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| OCTOBER 1, 2020
| COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
On The Record
50th ANNIVERSARY
L O W E RY — C o n n i e
Potter Lowery and Greg
Lowery met in the 10th
grade, graduated in the
same class in june of 1970
and were married by Sep-
tember of 1970.
The two celebrateed
their 50th anniversary this
past weekend on Sept. 26.
We settled in Cottage
Grove in September of
1977 and have been in the
same house for 43 years.
Greg was a letter carrier
and retired from the Cot-
tage Grove post office.
Connie, a registered
nurse worked for over 30
years for PeaceHealth in
Cottage Grove.
They have two children
and five grandchildren
also in Cottage Grove.
SNAP benefits extended to those impacted by wildfires
The Oregon Depart-
ment of Human Services
(ODHS) has received fed-
eral approval to extend the
normal 10-day deadline for
Supplemental Nutrition As-
sistance Program (SNAP)
recipients in 20 counties
to request replacement of
benefits as a result of food
lost due to power outages
and wildfires that began on
Sept. 7.
The extension gives
SNAP recipients in Ben-
ton, Clackamas, Columbia,
Coos, Deschutes, Doug-
las, Jackson, Jefferson, Jo-
sephine, Klamath, Lake,
Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Mar-
ion, Multnomah, Tilla-
mook, Wasco, Washington,
and Yamhill counties until
Oct. 7 to apply to replace
food purchased with their
SNAP benefits.
“Replacing SNAP ben-
efits will help Oregonians
provide food for their
families so they can focus
on recovering from the
wildfires,” said Dan Haun,
ODHS
Self-Sufficiency
Programs Director. “We
hope that these replace-
ment benefits will help al-
leviate worries about food
and feeding themselves and
their families.”
SNAP recipients do not
need to visit an office. They
can request replacement
food benefits by calling
their local office and sub-
mitting the required infor-
mation by email, fax or reg-
ular mail.
Recipients can use either
Form DHS 0349D (Affida-
vit for Nonreceipt or De-
stroyed Food Stamp Ben-
efits) or submit a signed
and dated written request
that includes how the food
was destroyed, the date it
happened, destroyed food
items and the amount paid
for each item.
Administered by ODHS,
SNAP is a federal program
Victor James Fox
1936-2020
Patrick Lee Naegle
1970-2020
Glenda Slinger
1945-2020
Glenda Slinger passed away
on September 22, 2020 at the
age of 74. She was born on
November 14, 1945. She is
survived by her sister, Delphia
Neville, Sister in Law, Deanna
Worley, son, Wesley Stutzman,
daughter, Cheryl East (Greg),
four stepdaughters, Stephanie
Jayne, Kathy Huff , Debbie Gi-
annotti, Michelle Ledson, 17
grandchildren, 26 great grand-
children, 5 great great-grand-
children, numerous nieces and
nephews and two loving cats,
Lacci and Sassy. Glenda was
a very loving sister, momma,
grandma and friend. Her ser-
vices will be October 1st, 2020
at 4:30 p.m. at the Seventh-Day
Adventist Church, 820 S.
10th St., Cottage Grove, OR.
Masks must be worn.
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Kerry L. Hosler Sr.
1946-2020
Kerry L. Hosler Sr., 74, of
Cottage Grove, Oregon passed
away September 24, 2020.
He was born July 14, 1946 in
Monroe, Michigan to parents
Virgil and Shirley (Lee) Hosler.
Kerry graduated in 1965 from
Lance Cruz High School in
Mt. Clements, Michigan. Ker-
ry married Barbara Pressley
December 16, 1966 in Gulf-
port, Mississippi. He served
in the United States Air Force
during Vietnam in the Motor
Pool as an E4. Aft er serving
in the military he moved his
family to Oregon and worked
for Bud Betz Chevrolet, then
he worked for R&W trucking.
In 1975 Kerry started work-
ing for Bohemia, Willamette
Industries and fi nally Wey-
Patrick Lee Naegle, 49, of
Cottage Grove, OR passed
away on September 24,
2020. He was born in
Tucson, AZ to parents Larry
Lee and Lorinda (East) Nae-
gle on November 2, 1970.
Patrick graduated from CG
High School in 1989 and
served in the California
San Bernardino Mission for
the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints from
1990 to 1992. Patrick spent
his professional career in
sales and marketing for
retail and the real estate
industry. He went out of his
way to visit with every-
one and make them feel
welcome. Patrick’s greatest
accomplishment was seeing
his children born. He had
a passion for sports and
was a fan of the Denver
Broncos and enjoyed taking
his family to sporting events
and movies. He enjoyed
telling stories to his nieces
and nephews and he wanted
to be part of everything,
and he was also a great
listener. He made lifelong
relationships and had a
genuine care for everyone
he met. He was a member
of Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints.
Survivors include his
mother Lorinda (Lee)
Naegle; daughters Shae-
Lynn (Travis) Casterson ,
Raelene Naegle and Hayley
Naegle of Pleasant Grove,
Utah; 3 brothers , 5 sisters,
and 1 grandchild of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and
Utah. A graveside was held
Sept 29, 2020 at the Fir
Grove Cemetery. Arrange-
ments by Smith-Lund-Mills
Funeral Chapel, Cottage
Grove, Oregon.
erhaeuser before retiring in
2010. His favorite things were
fi shing, hunting and he loved
spending time with his grand-
children. Kerry received a let-
ter of merit from the city of Bi-
loxi, Mississippi for his eff orts
following hurricane Camille
in 1969. He is survived by his
son Kerry Hosler, Jr. of Cottage
Grove, Oregon; daughter Ter-
ry and (Frank) Proulx of Cot-
tage Grove, Oregon; daughter
Becky King of Cottage Grove,
Oregon.; 3 grandchildren and
3 great-grandchildren and one
on the way. No services are
planned at this time. Arrange-
ments in the care of Smith-
Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel,
Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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Streak” for Linfi eld’s football
program. Victor’s No. 47 foot-
ball
jersey was retired by Lin-
fi eld College at the conclusion
of the 1957 football season and
he was inducted into the NAIA
District 2 Player Hall of Fame
in 2000.
Victor had a 33-year career
in public education as a teach-
er, coach, and administrator:
at Gold Beach High (’59-60),
Yamhill-Carlton Union High
(’60-’64) and Molalla Union
High (’64-’91). He coached
football, wrestling, track and
fi eld, and baseball. Victor was
also a member of the Oregon
National Guard. He enjoyed
fi shing, hunting, and wood-
working, and was a devoted
husband, father, and grandfa-
ther.
Victor was preceded in
death by his parents, “Jack”
and Alice Fox, and his older
sister, Jackileen Johnson. He is
survived by his loving wife of
63 years, Sandra, his children,
Yolanda (Jim) Shaver, Diane
(Th omas) Kloos, Todd (Lisa)
Fox, Jill (Matthew Denley) Fox,
Beth (Calvin) Fox-Nunn, 16
grandchildren, his sisters, Jer-
aldine Demorest and Jeanne
Fox, and brother, Th omas Fox.
In lieu of fl owers, memorial
donations may be made to the
American Cancer Society and
Boys Town.
Brian Francis O’Neil
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Victor James Fox passed
away September 21, 2020 at
Providence Hospital in Port-
land. He was 84 years old.
Victor was born at Culp
Creek, Oregon to parents Clin-
ton Edward “Jack” Fox and
Alice May (Smythe) Fox. He
married Sandra Lee Battles in
1957, and together they have
fi ve children.
Victor graduated from
Cottage Grove High School
in 1953. He attended Linfi eld
College from the fall of 1953
until the Spring of 1959, where
he earned a Bachelor of Sci-
ence in Education (’58) and
a Masters degree (’59). While
at Linfi eld, Victor played two
years of baseball as a catcher,
played four years of football
as a linebacker on defense and
an off ensive guard, and was
a graduate assistant football
coach. Victor was a member of
the 1956 football team, whose
winning season started “Th e
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million eligible, low-in-
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ple with disabilities. Orego-
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For local resources in
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shelter, call 2-1-1.
Brian Francis O’Neil, age
72, died peacefully in his home
on the morning of Sunday,
September 20th alongside his
beloved wife Myrna Blancia
O’Neil aft er a long battle with
gastric cancer. He leaves be-
hind fi ve sons—Galen, Jhomer,
Dustin, Shane, and Anthony—
and two grandchildren—Clara
and Jasper. Brian has always
felt most at home in the forests
of the West Coast and he chose
to live out his fi nal months on
the tree farm that he’s cultivat-
ed for more than 40 years.
Brian was born on July 20th,
1948 on Whidbey Island in
Washington State as the sec-
ond-oldest son of ten brothers
and sisters. His father, James
F. O’Neil, was a Navy Offi cer
and pilot, so the family lived
in Florida, Ohio, Maryland,
and Rhode Island as Brian was
growing up. Brian attended
John Carroll University and
majored in economics with
a minor in history—he re-
mained a passionate historian
until he died. In his early twen-
ties, Brian registered as a con-
scientious objector to the war
in Vietnam, choosing domestic
service in hospitals in Miami
and Cleveland. He also trav-
eled the world—Europe, the
Middle East and Asia—for two
years, including spending nine
months with the Dalai Lama.
Refl ecting on his life, Brian re-
membered: “I always wanted
to return to the West, where I
was born.”
In the early 1970s, Brian
traveled with friends in a milk
truck across the country to Or-
egon. When he came through
the Mckenzie Pass, he was
struck by the natural beauty of
the forest and decided to put
down roots. At home in Ore-
gon, Brian had many careers:
planting trees and fi ghting fi res
for the Forest Service, working
as a registered nurse in Cottage
Grove, and driving a school
bus for South Lane School Dis-
trict for nearly two decades.
However, his true passion was
responsible forestry manage-
ment. Spanning all of those
years, he spent evenings and
weekends tirelessly tending to
his 50 acre tree farm on Over-
holser Road, where he spent
his fi nal days. Refl ecting on the
coming end of his life, Brian
looked to an ancient Buddhist
teaching: “If you haven’t con-
templated your death before
noon, you’ve wasted a day,” he
said.
Brian came from a large
Irish Catholic family and wor-
shipped locally at Our Lady
of Perpetual Help in Cottage
Grove. A memorial service
will be held there at 11am on
Friday October 2nd for friends
and family, though many will
attend virtually due to the
pandemic. In lieu of fl owers or
gift s, the family requests dona-
tions to the wildfi re fi ght eff ort
in Oregon right now through
the Northwest Response Fund.
Arrangements in the care
of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral
Chapel, Cottage Grove, Ore-
gon.
