2A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 30, 2018
RECORDS
OBITUARIES
ATHERTON—Ethelmae
Atherton, 90, of Cottage
Grove, passed away May 16,
2018.
She was born Oct. 9, 1927,
in Cottage Grove, Ore., to
Henry and Leahra (Bailey)
Allen.
Ethel-
m a e
graduat-
ed from
Cottage
Grove
H i g h
Ethelmae Atherton School in
1945 and
attended Oregon State Uni-
versity for two years.
She dispatched trucks in
the lumber industry and her
work was her life. Ethelmae
was a collector of mice mem-
orabilia. She was a member
of Eastern Star since 1952, a
charter member of the Em-
blem Club, White Shrine
and Daughters of the Nile.
Ethelmae married John
“Jack” E. Atherton on June
12, 1966; he passed in 1987.
A funeral for Ethelmae
will be held Friday, June 8,
beginning at 1 p.m. at the
Masonic Lodge.
Entombment will be at
Rest-Haven Memorial Park
in Eugene.
Memorial contributions
can be made to the Ameri-
can Cancer Society.
Arrangements by Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel,
123 S. Seventh St., Cottage
Grove, Ore., 97424.
FAULK—Socorro “Coco”
M. Faulk, 85, of Cottage
Grove, passed away on May
19, 2018.
She was born May 18,
1933, in New York, N.Y., to
Domingo
and Rosa
(Vinales)
Praez.
Socor-
ro gradu-
ated from
Wa d l e -
igh High
Socorro Faulk
School
and received some practi-
cal nursing education. Coco
married John A. Faulk, Jr. in
San Pedro, Calif., on Dec. 31,
1968.
She worked as a waitress
in both California and New
York, she prepared food for
the airlines, worked for the
school district in Hawaii,
was a security officer for el-
ementary and high schools,
and was also a homemaker.
She and her husband, John,
traveled the globe for 25
years while he was in the
U.S. Army.
Coco enjoyed making
stained glass, calligraphy
and volunteering at the se-
nior center. She was a mem-
ber of Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Catholic Church.
Coco and John never had
any children of their own
but she was known as the
Godmother and has chil-
dren all over the world.
Coco is survived by her
husband of 50 years, John
Faulk Jr., of Cottage Grove;
her sister Rosalia Woods of
Maryland; her brother Ar-
mando Vega of New York;
and her sister Patricia Vega
of Florida.
A Rosary Service will be
held Friday, June 1, at 6 p.m.,
followed by a Visitation
from 7 to 8 p.m., at Smith
Lund Mills Funeral Chapel,
123 S. Seventh St., in Cot-
tage Grove.
On saturday, June 2, a
Visitation at 10 a.m. will be
followed by a funeral at 11
a.m., at Our Lady of Perpet-
ual Help Catholic Church,
1025 N. 19th St., in Cottage
Grove.
Interment will be at Silk
Creek Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the fam-
ily asks for memorial contri-
butions to St. Jude Children’s
Hospital, online at www.
stjude.org, or to Carl Kebel-
beck’s Knights of Columbus
#3154, 1025 N. 19th St., Cot-
tage Grove, Ore., 97424.
Arrangements are in the
care of Smith Lund Mills Fu-
neral Chapel, Cottage Grove.
FISHER—Delmar “Bud”
Edwin Fisher, 89 of Creswell,
passed away May 24, 2018.
He was born Jan. 11, 1929,
in Gosh-
en, Ore.,
to Law-
r e n c e
and Cora
(Neal)
Fisher.
B u d
graduat-
ed from
Delmar Fisher
Cottage
Grove High School in 1947.
Shortly after, he married Joy
Parrish. They had four chil-
dren and later divorced.
Bud then married Bernice
Stockdale on July 18, 1964,
and they were married for
52 years.
Bud worked for Weyer-
haeuser as an off-highway
truck driver for 29 years
and retired in 1986. He en-
joyed the outdoors, hunting,
fishing, camping and wood-
working.
For the last 30 years of
his life, he mostly enjoyed
spending time with his loved
ones.
He was a member of the
Dorena Grange and the
Western Oregon Exposition.
Bud is survived by daugh-
ter Melodie (Robert) David-
son of Golden Dale, Wash.;
daughter Denise (Dan)
Brown of Cottage Grove;
son Tim (Julie) Fisher of Eu-
gene; sister Mildred Boyce 0f
Cottage Grove; eight grand-
children, 19 great-grand-
children and one great-
great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death
by his wives, Joy Parrish
and Bernice Fisher; his son
Robin Fisher; his brother
Bill Fisher; his sister Mari-
on Strong; and his grandson
Christopher Edwards.
A funeral will be held
Monday, June 4, at 11 a.m.,
at Smith-Lund-Mills Funer-
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INVESTIGATION
On May 25, at approxi-
mately 11 a.m., an Oregon
State Police Trooper spot-
ted a submerged vehicle in
the McKenzie River near
Greenwood Drive.
Lane County Sheriff ’s
Office deputies and the
Lane County Sheriff ’s Of-
fice Search and Rescue Dive
Team responded.
The vehicle, a maroon
Ford Ranger, was removed
from the water. Located
inside the vehicle was a de-
ceased male, later identi-
fied as 52-year-old Kenneth
Brawn of Springfield.
Brawn was reported miss-
ing the previous day by
family when he had not re-
turned home from his girl-
friend’s house as expected.
The Lane County Sheriff ’s
Office and the Lane County
Medical Examiner’s Office
will be investigating the
death; however, there are no
signs of foul play.
Cause and manner of
death will be determined by
the Lane County Medical
Examiner’s Office.
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percent. Yet in Oregon in
2016, crash data shows lack
of a safety belt or a child re-
straint system was a factor in
26 percent of the 343 motor
vehicle occupant deaths —
that’s 89 lives that might have
been saved had they buckled
up correctly.
It’s a survival tip worth
taking seriously.
ODOT, law enforcement
and safety advocates encour-
age all users of the transpor-
tation system to take person-
al responsibility for being
safe. Be sure to use child
safety seats correctly (see
your manufacturer’s guide-
book, or visit a safety seat
check station.).
Buckle up day and night,
no matter what vehicle you’re
in or where you’re going.
Don’t drive impaired and
put the distractions away
when you are behind the
wheel, on your bicycle or
walking in a busy area.
Extra law enforcement,
funded by a grant from
ODOT’s
Transportation
Safety Division, will be on
the lookout to assure motor-
ists and their passengers are
traveling as safely as possible
through June.
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'Click It or Ticket' highway safety campaign continues through June
Law enforcement across
Oregon will be reminding
motorists and their pas-
sengers about Oregon laws
during a campaign that fo-
cuses on using the right safe-
ty child safety restraints.
Studies show using the
proper restraint can reduce
the risk of major injury or
death by 65 percent.
Yet in Oregon in 2016,
crash data shows lack of a
safety belt or a child restraint
system was a factor in 26
percent of the 343 motor
vehicle occupant deaths.
Buckling up correctly
— every trip, every time —
saves lives.
Children under age 2
must use a child seat with
harness in a rear-facing
position, unless the child
turned one year of age prior
to May 26, 2017.
Children age 2, or who
turned 1 year of age prior to
May 26, 2017, must contin-
ue to ride in a car seat with
harness or in a booster until
they reach age 8 or 4-feet,
nine-inches in height and
the adult belt fits them cor-
rectly.
Why buckle up?
Because studies show
using the proper restraint
can reduce the risk of ma-
jor injury or death by 65
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follow at Fir Grove Ceme-
tery.
Arrangements are by
Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel in Cottage Grove.
RUSSELL—Loretta Kay
“Lori” Russell, 60, of Cottage
Grove, died April19, 2018.
A celebration of her life
will be held Saturday, June
16, from 1 to 5 p.m., at the
Cottage Grove Community
Center in Cottage Grove.
Arrangements are being
handled by Smith-Lund-
Mills Funeral Chapel in Cot-
tage Grove.
CLUVER—Jack Douglas
Cluver, 70, of Dorena, died
May 20, 2018.
A military inurnment will
take place Thursday, May 31,
beginning at 1 p.m., at Wil-
lamette National Cemetery.
Arrangements are being
handled by Smith-Lund-
Mills Funeral Chapel in Cot-
tage Grove.
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