2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL September 14, 2016
IN MEMORIAM
Sue (Workman)
Knight
1945-2016
Sue Knight, 70, of Mesa, Ari-
zona passed away Jan. 5, 2016
from pneumonia.
She was born Sept. 16, 1945
to Harvey and Maxine Work-
man.
Sue worked as a waitress in
the dining
room and
coffee shop
at the Vil-
lage Green
Resort for
at least 25
years. Af-
ter moving
to Arizona,
she worked at Osco Drug Store
until health issues forced her to
retire.
She enjoyed crocheting, gar-
dening and cooking.
Survivors include siblings,
Roberta Bates, Judy Reel, Linda
Hurst, Rieta Jones, Tammy Nel-
son and Tom Workman.
Her husband, Chuck Knight,
passed away six weeks after Sue
died. She was preceded in death
by her parents and her beloved
dog, Oreo.
A celebration of life will be
held Saturday, Sept. 17 from 3-5
p.m. at Stacy’s Covered Bridge
Restaurant in Cottage Grove.
Arrangements under the care
of A Wise Choice Desert View
Chapel, Mesa, Arizona.
Andrew E. Taylor
1967-2016
Andrew E. Taylor, 49, died
Sept. 6, 2016 in Cottage Grove.
A fam-
ily viewing
was held
at Smith-
Lund-Mills
Funeral
Home, and
no service
is planned.
Andrew was born August 9,
1967 in Anaheim, Calif. to Jack
and Sally Taylor.
He grew up in Huntington
Beach, Calif. and graduated
from Edison High School in
1985. He served for three years
in the United States Air Force
as an airplane Crew Chief and
several years building airplanes
for McDonnell Douglas. After
proudly serving his country,
he, with his brother Isaac, spent
many happy years expertly ski-
ing all the single and double
black diamond ski runs in the
Breckenridge, Colorado area.
He moved to Cottage Grove
in 1999 and loved the area. An-
drew was a very kind, funny and
friendly guy who helped anyone
who asked. He will be deeply
missed by all who knew him.
Andrew is now in eternal peace
and in his words has “No Wor-
ries”.
Andrew is survived by his
daughter and the light of his life,
Raven; mother Sally of Cottage
Grove; twin brother Isaac Tay-
lor; sisters Stacy Taylor and Jane
Mcnew; brother Gary Wright of
Eugene, Aunt Jean Lawrence of
Cottage Grove, several nieces
and a nephew, and many cous-
ins.
Arrangements under the care
of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel, Cottage Grove.
Richard L. Hudson
1950-2016
Rev. Richard L. Hudson, 65,
of Graham, Wash., passed away
Aug. 20, 2016 after an extended
illness.
Richard
(aka “Rich”
or “Dick”)
was born
Sept. 13,
1950,
in
Pa s a d e n a ,
Calif.
to
Richard
and Bertha
(Bangle)
Hudson. In 1968 he gradu-
ated from Cottage Grove High
School, where he enjoyed fast
cars and leading roles in drama
productions. After serving in
the Coast Guard and working
for Weyerhaeuser, Rich and his
wife Peggy moved to Colorado
Springs, Colo., where he gradu-
ated from Nazarene Bible Col-
lege. He also graduated from
Mount Vernon Nazarene Uni-
versity in Ohio with a bachelor’s
degree in Religion. An ordained
minister, Rev. Hudson led con-
gregations in Johnstown and
Athens, Ohio, and in Issaquah,
Seattle, and Poulsbo, Washing-
ton. He enjoyed spending time
with family, singing, and riding
his Harley Davidson. He will
be remembered as a kind, gen-
erous, selfl ess man of God.
Rev. Hudson is survived by
his wife, Peggy (Surface) Hud-
son, children, John Hudson of
Casa Grande, Ariz.; Angela
Ward of Graham, Wash.; Joel
Hudson of Orting, Wash.; Mela-
nie Thompson of Fort Benning,
Ga.; eight grandchildren, and
brothers David, Rodney, and
Charles Hudson.
He was preceded in death by
his parents.
Rev. Hudson’s memorial
service was held at Puyallup
Nazarene Church. Interment
followed at Tahoma National
Cemetery in Kent, Wash.
Death Notice
Ula Jean Strickland, 89, of
Cottage Grove, OR, died Sept.
1. A memorial service will be
at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at the
Riverside Community Church
of God, 1255 S. River Rd. in
Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Ar-
rangements by Smith-Lund-
Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage
Grove.
Carol Mae Volesky
1934-2016
Carol Mae Volesky, 82, of Cot-
tage Grove
p a s s e d
away Sept.
2, 2016.
She was
born April
21, 1934,
in Seattle,
Wash.
to
Daws and
Rose (Sullivan) Angel.
Carol sold Avon for 50 years
and won numerous Avon awards
and trips. She loved to travel,
had season tickets to the Cot-
tage Theatre, enjoyed movies,
working in her yard and plant-
ing fl owers, spending time with
her family and her cat, Phoebe,
and would sell Avon at Picca-
dilly Flea Market.
Carol was a member of the
Bohemia Mining Association.
She married Ulyess Woody in
1951 and divorced in 1968, then
married Vern Volesky on May
21, 1971.
Carol is survived by four sons,
Steve (Debbi) Woody and Brad
Woody both of Cottage Grove,
Mike (Barbara) Woody of West
Jordon, Utah, and Dave (Terry)
Woody of Portland, Ore., 11
grandchildren and 18 great-
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
husband Vern Volesky in 2003,
son Matthew Woody, and sis-
ters; Nadine Emery and Claudia
Kimery.
visitation will be held from
6-8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16,
2016 at Smith-Lund-Mills Fu-
neral Chapel and a funeral will
be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.
17, 2016 at Smith-Lund-Mills
Funeral Chapel with burial to
follow at Hawley Cemetery
in Cottage Grove. Memorial
contributions may be made to
Greenhill Humane Society and
Shriners Hospital for Children.
Arrangements under the care
of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel, 123 S. 7th St., Cottage
Grove, OR 97424.
Ron Eklund
Baby to Eighty
Happy Birthday DAD!
Sept. 18, 2016
Learning how to
overcome impulsive
behaviors
W
hen we enter into a re-
lationship with God,
we experience a divine ex-
change where He takes our sin
and gives us His righteous-
ness. He also puts the seed of
the Fruit of the Spirit in us (see
Galatians 5:22-23). But in order
for this fruit to grow in our lives,
we have to study the Word and
spend time with God so He can
do this work in our soul.
Our soul is our mind, will and
emotions and it tells us what we
think, what we want and how
we feel. As we pursue a personal
relationship with God, the Holy
Spirit helps renew our mind and
turn our will to God’s will so we
can learn how to manage our
emotions. And learning how to
manage our emotions is the key
to being stable and not letting
our emotions rule or control us.
Understanding your emotions
An emotion is “a moving of
the mind or soul; hence, any ag-
itation of mind or excitement of
sensibility” (American Diction-
ary of the English Language,
Noah Webster, 1828). Another
defi nition of emotion is “a con-
scious mental reaction (as anger
or fear) subjectively experienced
as strong feeling…typically ac-
companied by physiological and
behavioral changes in the body”
(Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
Dictionary, Eleventh Edition).
In other words, your feelings
rise up, move out and want you
to follow them and do whatever
they say.
Now, our emotions are unreli-
able, so instead of letting them
dictate the things we do, we have
to learn to live beyond them.
For people who have suffered
abuse, this can be very diffi cult.
See, when you have wounded
emotions, your natural tendency
is likely to be impulsive and
do things emotionally without
wisdom or thinking it through,
which causes a separation be-
tween you and God. Romans
8:8 says, “So then those who
are living the life of the fl esh
[catering to the appetites and
impulses of their carnal nature]
cannot please or satisfy God, or
be acceptable to Him.”
But God has a healing for you
and He wants you to go deeper
with Him and learn to control
your emotional impulses.
Managing your emotions
To begin the process of con-
trolling our emotions, we have
to go deeper with God. Going
deeper in God means we stop
living by how we feel; we own
those feelings and say, “I have
feelings, but they are not going
to have me.”
Peter is a great example of
someone who learned to live
beyond his emotions and go
deeper with God. In Luke 5:1-
6, Peter had just come in from
fi shing all night when Jesus met
Him. Jesus then told him to go
out again and lower the nets on
the other side of the boat. Peter,
having fi shed all night, was tired
and discouraged but he stepped
out beyond his emotions and
trusted God. He went deeper
into the water and received the
benefi ts. Verse 6 says, “When
they had done this, they caught a
great number of fi sh…their nets
were [at the point of] breaking”
(AMP).
The main way we go deeper
in God is by knowing and study-
ing His Word. When we know
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the Word of God, we can judge
when what we are thinking and
feeling lines up with God or
when it’s our fl esh or garbage
from the enemy.
We also need to pray for God
to help us control our emo-
tions. Remember the Fruit of
the Spirit? God has given us the
fruit of self-control so that we
don’t have to be impulsive with
our behaviors or emotions; we
can deal properly with things
and not let them keep us from
following God’s will. Through
God’s Word and prayer, we can
begin to control our emotions,
and as we do, we gain power
over the fl esh.
Gaining power over the fl esh
When God puts His fi nger on
something in your life, such as
an excessive habit or emotional
addiction, you will have to wean
your fl esh off of it, much like a
baby is weaned off a bottle or
pacifi er. This is because our
fl esh holds strongly to those
emotions and believes it needs
them to be satisfi ed.
A good example of this is
when I weaned my children
off of their pacifi ers. The fi rst
night was horrible. They would
scream and scream, then fall
asleep, wake up and scream
more. It was so hard to watch
them struggle but eventually
they would stop screaming and
their cries became just a small
sniffl e.
This is just like our fl esh.
When we say no to our fl esh, at
fi rst it will scream. But after we
practice self-control over and
over, through the power of the
Holy Spirit, it becomes easier.
Eventually, our fl esh realizes it
doesn’t need that habit or addic-
tion and we have our freedom.
The important thing to re-
member is that we will always
have emotions and circumstanc-
es that try to stir us up to be-
come impulsive and emotional,
but God has given us the abil-
ity to manage those emotions.
As we practice self-control in
our emotions, God changes us
and our relationship with Him
grows deeper.
God always has your best in-
terest at heart. That’s why He
wants to change you more than
He does your circumstances.
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Vangie Thies
Nov. 23, 1924 Aug. 2, 2016
Vangie Thies passed away on August 2, 2016, at her
home in Enterprise, Oregon, with family at her side. She
was 91.Vangie was born on November 23, 1924, in Marcola,
Oregon, to John and Florence Condos. She attended
Marcola schools through her freshman year of high school.
She then moved to Cottage Grove, Oregon, in 1939, where
she met Richard Thies who was to become the love of her
life. They were married August 15, 1942, in Vancouver,
Washington. They raised three children, Harold, Cheron,
and Ron in Cottage Grove. Richard, a logger and mechanic,
eventually established Thies Richfi eld service station.
Vangie served as bookkeeper for the business in addition
to her household duties of cleaning, cooking, baking, and
maintaining their home in her signature, immaculate style.
For many years they spent their free time traveling
together to the Wallowa Mountains for fun and to hunt deer
and elk. In 1971 they moved to Enterprise, Oregon, where Richard purchased another service station
and established their ARCO service station. Vangie continued as the bookkeeper for the business among
her other duties. They continued hunting deer and elk together and with family and friends who often
joined in the hunt and enjoyed the accommodations at Richard and Vangie’s “’hunting lodge.”
Along with hunting, Vangie had many interests which included bowling, golfi ng, fi shing, sewing,
canning, pen and ink drawings, oil and acrylic painting, sculpting, playing the steel guitar, fl ower
gardening, stained glass, basket weaving, knitting, crocheting, tatting, cross-stitch, embroidery, and
collecting stamps and coins, She copied and organized scrapbooks of photographs into a history of
family and friends. Occasionally, she surprised family and friends with hatbands made from rattlesnake
skins that she had treated and prepared herself. She won many ribbons for her talents from items she
entered in the Wallowa County Fair. She also won the hearts of family and friends with whom she
generously shared the bounty produced from her kitchen and studio of her talents. But most of all, they
enjoyed her yummy chocolate chip cookies, which no one has yet been able to replicate!
Vangie’s father immigrated to America from Greece through Ellis Island in the early 1900’s when he
was a young boy. She embraced her Greek heritage by teaching herself to read a:nd write some phrases
of the Greek language. She then used Greek greetings and closings for cards she sent to her relatives in
Greece and Belgium. Many of her cards were exquisite pen-and-ink creations that she produced herself.
She and Richard were able to travel to Greece and Belgium twice in the mid-1990s to visit her
relatives. She was especially grateful to visit the small island village where her father was born. Her
father’s family still owned the small stone abode where he was born and the property and land on which
he was raised.
All of Vangie’s family and friends would agree that she was always a fun, sweet, and earing person
who would not hesitate to cook, bake, clean, craft, and/or ORGANIZE anything at any time there was
a need, and we would all agree .... even when there was not a need. A prized possession of hers was the
labeling machine that one of her granddaughters gave her. One thing we probably will not be able to
solve is how she found the time to do so much for so many. “Grammy” was greatly loved and will be
greatly missed by many.
Vangie was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Gene Condos, and sister, Lavonne
Condos. She is survived by her husband of 73 years, Richard, two sons, Harold Thies (Paula) of Central
Point, Oregon, and Ron Thies (Leslie) of Enterprise, Oregon, and a daughter, Cheron Taylor (Tony) of
Junction City, Oregon; six grandchildren, Alicia Eilenberger, :\’yssa Comer, Trina Como, Jeff Taylor,
Rick Thies, and Rock Thies; thirteen great-grandchildren, Tyler, Marissa, Ashley, Autumn, Ashton,
Aiden, Taylor, Jack, Carter, Adiana, Milly, Alesha, and Flynn; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A private graveside service was held by her family at the Wallowa Cemetary in Wallowa, Oregon,
on August 5, 2016. In Grammy’s memory, please bake some cookies for someone you love.