6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • July 15, 2015
Polk County News
OBITUARIES
Ronald A. Salvo
June 15, 1931 – July 6, 2015
Ronald Adolph Salvo, 84,
of Independence died July 6
after a three-month battle
with non-Hodgkin’s Lym-
phoma.
He was born in Portland
to Adolph and Jennie Salvo.
Ro n g ra d u a t e d f ro m
Washington High School
and received his Bachelor of
Art and master’s degrees
from the University of Port-
l a n d . He
had been a
staff ser-
geant in
the Air
Force 759
A C & W
Squadron
stationed
in Galena,
Alaska,
during the
Korean
War. Ron
was vice-
principal of Floyd Light Mid-
dle School and had worked
in the David Douglas School
District for 37 years.
He loved flying his Piper
Archer II and rebuilding his
World War II BT13, which is
now in the Evergreen Avia-
tion Museum.
Survivors include his wife,
Sue; sister, Mary Lou Salvo of
Portland; daughters, Sheri
Kinnear (Michael) of Boring,
Lisa Salvo of New York, and
Kristine Glock (Brian) of Van-
couver, Wash.; son, Donald
Salvo (Karen) of Beaverton;
seven grandchildren; and
eight great-grandchildren.
Service was Friday at St.
Patrick Catholic Church in
Independence.
Contributions are sug-
gested to Willamette Valley
Hospice, 1015 Third St. NW,
Salem, OR 97304.
Farnstrom Mortuary in
Independence handled
arrangements. To send an
online condolence: www.
FarnstromMortuary.com.
Dolores Casini
Nov. 30, 1930 – July 2, 2015
Dolores “Dee” Guerrero
Casini, 84, of Monmouth
died July 2 in Monmouth.
She was born in San Fran-
cisco to Salvador and Paula
“Martinez” Guerrero.
She was preceded in
death by her husband,
Geno, and two sisters.
Survivors include her two
sons; two
grandchil-
dren; four
g r e a t -
grandchil-
dren; and
large ex-
tended
family.
At her request, no service
will be held.
Farnstrom Mortuary in
Independence handled
arrangements. To send an
online condolence: www.
FarnstromMortuary.com.
Richard K. Patton
Dec. 5, 1932 – July 5, 2015
Richard Keith Patton, 82,
of Independence died July 5
in Independence.
A private family service
will be held. Contributions
are suggested to Willamette
Humane Society. Howell,
JANE ELIZABETH RICHARDS (Betty)
Jan. 21, 1921 - July 10, 2015
Betty was a long time resident of Mon-
mouth and the surrounding area, she died
Friday morning, July 10th, at Windsor
Health and Rehab in Salem, Oregon. Betty
was born on January 21, 1921 to Robert
and Margaret Buckley-Jones in Gaerwen
Anglesey North Wales. She had one sister
(Gwen) and two brothers (Jack and
Gareth) who remained in North Wales.
When she was in grammer school Queen
Elizabeth, who was a princess at the time, came to her school
and she was introduced. Later, after school she was a nurse in
WWII and on more than one occasion had a bomb go off at
one end of the block while she was at the other.
After the war, in January of 1948, she moved to Oregon
with her young son Terry to start a new life. She almost im-
mediately met Kenneth Richards, they fell in love and the two
married on May 22, 1948. They moved to Pedee where Ken
farmed and Betty worked at Dallas Hospital. They had three
children from this marriage: Ronald, Garry, and Margaret.
In 1964, they moved to Monmouth where Ken had begun
a new career building houses and Betty became a custom dec-
orator for those houses. She was such an excellent decorator
that Ethan Allen of Portland offered her a job to head their
decorating department; a job which she turned down to re-
main in business with her husband.
Betty loved her family and was a wonderful mother, she
loved God and in her later years loved people reading her the
Bible, she also loved shopping for clothes or flowers with her
family, she loved socializing with people, loved working as
both a nurse and home decorator, and loved traveling the
United States with her husband and children. As a mom and
as a friend you couldn’t have asked for anyone better. She was
the most wonderful woman I’ve ever known. She loved and
cared for her family from her heart and she will be greatly
missed.
She had five children, fourteen grandchildren, and twenty-
three great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
She is survived by her sons, Terry Richards and Ronald
Richards and her daughter, Margaret Richards. She was pre-
ceded in death by her former husband Kenneth Richards and
her son, Garry Richards.
Her Memorial Service will be held July 17th at 1:30 p.m. at
Christ’s Church 412 Clay St. W., Monmouth, OR 97361.
Edwards, Doerksen Funeral
Home in Salem handled
arrangements.
Burton P.
McKibben
April 1, 1954 – July 6, 2015
Burton Patrick McKibben,
61, of Dallas died July 6 in
Dallas.
He was born in Dallas to
Burton Henry and Beverly
Glass McKibben.
For his lifetime, he lived in
Dallas, and graduated from
high school here in 1973. He
was the all-star who played
football, basketball, wrestled
and ran track. He even sang in
the choir.
He served
his country
from Janu-
ary 1975 to
January
1978 in the Army. For 30 years,
he worked at Willamette In-
dustries and retired when the
mill shut down.
Burt was an avid hunter
and fisherman.
Survivors include his
sons, Cory and Dusty; sis-
ters, Linda and Debbie; and
four grandchildren.
Me m o r i a l s e r v i c e i s
Wednesday (today) at 2 p.m. at
Dallas Mortuary Tribute Cen-
ter. To send an online condo-
lence: www.dallastribute.
com.
Ruth Vognild
LaRue
June 13, 1921 – June 29, 2015
Ruth Vognild LaRue, 94, of
West Salem, and longtime
Dallas resident, died June 29
following complications
from a fall on June 5.
Ruth-Allis Jett was born in
New York City to George H.
Jett and Fern Lucile Osborn.
Before her first birthday, she
moved with her mother and
older brother, Lowell, back
to Oregon to live with Ruth’s
grandfather while her father
remained to pursue his
business career in New York.
She grew up in Portland
and attended Sunnyside and
Laurelhurst grade schools.
She graduated from Grant
High School. After a year at
Oregon State University,
Ruth married her high
school sweetheart Alden Ed-
ward Vognild in 1940 at the
Sunnyside Methodist
Church.
As World War II began,
Alden enlisted in the Army
for a career that lasted until
1963. After the war, the fam-
ily lived at various bases in
the United
States,
Japan and
N o r w a y.
She was a
Girl Scout
leader in
Virginia
and later in
Norway.
They moved back to Port-
land in 1963. They bought a
farm near Perrydale where
they raised cattle and har-
vested cherries. In 1980, the
family built their first new
house on Gardner Road,
southwest of Dallas. Alden
died there in April 1980 soon
after their move.
Ruth worked as a library
assistant for Polk Education
Service District for several
years. She enjoyed singing in
a high school trio and in
choral groups in several
churches and at Capital
Manor.
Ruth married Paul V.
LaRue in 1982, and they
shared more than 33 years
together. She helped his
part-time ministry in Falls
City United Methodist
Church, and was active in
Christ’s Church Methodist
and Presbyterian United in
Monmouth.
She was an active volun-
teer with Habitat for Hu-
manity. After moving to
Salem, she was active at
Capital Manor, where she
lived for nearly 19 years, and
a t Ja s o n L e e Un i t e d
Methodist Church. She also
was an officer in Lee-Wood
United Methodist Women.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Paul; children, Kristi
Voth of Portland, Erik Vog-
nild of Page, Ariz., and Rolf
(Maggie) Vognild of Dallas;
two grandsons; and Paul’s
children, Mary, Martha and
Arthur.
Celebration of Ruth’s life
is Monday at 2 p.m. at the
a u d i t o r i u m o f Ca p i t a l
Manor, at 1955 Salem-Dallas
Highway NW.
Simon Schulz
June 15, 1980 – June 12, 2015
Barbecue tie-dye celebra-
tion of life for Simon Har-
land Peter Schulz, 34, of In-
dependence is Saturday at 4
p.m. at his mother’s home
on Seventh Street in Inde-
pendence (follow the bal-
loons) and will end with a
fireworks display after dark.
Contributions are sug-
gested to Polk County Spe-
cial Olympics.
Farnstrom Mortuary in
Independence handled
arrangements. To send an
online condolence: www.
FarnstromMortuary.com.
Joseph Maurice
Whelton Jr.
June 5, 1949 – July 6, 2015
Joseph ( Jody) Maurice
Whelton Jr., 66, of Mon-
mouth died July 6 in Mon-
mouth.
He was born to Agnes and
Joseph Whelton in Washing-
ton, D.C.
Joe (Jody) was schooled
throughout the United
States and the Philippines.
He vol-
unteered
and served
two tours
with the
Army in
Vietnam
before re-
turning
and begin-
ning a long
career as
an
ac-
countant.
He lived
in Texas for a time, but
moved to be near his par-
ents and sisters in Ramona,
Calif., in the late 1980s. It
was in Ramona that he met
his wife, Gwen (Geideck)
Whelton, and they married
in 1990. Along with his two
daughters, Catherine and
Cheryl he welcomed Gwen’s
three children, Tim, James
and Sierra. Over the next
decade, Joe and Gwen
would become foster par-
ents and ultimately adopt
two more children, Christo-
pher and Marielena. Joe was
a man with a heart bigger
than seemed possible.
In 2 0 0 5 , Jo e, G w e n ,
Christopher and Mari
moved to Monmouth. He
spent the next several years
of his life retired, maintain-
ing their property, caring for
their animals and his family.
Survivors include his,
wife, Gwen; sons, Tim,
James, and Christopher;
daughters, Catherine,
Cheryl, Sierra and Mariele-
na; sisters, Babs Whelton
and Isabelle Kuyper; brother,
David; and 12 grandchildren.
Norma McBeth
Aug. 29, 1942 – July 1, 2015
Norma Jean McBeth, 72, of
Dallas died July 1 in Dallas.
She was born in Moun-
tain Lake, Minn., to Alando
and Olga Peters.
Norma attended Minneso-
ta elementary schools and
graduated from Central High
School in Independence.
She married Curt McBeth
on Dec. 23, 1961, and with
this marriage came Curt Jr.,
Jeannie, Clayton, Annie and
Chuck.
Norma worked with the 4-
H for more than 20 years in
many project areas includ-
ing goat su-
perinten-
dent, cook-
ing, knit-
ting, and
clothing.
She worked
for group
homes for
numerous years starting as a
cook and making her way
up to manager. She enjoyed
scrapbooking, knitting,
sewing, photography, and
cooking. She loved visiting
with family and friends. She
truly was the best friend to
anyone who wanted to
laugh and have fun.
She was preceded in
death by her family, Pearl
Cavender in 2005 and Bar-
bara Travis in 2013, and her
former husband, Curt Mc-
Beth in 2015.
Survivors include her chil-
dren, Curt Jr., Jeannie, Clay-
ton, Annie, and Chuck; sis-
ters, Wilma, Beverly and
Julie; 12 grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; and ex-
tended family.
Celebration of her life is
Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Dallas
Church, 450 SE Washington St.
Farnstrom Mortuary in
Independence handled
arrangements. To send an
online condolence: www.
FarnstromMortuary.com.
Jesse W. Nofziger
July 8, 2015
Jesse W. Nofziger, 75, of
Salem, died July 8 in Dallas.
Restlawn Funeral Home
and Memory Gardens han-
dled arrangements.
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