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2A | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS OBITUARY WILCOX—Jean R. Wil- cox, of Florence, passed away peacefully in her home Oct. 14, 2020, with Bob, Linda, Jesse and Jen- nifer by her side. She was born in 1933 in Seattle, Wash., was raised in Yakima, Wash., and moved to Oregon in 1954 when she married Robert N. Wilcox Sr. She weas preceded in death by her husband, Robert; her mother Mil- dred Hull; and brother Robert Anderson. Jean moved Jean Wilcox to Florence, Ore., in 1969 to help her husband ful- fill his dream of building a c a mp g r o u n d . Bob, Jean and their three chil- dren built and opened South Jetty Campground in 1970. The family ran it for eight years. When they sold the campground, they started a construction business which continued until Bob’s death in 2003. Jean is survived by her children: Robert Wil- cox Jr., Linda Wilcox and Kathy Wilcox, all of Flor- ence; her granchldren: Jesse, Krista, John and Mi- chael Wilcox; great-gand- children: Constance, Ben- jamin and Jason Wilcox; and life-long friends: Kay Garrison of Florence, Rita Mills of Oregon City, Jan Albright of Minnesota, and her new best friend Jennifer Blanding (her amazing caregiver). Private services will be held. Please donate to Flor- ence Food Share on her behalf. 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY local Boys and Girls Club for several years. Dennis is a Life Mem- ber of the DAV and Hillsboro Elks Lodge 1862, where he was Elk of The Year and also North Central District ELK of The Year. Dennis is also a member of the VFW and American Legion. Susan and Dennis are “Still Rodding” af- ter all these years. Both are original- ly from Coos Bay and graduates of Marsh- field High School. Still ‘Rodding’ after 50 years Susan and Dennis Baker were married 50 years ago on Sept. 9, 1970. Their first car was a 1954 Chevy built with a 301 engine and a Hurst 3-speed on the floor. Today, the couple — both avid hot rod enthusiasts — drive a 1933 Chevy all-steel, three-window coupe sporting a 450-hp en- gine. Susan worked at the Dennis and Susan Baker COUNTY COVID-19 STATS Lane County Public Health (LCPH) — (As of Oct. 20 at 10:30 a.m.) Lane County Public Health (LCPH) was notified of 39 addi- tional positive cases of COVID-19. This makes a total of 2,182 positive cases. (Note: This includes confirmed and presumptive.) Of the cases: • Hospitalized: 9 (+0) • Deaths: 26 (+0) • Infectious: 209 (-6) • Cases reported within the 97439 zip code: 30 (+6) Due to a significant rise in cases within the WEATHER DATA county in the past week, Lane County has been placed on a statewide Governor’s Watch List along with 5 other coun- ties (see A1) that are con- tinuing to experience a significant rise in cases. Over the past week- end, Lane County added just over 200 newly con- firmed cases. D ATE Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. H IGH 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 61 61 63 64 60 62 59 L OW R AIN 50 45 43 46 46 42 46 0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.17 0.00 Rainfall Week: 1.61” Month: 2.62” Year: 48.47” Courtesy of Roger Cunningham PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT MAGGIE BAGON for City Council My Commitments are: • Fair and open government with community access • Family wage jobs • Affordable housing • More accessible healthcare, particularly mental health and family planning • City government cooperation with businesses & non-profits • Citizen involvement in the decision making process Contact me at maggiebagonforflorence@gmail.com and like me @ MaggieBagonForFlorence on Facebook. PAID FOR BY MAGGIE BAGON FOR CITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN BIRTHS ROD GER—Leonidas Charles Rodger, a boy weighing 7.11 lbs. and measuring 21 in., was born to Deanna and Jo- seph Rodger of Florence on Sept. 29, 2020. 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