2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL December 23, 2015
“Maria Elena”
Mary Ellin Lampe
1928-2015
IN MEMORIAM
Sandra K. Jarvis
1944-2015
Sandra “Sandy” K. Jarvis, 71,
of Dorena, passed away Dec.
12, 2015.
She was born Aug. 30, 1944
in San Bernardino, Calif. to
John and Esther (Thatcher) Eu-
banks.
She attended school in Colton,
California.
On Feb. 4, 1961 in Las Vegas,
Nev., she and Allan Jarvis were
married.
Sandy
was
em-
ployed at
San
Ber-
nardino
Commu-
nity Hos-
pital until
moving to
Oregon in
1971. She
then worked for Emerald Valley
Craftsmen as an administrative
assistant. She also worked for
the City of Cottage Grove as a
custodian.
Sandy enjoyed bowling, go-
ing out to eat and was in her ele-
ment playing bingo. She taught
Sunday School for years. She
was more than a teacher, she
was another mother to them. She
was a member of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
congregation in Cottage Grove.
Survivors include her husband
of Dorena, three sons, Allan B.
Jarvis of Creswell, Fred E. Jar-
vis of Boise, Idaho, and Michael
S. Jarvis of Dorena, three broth-
ers, Johnney (Butch) Eubanks
of Riverside, Calif., Percy Eu-
banks of San Bernardino, Ca-
lif., and Leland Eubanks of San
Bernardino, eight grandchildren
and fi ve great-grandchildren.
A funeral was held Dec. 21 at
2 p.m. at the LDS Chapel fol-
lowed by burial at Fir Grove
Cemetery in Cottage Grove.
Arrangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
Jason August
Huebner
1971-2015
Jason August Huebner, 44, of
Cottage Grove passed away Dec.
16, 2015 of injuries sustained in
an automobile accident.
He was born July 16, 1971
in Encino,
Calif.
to
Suzanne
Huebner-
Sannes
and Arthur
H u e b n e r.
He gradu-
ated from
Cottage Grove High School and
attended Lane Community Col-
lege.
Huebner worked in construc-
How do our principles about privacy
hold up in the world of corporate in-
formation gathering and government
surveillance? What are the costs and
benefi ts to living in a society where
almost everything about us is discov-
erable and discussed?
This is the focus of “A World with-
out Secrets: Privacy and Expectations
in the United States,” a free conversa-
tion with Wendy Willis on Thursday,
Jan. 7 at 6 p.m. at Hard Knocks Brew-
ery. This program is hosted by the
Opal Center with Hard Knocks Brew-
ery and sponsored by Oregon Hu-
manities.
Wendy Willis is a poet, essayist,
and national leader in civic engage-
ment and collaborative governance.
She serves as executive director of
Kitchen Table Democracy, a national
nonprofi t organization housed at Port-
land State University and devoted to
improving democratic governance.
Through the Conversation Proj-
ect, Oregon Humanities offers free
programs that engage community
members in thoughtful, challenging
LORANE
COUNTRY
NEWS
BY LIL THOMPSON
For the Sentinel
Be alert for
landslides,
debris fl ows
during intense
rainfall
W
ith fl ood watches in ef-
fect for many areas of
western Oregon and more heavy
rain expected, landslides and
debris fl ows are possible.
Track current National Weath-
er Service fl ood information
here: www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/
“Many landslides have oc-
curred during the past week
in areas across the state,” says
Bill Burns, engineering geolo-
gist at the Oregon Department
of Geology and Mineral Indus-
tries (DOGAMI). “With another
round of rainfall, it will be very
likely that we see more.”
People, structures and roads
located below steep slopes in
canyons and near the mouths of
canyons may be at serious risk.
Caution should be used when
traveling. According to DOGA-
MI, the most dangerous places
include:
Canyon bottoms, stream
channels, and areas of rock and
soil accumulation at the outlets
of canyons.
Bases of steep hillsides.
Road cuts or other areas
where slopes of hills have been
excavated or over-steepened.
Places where landslides or de-
bris fl ows have occurred in the
past. Find places where land-
slides have been mapped in the
Statewide Landslide Informa-
tion Database (SLIDO) at www.
oregongeology.org/slido
Learn more about landslides
and debris fl ows and how to
prepare for them at http://bit.ly/
landslidehazards
conversations about ideas critical to
our daily lives and our state’s future.
For more information about this free
community discussion, please con-
tact Leah Murray at 541-946-7252 or
OCAE@opalcentercg.org.
Winter gardening
presentation
The Cottage Grove Garden Club’s
Tuesday, Jan. 5 presentation will fi nd
participants making garden art. Fused
glass sun catchers and other “dangling
pretties” for our patios and gardens
are one option. Cottage Grove’s Kit
Porter, a fused glass artist and instruc-
tor, will be leading the group in the
making of glass ornaments. President
Peggy Severns will also lead in deco-
rating terra cotta garden pots using an
assortment of mixed media in paint-
ing and gluing. For guests who wish
to take home their artwork, there will
be a materials fee.
Members and non-members are
welcome on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 7 p.m.
at The First Presbyterian Church (cor-
ner of Adams and Third Streets).
I hope everyone has a very
merry and blessed Christmas
with whomever you spend your
Christmas holiday.
Lorane Christian Church has
a Christmas Eve Service at 5
p.m. All are welcome to come
join the worship.
Death Notice
Dorothy Ruse, 81, of Cottage
Grove passed away Dec. 10,
2015. No services are planned.
Arrangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-MIlls Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
Volunteers on hand to help
spot whales Dec. 27-31
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Free privacy
discussion
tion, doing fi nish work painting
and working with his stepfather
building cabinets. Jason en-
joyed the outdoors, hiking and
fi shing. He had recently been
building birdbaths, using his ar-
tistic creativity doing inlays that
he designed out of stained glass,
fossils and pebbles.
Huebner is survived by his
parents, two brothers and fi ve
sisters. A celebration of life
will be scheduled in January of
2016. Memorial contributions
may be made to South Lane
Mental Health. Musgrove Fam-
ily Mortuary is in charge of ar-
rangements.
Visitors to the Oregon coast are invited to watch for
migrating whales with trained volunteers during the
annual winter Whale Watching Week from Dec. 27-31
hosted by Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
(OPRD). Volunteers with the Whale Watching Spoken
Here program will be stationed at 24 sites from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on those days to help people spot gray whales
that are heading south to Mexico.
A map of the watch sites is available online at whale-
spoken.org.
Camping, including yurts and cabins, is available at
state parks along the coast. Go to oregonstateparks.org
to check availability and make a reservation.
OPRD reminds visitors to check www.oregonstate-
parks.org and www.tripcheck.com for weather-related
alerts and closures before heading to the coast.
Mary Ellin Lampe died
November 17, 2015 of
age related causes as a
result of Alzheimer’s dis-
ease. She was 87 years
old. Born Mary Ellin Ma-
honey on May 5th (Cinco
de Mayo!), 1928, in New
York City, she was the
daughter of legendary
Vaudeville headliner Will
Mahoney and Sue Wilson,
witty showgirl. Mary Ellin
was of the last generation
of bureau drawer babies and traveled to Paris in the arms of her Irish
Nanny for her father’s opening at the Follies Bergere when she was
ten days old. Mary Ellin attended Friends Academy, Locust Valley,
New York, as a boarding student for twelve years. Aft er dabbling at the
New School, Julliard, Columbia and the Union Th eological Seminary,
and graduating from none, she became a commercial designer, spe-
cializing in silk screened 36” repeat handprint textiles and wallpapers.
In 1958 Mary Ellin was widowed and left New York for Cuernavaca,
Mexico, with her two small sons, Bobby 4 ½ years old and Michael,
2 ½ years old. She married again four years later and had two more
sons, Federico in 1962 and Patricio in 1964. Mary Ellin morphed into
Maria Elena, the Mexican painter known world-wide for fi ve decades
of depicting the beautiful traditions and extraordinary culture of Mex-
ico. In 1985 the Mexican government declared her to be a National
Treasure. Among her collectors are fi ve Presidents of Mexico: Miguel
Aleman, 1946-1952, Adolfo Ruiz-Cortines, 1952-1958, Adolfo Lopez
Mateos, 1958-1964, Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, 1964-1970, Luiz Echever-
ria, 1970-1976 Also: Patrick Dennis, Mexico City, Mexico; Ed Sulli-
van, New York City, NY; Hugh Lynn Cayce, Virginia Beach, VA; Ruth
Montgomery, Naples, FL; Helen Hayes, Nyack, NY; Lloyd Pantages,
Los Angeles, CA; American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan; Victor Salmones,
Acapulco, Mexico; Linda Ronstadt, Tucson, AZ. During Maria Elena’s
years in Mexico, she lived in the beautiful provincial city of Cuernavaca
for 26 years and in the port city of Acapulco for 12 years. When her
paintings were disallowed to leave Mexico, Maria left Mexico at last
and settled near her families in wet Oregon, not a palm tree in sight.
Although Maria Elena returned to the United States in 1994, she never
stopped painting and promoting Mexico. Survivors include Maria Ele-
na’s two sons and their families: Robert Feldman, his wife, Debra, their
children, Kimberly and Micah; and Fred Mahoney, his wife, Karolyn,
their children, Anthony and Heather and great grandson Adrian Ma-
honey. Maria Elena was preceded in death by two sons; Patricio Perez
Mahoney in 1964, and Michael Steven Feldman in 1973. Also four
husbands; Robert (Bobby) Feldman, producer; Felix Perez Rivas, Dr.
Marsh Morrison, Raymond H. Lampe.
Maria Elena requests no services, just prayers.
BIRTHS
Dec. 11, 2015
To Tamara and Alex Kimery of Cottage Grove, a
daughter.
www.andreasons.com
Dec. 14, 2015
To Emily and Charles Oakley of Cottage Grove, a
daughter.
Lorane Grange meets the
third Thursday in January and
dinner and bingo will be the
fourth Saturday in January.
Be aware of children along
the road and water with the
rain. Again, have a great
Christmas Holiday!
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