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2A | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS On The Record OBITUARIES Mc C R A RY — Jo a n “Joanie” Marie (Cline) McCrary of Florence, Ore., died on May 12, 2021. She was born on June 7, 1939, to John Russell and Mari- an Alice (Franklin) Cline of Denver, Colo. Joanie passed away peacefully under the excellent care of her husband, Peace Health Hospice and New Friends staff. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Ron- ald Eugene McCrary of Florence, Ore.; her daugh- ter and son-in-law Kath- ryn Hope and Paul Wilken and grandchildren Josh- ua and Emily Wilken of Carlsbad California; her daughter and son-in-law Margaret Alice and Man- Extreme drought declared for Lane County preet Singh and grandchil- dren Jemesu and Eyerusa- lem Picone of Jacksonville, Fla.; her brother and sis- ter-in-law William Rich- ard and Ruth (Harwood) Cline of Bethesda, Md.; her cousin and her hus- band Kathy (Cline) and Donald Shayler of Palm Desert, Calif.; her cousin and his wife Ronald Rich- ard and Cecilia M. (Wolf) Franklin of Lakewood, Colo.; her nieces Robin McCrary of Findlay, Ohio; Alison (Cline) Earles of Atlanta, Ga.; and Marian (Cline) LeGrelle of Ran- giora, New Zealand. Joan lived with her par- ents and brother in Wheat Ridge, Colo., where she graduated from Wheat The Lane County Board of Com- missioners voted to declare a local emergency regarding the extreme drought conditions found through- out much of Lane County and ex- pected to last into the summer. “Extreme drought conditions ex- ist across Oregon and Lane County is experiencing a mix of extreme drought in the Cascade Foothills and severe drought nearly everywhere else,” said Lane County Emergency to be with Ridge High her parents School in and recover 1957. She at- from a bout tended Col- with cancer orado State when she was University in only 25. Af- Fort Collins. ter recovery, While at Joan entered CSU, she the Univer- became a sity of Wyo- pledge of ming at Lara- Kappa Kappa Joanie Marie mie, Wyo. Gamma. McCrary Shortly af- Many of her sorority sisters became ter her recovery, she met life-long friends and an her husband at North important support sys- Presbyterian Church in tem for her over the years. Denver in 1968. They After graduation in 1961, were married on June her first professional po- 15, 1969. During the first sition was with Forest months of their marriage, Grove Union High School Joanie was working full time teaching “drop-outs” in Oregon. She returned to Denver from the Denver School Manager Patence Winningham. “This declaration will open up a host of tools and resources to water right users in Lane County such as farmers, agriculture, and businesses that may be affected by surface water rights.” The local emergency declaration also requests the Oregon Office of Emergency Management to recom- mend adding Lane County to the state’s emergency declaration un- District and working on her thesis for her master’s degree at the University of Wyoming. In the sum- mer of 1970, Joan and Ron traveled to Laramie where Joanie successfully defended her thesis and received her master’s de- gree in American Stud- ies. All of this took place while she was carrying their first child, Kathryn Hope McCrary, who was born shortly afterwards on Aug. 5, 1970. They lived in Lake- wood, Colo., for 32 years. As they approached retirement age, Joanie longed to return to the coast of Oregon and they moved to Florence in 2002. She was active in der ORS 536 and to direct the Ore- gon Water Resources Department (OWRD) to make available tempo- rary transfers of water rights, emer- gency water use permits, and use of existing right options and agree- ments. The OWRD maintains a drought website that provides the status of current the Presbyterian Church Choir and the Florence Community Chorus. She met some of her closest friends through the two organizations and those relationships continued until her passing. Joan just loved the weather and beautiful vegetation on the Oregon coast and settled into her last years in comfort and reflection. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, July 3, at 2 p.m. at the Pres- byterian Church of the Siuslaw at 3996 Highway 101 in Florence, Ore. For information, phone 541- 997-7136. Reception and refreshments to follow. Peace to you all. water conditions and state drought declarations, as well as information on what you can do to use water wisely. For more info, visit www. oregon.gov/OWRD/programs/ climate/droughtwatch. 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