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About The Siuslaw news. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1960-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 2021)
2A | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS On The Record OBITUARY KLENKE—Ralph (Buck) Oscar Klenke passed away November 18, 2021 at the age of 96. He had been a resident at Shorewood Se- nior Living in Florence, Ore., for over 9 years. Buck was born on De- cember 25, 1924, in Allen- ville, Wis. He grew up on his family’s farm there. Buck graduated from the eighth grade and, af- ter graduation, he worked a short period of time on the farm. He was then em- ployed at a screw manu- facturing plant in Neenah, Wis., for about three years. His job supported the World War II effort with screws utilized in the air- craft industry. In 1945, at age 21, Buck opened a single-stall auto repair garage in Neenah. It wasn’t long before he added a second stall. The years between 1945 and 1951, Buck enjoyed riding his Harley David- son motorcycle with his buddies and made several trips, one being to Arizo- na and visiting the Grand Canyon. He made several friendships in those years that lasted all their lives. He spoke often of those years. Buck sold his motorcy- cle and, on May 5, 1951, he married Frances Adler from Neenah, where they made their home. In 1960, they adopted an infant son, William (Billy), and in 1962 they adopted another child, an infant daughter, Anne Marie. After a few years, Buck added two more stalls to his garage and was enjoy- ing the growing business. Buck looked forward to hunting and fishing most of his life. He purchased sev- eral acres of land in north- ern Wisconsin near the town of Florence, where he had a cabin. For many years he enjoyed harvesting deer and bear with his archery long bow. He nearly always filled his grouse hunting tag. Buck Klenke The local lakes offered good fishing opportunities for crappie, perch and bass. He cherished the times he spent up at his cabin with family and friends; great memories. Buck sold his garage in Neenah and moved the family to Florence, Ore., in 1979. They built a new home at Portage on the North Fork of the Siuslaw River. He worked for Berg Chevrolet in Florence for 10 years until he retired. A few years later, he sold the house on the North Fork and moved to town. Preceding him in death was his wife, Fran, who passed away February 6, 2005, following 54 years of marriage. Also, his father, Ray; his mother, Irene; his older brother, Stanley; a younger brother, Orville; another younger brother, Paul; and his son, Billy. He is survived by his daughter, Anne Marie Powers, who lives with her husband in Woodburn, Ore. He leaves behind four grandchildren as well. At the request of the fam- ily, there will be no service. Burn’s Riverside Chapel in Florence is in charge of his cremation. His request to have his ashes scattered in northern Wisconsin near his hunting cabin will be honored this coming late spring or early summer. he was 6 weeks old, he un- derwent a major surgery on his digestive system. Harold lived all his life in Oregon. For his childhood, he lived with his parents and brother Floyd on a farm with duck ponds near Alvadore. His schooling was in the Junction City district, where he gradu- ated high school in 1956. He worked and played on the farm, he enjoyed rid- ing his horse Smokey and going on many adventures. He had many aunts, uncles and cousins in the area. On April 29, 1960, Har- old married Judy Gibbons. They had three children, seven grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and their in-law children. Harold and Judy bought their first home in Ma- pleton on the river, and enjoyed it very much, but after five years of dealing with high water in win- ters they decided to buy a home up Stagecoach Road, in the Swisshome area. He so enjoyed it for almost 52 years, his memory will live on there. When the children were young, he built a moto- cross track for them to ride and practice on to prepare them for motocross racing. The two boys did the rac- ing and the whole family loved watching and being part of it. The tradition has carried on with the grand- children and great grand- children. His great joy was with his family grandkids riding his 4 wheeler and great grandkids riding with him or the cart on behind if to many of them and bounce around the track. They always loved camp- ing, swimming and fish- ing at the river. Harold would go every morning on his four wheeler to feed the chipmunks down by the river. While there, he would pick up limbs and always check his mole traps. He was quite an ex- pert at catching moles. After he quit keeping cattle or riding the horse on the property, he mowed the whole place and it al- ways looked well groomed. Harold always grew a bountiful garden and liked sharing the bounty. There is a story with many of his trees. He enjoyed hunting elk and deer, camping and fishing. He did little travel- ing, but just enjoyed being home. Harold enjoyed visiting with family, friends and complete strangers to share little history and listen to their stories. He also loved watching his family participate in sports and watching the local kids, too. He followed the U of O girls basketball team, the Pac 12 sports football and, his favorite team, U of O boys. Over the years, he worked in the woods in- dustry and then started running heavy equipment for Les and Lewy Siming- ton Logging, then he went to US Plywood and ran the log loaders for over 20 years when that job ended because of environmental issues. He worked at sever- al odd jobs then and went to False Island Alaska for Harold Duval about 8 months to work. He liked getting to see the area and enjoy the wildlife but didn’t like being away from loved ones and his home. Then he landed a job at the U.S. Forest Service where he ran heavy equip- ment and worked on fish habitat, that job ended but was able to go to BLM and worked on heavy equip- ment keeping roads up and brush control. He retired at 62. Over his life, he vol- unteered for many years on the Mapleton School District Board and Bud- get Committee, the Swiss- home Fire department and Board and in the STEP fish program for sever- al years. With STEP, he got the salmon eggs and raised fish until they were ready to release into the rivers and tributaries. Harold is survived by his wife Judy; sons and their wives Randy and Lau- rie Duval and Bruce and Kathy Duval; daughter and husband DeAnn and Randy Beers; grandsons and wives Brandon and Jessica LaChapelle, Casey and Carly, Lee and Krista, Mapleton - Estate Sale Dec. 5, 6 & 7th • 9am-5pm Call for directions: 907-617-3428 No Saturday calls please Furniture, household items, dishes, etc. Everything Goes! Cash Only. CDC guidelines apply. Fri.-Sat. 9am-3pm 4714 Sea Breeze Tools, Holiday items, Misc. house- wares, plants & vintage hot wheel sets original packaging. ...need a friend? MEET ASH POCKET PITTIE ALERT: Ash is 51 pounds of FUN! She’s a sweet, sassy and sensitive little girl with the potential to be a great family dog with older, dog- savvy kids. Her adopters need to provide consistent, patient handling and lots of positive reinforcement when she makes good choices. As with any young, athletic dog, she’ll need plenty of exercise to be her best self. Please visit our website to complete an application if you’d like to consider adding Ash to your family! DUVAL—Harold Lewis Duval passed away No- vember 14, 2021. He was born May 10, 1938, to Dorine and Lind- sey Duval at the Eugene Hospital and Clinic. When KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS Sat. 12/4 • 9am-3pm 04813 Oceana Drive Furniture, antique glassware, exercise equipment, housewares & more. Jesse and Heather Duval, Nick and Mitchell LaCha- pelle and Nova Wheeler; granddaughter and hus- band Lindsey and Esa Korkeakoski; great-grand- children Wyatt, Annalee, Jacob, Parker, Colton, Garrett, Weston, Raylee and Brooklyn Duval, Owen, Jacey and Brayden LaChapelle, and Easton and Emersyn Korkeakos- ki. He is also survived by his brothers’ daughters Heather Comstock and family and Brenda Duval and family; his wife’s sis- ters Evelyn and Bud Bitler and Linda and Kirby Mer- cer; and many cousins. Harold was proceeded in death by his parents Dorine and Lindsey Duval and brother Floyd Duval, his grandparents Ash and Annie Bailey and Marion and Maude Duval. “Harold and I made a $5 bet we would never say we hated each other; we both were not a loser we were both winners.” His memorial service will be held at Swisshome Evangelical Church, on Saturday, Dec. 11, at 1 p.m., officiated by Pastor Bryan Moore. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to may contribute to Swisshome Evangel- ical Church Benevolent Fund. A gathering and luncheon will be hosted at Randy and Laurie Du- val’s place on Stagecoach Road in their large wood heated shop. Everyone is invited who have time to stop by. 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