Polk County News
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • November 22, 2017 9A
OBITUARIES
John David Purdom
Sept. 9, 1954 – Nov. 6, 2017
Graduated from Willami-
na High School in 1972. He
was employed as a driver
from forklifts to log trucks.
He enjoyed driving.
He built several hot rods,
but his health forced him to
give that up. He loved music,
going to concerts and
played guitar.
He is survived by his sister
Karen Purdom, of Salem. He
was the son of O.D. and Fay
Purdom, who preceded him
in death.
A celebration of Life and
the Legend will be Nov. 25 at
the VFW hall in Willamina at
12:30 p.m.
A potluck will follow the
service and open mic be-
cause everyone has a story.
His sister Karen said, “Dave
wanted to thank everyone
for being his friend and said,
‘if I sat down to write thank
yous there wouldn't be
enough paper.’”
Twyla Mae Borrall
Dec. 26, 1923 – Nov. 14, 2017
Born Dec. 26, 1923, in La
Junta, Colo. Promoted to
Heaven on Nov. 14, 2017, in
Monmouth, in the presence
of her family.
She was a faithful Christ
follower, a wonderful moth-
er, an awe-
s o m e
grand-
m o t h e r,
precious
sister and
aunt and a
friend to
countless
people.
Twyla is survived by her
daughter Diana Wright (son-
in-love Mike); her son Rod
Proaps (daughter-in-love
Lyn); three grandchildren,
Nelson Wright, Chad Proaps
and Stacy Shradar; and her
bonus grandchildren,
grandchildren-in-law and
several step-grandchildren
that she loved dearly. She
had seven great-grandchil-
dren, Byron, Madison, Alec,
Macy, Iona, Ewen, and Adia,
and one great-great-grand-
child Eden, and one on the
way, Greyson. She is also
survived by her sisters Dor-
thy Bargar and Zella Gundy;
and one brother David Jus-
tus. She had many precious
nieces and nephews, and
she loved it when they called
her Aunt Twyla.
Twyla was preceded in
death by her parents, Rev.
Thomas Justus and Ruth
Justus. Also preceded in
death by her husband Ray
Borrall; and former husband
Harold Proaps; her sister
Bonnie Cude; her brother
Kenneth Justus; and her
great-grandson Keenen
Dunn.
She claimed her entire ex-
tended family for Christ by
his precious blood. Exodus
12:23, ESV For the Lord will
pass through to strike the
Egyptians and when he sees
the blood on the lintel and
on the two doorposts, the
Lord will pass over the door
and will not allow the de-
stroyer to enter your houses
to strike you.
Twyla faithfully attended
church her entire life. She
was a member of Praise As-
s e m b l y i n Mo n m o u t h ,
where she was known as
“Muthie.”
She was a Rosie the Rivet-
er during World War II,
working in Portland in the
shipyards. She was a lifetime
Dudley’s
Hearing Aid Service
homemaker. She was a
tremendous Bible teacher of
children and adults for
many years. She tithed faith-
fully, and God supplied her
needs with abundance.
We are happy Twyla is in
heaven singing and dancing
and enjoying her restored
sight and perfect hearing.
We know that the gates of
heaven opened wide the
early morning hours of Nov.
14, 2017, when it was an-
nounced that a treasured
saint was arriving. Neverthe-
less, we mourn the passing
of this remarkable woman
and we will miss her terribly.
Services were held at
Praise Assembly on Nov. 20,
2017. Memorials can be
made to Praise Assembly in
Monmouth, praiseassemby-
monmouth.org or Teen
Challenge, teenchal-
lengeusa.com, in her name.
James M. Hodges
Nov. 12, 1931 – Nov. 14, 2017
Ja m e s Me l v i n ( Ji m )
Hodges, of Chandler, Ariz.,
passed away on Tuesday,
Nov. 14, 2017, of age-related
causes. He was 86 years old.
Jim was born on Nov. 12,
1931, in Crescent City, Calif.,
to Nellie Helen (Stewart)
Hodges
and Daniel
I v a n
Hodges.
He was
a
U.S.
Army vet-
eran, who
graduated
from Ore-
gon State
University
(BS) and
Texas A&M
University
(MS). Following college, Jim
worked nearly 40 years with
the Eugene School District
4J in Oregon, where his pas-
sion for education was evi-
dent.
The majority of his career
was spent as a teacher and
guidance counselor at North
Eugene and South Eugene
high schools, and he also
taught adult education
classes at Lane Community
College.
After he retired, Jim spent
countless hours traveling to
visit with family and friends,
and volunteering at the Hult
Center for the Performing
Arts in Eugene and at the
Mesa Arts Center in Arizona.
Jim was predeceased by
his parents; his beloved for-
mer wife Nancy (Shinkle)
Hodges; and his nephew
Robert Fetter.
He is survived by his
daughter Pamela Hodges
Kulinna, of Chandler, her
former husband F. Eric
Kulinna, and their son F.
Parker Kulinna; as well as his
sister Maxine (Hodges) Fet-
ter, of Portland, her husband
Bill Fetter and their family,
which includes niece Diane
(Fetter) Priewe, of Philo-
math, her husband Rob
Priewe, and their children
Alison Priewe, Alison’s fiancé
Steven Hook, Ross Priewe,
and Reid Priewe, and niece
Mika (Suzuki) Fetter, of Port-
land, and her children Kai
and Nanami Fetter.
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Salem
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have private memorial and
honor Jim’s request to scat-
ter his ashes at Spencer’s
Butte in Eugene at a later
date.
Calvin Ricky
VanWinkle
Feb. 5, 1954 – Nov. 13, 2017
Calvin Ricky VanWinkle,
63, a resident of Rickreall,
died Monday, Nov. 13, 2017,
at his home, surrounded by
his loving family.
He was born on Feb. 5,
1954, in
Dallas, the
son
of
Calvin A.
and Made-
line Hagar.
Shortly
after grad-
u a t i o n
from high
school, he
enlisted in
the United
S t a t e s
Army and,
because of medical health,
was discharged following
basic training.
He lived in Dallas for all of
his life, except for a few
years he spent in Oklahoma.
He worked for the Gem
Equipment Company in Mt.
Angel as a welder and fabri-
cator producing cannery
equipment.
He built the first curly
fries machine and had many
inventive ideas throughout
his life.
He was a member of the
Gra c e Ba p t i s t C h u rc h .
Calvin enjoyed fishing,
hunting and was an extreme
outdoor man. He was a fun-
loving, dedicated family
man, full of faith and strong
to the end.
He is survived by his wife
Becky Drake; daughter
Laura Blevins; son Matthew
VanWinkle; and daughter
Sara Swindle; along with 12
grandchildren. Also surviv-
ing is a sister Pat Waldron.
He was preceded in death by
an infant son Tristin; sister
Brenda Graham; and a
brother Ron VanWinkle.
A celebration of life will
begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday,
Dec. 3, in the Grace Baptist
Church. The Dallas Mortu-
ary Tribute Center is caring
for the family. www.dallas-
tribute.com.
Dixon Charles
Phillips
Dec. 1, 1932 – Nov. 14, 2017
Dixon Charles Phillips, of
Dallas, died Nov. 14, 2017, at
the age of 84. He was born in
Seattle on Dec. 1, 1932, to
Marion and Ethel (Little)
Phillips.
In 1951,
D i x o n
joined the
Air Force
and at-
tended the University of Ala-
bama where he studied to
be a stenographer for the
U.S. military and earned the
National Defense Service
Medal while he was enlisted.
After his discharge Dixon
moved to Long Beach, Calif.,
and began working for
Southern California Edison
Co. as a serviceman and util-
ities engineer, where he
worked for over 30 years.
He retired in 1990. He met
his beautiful and loving
wife-to-be Beverly Heine-
mann and, in 1971, they
married in Las Vegas, Nev.
After Dixon retired, he
and Beverly moved to Rose-
burg to be closer to the
youngest of four step-chil-
dren.
He enjoyed many hobbies
in life, but his favorite was
reading, watching and
studying weather (meteorol-
ogy), but he also enjoyed
doing projects on the com-
puter, gardening, bowling,
water skiing and enjoying
their dogs.
Dixon is survived by his
wife of 46 years, Beverly
Phillips; four step-children,
Jean Drumm, Joan Heine-
mann, Jerome Heinemann
and Joanne Alcorns; five
grandchildren, Alvina, Ryan,
Neil, Michelle and Sue Ann;
and several great grandchil-
dren. A graveside service
was held at 2 p.m. on Mon-
day, Nov. 20, 2017, at the
Roseburg National Ceme-
tery in Roseburg, with full
military honors. Dallas Mor-
tuary Tribute Center is car-
ing for the family. To share
an online condolence, go to:
www.dallastribute.com.
Jerry Walter Kluver
Aug. 9, 1954 – Oct. 28, 2017
Jerry Walter Kluver died at
age 63, Oct. 28, 2017.
He passed away peaceful-
ly, surrounded by his family.
He is survived by his mother
Belle Klu-
ver; broth-
er Dan
Kluver; sis-
ters Teresa
Kluver and
Lois Sum-
m e r s ;
daughters
Tammy Ghiai and Kara
Estep; granddaughter Kailie;
and partner, Peggy Smith.
Jerry was a devoted father
and a kind, gentle man who
loved animals and would
feed many of them by hand,
wild or not.
Thus he was dubbed
“Jerry Dolittle.”
He was a happy person
who joked and teased with
everyone he met.
He loved to bake and
often delivered goodies to
the museum staff across the
street.
He held a strong belief in
God, and was often moved
to tears during worship.
He will be sorely missed
by all who knew him.
Charles Dean
Braziel
Feb. 23, 1938 – Nov. 16, 2017
Charles “Chuck” Braziel
passed away on Thursday,
Nov. 16, 2017, at the age of
79, in Albany, with his family
by his side.
Chuck
fought a
strong bat-
tle against
five differ-
ent can-
cers during
an eight-
year peri-
od, suc-
cumbing
to liver
cancer.
Chuck was
born in the
township of Bear, Ark., on
Feb. 23, 1938, to Arthur and
Ruth Braziel, the fifth of six
children.
At the age of 7, he moved
with his family to the
Willamette Valley, settling in
the Monmouth-Indepen-
dence area. He was a resi-
dent of Monmouth for many
years until recently moving
to Albany to live with is
daughter and family.
Chuck enjoyed his final
months before passing
spending quality time and
re c o n n e c t i n g w i t h h i s
daughter, granddaughters,
brothers and nieces. His
great joy was spending time
and playing with his new
great-granddaughter, Char-
lotte.
Chuck graduated from
Central High School in 1955,
briefly attended Oregon In-
stitute of Technology in Kla-
math Falls before joining the
National Guard Reserves,
stationed in Rucker, Ala.
Chuck married Patty Dry-
dale on March 15, 1963.
They had one daughter,
Matie. Chuck married a sec-
ond time, and married
Marlyn Russell on Dec. 26,
1986. They later separated in
2017.
Throughout his lifetime,
Chuck was employed by
Georgia Pacific, the city of
Independence, and Akzo
Nobel, from which he re-
tired in 2000.
Chuck is preceded in
death by his parents, Arthur
and Ruth; sister Velda; and
brothers Jim and Norvell.
Chuck is survived by his
daughter, Matie Dougherty
(Vaughn), of Albany; grand-
daughter Christine Kennedy
(Tyler), of Albany, grand-
daughter Haleigh Gilchrist
(Austin), of Albany; and
great-granddaughter Char-
lotte Gilchrist, of Albany. He
is survived by his brothers
Stanley Braziel, of Salem,
and Bobby Braziel (Sally), of
Dallas.
Visitation will be held at
Farnstrom Mortuary on Fri-
day, Nov. 24, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Chuck’s service will be held
at Farnstrom Mortuary on
Saturday, Nov. 25, at 1 p.m.
Interment to follow at Eng-
lish Cemetery, Monmouth.
Online memories and
condolences may be sent to
FarnstromMortuary.com.
Contributions in Chuck’s
name may be made to the
American Cancer Society or
Samaritan Evergreen Hos-
pice.
Marianna Quiring
Aug. 3, 1917 – Nov. 18, 2017
Marianna Quiring, 100, of
Dallas, died Saturday, Nov.
18, 2017, at her home.
A graveside service will
begin at 1 p.m. on Friday,
Nov. 24, in the Dallas Ceme-
tery. The Dallas Mortuary
Tribute Center is caring for
the family. www.dallastrib-
ute.com.
Gordon C.
English Sr.
Feb. 7, 1922 – Nov. 18, 2017
Gordon C. English Sr., 95,
of Dallas, died Saturday,
Nov. 18, 2017, in the Dallas
Retirement Village.
Viewing will be from 2 to
8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, in
the Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center.
Funeral ser vices will
begin at 3 p.m. on Saturday,
Nov. 25, in the Trinity
Lutheran Church.
Memorials are suggested
to the Optimal Hospice in
California or Willamette Val-
ley Hospice, both in care of
the Dallas Mortuary Tribute
Center at 287 SW Washing-
ton St. Dallas, OR 97338.
www.dallastribute.com.
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