2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL May 27, 2015
IN MEMORIAM
Arline Black
1950-2015
Arline Black, 64, of Corval-
lis, formerly of Cottage Grove,
passed away May 13, 2015 of a
heart attack.
She was born Nov. 22, 1950
in Seattle,
Wash.
She at-
tended Lane
Communi-
ty College
for
four
years. Ar-
line served
as a denturist in the military and
in civilian life.
Survivors include her two
brothers, Danny Jones of Sac-
ramento, Calif. and Stan Jones
of Spokane, Wash., a nephew,
Chris Jones of Sacramento, Ca-
lif. and a niece, Valarie Ohlson
of Sheridan, Ore.
She was preceded in death by
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a son and her parents.
Arline requested her body be
donated to scientifi c research.
A memorial is planned for a
later date. Those seekin more
information may call Fayrene
Barkemeyer at 541-942-8081.
Arrangements under the care of
McHenry Funeral Home, Cor-
vallis.
Memorial Notice
Brian E. ‘Heavy B’ Shurley,
54, of Cottage Grove, died May
18. A celebration of life will
be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 30,
at the disc golf course at 1700
North Douglas Avenue in Cot-
tage Grove. Arrangements by
Andreason’s Cremation & Buri-
al Service in Springfi eld.
Earl Arnold
Jacob, Sr.
1941-2015
Earl Arnold Jacob, Sr., 74,
of Drain, Oregon passed away
May 18, 2015.
He was born in Cottage Grove
on Jan. 15,
1941
to
John and
Naomi (Ev-
ans) Jacob.
On Au-
gust
21,
1959
in
Drain, he
and Elizabeth Alsup were mar-
ried.
Earl worked for Weyerhaeus-
er for 40 years. He enjoyed
woodworking, making boxes
and footstools. He loved tools
and had hard time passing up a
new tool. He enjoyed helping
his son-in-law work in his mill.
He was very familiar with wood.
Earl would always be there for
anyone who needed help.
He was a member of First
Baptist Church in Eugene.
Survivors include his wife of
Drain, three sons, Earl Jacob,
Jr. and wife Doraine of Phoe-
nix, Arizona, Courtney Jacob of
Roseburg and Maxwell Jacob
of Drain, a daughter, Gina Nash
and husband Nathan of Drain,
two brothers, Lynn Jacob and
wife Toianna and Paul Jacob
and wife Sally, all of LaHabra,
Calif., two sisters, Janice Blue
of Katy, Texas and Miriam Tie-
deman of Tigard, Oregon, and
four grandchildren.
A memorial will be held
Tuesday, May 26 at 3 p.m. at
the Drain Assembly of God in
Drain, Oregon. In lieu of fl ow-
ers, memorial contributions
may be made to Camp Harlow
Scholarship Fund. Arrange-
ments under the care of Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel,
Cottage Grove.
BIRTHS
S MALL WORLD
May 15, 2015
Dan Stiff (left) and Lester
Whetham have known
each other since their Boy
Scout days, and these
days they sometimes run
across each other half-
way around the world.
Here, they are pictured in
Indonesia, where Stiff has
a home. Whetham, who
divides his time between
southeast Asia and Cot-
tage Grove, said he began
exploring the continent
while employed in Saudi
Arabia as a loss preven-
tion engineer.
To Candice Clement and Justin
Cupsick of Cottage Grove, a
son.
To Trisha Hern and Colby
Finnerty of Cottage grove, a
daughter.
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LORANE
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NEWS
BY LIL THOMPSON
For the Sentinel
S
enior Recognition, which
was originally scheduled
for tonight, May 27, has been
changed to Wednesday, June 3.
The end-of-the-year awards as-
sembly has been rescheduled
from this morning to this Fri-
day, May 29 at 8:30 a.m. These
changes are due to the Crow
girls softball team qualifying for
the state championship playoff
games. Congratulations, Crow
girls!
Several members of the Crow
track-and-fi eld team also made
it to state this year too.
The spring music concert is
June 2 at 7 p.m. in the Apple-
gate gym. Lorane Grange meets
on Thursday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m.
The women will be serving pies
to the men for refreshments.
Anyone interested in signing
up for a table at the Grange or
having their home on the map
for the Lorane Community Cel-
ebration 2015 may call Lil at
541-942-5701.
Mark your calendars for Crow
graduation on Friday, June 5.
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Q. LaVae Robertson
(Nov. 11, 1932 -
May 15, 2015)
LaVae Robertson passed
away on May 15 after a brief
illness of encephalitis. Her
family & friends surrounded
her in love & prayers.
LaVae was born in
Eugene & graduated from
Creswell
High
School.
On October 21, 1951,
she married Jack Burton
Robertson of Pleasant Hill. After the birth of their children, she
received a teaching degree at the U of O. She taught elementary
school in Creswell for several years and then moved to Albany,
Oregon where she also taught. After receiving her Masters in
Administration, she became a curriculum specialist and Principal
of Oak Elementary School in Albany.
Upon retirement, LaVae received her Master’s, in Theology
at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She was a curriculum
development consultant for the Presbyterian Church USA in
Louisville, Kentucky.
Her love was her family and her friendship with God. She spent
a lifetime trying to learn more about Him, oftentimes wrestling
with Him to near exhaustion (hers, not His.) She loved a good
argument but said she and He were “the best of friends”. LaVae
always felt that her goal was to provide the opportunity for others
to be as happy and blessed as she was. Her work with Kiwanis &
Key Club, Family Relief Nursery, Creswell Presbyterian Church,
Creswell School District Curriculum, Creswell High School
ASPIRE, Middle School Building Campaign, Oregon ASCD, and
the Albany Hospital Board were just a few places where she did her
missionary work. To relax, LaVae loved camping with her family,
reading voraciously, studying, travelling over the world, writing,
and hiking in the U.S., Europe, and China. She loved to entertain
and to laugh. She loved life.
Her husband Jack, daughter Jacque Robertson, son Lonn and
daughter-in-law Lynn Robertson, survive LaVae. Her brother,
Everett Griffi th lives with his wife Phyllis in Madras, OR. Her life
continues on also in her grandchildren Nathanael, Zachary, and
Jessie Robertson as well as in her charming, great-granddaughter,
Madisen.
A memorial service will be held for LaVae at Creswell
Presbyterian Church at 75 S. 4th St. on Saturday, May 30 at 10
a.m. In lieu of fl owers, LaVae asked that contributions be made to
Creswell Presbyterian Church.
Theodore Merle Scott
March 27, 1920—May 14, 2015
“He Who Marches Out Of Step Hears Another Drum”
Theodore M. Scott, 95, died May 14, 2015 from
complications following a ire. Born March 27, 1920 to
Gertrude Mackenzie at the Salvation Army Baby home in
Portland, he was adopted by Merle and Marie Scott and
taken to Scotts Mills, a community founded by his adop-
tive ancestors. He spent much of his childhood in Culp
Creek during the Great Depression, while his father fought
to keep Scott Lumber Company solvent. Ted attended
one-room Wildwood Elementary in Culp Creek and later
boarded at Cottage Grove High, traveling home on weekends.
In 1938, Ted drove the Model A Ford he’d rebuilt to Linield College, where he
played football, ran the half-mile, graduated in philosophy and religion and married Mari-
lynn Inez Stewart, his wife for the next 53 years. He described her as a ‘cute brain’ and the
best debater the college had ever seen. Ted, however, was no debater; as a matter of fact, he
rarely talked, but he remained a philosopher throughout life—even while serving in the Air
Force during WWII, supporting his family as a science and math teacher and youth employ-
ment councilor.
At the core, Ted was an Oregon lumberman and a tinkerer, a third generation saw-
miller who lived long enough to become a creature of another century. Ted loved the great
trees, not for their indolent beauty, but for the lumber they produced. He would calculate
board feet in an uncut stand of trees more easily than most could write a sentence. Yet,
more than the trees, Ted loved the machines that took the trees—black, greasy, rusted,
every one of them.
Ted was the stuff of a Kesey novel: at times moved by some great notion, more
often choosing to ly low over the cuckoo’s nest, his soul inspired the Oregon novel, “Cele-
brate the Sinner” for which he was the primary resource. Although Ted studied religion, his
spirituality bubbled up from the world within, and as Kesey noted, “The answer is never the
answer. What’s really interesting is the mystery.”
Ted’s greatest notion and life-long passion was inventing the rotary engine. In Eu-
rope, a similar concept became known as the Wankel and was manufactured by companies,
ranging from Rolls Royce to Mazda. In 1942, after submitting his patent application for the
design, General Motors invited him to join their research team at age 22, but he declined
in order to join the war effort. In 1993, he improved his design with the Scott Roto-torque
engine, which improved combustion and decreased pollution.
Ted and Marilynn spent their irst summer in Alaska in 1959 while Ted studied
at the University in Fairbanks. Two years later, they obtained teaching jobs and moved to
Anchorage, where they remained until retirement in 1992. When Marilynn died in 1995,
Ted returned to Eugene. He married Patricia Chellin of Cottage Grove in 1996, but they later
divorced. He remained a ladies man to the end.
Ted is survived by three children: Gaynelle Nielsen, Baker City; Stuart Scott, King-
man, Arizona; and Steven Scott, Salt Lake City. He has six grandchildren: Jami Scott, Steven
Joseph Scott, Scott Nielsen, Brittany Scott, Colin Scott, Connor Scott and one great grand-
child, Chance Nielsen.
Interment will take place at the Crescent Grove Mausoleum in Tigard, next to his
wife Marilynn. No formal service is planned. A private family gathering will take place in
Culp Creek where his ashes will join those of the old Scott Lumber Company.