2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 25, 2015
Earl Sheridan Petty, 1921 - 2015
IN MEMORIAM
Steven Douglas Egger
1960-2015
Steven Douglas Egger, 55,
of
Cot-
tage Grove
p a s s e d
away Nov.
13, 2015.
He was
born Aug.
17,
1960
in
Port-
land, Ore.
to Howard
Patrick and Roila Lee (Jones)
Egger.
Steven graduated from South
Eugene High School in 1978
and attended Oregon State Uni-
versity and Lane Community
College.
He owned the Village Green
Chevron and enjoyed hunting,
fi shing and watching college
sports.
On July 14, 1990 in Creswell,
he and Jerrilyn Cabaniss were
married.
Survivors include his wife, a
brother, David Egger of Spo-
kane, Wash., and two sisters,
Carolyn Cantrell of Eugene and
Linda Blankenship of Vancou-
ver, Wash., in addition to nu-
merous nieces, nephews, cous-
BIRTHS
ins and extended family.
He was preceded in death by
his parents.
No service is planned. Memo-
rial contributions may be made
to a charity of choice. Arrange-
ments under the care of Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel,
Cottage Grove.
Malcolm Ernest East
1930 - 2015
Malcolm Ernest East passed
away Nov. 12, 2015 in Ferndale,
Wash.
He served as principal of
Culp Creek, Bohemia, and De-
light Valley schools throughout
the 70s and 80s.
Survivors include his wife
of 62 years, daughter Amanda,
sons Malcolm and David, their
wives and four grandsons.
A celebration of his life will
be held on Monday, Nov. 30,
2015 at Correll Commons in
Ferndale, Wash.
Beds for Freezing Nights activates
Nov. 13, 2015
Nov. 17, 2015
To Melissa Joy Higgins and
Richard Higgins of Cottage
Grove, a daughter.
To Katelynd Jones and Joseph
Haynes of Cottage Grove, a
son.
Cottage Grove's Beds for
Freezing Nights warming
center will be open Tuesday,
Nov. 24 and Wednesday, Nov.
25 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. at
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic Church located at
1025 N. 19th Street in Cot-
tage Grove. The shelter will
remain open on consecutive
evenings after Nov. 25 IF
the overnight temperature is
predicted to be 29 degrees or
less.
Discover real joy in
your daily journey
B
ack in the 1970s, I used
to bowl on Friday nights.
I remember one night when
I wasn’t doing very well and
I heard the Lord speak to my
heart, “Ask Me to help you
bowl.” I immediately thought, I
can’t ask You to help me bowl!
But I went ahead and prayed,
“Okay, Lord, please help me
bowl better.” And He did!
I remember this experience
so clearly because it was a great
eye-opener that made me real-
ize God cares about every part
of our lives, and He wants to be
involved in everything we do.
John 10:10 (AMP) says, “The
thief comes only in order to steal
and kill and destroy. I came that
they may have and enjoy life,
and have it in abundance (to
the full, till it overfl ows).” Jesus
died so we can have life—not
just a barely-get-by, “I’m hang-
ing on till Jesus comes back”
existence.
God wants each of us to have
a deep, intimate, personal rela-
tionship with Him so we can en-
joy our everyday lives and learn
how to “do life” with Him. This
means we do every single thing
in our daily life with and for
God. And when we realize we
are just as close to Him at home
doing laundry or at the grocery
store as we are at church or dur-
ing our time in prayer, then we
are serving Him in everything
we do.
meant I had to learn how to
balance my priorities so that
my relationship with God is al-
ways fi rst, and then everything
else follows. This includes my
relationships with family and
friends, along with work and
taking time to relax.
It’s not wrong to work hard,
and I like to work. But if I don’t
make time to rest and just have
fun, it won’t take long for me to
get out of balance and lose my
joy.
Turn the ordinary into the
extraordinary
So much of life can become
a mundane routine that we only
really enjoy it when we do
something out of the ordinary,
like go on vacation, go to a spe-
cial event or do something ex-
citing, like shop for a new dress.
And many people have a “work-
ing for the weekend” mentality.
But this type of enjoyment is
based on emotional excitement,
not the joy God gives.
The joy of the Lord is much
greater than simply feeling hap-
py. It brings peace and content-
ment to your soul, even when
your circumstances are diffi cult
and it doesn’t make any sense.
Nehemiah 8:10 says, “The joy
of the Lord is your strength.”
This kind of joy makes the
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday routine en-
joyable. And since most of life
is Monday through Friday, we
need to enjoy it!
The world can’t give it to
you
In John 15:11, Jesus says, “I
have told you this so that my joy
may be in you and that your joy
may be complete.” The Ampli-
fi ed translation says “that your
joy and gladness may be of
full measure and complete and
overfl owing.” In the ten verses
leading up to this one, Jesus is
talking about abiding in Him,
because that’s the key to living
with His joy.
Abiding means “to live, dwell
and remain in”; it’s not just
visiting once a week at church.
It’s having a personal relation-
ship with Christ, being one with
Him and doing life together.
The truth is apart from Jesus,
we can do nothing of real value,
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John Carl Walter
1954-2015
John Walter, 61 of Cottage Grove,
OR passed away on November 17, 2015
from complications of cancer.
John
attended school in Cottage Grove where
he graduated in 1971. On June 26, 1982
he married his best friend and the love of
his life Kris Couturier.
John worked in the logging industry
for 42 years. He was an equipment
operator for Heath Logging for 17 years
and then a shovel operator for Rose Logging out of Dexter for the
past 12 years. John loved spending time with his three boys; Micah,
Jonah and Justin, they enjoyed hunting, fi shing and just being
together. He loved being surrounded by his six grandchildren and
two lovely daughter-in-laws; Jessica and Anna, his in-laws; Rip and
Pat Couturier and the best dog ever, Gunner. John was a family man
who often had people over for barbecues where he enjoyed watching
his nieces and nephews play and teach them sports. His favorite
things to do were to get a big game of volleyball going and then load
the boat up to take the kids to the lake for a day of tubing and skiing.
His family brought much joy to his life. John was blessed with
four sisters, Cheri Fisher, Vickie Link, Maryann Carras and Kathy
Rinecker who spoiled their brother very much. He was preceded
in death by his parents Lee and Helen Sondenaa and brother Snook
Walter. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday,
November 28, 2015 at Riverside Community Church of God, 1255
S. River Rd., Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Arrangements by Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel, Cottage Grove, OR.
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It’s all about balance
The fi rst several years I was
in ministry, I didn’t enjoy it. I
worked too much and was too
concerned about what others
thought about me. I had a ten-
dency to be this way because
growing up, it seemed that the
more I worked and the more I
accomplished, the happier peo-
ple were with me. Over time I
became a fi rst-rate workaholic.
It took me awhile to real-
ize that “all work and no play”
is not healthy, and God wants
me to have abundant life. This
but with Him, we can bear much
good fruit (John 15:5).
God wants to abide with you
every day, all throughout the
day. He doesn’t just want you to
seek Him when you go to church
or when you’re desperate. His
desire is to have a personal re-
lationship with you, so you can
experience His presence in ev-
erything you do. That’s when
your everyday life is really en-
joyable!
Earl Sheridan Petty was born June 29, 1921 to Mamie and
Riley Petty in Goshen Oregon, and died November 6, 2015 in
Springfi eld, Oregon, of natural causes. Earl was married to Hilda
Mae DeBerry Petty for more than 60 years. Hilda preceded him in
death in 2006. Earl served in the Army during WW II. He worked
for Georgia Pacifi c and Lane County as a heavy equipment
operator, and farmed most of his life raising beef, hay, cherries and
berries. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Shriners Club,
Eastern Star, Grange and Creswell Presbyterian Church. Earl is
survived by his four children; Stephen, John, Merline (Smith)
of Oregon and, Frank of Colorado. He has 7 grandchildren and
numerous great grandchildren. He is also survived by his brother,
Joseph of Washington State. A Celebration of Life will be held
November 30th at 2 pm at Creswell Presbyterian Church 75 S 4th
Street Creswell, Oregon.
Arrangements entrusted to Musgrove Family Mortuary.
Please access the obituary and you are invited to sign the
guestbook at musgroves.com
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