2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 12, 2016
IN MEMORIAM
How to fi nd joy in
every part of your life
J
ohn 10:10 has been one of
my favorite scriptures for
many years. It 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)” (AMPC). This
verse clearly shows us that God
wants us to enjoy our lives—in
abundance, to the full, until
we’re overfl owing with joy!
I remember when God gave
me the revelation that it’s His
will for me to enjoy my life. It
was life-changing because I used
to be a miserable person who
was emotionally unstable and
couldn’t be happy unless I got
my way in most circumstances
in my life. Because of the abuse
I had experienced throughout
childhood, I was insecure, an-
gry and didn’t trust anyone. But
once I started seriously studying
the Word of God, I came to re-
alize that He didn’t want me to
live this way. I could be healed
and whole in my mind and emo-
tions, and I could learn how to
really enjoy my everyday life.
Now, when I say God wanted
me to enjoy my everyday life,
I’m talking about doing ordi-
nary life with calm delight and
a smile on my face (see John
15:11). It’s about not dreading
the daily responsibilities you
have to do whether you like it
or not, things like cleaning the
house, mowing the grass, going
to work, and the list goes on and
on. And it’s not a “working for
the weekend” mentality or an
attitude that says “I’ll be happy
when…I get to go on vacation”
or “the kids are back in school”
or “I get that promotion” and so
on.
It seems today that most peo-
ple believe they have to wait for
their circumstances to change
before they can enjoy life. But
the truth is you can make the
decision to enjoy your ordinary
life and make it extraordinary,
regardless of your circumstanc-
es.
Doing life with God
One of the ways you can take
ordinary life and make it extraor-
dinary is to learn to do every
single thing you do with and for
God. We make a mistake when
we separate our sacred life from
our secular life. We can be just
as close to God in the grocery
store as we are at church. And
He wants us to do everything we
need to do WITH Him.
It actually adds an edge of
excitement when we let God be
involved in everything we do.
He’s everywhere, all the time,
and He’s just as interested in the
routine, mundane tasks of our
lives as He is in the more “spiri-
tual” things we do.
It’s amazing to realize that
God wants to have fellowship
with us—He wants to spend
each day with us. Don’t just set-
tle for seeking Him once a week
at church or when you’re in a
desperate situation. Decide that
you are going to enjoy your ev-
eryday relationship with God!
The truth about real joy
The abundant life Christ offers
goes deeper in our hearts than
the way we feel about things.
It’s an amazing thing when we
learn how to have the peace and
joy only God can give in every
area of our lives, instead of the
type of enjoyment that’s just
based on emotional excitement.
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 don’t make any sense. Ne-
hemiah 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,
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!
Joyce Meyer is a New York
Times bestselling author and
founder of Joyce Meyer Minis-
tries, Inc.
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Sylvia M. Aldrich
1950-2016
Elizabeth S. Smith
1917-2016
Sylvia M. Aldrich, 66, of Cot-
tage Grove passed away Oct. 2,
2016 at home with her husband
by her side.
She was born to Donald and
Bertha (Casper) Kenady in Port-
land, Oregon.
While working at A&W in
Cottage Grove, she met and lat-
er married Elton Aldrich on Oct.
11, 1969 in Reno, Nevada.
Sylvia worked as a car hop, a
clothing retail clerk, bank clerk
and a jewelry sales person. She
also owned and operated the
Fashion Crossroads in Cottage
Grove for over three years.
Sylvia
attended
Lane Com-
munity
College in
the Medical
Assistance
Program
becoming
a Certifi ed
Medical
Assistant. She worked in Medi-
cal Records at Willamette Val-
ley Cancer Institute in Eugene
for 17 years and retired in 2015
but was still active with the Lane
Chapter of Medical Assistants.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Elton Aldrich, daughter,
Stacey (Dustin) Woods of Har-
risburg, Ore., son, Travis (Joley)
Aldrich of Cottage Grove, and
fi ve grandchildren, the true
loves of her life.
Visitation was held Friday,
Oct. 7, 2016 at Smith-Lund-
Mills Funeral Chapel. A me-
morial service followed on
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the
Calvary Chapel in Cottage
Grove. Memorial contributions
may be made to the Oregon
Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box
11004, Eugene, OR 97440. Ar-
rangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
Elizabeth (Betty) S. Smith,
99, of Cottage Grove died Sept.
29, 2016 of age related illness.
She was born July 1, 1917
in Belling-
ham, Wash.
to Jerome
and Elda
Corrion.
She at-
tended high
school.
In 1938
in
Bell-
ingham,
Wash., she and John D. Smith
were married. He preceded her
in death.
Betty was a homemaker, also
enjoying fi shing, hunting, gar-
dening and cooking, and was a
member of the Elks Lodge.
Survivors are her daughter,
Janice D. Pollard and husband,
Sid, of Eugene, Oregon, two
grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren.
No service is planned. Ar-
rangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
Death Notice
Mark Alan Anderson, 53,
of Drain, Oregon died Oct. 3,
2016. A graveside service will
be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17
at the Drain City Cemetery.
Arrangements by Smith-Lund-
Mills Funeral Chapel.
M. Dean McAllister
1940-2016
M. Dean McAllister, 75, of
Cottage Grove died Oct. 2,
2016.
He was born Oct. 27, 1940 in
Salt Lake
City, Utah
to Charles
and
Car-
rie (Cole)
McAllister.
He grad-
uated from
Brigham
Young Uni-
versity with
both bachelors and masters de-
grees. Dean retired from the
Air Force/Army as a Major. He
was awarded the National De-
fense Service Medal, Vietnam
Service Medal, Bronze Service
Star, Air Force Service Award
Medal and Ribbon, Air Force
Overseas Long Tour Ribbon,
Vietnam Campaign Medal and
Army Service Ribbon.
On Aug. 20, 2002 at the LDS
Temple in Portland, Oregon, he
and Lawnedia were married.
He worked as a regional man-
ager for Michelin, was a fi nan-
cial investment counselor, a
z
substitute teacher and worked
for Small Business Administra-
tion as a public information of-
fi cer.
As an avid lifetime seeker of
knowledge, he enjoyed learn-
ing by reading and attending
higher institutional classes. As
a young man, he was a runner
and enjoyed exercise. He loved
his family and friends and was
active in the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Survivors include his wife of
Cottage Grove, two daughters,
Kristen Reese and Alissa South-
wick, both of Utah, four sons,
Michael McAllister and Ryan
McAllister, both of Utah, and
Jon McAllister and Matt McAl-
lister, both of Nevada, three
stepchildren, Brad Devlin, Ra-
chel Devlin and Russell Devlin,
all of Oregon, a brother, Don
McAllister, and a sister, Janine
Henderson, both of Oregon, 16
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
Visitation was held Oct. 7 at
the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, 531 S. 10th
St., in Cottage Grove with a
funeral following at 10 a.m.
Burial took place Oct. 10 at
Willamette National Cemetery
in Portland, Oregon. Memorial
contributions may be made to
the American Heart Association.
Arrangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
Talana Christine
Lyda Fairfax
1982-2016
Talana Christine Lyda Fairfax,
34, passed away Aug. 31, 2016
in a Seattle hospital from com-
plications of Cystic Fibrosis.
Talana was raised in Cottage
Grove and attended Bohemia El-
ementary School, Lincoln Mid-
dle School and graduated from
Cottage Grove High School in
2000. She attended Western
Oregon University and gradu-
ated with a teaching certifi cate
in 2004. She substitute taught
in the Salem School District for
the next three years.
She met and married Matthew
Fairfax in Oct. 2006 in Reno,
Nevada. Talana and Matt lived
in Las Vegas and San Mateo,
and then moved to Seattle in
Oct. 2015.
Talana struggled with her
health for years and fi nally had
a double lung transplant in June
of 2012. The next three years
were great ones and she was
able to go to work full time at
Eat 24.
Talana loved playing the pia-
no, knitting, chatting with many
friends on several chat sites and,
of course, Facebook.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Matthew Fairfax, her par-
ents, Terry and Mary Lyda, and
her sister, Heidi Lyda.
A celebration of life will be
held Saturday, Oct. 15 at her
parents’ house in Cottage Grove
at 3 p.m. In lieu of fl owers, the
family asks that donations be
made to Make-a Wish or the
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Keith Hoffman
1933-2016
Keith Hoffman, 83, of Cot-
tage Grove died Oct. 3, 2016.
He was born Jan. 28, 1933
in Myrtle
Point, Or-
egon
to
Charles and
Fern Hoff-
man.
He
at-
tended high
school and
college and
served in the Army from 1953
to 1961.
Keith worked as an auto body
mechanic and enjoyed camping,
fi shing and wrestling. He was a
member of the Moose Lodge.
Survivors include three chil-
dren, Elaine Thurber of Cottage
Grove, Sonja Hoffman of Cali-
fornia, and Heather Hoffman of
Cottage Grove, a brother, Dale
Hoffman of Myrtle Point, fi ve
grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life will be
held Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 2
p.m. at the Church of Christ, 6th
And Gibbs, in Cottage Grove.
Arrangements under the care of
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Cha-
pel, Cottage Grove.
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