2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL June 29, 2016
IN MEMORIAM
EUGENE FRANK CUTTS
Jerry Freeman
Bassett
1932-2016
Charlotte Evangeline
Burkleo
1932-2016
A funeral service is planned
for Tuesday, July 5 at 1:30 p.m.
at Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel in Cottage Grove.
Jerry Freeman Bassett, 84, of
Springfi eld, Ore. passed away
June 15, 2016.
He was
born Feb.
7, 1932, in
Springfi eld,
Ore. to Earl
and Zada
(Packer)
Bassett.
In 1953,
he married
Marjorie Lou Bell in Lubbock,
Texas.
Jerry lived in Springfi eld, Mo.
until the age of fi ve, when he
moved with his parents to south-
ern California. He lived in the
San Bernardino and San Diego
areas, where he graduated from
high school, attended college in
Abilene, Texas and received his
Bachelor of Arts degree in Per-
sonnel Management from San
Diego State College. He served
in the U.S. Air Force from Feb.
1951 until Nov., 1954. Jerry
was a gospel preacher working
with local Churches of Christ in
California and Oregon for more
than 50 years. He served as an
Elder with the Church of Christ
on Coburg Road in Eugene. He
enjoyed hunting, fi shing, back-
packing and camping. He was
also interested in baseball,
football and basketball, both
collegiate and professional
teams. He was a member of the
Emerald Empire Gun Club and
the National Rifl e Association.
He is survived by his son,
Darrell Freeman Bassett; son,
Gregory James Bassett; daugh-
ter, Leanna Cymbala; brother,
Don Bassett; fi ve grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be
held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July
9, at the Coburg Road Church
of Christ, 1005 Coburg Rd., Eu-
gene, OR 97401. Arrangements
by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel, Cottage Grove.
Charlotte Evangeline Burkleo,
83, passed away peacefully in
her home on June 18, 2016 from
age related causes.
She was born Sept. 21, 1932
in
Cot-
tage Grove
to
John
and Laura
(Krasher)
Willian.
She grad-
uated from
Cottage
Grove High School in 1951. Af-
ter graduating from high school,
Charlotte began working for
the Pacifi c Northwest Bell
telephone company where she
worked faithfully as a telephone
operator for over 30 years.
While still in high school, she
met “the love of her life”, Er-
nest Burkleo, and after a lengthy
courtship of nearly ten years,
they were married on Nov. 21,
1959. They enjoyed 45 wonder-
ful years of marriage.
Charlotte and Ernest enjoyed
living out in the country (the
Saginaw area) and raising their
two daughters in the house they
had built on the small acreage
of land that was given to them
by her father. Charlotte loved
planting fl owers in the yard and
all around the house and watch-
ing them bloom in the spring.
Charlotte also enjoyed going
to church. She and Ernest at-
tended the Church of Christ on
Pennoyer Ave. for many years.
In her later years, she enjoyed
being very involved in the lives
of her daughters and being sur-
rounded by her grandchildren.
She also became an avid reader,
enjoying many different kinds
of books and reading her Bible
every day.
Survivors include her bother,
Dennis Willian of Umatilla,
Ore., two daughters, Mary Cook
and husband, Randal, of Cottage
Grove, and Candace (Burkleo)
Eheler of Stockton, Calif., and
eight grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Ernest, on Feb. 23,
2005.
Linda Jo Hickey
1940-2016
Linda Jo Hickey, 76, of Cot-
tage Grove died June 23, 2016.
She was born on May 2, 1940,
in Dubach, LA, to Marvis and
Lou May (Terral) Colvin.
Linda was a church secretary
for many years and also was a
kindergarten teacher. She en-
joyed antique shopping and was
an avid reader. She especially
enjoyed spending time with her
family.
She married Kendall Hickey
on Dec. 19, 1981 in Cottage
Grove.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Kendall Hickey; daugh-
ters, Stephany Gabaldon and
Stacy Gabaldon, both of Yon-
calla; brother, David Colvin of
California; brother, Gary Colvin
of Washington; eight grandchil-
dren, and eight great-grandchil-
dren.
She was preceded in death by
her fi rst husband, Robert Hanks;
son, Don Hanks; and grandson,
Kurtis Gabaldon.
A memorial service will be
held at 11 a.m. on Saturday,
July 2, 2016 at the Church of
Christ, 6th and Gibbs, Cottage
Grove. Smith-Lund-Mills Fu-
neral Chapel is in charge of ar-
rangements.
Orvil Lee Wooden
1946-2016
Orvil Lee Wooden, 69, of Cot-
tage Grove died June 14, 2016.
He was born Dec. 18, 1946 to
Hack and
Shirley Ma-
rie (Main-
waring)
Wooden.
O r v i l
g r a d u -
ated from
Cottage
Grove High
School in
1965 and attended Lane Com-
munity College from 1965 to
1967 taking heavy equipment
diesel mechanic classes. He
served in the Navy during Viet-
nam (1967-1970) on a wooden
mine sweep boat.
Orvil worked as a heavy
equipment diesel mechanic for
43 years.
His hobbies and interests were
hunting, fi shing, dirt bike rid-
ing, and working in his garden.
In his younger years he enjoyed
participating in Boy Scouts with
his two sons.
Survivors include his two
sons, Gene Wooden of Coos
Bay and Jer Wooden of Bend,
and a sister, Betty Voigt, of Cot-
tage Grove.
A celebration of life will be
held July 9 at 4 p.m. at Orvil’s
residence in Cottage Grove. Ar-
rangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
James Randall Elder
1964-2016
Jim passed away on Tuesday,
June 21, 2016 surrounded by
loved ones at the age of 52. He
is survived by his wife, Denise,
daughters Michelle and Jennifer,
his father,
two broth-
ers and two
sisters.
H
e
worked
at
Mar-
vin Smith
Auto Re-
pair for over two decades and
was on the safety crew at Cot-
tage Grove Speedway for many
years. He was active in planning
numerous family gatherings and
activities. He especially enjoyed
creating and documenting fam-
ily memories. His hobbies in-
cluded fi shing, camping, sports
and lawn mower racing.
There will be a celebration
of life gathering at the Calvary
Chapel in Cottage Grove on Fri-
day, July 1 at 1 p.m.
Arrangements entrusted to
West Lawn Memorial Funeral
Home. Please access the obitu-
ary and you are invited to sign
the guestbook at musgroves.
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Our Dad, Eugene (Gene) Frank
Cutts of Cottage Grove, Oregon, died
on June 16, 2016 at the age of 94 years.
He was the sixth of seven children born
to William Robert Cutts and Nettie
Matilda Witt in Sidney, Iowa.
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during World War II from October, 1942 until November, 1945.
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in this same town.
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found time to lend a helping hand to family as well as strangers
and was known as quite a handyman. He built us a playhouse,
skillfully accomplished major remodeling on our house, and
built a vacation cabin at Crescent Creek. -- Dad also made time
to do volunteer work in Cottage Grove, from being a volunteer
i reman for 12 years to his help in building the local race track.
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elected Cottage Grove’s Junior First Citizen in 1955, Boss of the
Year in 1968, and was given the JCI Senatorship in 1968. Dad
was active in, and served as an oi cer in, each of the Oregon and
National Independent Car Dealers Associations.
Dad was an ambitious, hardworking, reliable, and honest
businessman. He was known for his unique “no barter” ap-
proach to vehicle sales. He would set a fair market price for his
vehicles and “that was that”. -- We remember Dad sacrii cing
for his family many times to provide opportunities for us, work-
ing many long hours to provide and care for our family.
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companions--whether at work in the oi ce, in the Motorcycle or
Dance Club, RVing, or at home. Family and friends were very
important to them as evidenced in much of their lives, from their
hosting many family reunions to family vacations and all their
social and civic involvement. h ey were “good folk” -- gener-
ous, honest, hardworking, and very loving. h eir commitment
and devotion to one another was punctuated by a marriage of 71
years! -- We thank God for blessing us with such special parents!
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Kenneth in 1970, his parents and six siblings. He is survived
by his daughters Sharron (Ron) Gibson, Carolyn (Bruce) Rippy,
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great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great grandchildren.
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