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OBITUARIES
GARRISON—Lucre-
tia Margaret Garrison
(known
to
her
friends as
Maggie)
passed
away in
Reed-
sport,
Ore., on
Lucretia
Jan. 30,
Garrison
2021.
Maggie
was born in Freemont,
Neb., in 1950 but attended
North Bend High School
in North Bend, Ore.
She was the daughter of
Edward ad Ethel Garrison
of Springfield, Ore.
She is survived by
two sisters, one broth-
er, two children, four
grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
It is well known she
loved animals more than
humans and actively sup-
ported Reedsport K-9
shelter. As a resident of
Reedsport, she enjoyed
supporting community
activities and was loved,
protected and cared for
by her many friends in the
community.
MARKLE —James
Rodn ey Markle, Jr., 67, of
Fore n c e ,
O r e . ,
b o r n
April 29,
1953, in
Yorl, Pa.,
to Halen
and James
“ J i m ”
Markle,
James
Sr., passed
Markle
away Dec.
31, 2020, at his home in
Florence.
He was married Feb. 14,
1998, to Carolyn Harvey
Markle, of Florence; she
survives him.
Jim lived in Florence
24 years. He was a grad-
uate of York High School,
where he played football
as a full-back. He also
played football in college.
Jim graduated from
York College of Pennsyl-
vania with degrees in His-
tory and Sociology.
Later, he completed his
Master’s degree in So-
cial Work there. After he
moved to Florence, he
completed his doctorate
in Human Services.
After graduation from
college, Jim took a road
trip on his motorcycle
from York, Pa., across
the United States to Ore-
gon, where he discovered
Florence — which he
thoughts was the town of
his dreams.
Eventually, he secured
employment as a case
manager of Senior and
Disabled Services in Flor-
ence. A highly educated
man, Jim also enjoyed
climbing mountains, rid-
ing his motorcycle and
jogging on the beach in
Texas when he was young.
Before he moved to
Florence, he also worked
in on oil rigs in Galveston,
Texas and in Arizona.
Jim will be missed. He
always said that his great-
est accomplishment was
staying clean and sober
for 37 years. He was ac-
tive in Alcoholics Anon-
ymous in Florence, where
he served as a leader in
that program for many
years and helped many
people.
He was also a mem-
ber of the Florence Sev-
enth-day
Adventist
Church and was baptized
there in january 1998. His
favorite Bible text was
James 5:16 — “The ef-
fectual fervent prayer of
a righteous man availeth
much.”
After battling diabetes
for many years, Jim died
fro heart and lung disease.
Jim was preceded in
death not only by his
parents James and Helen
Markle of Pennsylvania,
but also by his two sons:
Eric “Jake” Markle of Ta-
coma, Wash., and A.J.
Markle when A.J. was just
a young child.
Jim is survived by his
wife Carolyn of Florence;
stepdaughter Lela Soards
Graf and her husband
and three children, of Ho-
nolulu, Hawaii; his sister
Jennifer Markle Stouter
of Lago, Fla.,; sister Alice
Markle Twiford of Wil-
liamsburg, Va.; his broth-
er David Markle of Chica-
go, Ill.; sister-in-law Joan
Harvey Case; brother-in-
law Ronald L. Case, MD,
of Lacey, Wash.; nephews
Edward P. Case, MD, of
Olympia, Wash., and Bri-
an W. Case, MD, of Indi-
anapolis, Ind. and their
families;
sister-in-law
Betty Malm and broth-
er-in-law Donald Malm
of Springfield, Ore., and
their family; and Jake’s
widow, Courtney Markle
Buckholz, and their two
children.
Jim will always be re-
membered for his love
for his wife Carolyn; for
his love for his animals;
for his love for Jesus; and
for his care for those who
struggled with alcohol-
ism.
Burns’s Funeral Home
in Florence, Ore., is
in charge of arrange-
ments. Due to current
COVID-19 restrictions,
a Celebration of Life ser-
vice is planned for a later
date in the spring.
Repairs, partial closure continues on Highway 101 near Yachats
Beginning last Wednes-
day, Feb. 17, a section of
U.S. 101 has been closed
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and
is expected to continue
for two weeks to build a
retaining wall to shore up
a shifting portion of the
road at milepost 170.5, 2.5
miles south of Cape Per-
petua.
The closure will be be-
tween Sea Lion Caves
and Cooks Chasm, areas
that have space for larger
vehicles to turn around,
between Yachats and Flor-
ence.
Local traffic will have
access beyond the closures
on either side of the proj-
ect during the day.
Between 7 p.m. and 7
a.m., traffic will be flagged
through the project area in
the northbound lane.
Work will not be done
at night because of safety
concerns and the need for
full visibility.
Road status informa-
tion boards will be placed
on U.S. 101 at Newport,
Waldport and Florence,
and on OR 126 Flor-
ence-Eugene Highway in
Florence and Veneta.
Once the repair project
is complete, the road will
SNAP benefits offering to replace lost food
The Oregon Depart-
ment of Human Services
(ODHS) is able to replace
food purchased with
SNAP benefits if there
was a loss of food due to
the recent power outages.
Food may be replaced
for SNAP recipients who:
• Lost food due to a
power outage, home dam-
age or other misfortune
• Make a request to re-
place the food loss with-
in 10 days of the date the
food is destroyed in a
household misfortune.
• SNAP households that
lost or tossed food that
was unsafe to eat, can re-
quest SNAP replacement
benefits — but they need
to do so within 10 days of
the loss.
For example: If your
food was damaged Feb.
13, Feb. 23 would be con-
sidered the 10th day.
Replacement benefits
are not automatic.
The amount of replace-
ment benefits each SNAP
household will receive is
based on the value of the
food that was destroyed.
More information is
available online at www.
oregon.gov/dhs/ASSIS
TANCE/FOOD-BENE-
FITS/Pages/Replacement
%20-Benefits.aspx.
close completely for sever-
al days for a drill rig to be
recovered from the rocks
below.
A 200-ton crane will
block the entire road and
there will be no access
through, day or night.
Travelers should expect
closures or extended de-
lays in the area for the next
few weeks. Check Trip-
Check.com or call 5-1-1
for the current road status.
A project to repair the
section of road held in
place by a historic retain-
ing wall began Monday,
Feb. 6. That Friday, the
northern half of the wall
collapsed and an employee
of GeoStabilization Inter-
national and the drill rig
he was operating fell about
150 feet to the rocks below.
The person is recovering
from injuries sustained in
the accident.
A crack in the road was
reported in January. Mon-
itoring found that it was
becoming larger because
the containment wall was
failing and an immediate
repair was required. The
southbound lane was built
on fill, which relies on a
retaining wall to remain in
place.
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