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OBITUARIES
NAVETTA—Suzanne
Marie Navetta passed away
peacefully Oct. 3, 2020 at
the age of 84.
Susie was born Oct. 27,
1935 to Wallace and Ila
Sowins in Los Angeles, Ca-
lif.
S h e
grew up in
southern
California
where she
met
her
husband,
Andreá
Suzanne ( A n d y )
Navetta
Navetta.
Togeth-
er, they raised six children
and built their family busi-
ness, Nucon Industries.
After
returning
to
school, Susie became pro-
fessional kitchen designer
for Sears.
Andy passed away in
October of 1985 and in
the following years Susie
sought to live closer to her
family in Oregon. She vis-
ited Woahink Lake for the
first time in the early 90s.
Captivated by its beauty,
she said, "Let's live here."
Once settled in her lake-
side home, Susie was pas-
sionate to serve her com-
munity. She became a vocal
advocate to protect the lake
watershed and ecosystem.
Susie was an original
founder of the Woahink
Lake Association, where
she sat as President for two
consecutive terms until
2012, earning her title as
"Lady of the Lake."
Susie was elected as a
City Council Member for
Dunes City for two sepa-
rate terms, serving a total
of eight years. Volunteer-
ism was at the heart of Su-
sie's core.
She was engaged in many
organizations and projects
which included, Florence
Garden Club, Peace Har-
bor Hospital Auxiliary,
Planning Commission, Site
Review Committee, Tree
Ordinance
Committee,
Water Systems Committee,
Communication Commit-
tee, Taskforce for Identify-
ing Wetlands, and founded
Festival of the Lakes.
In 2010, she drafted
the first septic ordinance
passed in the state of Ore-
gon.
Susie had a green thumb
and loved to travel. She was
a lifelong patron of the arts
with a fondness for dance
and musical theater. Su-
sie had a deeply generous
heart. She was a lifetime
learner and enjoyed teach-
ing children to be critical
thinkers.
Susie was a proud Amer-
ican patriot. She held fast
to her beliefs and her char-
acter exemplified integrity,
generosity, and courage.
Susie was preceded in
death by her parents, Wal-
lace and Ila Sowins; broth-
ers: Richard Sowins, Alexis
Sowins and her beloved
brother David Sowins; hus-
band, Andy Navetta; son,
Frank Navetta, and her
partner, Ralph Farnsworth.
Susie is survived by her
brother, Robert Sowins; her
children, Marie Navetta,
Mike Navetta, Joe Navetta,
Annie Navetta and Bar-
bie Navetta Madden; her
16 grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren.
Memorial services have
not yet been held. An-
nouncement of services
will be made at a later date.
RUEDE—JaNel Wakeen
LaVerne Ruede passed
away May 10, 2021, at the
age of 47.
She was beautiful, funny,
loyal and
confident
with a dev-
ilish smile
and mis-
chievous
sense of hu-
mor.
Her de-
votion and
JaNel
love for her
Ruede
friends and
family will
be forever
missed.
Janel was born Aug. 17,
1973 in Florence, Ore., to
Bud and Pam Wilkins. Her
childhood was filled with
fun and adventure that
she shared with her four
younger siblings.
Being the oldest of five,
she felt a responsibility
to make sure her siblings
knew she was the one in
charge and until the end
this never changed. She
was the boss and everyone
knew it whether anyone
wanted to admit it or not.
Janel graduated from
Siuslaw High School in
1991 and went to beauty
school shortly after. She
enjoyed being a hairstylist
until she was forced to re-
tire in 2003.
On Dec. 14, 1996, Janel
married the love of her
life, Erick Ruede, and had a
beautiful daughter, Andrai-
son Leigh Ruede; she loved
both unconditionally and
selflessly devoted her life to
them.
Janel was brave, fear-
less and bold with a well-
known, quick temper,
unique laugh and a big
bright teasing smile that
would light up your day.
Janel was diagnosed with
MJD in 1997 and, despite
the terrifying prognosis,
she faced the disease with
unparalleled strength and
bravery.
Her strength, determina-
tion and her love for Erick
kept her right next to his
side. Erick's love and devo-
tion for JaNel made them
inseparable until the very
end.
In her last days, she was
at home surrounded by the
love of her family, Erick and
Andraison, her brothers
Kiha and Judiah Wilkins,
her sisters Chienne Wil-
son and Teola Hinds and
their families, and her two
besties, Ricki Riggs Roe-
men and Kay Chapman
Cooper — which, as in
most things, is exactly how
she wanted it!
She will be forever
missed and her memories
never forgotten
Burns's Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Oregon adjusts guidelines for mask-wearing indoors, outdoors
SALEM — the Oregon
Health Authority (OHA)
has released updated
guidance about mask and
physical distancing re-
quirements for individuals
fully vaccinated against
COVID-19. Under the
updated guidance, people
who are fully vaccinated
will no longer be required
to wear a mask in-doors,
in most public settings
where vaccination status is
checked.
In public settings where
vaccination status is not
checked, masks will still be
required.
Finally, businesses and
venue operators remain
free to establish their own,
more restrictive policies
regarding mask usage.
In addition to exempt-
ing people who are fully
vaccinated from mask re-
quirements in most in-
door settings, OHA health
experts announced that
mask requirements no lon-
ger apply to anyone who is
outdoors.
However, OHA recom-
mends that individuals
continue to wear a mask
or face covering in crowd-
ed areas and large gath-
erings (such as sporting
events), and to maintain
physical distance as much
as possible. OHA urges
unvaccinated individuals
and those at risk for com-
plications to wear masks in
these settings.
The new guidance comes
after the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Pre-
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announced that individu-
als who are fully vaccinated
against COVID-19 could
stop wearing masks and
stop physical distancing in
most public spaces.
Oregon’s Governor Kate
Brown pointed to the CDC
announcement as “another
sign that as more people
become fully vaccinated,
the closer we are to ending
this pandemic.”
OHA Director Patrick
Allen said, “Masks contin-
ue to save lives and protect
people who are not vacci-
nated. However, last week’s
announcement from the
CDC emphasizes the
point that safe and effec-
tive vaccines are the very
best way to protect people
from getting and spreading
COVID.” He added, “That’s
why it’s safer for life to look
more like normal for peo-
ple who are fully vaccinat-
ed. And why people who
haven’t had a chance to get
vaccinated should do so as
soon as they can.”
The new Oregon guid-
ance says:
• Individuals in Oregon
are no longer required to
wear a face mask or phys-
ically distance, whether
indoors or outdoors, two
weeks after their final
COVID-19
vaccination
dose. A “fully vaccinated
individual” is a person who
has received both doses
of a two-dose COVID-19
vaccine or one dose of a
single-dose vaccine and at
least 14 days have passed
since the individual’s final
dose of COVID-19 vac-
cine.
• However, fully vacci-
nated individuals are re-
quired to continue wear-
ing a mask and observe
physical distancing on
public transportation and
in schools, hospitals and
clinics, homeless shelters,
NAMIWalks Lane County 2021
is coming May 22nd and this year
we are celebrating virtually!
NAMIWalks will be a little different —
while making a lot of difference.
It is going to be “your way,” and
we will prove our resilience by
stretching our limits anew and
making the event our own.
The mission of NAMI Lane County
is to improve the quality of life for
individuals living with mental health conditions
and their friends, families,
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youth and adult correc-
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term care facilities.
• Businesses, employers
and faith institutions can
choose to no longer require
masks and physical dis-
tancing for fully vaccinated
individuals or continue to
require masks and physi-
cal distancing in their lo-
cations for all individuals,
regardless of vaccination
status.
• If a business, employer
or faith institution chooses
to no longer require masks
and physical distancing,
the business, employer or
faith institution must re-
quire visitors to show proof
of vaccination and review
the proof of vaccination. In
that case, a business would
need to have a policy for
checking the vaccination
status of customers and
employees if they are not
wearing masks.
Fully vaccinated individ-
uals would need to provide
proof they’d been vaccinat-
ed if they want to remove
face coverings and not ob-
serve physical distancing
guidelines.
In addition, state health
experts announced that
face coverings are no lon-
ger required outdoors
(regardless of vaccination
status).
OHA strongly recom-
mends that people who are
not vaccinated and people
who are at high risk of se-
vere COVID-19 disease
continue to wear face cov-
erings and physically dis-
tance in outdoor crowded
areas and large gatherings.
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