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OBITUARIES
WHITMORE—Barba-
ra Joan Whitmore, 85, of
Florence, Ore., passed Nov.
25, 2020, in Albany, Ore.
Barbara was born May
9, 1935 to Joseph Dolor
Galarneau and Maria Mad-
er Galar-
neau
in
Portland,
Ore.
Barbara
attended
Lebanon
Un i o n
H i g h
Barbara
School
Whitmore and grad-
uated in
1954. She attended Provi-
dence Hospital School of
Nursing in Portland, Ore.,
and graduated in 1957 aa a
Registered Nurse.
She married her High
School Sweetheart, Rich-
ard (Dick) Nye Whitmore
Dec. 28, 1958. On July 9,
1958, they welcomed their
first daughter Kaye Lynn
and, on April 23, 1962,
they welcomed their sec-
ond daughter, Jacqueline
(Jacquie) Rae.
Barbara worked at West-
ern Lane Hospital and
Peace Health Hospital in
Florence, Ore., retiring in
1995.
Barbara enjoyed her pro-
fession as a nurse and had
a passion for helping the ill
and delivering babies. She
loved working with all her
co-workers; they were a
second family to her.
Barbara was a kind and
compassionate person and
most of all she loved be-
ing a mother, grandmother
and a beloved wife.
Barbara had many tal-
ents and enjoyed sewing,
cross stitch and beading.
Barbara was an avid Ore-
gon State fan; she enjoyed
attending college football
games and collecting Bea-
ver memorabilia.
She loved camping with
family and friends, fishing,
reading, visiting with her
classmates and caring for
her dogs and plants.
Barbara was preceded
in death by her husband,
Richard Nye Whitmore, in
2012.
She is survived by her
daughters: Kaye Lynn
Whitmore-Hunt of Gil-
lette, WY, and Jacqueline
(Jacquie) Rae Hodges of
Albany, Ore.; sons- in-law
Joe Hodges of Albany, Ore.,
and Randy D. Hunt of Gil-
lette, WY; her grandchil-
dren: Kelsie Renee’ Packe-
bush of Tucson, Ariz.,
Brenton (Brent) Ryan
Packebush of Bend, Ore.,
and spouse Nathalie, Roc
Richard Hodges and Hol-
land Joe Hodges of Alba-
ny, Ore., Kristopher James
Hunt of Silverdale, Wash.,
and Kyle Andrew Hunt of
Dickson, Tenn.
A family graveside ser-
vice will be held summer
2021 in Florence, Ore.
In lieu of flowers, do-
nations can be sent to the
Western Lane Foundation
Scholarship Fund — one
of Dick and Barb’s favorite
contributions for Siuslaw
High School student’s col-
lege education in Flor-
ence.
Burns’s Riverside Chap-
el Florence Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange-
ments.
WA M P L E R- B U S S —
Margaret Lucille Wampler
Buss passed away Nov. 24,
2020.
Marge was Born Oct. 17,
1922 at home in Wheeler,
Ore., to
Lewis S.
Wampler
and Iva
(Gantz)
Wampler,
Marga-
ret was
the sixth
Margaret
of eight
Buss
children.
A
t
age 8, Marge moved with
her family to a land grant
homestead south of Flor-
ence. Their homestead
spanned from Highway
101 to the Pacific Ocean.
She attended elementa-
ry school at Westlake and
Gardiner High School.
She graduated from Siu-
Early morning fire destroys apartment in 4-plex
On Thursday morning,
Dec. 3, at 1:55 a.m., emer-
gency responders from
Siuslaw Valley Fire & Res-
cue (SVFR) and Western
Lane Ambulance District
(WLAD) responded to
multiple calls of a struc-
ture fire at 2390 Oak St.,
directly east of Siuslaw
Middle School.
The apartment fire was
within a 4-plex unit of
multi-family residences.
Florence Police Depart-
ment officers were first on
scene and assisted in evac-
uating the adjoining units
to the one which had be-
come fully involved.
Given that the address
was only a few blocks from
the main fire station, and
under the new 24/7 sched-
uling, three firefighters on
duty at the station arrived
within a few minutes and
began an immediate exte-
rior fire attack.
The initial crew was able
to prevent the fire’s spread
to any adjacent units.
Within minutes, ap-
proximately 20 fire and
EMS personnel were on
scene and able to keep the
fire contained within the
first apartment, leaving
only some minor smoke
and water damage to the
other three apartments.
No injuries of residents
or responders were report-
ed.
The investigation into
the cause of the fire was
ongoing as of press time
Friday.
CONGRATULATIONS
slaw High School in 1941.
Marge married Leslie
Walter Buss in Eugene on
Nov. 2, 1944. They had two
children, Sharon and Les
(Butch).
Marge was a great mom.
She was a homemaker and
loved her extensive family.
She also loved playing table
tennis, bocce ball, pinoch-
le, reading, birdwatching,
gardening and she was a
diehard Portland Trailblaz-
ers fan.
Marge bowled for several
years on a team and made
many friends at Holiday
Bowl.
She brought smiles to
many drivers as she walked
along Clear Lake Road for
exercise into her 80s.
Marge’s favorite time of
year was spring into sum-
mer, when all of her rhodo-
dendrons, azaleas and pur-
ple petunias were in bloom.
She is survived by her
daughter, Sharon (Steve)
Hager of Albany; Stepson,
Calvin (Gloria) Buss of
Swisshome; her brother Rex
Wampler of Florence; four
grandchildren:
Mindie,
Matt, Angela and Antho-
ny; 13 great-grandchildren;
several step-grandchildren
and great-grandchildren;
and one great-great-grand-
child, many nieces, neph-
ews and friends.
Marge was preceded in
death by her husband, Les-
lie; her son, Leslie Dean
(Butch); her parents; her
brothers Bob, Thornton,
Everett, Ray, William and
Floyd; and her sister, Doris
Pifer.
She was a beloved daugh-
ter, sister, wife, and mother.
She lived a long and happy
life and will be remem-
bered and missed.
Her
family
thanks
Northwest Memory Care
for making her last months
so comfortable and pleas-
ant.
There are no services
planned at this time. In-
terment will be at Florence
Masonic Cemetery.
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for
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YEARS
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Thirty years ago Calista Cates began
working part time at Coast Radio. Three decades
later, yes that’s 30 years, Calista now performs a
long list of management duties for two radio
stations KCST & KCFM. You may hear Calista on the
air but she also leads our efforts in programming
and operations. She handles several advertising
accounts for the station, schedules air staff and is
a wizard at production. Calista is retiring in
February and although she can’t be replaced, our
challenge is trying to fill her position here at Coast
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Giveaway needs the support
of our generous community,
now more then ever!
Soroptimist normally prepares for
400 to 425 households but this year
it will be much closer to 500 families.
We need your support
and donations urgently!
Mail tax deductible
donations for the
Community Christmas
Basket Project
to
Soroptimist International
of Florence
PO Box 1209
Florence OR 97439.
You can also contact
Carol Bennett at
541-991-3455 or
dumplady@hotmail.com.