at An-
tioch University in Seattle.
He also earned a Doctor of
Philosophy in Holistic Nu-
trition from Clayton Col-
lege located in Birming-
ham, Ala.
In 2005, after retiring as
an insurance claims adjust-
er — a job he held much of
his life — he moved with
this wife to Florence, Ore.
He was a very intelligent
man and also very kind
and often entertaining.
For years, he also did a lot
of singing, sounding very
much like Bing Crosby. In
fact, he was often called
“Der Bingle.”
The past two years he
has had a few health issues
that definitely slowed him
down. He passed away very
quickly and peacefully at
home Jan. 15, 2020.
He will be missed but we
will see him again.
Services are Wednesday
at 11 a.m. at The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints.
CUTTING —Emily
Elizabeth “Dea” Cutting
(Deathe) passed away the
morning of Dec. 5, 2019;
she will be a brilliant addi-
tion to Heaven.
Emily was born to Mel-
vin and Paloma Deathe
on Aug. 10, 1932, in Cali-
fornia. She was adored by
her two sisters, Bernice and
Paloma
Emily joined the U.S.
Marine Corps. after grad-
uation.
E m i l y
married
Richard
Cutting on
Sept. 21,
1956.
Togeth-
er,
they
Emily
owned a
Cutting
Shell gas
station in
Goldfield, Nev.
They soon moved back
to their hometown of Cas-
tro Valley, where they start-
ed a family before moving
to Oregon in 1968. Emily
and Richard settled in Flor-
ence in 1989.
Emily moved to Shore-
wood Senior Living after
Richard passed away in
2002. Her lively spirit was
appreciated and loved by
the many friends she made
there.
Together, Emily and
Richard have three chil-
dren: Timothy Cutting,
who lives in Florence with
his wife Maria; Lorelei Kry-
zanek, who lives in Bend,
Ore.; and Ruby Starr, who
lives in Pflugerville, Texas
with her husband Thomas.
She also has 12 grandchil-
dren and five great-grand-
children.
Emily enjoyed many long
talks with all of her family.
She always had a beautiful
smile and always saw the
bright side of everything.
She cheered up every room
she was in and every per-
son she spoke to. She loved
being a part of the Siuslaw
Toastmasters and received
accolades for her speeches
and participation.
Emily was a volunteer
for several organizations,
working with the Scouts for
several years. She was an
active participant in polit-
ical and other campaigns.
She was a powerful spirit
in a physical body.
Her family is sure that
her spirit now resides in an
eternal place with beauty
and she is surely brighten-
ing up all her friends and
family from there.
Burns’s Riverside Chap-
el Florence Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange-
ments.
WILDS—Gladys Pearl
Wilds passed away peace-
fully the morning of Jan. 4,
2020, with her two loving
daughters at her side.
She was born in Paradise,
Mont., on May 24, 1936,
the youngest of seven chil-
dren to Alvin and Gladys
Palmer. She loved the out-
doors as
a
child
and, as a
teen, was
involved
in
vol-
leyball,
yearbook
and oth-
Gladys
er school
Wilds
activities
at Maupin
High School, graduating in
1955.
She loved dancing and
met her future husband,
Richard Terry Wilds, at a
community dance. They
married in 1956 and had
60 years together before
his passing. They had 3
children: Henry Franklin
Wilds (deceased 1974),
Cynthia Irene Dochylo and
Lynne Marie Twombly.
Gladys liked traveling,
having her family around
her and was an excellent
seamstress who sewed
many of her daughters’
clothes. She also was a
wonderful cookie baker.
She is survived by her
two daughters, sons-in-law,
six grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will
be held at Springwater
Cemetery on Jan. 25, 2020,
at noon. It will be followed
by a reception at the Caza-
dero Restaurant in Estaca-
da, Ore.
Burns’s Riverside Chap-
el Florence Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange-
ments.
MILLER—A celebration
of life for Marilyn V. Miller
will be held Saturday, Jan.
25, from 1 to 3 p.m., in the
Meeting Hall yurt at Hon-
eyman State Park on Ca-
nary Road.
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All who knew Marilyn
are wel-
c o m e
to share
memories
of
that
singular
woman,
who was
active in
Marilyn
Dunes
Miller
City for
more than
20 years.
SAUSE—Paul Sause, 97,
of Florence passed away
Jan. 16, 2020.
At his request private
cremational rites were held
through Burns’s Riverside
Chapel Florence Funeral
Home.
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