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The INDEPENDENT, April 13,1994
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CHARLES L BIGGS
Charles Leroy "Charlie" Biggs, 97,
Vernonia, died March 25, 1994, at a
Forest Grove care center. Graveside
services were held March 28 at
W illam ette National Cemetery in
Portland, with Pastor Ted Bjorem of
the Vernonia Christian Church offici
ating. Full military honors were un
der the direction of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Post 4248 in Portland.
Mr. Biggs was bom May 3, 1896,
in Holton, Kansas, to John and Ruby
M atscher Biggs. He was a child
when his family moved to Sherwood,
where he grew up and went to
school. He was a veteran of World
War I, who served in the U.S. Navy
during 1918 and 1919.
He married Ida E. "Freda” John
son in 1920 in Vancouver, Wash.,
and they made their home in Vernon
ia. His wife died in 1972.
Mr. Biggs was a farmer. In 1926
he helped build the Vernonia Golf
Course and was a one-third partner
in the business.
He was a member of American
Legion Post 19 in Vernonia and was
a 40-N-8er.
In addition to his wife, he was
preceded in death by a sister,
Mamie, and two brothers, Clarence
and Fred.
Survivors include a daughter, Sal
ly M. Harrison of Vernonia; a son,
John L. of Forest Grove; four grand
children; four great-grandchildren;
one niece and several great and
great-grand nieces and nephews.
The family suggests that remem-
brances be contributions to the Ver
nonia Senior Center.
Fuiten-Rose Chapel of Vernonia
was in charge of arrangements.
NOLAN E. FRANK
Nolan Eugene Frank, 6 months,
Hillsboro, died March 19, 1994, in his
home of sudden infant death syn
drome (SIDS). A Mass was held
March 25 in St. Matthew Catholic
Church in Hillsboro.
He was bom Sept. 14, 1993, to
Raymond and Anne-Marie Frank.
Survivors in addition to his par
ents include a brother, Rian; grand
parents, Kathy Frank of Aloha, Earl
and Mary Frank of Jewell, and Tom
my and Pat Wall of Ireland.
The family suggests that remem
brances be contributions to Oregon
Chapter, SIDS Alliance, P.O. Box
1641, Beaverton, 97075.
BARBARA L NICE
Barbara Lou Nice, 44, Buxton,
died March 24, 1994, of injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident
near Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Fu
neral services were held April 1 at
the Fuiten-Rose chapel in Forest
Grove, with Pastor Bruce Swanson,
of the Buxton Assem bly of God
Church, officiating. Inurnment was in
Buxton Cemetery.
Mrs. Nice was bom Sept. 7, 1949,
in Salem, to John and Lois Smith
Howard. She was reared and educat
ed in Hillsboro. She married Gene
R. Nice in 1966 at Beaverton. They
made their home in Spokane, Wash.,
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North Plains and Vernonia before
1971, when they moved to Buxton.
She served as Postm aster at
Buxton for the past eleven years and
previously owned and operated Bux
ton Food & Feed. She was a mem
ber of Sunset Grange.
Survivors include her husband;
mother, Lois Meek of Cornelius; fa
ther John Howard of Florida; two chil
dren, John L. of Gresham and An
gela R. Johnson of Sweet Home; two
brothers, Marvin Howard of North
Plains and James Howard of Cor
nelius; four sisters, Donna Willard of
Seattle, Wash., Patricia Ostrander of
Hillsboro, Juanita Dennis of Vernonia
and Nancy Kemper of Forest Grove;
three grandchildren and several
nieces and nephews.
The family suggests that remem
brances be contribu tions to the
Banks High School Athletic Fund, c/o
Banks High School, 450 S. Main St.,
Banks, 97106.
RAYMOND BUCKNER
Raymond R. Buckner, 74, Hills
boro, died March 16 at a Hillsboro
hospital. Memorial services were
held March 19 and vault entombment
was In Valley Memorial Park Mau
soleum, Hillsboro.
Mr. Buckner was born Dec. 2,
1919, at Liberal, Kansas, the son of
Dave and Artie Wilhite Buckner. He
was educated in Liberal and lived
there until 1935, when he moved to
Vernonia. He started driving a log
truck at the age of 18. He served in
the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946.
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After his discharge he continued
driving log trucks until retiring in
1973.
Survivors include his sons, Bill
Ray Buckner of Cornelius and Dave
Robert Buckner of Vancouver,
Wash.; a daughter, Nancy Rae Lyons
of Hillsboro; brothers, W.A. Buckner
of California and Ed Buckner of Ver
nonia; sisters, Fern McAlister and
Mabel Mills of California and Alma
Bond of Oregon; eight grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Remembrances may be contribu
tions to the American Heart Assoc.
Forest Grove Memorial Chapel
was in charge of arrangements.
FLOYD “CLIFFORD” WILLIAMS
Floyd “Clifford' Williams, 83, Hay
ward, died April 6, 1994, at his home.
Funeral services were held April 9 at
Gales Creek Community Church of
God, with Pastor Ivan U. Marble offi
ciating. Interment was at Hayward
Cemetery.
Mr. Williams was bom March 21,
1911, in Gould, Okla., to Jake Willie
and Pearl Dixon Williams. He grew
up in Cyril, Okla. He married Virginia
“Viola” Sawyer in 1936 in Anadarko,
Okla. They lived in Cyril until moving
to Visalia, Calif., in 1945. In 1952
they moved to Gale3 Creek, then to
Hayward in 1959.
He worked for the Washington
County Road Department for twenty-
one years, retiring in 1974. He also
farmed.
Mr. Williams was a member of the
Gales Creek Community Church of
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HILDA A. SPENCER
Hilda Spencer, 82, Rainier, died
March 29, in a Longview, Wash.,
hospital. Graveside services were
held A p ril 1 at W hittle-H ubbard
Cemetery in Castle Rock, Wash.,
with Pastor Willard Loewen officiat
ing.
Mrs. Spencer was born in
Charleston, N.H., July 8, 1911, to
Jeremiah and Zolla M. Adams Rank
ins. She married John Lampman,
who died in 1963. In 1968 she mar
ried Sidney Spencer. They moved to
Rainier in 1989 from Vernonia.
Survivors in addition to her hus
band, include four sons, Raymond
Lampman and David Welty, both of
Castle Rock, Wash., Carl Welty of
Kelso and Allen Welty of Ketchikan,
Alas.; a sister, Alice Beardsley of Ca
marillo, Calif; a brother, Leslie Men
zies of Guild Hall, VL; thirteen grand
children; several great-grandchildren
and several nieces and nephews.
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