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2A | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL On The Record Arrest made in sexual assault of Cottage Grove minor On Thursday, June 6, Cottage Grove Police ar- rested Elizabeth D. Vander- hoof of Cottage Grove on allegations of sexual mis- conduct with a 14-year-old male. The minor had been list- ed as a runaway the previ- ous day. After investigating several leads, police found that Vanderhoof had been assisting the 14-year-old male. Vanderhoof remains in custody as the case remains under investigation. The identity of the 14-year-old will not be re- leased. However, he has • Reckless Endangerment been returned home safely to family. of Another Person • First Degree Custodial Vanderhoof is being Interference charged with: • Firearm Transfers by • Five counts of rape in Unlicensed Person • Sexual Misconduct the third degree • Coercion • First Degree Online Sexual Corruption of a Child Robert Leland Foster Emma Leita Goodwin 1989-2019 May 24, 1930 - May 27, 2019 Robert Leland Foster, 29, of Cottage Grove died on June 1, 2019. He was born in Cot- tage Grove, OR on September 20, 1989 to parents, Roger and Kathleen (Lassiter) Foster. He graduated from Cottage Grove High School in 2008. Robert was a Horticulturist and an expert in growing orchids and fl owers. He enjoyed skate- boarding, swimming, cliff div- ing, snowboarding, and long- boarding with his pit bull. He enjoyed playing billiards with friends. He was an excellent artist and writer, and he en- joyed all music genres from country to Reggae. Robbie was a magnet for children and dogs, and he especially enjoyed his friends and family. Robbie was a very free-spirited person. He is survived by his brother, Ryan (Kristi) Foster of Cot- tage Grove; his sister, Heather Foster of Hazeldale, WA; and grandmothers, Kathy Dunlap and Myrna Lassiter. A Cele- bration of Life will be held at a later date. Arrangements are in the care of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove. Please access the on- line obituary at www.smith- lundmills.com for service up- date information. Emma Leita Goodwin passed peacefully in her Kis- simmee home on Monday, May 27, 2019. Although this 89-year-old Florida Native was technically born in the City of Alamo, Georgia, her family moved to Sarasota in 1930, shortly aft er her birth. Leita was known to most as “Sweet Cookie” a nickname given to her by late husband, Ned of 66 years. Th is Southern Final Arrangements Handled with Care • Cremation Options • Memorial & Funeral Planning • Monuments & Memorials • Cemetery Options • Family Owned & Operated Baptist dedicated her life to family, loved interior decorat- ing, entertaining, and had or- ganizational and design skills that would rival any HGTV project today. She is survived by her two sons and daughter, Bob (Cindy Goodwin) of Co- lumbia Falls, Montana, Steve (Melanie Goodwin) of Sara- sota, and Elizabeth Goodwin Harris (David) of Kissimmee, Florida. Sweet Cookie was a proud grandmother to Jacob Goodwin and (Christina), Bri- an Goodwin, Will Warren IV (Caitlyn) and Drew Warren. Drew helped provide con- 123 South 7th • Cottage Grove, Oregon 541.942.0185 • smithlundmills.com tinuous caregiving and com- panionship to her since 2016. She was thrilled with having Public Notices Harold Ira “Chip” Chiappetta The Lowest Rates in Lane County 1929-2019 PUBLIC MEETINGS, TRUSTEE NOTICES, PROBATE, AUCTION & FORECLOSURE NOTICES, AND MORE. Published weekly in the Cottage Grove Sentinel and online at cgsentinel.com S entinel C ottage G rove Contact: Meg Fringer 541-942-3325 x1200 mfringer@cgsentinel.com S entinel C ottage G rove www.cgsentinel.com @ cgsentinel @cgsentinel #cgsentinel Cottage-Grove-Sentinel Speak your peace. Write a Letter to the Editor. NHICKSON @ CGSENTINEL . COM Harold Ira “Chip” Chi- appetta of Cottage Grove passed away May 25, 2019 of age related causes. Harold was born to James and Judith Chiappetta in Ho- nolulu, HI on December 18, 1929. Harold graduated from H.R. Farrington High School and in October of 1974 he married Mary Ann Reimche in Reno, NV. Harold served in the Army and Marine Reserves from 1952-1958 and earned the Na- tional Defense Service Medal. two Oregon step granddaugh- ters, Rajeana (Gary) Powell and Sarah Keller and fi ve step great grandchildren; Jade (Ari) Preston, Tailor Powell, Megan, Brad, and Zoe Keller. Sweet Cookie fought to stay strong as to welcome her fi rst Good- win great grandson, due this June. She remained close to her siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Anyone who met her or was lucky enough to enjoy her southern hospitality, became instant family. Her super mom pow- ers included event planning, setting the perfect dinner table, maintaining a “model home,” reviving dead plants, masterful ironing, antique shopping and stain removal. Her refreshingly honest wit and creativity will be missed by most. St. Cloud’s Fisk Funeral Home is entrusted with her preparations at www. fi skfh .com. A brief Committal Service will be held at the Sara- sota National Cemetery, 9810 State Road 72 on Friday, June 21st at 9:30 am. A celebration of life BBQ will occur at the Crocker Memorial Church, where Ned & Leita originally said, “I do” in 1950, located in Pioneer Park on 1260 12th Street in Sarasota. In lieu of fl owers, please consider a dona- tion to Vitas Hospice at www. vitascommunityconnection. org or mail checks to: Vitas Community Connection 255 E 5th Street Suite 1200 Cincin- nati, OH 45202 where 100% of all donations assist Hospice eff orts in Central Florida. Steven Holmes 1968-2019 Steven Holmes, 50, of Cot- tage Grove, Oregon, left his mortal body, Tuesday, May 07, 2019 from natural causes. Steven received a degree from LCC, and HEOS in Eugene, Or- egon. And a certifi cate of com- pletion for teaching at a nearby rabbinical school. He married Melissa Gallegos Holmes in 2000, Steven had a passion to serve people and bring help to those who were lost and was passionate about aff ecting the most positive change in peo- ple. Steven worked as a Mill- wright until he retired in 2014. Steven was preceded in death by his mother, and daughter Ember Holmes and his lega- cy is with 4 children: Korban Holmes, Alyssa, Amanda, Au- drey, and 1 grandchild, Eleanor. He had no other living relatives. A tribute will be held on June 16, 2019 . William Ray Dixon 1949-2019 William Ray Dixon, known to most of his friends as ‘Light’, passed on May 24, 2019. Light was born in Kingfi sh- er, Oklahoma to Letha and No- lan Dixon. He had two broth- ers, John and Frank, and two sisters, Mary Jane and Doris. He always cherished his small town upbringing, where he learned to hunt and fi sh and to love being outdoors. He also deeply valued his family’s Na- tive American heritage and the spirituality it embodied. Aft er some years of travel, he returned to Kingfi sher where he worked as a roughneck, an arborist, and a silversmith. He and his wife at the time, Anna Lee Dixon, had two sons, Gabriel and Zachorion, in Oklahoma, before moving to Oregon. In Cottage Grove, Oregon, their son, Leif, was born. Th ey later divorced, but remained close enough to one another to both be full-time parents to their children. Light took on a variety of professions over the years, most of which centered around his passion for art. He attend- ed Lane Community College and the University of Oregon where he focused on classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and writing. Aft er leaving the U of O, he continued to write, draw, and pursue other passions such as making glass art. He also enjoyed playing harmonica, gardening, and just talking to people. Light had many friends in Cottage Grove, Eugene, and the surrounding communities. He was open to conversation with everyone he met, and never hesitated to express his honest opinion or off er a sym- pathetic ear. Light’s parents and two brothers are deceased. His two sisters, Mary Jane and Do- ris, live with their families in Oklahoma and Arkansas. His three sons and their mother live in Oregon, as well as his two granddaughters and a step granddaughter. He is, and always will be, deeply loved and missed by his family and friends. Robert Brinsley Burbidge 1943-2019 Harold worked as a machin- ist and enjoyed gardening, car- pentry, coin & stamp collecting and volunteering at Communi- ty Sharing. Harold was award Volunteer of the year from Community Sharing. Harold is survived by his Son; Joshua Chiappetta of Cottage Grove, OR; Daughters Valerie Bauman of Dorena, OR, Juana Chiappetta of Los Banos, CA and Sylvia Libby of Gold Beach, OR; Brothers George Chiappetta and Pat- rick Eskildsen, Sisters Eleanor Ward and Dorothy String Fel- low; 14 Grandchildren and 17 Great-Grandchildren. Harold was preceded in death by his wife Mary Ann Chiappetta; Brothers Charles Chiappetta and Walter Chi- appetta; Sisters Irene Kapoi and Mildred Fowers. A Celebration of Life will be held June 22, 2019 from 1-3pm at 1760 W. Harrison, Cottage Grove, OR. Aft er fi ve long months in hospital and fi ve ten- der days in a hospice, Robert Brinsley Burbidge died on May 20th, 2019 in Cambridgeshire, En- gland. He was 75 years old. He is survived by his sisters Diana and Georgina and his nieces Alex, Emma and Sara; his fi rst wife, Vicki Matthews and their nephews, Ben, Luke and Bash; and by his wife Julie Loquidis and his stepdaughters, Emily and Lulu. Brinsley was the fi rstborn child of Ivor and Vera Burbidge in 1943 and became an older brother four years later with the birth of twin sisters. Th e strong bond formed between these siblings would prove to last a lifetime. Brinsley explored the natural world taking special inter- est in the hedgerow wild fl owers and butterfl ies of Stamford, his home town. He set up a home- based photography studio and learned the power of understanding lenses. Brinsley performed well at Stamford School, which earned him a place at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Later, he attained a PhD (A study of the South African genus Tulbaghia) at the University of Edinburgh and worked for the Royal Botanic Garden Edin- burgh overseeing exhibitions where his botani- cal knowledge and skills as a photographer were noted and appreciated. He and Vicki Matthews, also a botanist, were married at this time and bought their fi rst home together in Edinburgh’s India Street. While at RBGE, Brinsley joined an expedition to collect plants in Colombia and discovered he liked to travel and to interact with people from diff erent cultures. Word of his bo- tanical knowledge, creativity, and people skills was spreading and he accepted the position to head the Dept. of Information and Education at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. With a mutual passion for botanical illustration, Brinsley and Vicki would meet Dr Shirley Sherwood. A rela- tionship formed which would result in Shirley building up one of the largest collections of bo- tanical art in private hands and result in the Shir- ley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew. Also during his tenure at Kew, Brinsley travelled to many countries for botanical research and to off er expertise. His travels to tropical places en- gendered a special interest in palms and when new leadership was required at Fairchild Trop- ical Botanic Garden in Florida aft er Hurricane Andrew struck in 1992, Brinsley was appointed as Director to oversee operations there. Likewise, when fresh leadership was required at Denver Botanic Garden in Colorado, Brinsley took the helm and steered the Garden through a major renovation, new construction and a national conference. While working in Denver he met Julie Loquidis, a gardener, artist, and mother of Emily and Lulu who he would come to nurture as his own children. With a love of the tropics compelling him southwards again, Brinsley’s next move was to accept the position of Director of St. George Village Botanical Gardens in the US Virgin Islands. Brinsley, Julie, and Lulu (and frequent visitor Emily) instantly fell in love with St. Croix and they contributed full-heartedly to their island community. Brinsley and Julie were married on a boat before reporting to a shared position managing the landscape of a private is- land near St. Th omas. One of the truly great passions in Brinsley’s life was photography: he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. He was a techni- cal genius with a close-up lens and made many beautiful, abstract images by zooming in on pat- terns of leaves. He honed a sensitivity to land- scape and developed a unique style that had all the hallmarks of a master. His dignifi ed portraits of people demonstrated a respectful approach to getting to know his subjects. Brinsley loved peo- ple and people loved him. Soon aft er choosing Cottage Grove, Oregon as a place for retirement, Brinsley and Julie set up a photography and art business which they enjoyed very much. Eventually though, Brinsley began to feel the tug of home and wished to share his homeland with Julie. Th ey had been back in England for only two years when Brinsley’s heart disease fi rst made itself known. It was not the plan, but the families take consolation that as he wished, he is buried “in England, on a hillside with wild fl owers and sunshine”. A very beautiful hillside for a very beautiful person.
