2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 29, 2015
IN MEMORIAM
Helen M. Green
1924-2015
Helen M. Green, 91, of Cot-
tage Grove passed away July
22, 2015.
She was born on Feb. 26,
1924 in Sc-
obey, Mont.
to
Fred
and Ester
(Gross-
eth) Holli-
day. Helen
graduated
from Nash-
ua
High
School in Montana and received
her certifi cation as a licensed
real estate agent.
She married Les Green on
March 4, 1960 in Glasgow,
Mont.
Helen loved garage sales and
collecting antiques for Granny’s
Cupboard. She and her husband
Les owned and operated Green’s
Village Market on Mosby Creek
and Row River Road from
1962-1981. Helen also worked
as a real estate agent.
She is survived by her daugh-
ter, Sharon Mast; son Alan Day
and wife Sharon; daughter Mary
Haller; son David Day; stepson
Jere Green; numerous grand-
children, great-grandchildren
and great-great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be
held at 11 a.m. on Thursday,
July 30, 2015 at Smith-Lund-
Mills Funeral Chapel, 123 S. 7th
St., Cottage Grove, OR 97424.
A Graveside inurnment will be
held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July
30, 2015 at Yoncalla Applegate
Cemetery in Yoncalla, Ore. fol-
lowed by a reception at Yoncalla
Christian Assembly Church, 195
Birch St., Yoncalla, OR 97499.
Arrangements by Smith-Lund-
Mills Funeral Chapel, Cottage
Grove. Please sign the guest
book at www.smithlundmills.
com
Daniel Wayne
Asquith, Jr.
1983-2015
Daniel Wayne Asquith, Jr.,
32, of Cottage Grove passed
away July 15, 2015.
He was born Jan. 3, 1983 in
Las
Ve-
gas, Nev.
to Daniel
Wayne As-
quith, Sr.
and Kathy
Rae
As-
quith.
He grad-
uated from
Cottage Grove High School and
received an Associate degree
from Lane Community College.
On Sept. 17, 2005 in South
Lake Tahoe, Calif., he and Anne
Willis were married.
He worked in the fi eld of auto
body and paint.
Daniel was an avid motor-
cycle enthusiast of all sorts and
enjoyed riding motorcycles
on and off-road. He also loved
spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife, his
mother, his
grandmothers,
Frances Dennis and Pat Bruni,
and two sisters, Andrea As-
quith-Ross of Temecula, Calif.
and Leah Asquith of Cottage
Grove
He was preceded in death by
his father.
A Celebration of Life was
held on July 19, 2015. Arrange-
ments under the care of Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel,
Cottage Grove.
Michael A. Owens
1949-2015
JoAnn S. Brooks
1931-2015
Michael A. Owens, 65, passed
away July 12, 2015 at the home
of his daughter in Moscow, Ida-
ho.
Michael was born Aug. 31,
1949 in Eu-
gene, Ore.
to
C.W.
and Anna
(Reidinger)
Owens. Mi-
chael grew
up in Port
Orford, Ore., where he attended
school. Following graduation
from high school, Michael en-
tered the United States Army,
serving during the Vietnam War.
Following his honorable dis-
charge, he returned to Oregon.
He married Maggie Calaway
and they had two daughters.
Michael and Maggie later di-
vorced.
He recently retired from the
City of Cottage Grove after
spending over 20 years super-
vising the wastewater treatment
plant. Upon retirement, Michael
made his home in Reedsport,
Ore.
Michael loved his family, es-
pecially his four grandchildren.
He enjoyed sailing and collect-
ing, as well as guns and am-
munition. He was a member of
the Siuslaw Rod and Gun Club
in Florence, Ore. Michael loved
the Oregon Coast and enjoyed
the time he spent there. He felt
like he belonged there.
Michael is survived by two
daughters, Holly (Jason) Hun-
singer of Moscow, Idaho and
Kathy (Jared) Ralphs of Moun-
tain Home, Idaho, a sister, Di-
ane Huey, a brother, Terry Ow-
ens and four grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by
his parents.
Kimball Funeral Home and
Crematory of Pullman, Wash.
is caring for the family. Online
condolences may be sent to
www.kimballfh.com
JoAnn S. Brooks, 84, of Cot-
tage Grove passed away July
25, 2015.
She was born May 8, 1931 in
Mount Pleasant, Utah to Har-
old and Fern (Olsen) Spencer.
She graduated from Brigham
Young High
School and
attended
two years
at Brigham
Y o u n g
University.
JoAnn was
co-owner
and man-
ager of restaurants for 14 years
in Tillamook, Oregon. She built
and ran Sud-N-Shine car wash
on Davidson Avenue in Cottage
Grove from 1993 to 2003. She
had been retired since the sale
of the car wash.
She enjoyed collecting and
refi nishing antiques, and doing
needlepoint and counted cross
stitch. She sewed clothes for
herself and others, receiving
many awards for her sewing.
She loved interior decorating.
On Sept. 12, 1953 in Tilla-
mook, she and Jack N. Orr were
married. They later divorced.
On March 17, 1991 in Cottage
Grove, she and Bob Brooks were
married. They later divorced.
Survivors include three sons,
Jim Orr of Cottage Grove, Marti
Orr of Cottage Grove and Sam
Orr of Everett, Wash., two broth-
ers, Richard Spencer of Salt
Lake City, Utah and Ron Spen-
cer and wife Pat of Maple Val-
ley, Wash., four grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren.
No service is planned. Memo-
rial contributions may be made
to LDS Church, 531 S. 10th St.,
Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Ar-
rangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
Are you content
with your life?
I
t seems there are very few
people who are consistently
content with life. It’s more com-
mon to be up and down mentally
and emotionally, depending on
what our circumstances are. So
I want to ask you: How content
are you? Are you consistently
enjoying your life?
God loves us and has a good
plan for our lives. Jeremiah
29:11 says His thoughts and
plans for us are “for welfare
and peace and not for evil, to
give you hope in your fi nal out-
come” (AMP). And John 10:10
says Jesus “came that they may
have and enjoy life, and have it
in abundance (to the full, till it
overfl ows)” (AMP).
It was such a revelation for me
when I realized that God wants
me to enjoy my life now, and
not just barely get by, hanging
on until I get to Heaven. It was
also a life-changing revelation
when I understood that my joy
and contentment don’t have to
be based on my circumstances.
In Christ, I can learn “how to
be content (satisfi ed to the point
where I am not disturbed or dis-
quieted) in whatever state I am”
(Philippians 4:11 AMP).
What does it mean to really
be content?
Being content doesn’t mean
you never want change or to
have anything else in your life.
It means you can be satisfi ed
to wait with a good attitude
for whatever God chooses to
do in your life. It means that
even when you want some-
thing to happen, you still trust
God enough to believe that if
He doesn’t give you what you
want, He has your best interest
at heart. And you’ll fi nd that
what He gives you is better than
what you thought you wanted to
begin with.
The world is full of problems,
and we all have times when
things don’t go the way we
planned. It’s so wonderful when
you get to the point that you can
be happy even when you don’t
get your way!
I’ve learned that since the
world probably isn’t going to
change, then I need to change my
approach to circumstances—my
attitude and my expectations.
And it was a great breakthrough
for me when I discovered that
God wants me to have great ex-
pectations of Him. He wants me
to put all of my hope in Him and
exercise my faith in Him to do
great things in my life.
What does God want to do
for you?
Ephesians 3:20 says that
God’s power that is working in
us “is able to [carry out His pur-
pose and] do superabundantly,
far over and above all that we
[dare] ask or think [infi nitely
beyond our highest prayers,
desires, thoughts, hopes, or
dreams]” (AMP). I love these
words: superabundantly, far
over and above ALL that we
dare to ask or think!
Please see JOYCE, Page 12A
Amber Lynn Cobiskey
July 12, 1995 – July 13, 2015
Amber Lynn Cobiskey, age 20 passed away on Monday July
13, 2015.She was born in Springfi eld, Oregon on July 12,
1995. A resident of Creswell, Oregon, she graduated from high
school in 2013. Amber enrolled and is registered in the Fed-
eral Recognized Tribe Chickasaw out of Oklahoma. She loved
animals, especially her pet rooster “Red”. Amber had many
interests, swimming, camping, hunting, fi shing, and painting.
She is survived b y her mother, Sandra Cobiskey (Grammie)
of Cottage Grove, Papa Todd, sisters; Brittany Cobiskey and
Nikkie Johnson, brothers; Andrew K. Williams and Forest Co-
biskey, aunts; Joyce Babcock and her husband Mike and son
Noah, Ronda Perkins, and Sabrina White, great uncles; Charles
Cobiskey of Saginaw, OR, Mike Cobiskey of Lowell, Oregon,
and many cousins and friends. A celebration of Amber’s life
will be held on Friday July 31, 2015 at 5:00PM in Coiner Park,
Cottage Grove. Please bring memories of her life to share with
the family. Smith Lund Mills Funeral Chapel is in charge of the
arrangements.
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Robert Peter “Pete” Christensen, Jr.
May 12, 1943-July 21, 2015
Pete Christensen, of Cottage Grove, passed away on July 21 st ,
2015. He was born in Oakland, California in 1943 where he and his
sister, Toni, were raised by their parents, Robert Peter and Louise
(Anderson) Christensen. Pete graduated from Fremont High School in
Oakland where he enjoyed writing a column in the school newspaper
about the students’ cars. He served in the National Guard from 1961 to
1967.
Pete met his wife, Diane Gouveia, while she was getting off the bus
outside the tire shop where he worked. They were married on June 6,
1964. He worked for the State of California highway maintenance, as a
lineman for PG&E and for General Motors. He enjoyed riding dirt bikes,
racing a Sportsman at Petaluma and Antioch Speedways and building
engines.
Pete and Diane moved to Cottage Grove in 1979 with their daughter,
Debbie. In Oregon, he worked as a mechanic and a truck driver until he
was injured in a truck driving accident on Christmas Eve 1985.
During this second chapter of his life, Pete enjoyed fi shing,
working on cars and reading his ever-growing stack of hot rod, VW Bug
and motocross magazines. Pete will be remembered by his family and
friends for his positive attitude, sense of humor, kind-heartedness and
devotion to his family. He loved being a grandpa and enjoyed watching
his grandson race cage karts at Cottage Grove Speedway. He was also
very excited that his granddaughter
and son-in-law are building a VW
dune buggy.
Pete will be remembered at a
memorial service and reception at
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel
on Saturday, August 1 st at 2:00
p.m. He is survived by his wife
of 51 years, Diane, his daughter,
Debbie, and son-in-law Brock
Ferguson and two grandchildren,
Jake and Rachel. In Lieu of
fl owers please donate to Cottage
Grove Humane Society.
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YVONNE R. ELLER
1929-2015
Yvonne R. Eller passed away on July 19, 2015 at 86 years
of age. Yvonne was born January 16, 1929, in Cottage Grove,
OR to Harry and Agnes (Flaherty) Stoneburg. She married
Harold S. Eller on July 7, 1949 and they resided in Cottage Grove
until 1963, when they moved to Springfi eld, OR. While living
in Springfi eld, Yvonne worked and retired from Agripac. When
Harold was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1998 they moved
back to Cottage Grove to be close to family. After Harold passed
away in 2001, Yvonne began working at Walmart as a greeter
and retired in 2010. Yvonne loved working in her fl ower gardens,
antiquing, shopping and spending time with family and friends.
Yvonne is survived by her daughters, Karen O’Neil (Bruce
Rogers), Debbie Nease (Alan), and son, Scott Eller (Catherine),
and by her sister, Betty Jeanne Deere, all of Cottage Grove. She is also survived by 5 grandchildren:
Kristen Burke (Jamie), Geoffrey Gerg (Sarah), Daniel Gerg
(Tracy), Jacob Eller (Kim) and Michael Eller, and 5 great
grandchildren, Selena Tilton, Dion Burke, Hyde Williams,
Carson Williams, Sidney Eller, and Mathew Eller. Yvonne is
also survived by her great-great grandson, Alam Booth and by
many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death are her parents, her sister Lucille,
Margaret, Alice and Lavern and her brother Vern.
A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, August 9 at
12:00 noon at Shady Oaks Nursery, 77380 Hwy 99S, Cottage
Grove.
The family would like to offer their heartfelt appreciation
to the staff and residents at Magnolia Gardens for the love and
kindness mom received during the time she lived there.