2A | SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS
On The Record
OBITUARIES
GRAY—Hazel Gray, 87
of Florence, Ore., passed
away peacefully at her
home surrounded by her
loving family on March 10,
2021.
Hazel was born Jan. 19,
1934, in Gobel, Ore., to
Grace (Armstrong) and
Wa lt e r
Fowler.
Hazel
was a lov-
ing wife,
m ot h e r,
grand-
m ot h e r,
and friend.
Hazel Gray
She loved
her family
above all else and enjoyed
building special memories
with each of them. She was
happiest in the outdoors
and treasured her nature
walks and gardening.
She looked forward to
her summer kayak adven-
tures well into her 80s! She
will be remembered for her
kid, generous and loving
heart, as well as her won-
derful mischievous sense
of humor.
She was employed by
Murphy Company as an
office manager for many
years.
Hazel married Leslie
Gray, May 27, 1961. To-
gether they enjoyed many
travels, camping, excur-
sions and family adven-
tures. They loved a com-
petitive game of marbles.
She is preceded in death
by her parents, brother,
three grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
She is survived by her
loving husband of almost
60 years; children Linda
Gray, Arnie (Rita) Gray,
Brian Chapman (Tess
Mae), Valerie Rowlands,
Jan Andrade (Darrel),
Cathy Leben, Kenneth Gray
(Pat); 21 grandchildren, 36
great-grandchildren, sev-
en great-great-grandchil-
dren, as well as her loving
caregiver and companion,
Deborah Brookhart.
A celebration of Life is
planned for a later date.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
JAMES—Russell (Russ)
Martin James, 94, passed
away March 8, 2021, after a
short illness.
Russ was a loving son,
husband, father, grandfa-
ther, great-grandfather, fa-
ther-in-law and friend of
many.
He was born Jan. 7,
1927, in Portland, Ore., to
parents Juanita May Mar-
tin
and
George
Russell
James.
Raised as
an
only
child with
a
single
m o t h e r,
Russell
Russ and
James
Juanita
moved to
Roseville, Calif., in 1931
and then to Sacramento,
Calif., in 1935.
Before graduating from
Sacramento High School,
Russ applied for appoint-
ment to the U.S. Merchant
Marines. After gradua-
tion, he attended the Kings
Point Maritime Academy
in California. He was then
officially appointed as Ca-
det Midshipman of the U.S.
Merchant Marine Reserves
and the U.S. Naval Re-
serves and was assigned to
a new ship: The SS Xavier
Victory.
Russ served in WWII’s
Pacific War zone, spending
time in Pearl Harbor, the
Philippines, New Caledo-
nia, Japan and Shanghai,
China. Russ left the Mer-
chant Marines with an
Honorable Discharge in
1946.
Upon his return to Sacra-
mento, Russ met the love of
his life, Patsy (Pat) Braun.
After a two-year court-
ship, Russ and Pat married
in Mill Valley, Calif., and
honeymooned in San Fran-
cisco. During their time in
Sacramento, they were very
active in the Twenty-Thirty
Club and loved to entertain
friends in their infamous
“Bat Attic.”
In 1958, Russ took a pro-
motion with the Mel-Wil-
liams Co. (a company he
would eventually own) in
San Francisco and moved
the family to Fremont, Ca-
lif.
In the community, Russ
was active in the Presbyte-
rian Church and a found-
ing member of the Fre-
mont Sailing Club.
Russ was a very suc-
cessful salesman, winning
many awards during his
career. Often, these awards
included travel for he and
Pat, taking them to places
like Australia, New Zea-
land, Scotland, England,
Mexico and the Caribbean.
Family was everything
and Russ ensured that the
family took many trips
together, including annu-
al trips to Carmel, Calif.,
and house-boating on Lake
Shasta and the Delta where
he taught all his children to
fish. He loved family days
at the beach, tide-pooling
with his kids until every-
one was wet.
After selling Mel-Wil-
liams in the 1980s, Russ
and Pat moved back to
Sacramento, where he was
a vice-president at Sierra
Spring Water until he re-
tired in 1994.
They then moved to
Florence, Ore.
Russ loved the Florence
community. He was very
active with the Presbyteri-
an Church and Habitat for
Humanity, publishing their
newsletter for many years.
Russ loved to write, paint,
travel and golf.
Russ spent the last three
years at Shorewood Senior
Living, where he main-
tained many friendships.
He was always there with
a shoulder for those that
needed it, or to brighten
their day with his quick
wit.
Russ is preceded in death
by his wife, Pat James; and
his son, Marty James.
Russ is survived by his
son, Mickey James; daugh-
ters, Pam James and Tracy
Ricketts;
grandchildren:
Christopher James and
CarlaRae James Arneson;
and great-grandson, Levi
James Arneson.
State, federal income tax filing, payment deadlines extended to May 17
The Oregon Department
of Revenue is joining the
IRS and automatically ex-
tending the income tax fil-
ing due date for individuals
for the 2020 tax year from
April 15, 2021, to May 17.
Both the IRS and the
Oregon Department of
Revenue will be providing
additional guidance in the
coming days.
Individual taxpayers can
also postpone state income
tax payments for the 2020
tax year due on April 15 to
May 17 without penalties
and interest, regardless of
the amount owed.
This postponement ap-
plies to individual taxpay-
ers, including individuals
who pay self-employment
tax.
Penalties and interest will
begin to accrue on any re-
maining unpaid balances
as of May 18. Individual
taxpayers will automatically
avoid interest and penalties
on the taxes paid by May 17.
Individual taxpayers do
not need to file any forms
or call the Department of
Revenue to qualify for this
automatic tax filing and
payment relief.
Individual taxpayers who
need additional time to file
beyond the May 17 deadline
can request a filing exten-
sion until Oct. 15 by filing
federal Form 4868 through
their tax professional or tax
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Free File link on IRS.gov.
Oregon recognizes a tax-
payer’s federal extension.
An extension to file is not
an extension to pay. Addi-
tional extension informa-
tion is available on the Rev-
enue website.
To get tax forms, check
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or make tax payments, vis-
it www.oregon.gov/dor or
email questions.dor@ore
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People also can call 800-
356-4222 toll-free from an
Oregon prefix (English or
Spanish) or 503-378-4988
in Salem and outside Or-
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City of Florence to host Yard Debris Disposal Days each month through October
The City of Florence’s
Yard Debris Disposal Day
returns again in March and
will take place through Oc-
tober as weather permits.
Bring your yard debris
to the Kingwood entrance
of the Florence Municipal
Airport, Kingwood and
27th streets, from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. on collection days.
Collection days will be
the third Saturday of each
month, with the exception
of May when Yard Debris
Collection Day is moved to
May.
Disposal costs are $11
for a standard pickup truck
load or small utility trailer
(single axle) or less; $16 for
a medium utility trailer (10-
12 feet in length); and $21
for a large utility trailer (12-
18 feet).
Over 20 cubic yards is
$21 plus $5 for each addi-
tional cubic yard.
Please bring cash for pay-
ment.
Scotch broom cannot be
accepted after the June col-
lection date due to the pos-
sible spread of seeds during
transport to the disposal
site.
This collection is for
tree clippings, leaves, grass
clippings, weeds, prunings,
brush, etc.
People are asked to not
bring food and household
waste, animal waste, plas-
tics, construction debris,
hazardous waste, etc.
2021 Collection Dates are
generally the third Saturday
of every month:
• March 20
• April 24
• May 8
• June 19
• July 17
• August 21
• September 18
• October 16
For more information,
visit www.ci.florence.or.us/
publicworks/2021-yard-de-
bris-disposal-days.
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