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| JANUARY 14, 2021
| COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
On The Record
Man arrested on multiple charges following motorhome mayhem
YONCALLA — A man
was arrested last Friday af-
ter crashing into a mobile
home and stripping naked,
sparking several calls to
9-1-1.
On Jan. 8, 2021, at 10:54
a.m., 9-1-1 dispatchers be-
gan receiving reports of
a motorhome which hit a
travel trailer in the Eagle
Valley RV Park (221 Eagle
Valley Road).
The driver of the moto-
rhome began confronting
other drivers and people in
the area. At one point, the
male attempted to open
the door to another trailer
in the park and stole a cell
phone from a bystander
with force.
Callers then began re-
porting the male stripped
nude and began hitting the
windshield of another vehi-
cle.
A deputy arrived on
scene at approximately
10:57 a.m. and attempted
to defuse the situation, but
the male was acting errati-
cally. The deputy’s attempts
to de-escalate the situation
were unsuccessful.
The deputy deployed his
TASER, which allowed the
male to be taken into cus-
tody safely and without fur-
ther incident.
The male was identified
as 39-year-old Frank John
James (city of residence is
unknown).
Frank James
Deputies learned that
James had been the subject
of multiple driving com-
plaints and was reported
to have struck multiple ve-
hicles on Interstate 5 while
traveling south from Cot-
tage Grove.
Oregon State Police
Troopers had been re-
sponding to the area to lo-
cate the motorhome. After
exiting the freeway, James
struck an ODOT truck
head-on and drove away
from the scene. He then
entered the RV Park and
attempted to strike a pedes-
trian with the motorhome
before crashing into the
travel trailer.
Deputies also discovered
an adult female, who was
James’ girlfriend, had been
a passenger in the RV. The
passenger had asked James
to stop and let her out, but
he did not and continued
driving.
Deputies
discovered
James had caused signifi-
cant damage to the travel
trailer, which was occupied
at the time of the collision,
although the occupants
were not injured.
Additional damage oc-
curred to the park’s wa-
terline and another ve-
hicle. James was arrested
and lodged at the Douglas
County Jail on the follow-
ing charges:
• Attempted Assault in
the First Degree x2
• Criminal Mischief in
the First Degree x3
• Robbery in the Third
Degree
• Reckless Endangering
x3
• Felon in Possession of a
Firearm
• Unlawful Possession of
Methamphetamine
• Assault in the Fourth
Degree
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Marion Sidney Howard
1958- 2020
Beloved son, father, broth-
er and friend, Marion Sidney
Howard (Sid) passed away of
heart failure at the age of 62,
December 15, 2020.
He was born April 3, 1958
in Cottage Grove, OR, to Rich-
ard S. and Unica B. (Crawford)
Howard.
Graduated from Cottage
Grove High School in 1976.
Married Th eresa Alzueta
and had two children, daugh-
ter Kristina Nelson and son
(preceded in death) Anthony
Howard.
Later started a new fam-
ily with Margaret Solesbee
and had a daughter Stephanie
Howard.
Sids father passed away in
March 2020 of heart failure. He
is survived by his life partner
Margaret Solesbee; daughters
Kristina Nelson, Stephanie
Howard; three grandchildren;
mother
Unica
Howard;
brothers Stephen and Ray-
mond Howard; sisters Sharon
Anseth and Ereena Howard;
many nieces and nephews. Sid
worked more recently at the
Turtle Mountain Ice Cream
Co. in Springfi eld and then
drove Tractor Trailer Trucks in
the area.
Sid had a passion for Music
and played guitar in two bands
Pegasus and High Wire playing
in our area. Th en started pro-
ducing his own music at his
home with his daughter and
used iTunes and SoundClick
to share his hobby online. His
music is streaming in many
countries.
Sid enjoyed his family,
friends and fans around the
world. He loved camping, fi sh-
ing, bowling, golfi ng, gold pan-
ning and driving his little red
convertible.
ROCK ON SID…We will
miss you so much…
1927-2020
4 boys.
Michael Talbot was a man
who had many interests and
hobbies in life. Which included
such things as freelance pho-
tography, (a shared interest and
vocation by his wife as well) to
the extent of having his own
darkroom he built to devel-
op his and his wife’s pictures.
Michael also enjoyed riding
motorcycles, owning a Honda
Goldwing and building remote
control airplanes from scratch
and fl ying them. Michael also
enjoyed science fi ction novels
and all types of sci-fi media
including the Doctor who and
Star Trek.
As well as British televi-
sion murder mysteries such as
masterpiece theater. Michael
played Drums and Sang in Sal-
ly Duncan’s band Easy Coun-
try who also had a cameo in
a movie titled good luck with
Gregory Hines.
He was also ranked the
number two ASE tech in the
country by GM. Michael Tal-
bot also is the author of a top-
notch sci fi thriller titled” Last
in his Class.” Not to mention he
was an Ordained Minister as
well. He was able to marry one
of his granddaughters shortly
before he passed. He was also
a Past Grand Chancellor of the
Knights of Pythians of Oregon.
Michael Howard Talbot
served his country and his
family with the utmost uncon-
ditional love and devotion. A
model of patience and kind-
ness in every circumstance. He
was truly a man apart. Rest in
peace Michael Howard Tal-
bot. Your family will always
love you more than words can
express and remember you as
the greatest Man that walked
God’s green earth. So now you
will walk among the Stars with
loved ones.
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Michael Howard Talbot
living but father Fred V. Talbot
has passed away. Brothers and
sister all alive Anthony Talbot,
Terri Sams, and Eric Talbot and
many Nephews and Nieces.
Michael Talbot fi rst met his
wife in 1963 in high school a
fi rst dated in 1963 Ceres Union
High School. And graduat-
ed together in 1965, married
in 1966 shortly before he was
shipped out to Vietnam. Mi-
chael and his wife Paula had
one child before he left on his
tour who was named aft er him
to carry on his namesake.
He also was a Grandfather
of 6 and Great Grandfather to
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fi ve children Michael Talbot
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• Theft in the Second De-
gree
• Interfering with a Peace
Officer
• Disorderly Conduct in
the Second Degree
• Failure to Perform the
Duties of a Driver - Misde-
meanor
• Additionally, the Or-
egon State Police investi-
gated the crimes which oc-
curred on Interstate 5 and
the incident involving the
ODOT truck.
Further charges against
James were levied by
Troopers for the following
crimes:
• Reckless Endangering
x2
• Reckless Driving x2
• Domestic Harassment
• Assault in the Fourth
Degree
James remains in custody
in the Douglas County Jail.
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Audrey Stewart died peace-
fully on November 30, 2020 in
Creswell, Oregon in the home
of one of her children. She will
be missed, by friends and family
alike, for her sweet disposition,
her generous spirit, her sense of
awe, her love of music, her in-
fectious smile, her light-hearted
sense of humor, her respectful
and tender love of children,
her drive to keep learning, and
her ongoing attitude of grati-
tude. Audrey, the oldest of fi ve
daughters, was born to Cora Al-
ice Bunnell Stevia and Freder-
ick Randall Stevia in Portland,
Oregon. While growing up in
the Northwest, she moved with
her family multiple times (Port
Townsend, Port Ludlow, Indi-
anola, Seattle) to follow her fa-
ther’s work. Audrey enjoyed all
things musical: tap, piano, voice
lessons, cheerleading, march-
ing band practice, drill team,
singing lead roles in Roosevelt
High School operettas, singing
in church, and accompanying
her father when he played his
violin.
At the age of 18, Audrey
married Gerald Eugene (Jerry)
Stewart in Glendale, California
on June 13, 1945, days before he
shipped out to the South Pacif-
ic. When Jerry came home for
good in 1946, they settled in
Seattle, Washington. Daughters
Merrilee and Colleen arrived
in 1948 and 1950. Th e family
of four moved to California in
1952, when Jerry was hired by
National Bureau of Standards
to work for the Missile Devel-
opment division (later Naval
Ordnance Laboratory, Coro-
na). Daughter Kathy and son
Tim joined the family in 1952
and 1954. Th e family of six was
complete.
Music was a priority for
Audrey even while raising a
family. She practiced the piano
and sang scales at home; drove
her children to piano lessons;
sang in the adult choir and di-
rected the children’s choir at
her church in Corona; selected
music for her daughters to sing
trios; off ered music lessons in
the public schools to 3rd and
4thgraders; invested in her own
collection of Orff instruments;
and even took up the harp in
the 1990s. Audrey was a devot-
ed daughter, sister, wife, mother,
grandmother and great-grand-
mother, a creative homemaker,
an excellent cook, an exacting
seamstress, an advocate for chil-
dren, an avid reader, a diligent
letter-writer and record-keeper,
an active volunteer, a generous
friend, and a gracious host-
ess (neighborhood kids and
friends of her children were
always welcome, relatives some-
times stayed with the family for
months).
Audrey pursued her higher
education when the fi rst of her
children began college. She
earned an AA from Riverside
City College in 1969, a BS from
University of California, River-
side in 1971, a teaching creden-
tial from UCR in 1974, and an
MA from Pacifi c Oaks College
in 1986. She and Jerry ran
Early Ventures for infants and
toddlers for three years. Aft er
this closed, they ran their own
certifi ed infant/toddler care
center—Infant-I-See—in their
home for six years, primarily to
care for their two young grand-
daughters who lived nearby in
Riverside.
Aft er living 44+ years in Co-
rona, Audrey and Jerry moved
to Jerry’s aunt Mae Stewart’s
former home in Riverside in
2000. Fift een years later, a year
aft er Jerry died, Audrey moved
back up to the Northwest to
live with her daughter and son-
in-law, Colleen and Tom. Her
musical endeavors while in Cre-
swell included singing with the
Creswell Community Singers,
singing at church and at home,
playing the piano, going to con-
certs at the Hult Center (her
favorite being the Eugene Sym-
phony), and listening to music
at home.
Tom and Colleen wish to
thank Merrilee and Marty for
welcoming Audrey into their
home on the Oregon coast for
extended stays many times
over the past fi ve years. Special
thanks and appreciation are also
extended to Vanessa Vogel, Au-
drey’s in-home caregiver, who
provided the couple with much
needed respite. Vanessa’s lov-
ing, caring and positive energy
helped everyone through the
fi nal year of Audrey’s life.
Audrey was preceded in
death by her sisters VeNeva,
Priscilla and Carol Ann. She
is survived by: her sister Ric-
ci (Greg) Sloan and sister-in-
law Justine Stolte; her chil-
dren: Merrilee (Marty) Howard,
Colleen (Tom Partridge) Stew-
art, Kathy (Bob) Conover, Tim
(Jill) Stewart; her grandchil-
dren: Erika Brooke, Heather
Howard, Levi (Lily) Conover,
Ian (Tara) Conover, Kaely (Bry-
an) Owen, Tess (Sean) Jackson;
her great-grandchildren: Mila
Conover, Naomi Conover,
Emersyn Owen, Everett Owen,
Renn Jackson; as well as many
nieces and nephews and their
off spring.
A memorial will be planned
for Audrey when it is safe to
gather. Contributions in Au-
drey’s memory may be made
to any of the following: Th e
Bell Choir Program of the First
Presbyterian Church, 216 South
3rd Street, Cottage Grove, OR
97424; Th e Eugene Sympho-
ny, 115 West 8th Avenue, Suite
115, Eugene, OR 97401; Th e
Carillon Bell Tower Fund, UCR
Foundation, PO Box 112, Riv-
erside, CA 92502; Th e Building
Fund, Th e First Congregational
Church, PO Box 1648, River-
side, CA 92502; or a charity of
your choice. For a more detailed
story about Audrey’s life, go to
www.SmithLundMills/obituar-
ies. Arrangements in the care
of Smith Lund Mills Funeral
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