WILLIAM C. HANSEN
William C. Hansen, 67, Emmett,
Idaho, died April 4, 1995, at his home
of cancer. Memorial services were
held April 7 at Potter Funeral Chapel
in Emmett
Mr. Hansen was bom March 6,
1928, in Boise, Idaho. He graduated
from Nyssa (Oregon) High School in
1946.
He joined the U.S. Navy and
served nearly four years as a medi
cal corpsman, stationed at Pams Is
land, S. C., and on the aircraft carrier
U.S.S. Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
After receiving an honorable dis
charge, he went to work as a regis
tered medical technologist and x-ray
technician at Mary Secor Hospital in
Emmett In 1955, he was appointed
administrator of the hospital.
During this time, he was involved
in many Emmett organizations, in
cluding Kiwanis and Jr. Chamber of
Commerce and, because of his ac
tivities on behalf of the community,
received the Distinguished Service
* Award.
He later held administrative posi
tions at St. Alphonsus Hospital in
Boise and Sun Valley Hospital in Sun
Valley, Idaho.
In 1971, he accepted a position
as Field Consultant with the Ameri
can Hospital Association. He moved
to Vernonia and traveled from there
to hospitals throughout the North
west.
Mr. Hansen stayed active in com
munity efforts, serving on the Ver
nonia Planning Commission, Vernon
ia City Council and the Columbia
County Emergency Communications
(9-1-1) Board.
At the time of his retirement, he
was employed by the Oregon Associ
ation of Hospitals.
His professional activities includ
ed membership in the American Col
lege of Hospital Administrators and
the presidency of the Idaho Hospital
Association. He also owned and op
erated a private health care compa
ny.
After retirement, he moved first to
Fishhawk Lake in Birkenfeld, then re
turned to Emmet, where he wrote a
weekly gardening column for the
Emmett Messenger-Index. He also
owned and operated a garden store
and flower shop.
S urvivors include his wife,
Blanch, whom he married in 1987;
mother, Florence Betzold of Boise;
daughter, Pam Clark of Kemmerer,
Wyo.; sons, Guy of Hailey, Idaho,
and Glen of Brush Prairie, Wash.;
stepson, John Laughlin of Longview,
Wash.; three grandchildren and two
step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a
son, Lynn.
Memorial contributions may be to
the Emmett Kiwanis Club Tree Com
mittee.
Ml LUCENT OUN MANNING
M illice n t O lin M anning, 82,
Salem, died April 4, 1995, in a Salem
care center of heart failure. Funeral
services were held April 10 at How-
ell-Edwards-Doerksen Chapel of the
Gardens. A committal service and in
terment were held the same day at
Vernonia Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Manning was bom Jan. 4,
1913, in Mill City, where she attend
ed school. She graduated from the
University of Oregon in 1936 and
In Memoriam
ifase Caroline I)avis
God gives certain people the most special gifts
His reasons are reasons that only He knows
Treasures or diamonds or gardens in bloom
And to us, he sent the most beautiful Rose
He chose her, like a star from the Heavens
And sent her to shine on the lives of us all
To hold us and hug us and pat on our shoulders
To wipe sweaty tears or skinned knees when we'd fall
With patience, she loved us, always so forgiving
And her eyes, they could speak from the depths of her soul
She was the one who never met strangers
Who made individuals feel needed and whole
"The more the merrier," she beamed, and she meant it
The warmth of her heart filled the walls of her home
Her high spirited nature sometimes made us worry
When she sought an adventure, in a flash, she was gone
Her laughter, we can still hear it ringing
And we smile when we think of the things she has done
There was never a dull minute when with her
A jolly demeanor, a barrel of fun!
married William H. Manning in 1941
in Portland.
She worked for Pacific Telephone
in Portland for several years.
After living in El Paso, Texas, for
35 years, she came to Salem on
March 14, 1995.
She was a m em ber of C hrist
Episcopal Church, in El Paso, and
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.
She was preceded in death by
her husband in 1971.
Services include daughters,
Frances Fessler of Salem and Vir
ginia Pebelske of Woodridge, III.; four
grandchildren and two great-grand
children.
MYRLE A. JONES
Myrle A. Jones, 89, Hillsboro,
died April 5, 1995. Funeral services
were held April 7 at Forest Grove
Memorial Chapel. Interment was in
M onum ent H ill M em orial Park,
Woodland, Calif.
Mrs. Jones was born Jan. 31,
1906, in Beardstown, III. Her maiden
name was Brown. She was reared
and educated in Arkansas.
She m arried George Smith in
1925; he died in 1941. In 1959, she
married Desmond E. Jones. He also
preceded her in death, in 1966.
Mrs. Jones lived in Arkansas and
California before moving to Hillsboro
in 1967. She worked in restaurants, a
shirt factory and a foster-care home.
S urvivors include daughters,
Leona Crites of Hillsboro, Glenda
Crites of North Plains, Shirley Smith
of Cornelius and Louise Swink of
Locfi, Calif.; sons, Harold D. Smith of
North Plains and Charles W. Smith of
Vernonia; sisters, Ruby Johnson of
Carruthers, Calif., and Doilie Boswell
of Forest G rove; b ro th e r D ancil
Brown of Paragould, Ark.; 26 grand
children; 52 great-grandchildren and
eight great-great-grandchildren.
PAUL E. BELL
Paul E. Bell, 63, Forest Grove,
died March 29, 1995, at his home.
Funeral services were held March 31
at Bronleewe-Bass Funeral Home in
Hillsboro, with Pastor Dan Bohlken
officiating. Interment was on family
property in Spray.
Mr. Bell was bom April 25, 1931,
in Albany, to Earl C. and Inez E.
Williams Bell. He was raised in the"
Cooper Mountain area and attended
Kinton Grade School and Beaverton
High School.
He and his wife, Elizabeth, were
m arried in Vancouver, Wash., in
1956.
Mr. Bell worked as a hyster oper
ator for Hines Supply in Beaverton
for 15 years, before an injury forced
him to retire in the late 1980s.
He had played slow pitch softball
on the Holub Gutter and Cven’s Cafe
teams in Banks.
Survivors in addition to his wife,
include two sons, Earl of St. Paul,
and Paul of Forest Grove; a daugh-
'A Trusted 9tflme In funeral Service ‘
Hunfuatij clujx£t, 3nc.
She never condemned the differences of others
She found something good in each person she knew
The world would be boring if we all were alike
She taught us to be prideful, to ourselves to be true
Oa>ned £ O p e ra te d
In her life, she was a wife, a Mom, so much to so many
But "Nanny" is the name she was known to by all
She taught us to think that we could move mountains
To look for the light, no matter how small
And she found the light, when she left here last Sunday
She reached up to greet them, received feathered wings
Her husband, granddaughter, and so many others
Embrace her so snuggly as each angel sings
To us, the days seem so long and so cold
Like a blanket of snow, it seems like time froze
It's like something is missing, but never forgotten
And she'll bloom in our hearts, forever, a Rose
03-20-95
Written for "Nanny”. Words by: Amee D. Fox
Feelings by: Andrea Harper and beloved family members
Submitted by Gladys Sharar
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BETTY M. BLOUNT CHAMBERS
May 14, 1926 March 21, 1995
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SYLVIA H. FALCONER
Jan. 9,1908
April 6, 1995
Services Held
ter, Terri Joeckel of Beaverton; five
grandchildren; two sisters, Phyllis
Burney of Lacey, Wash., and Karen
Sires of Beaverton.
The family suggests memorial
contribution to the Kaiser Hospice in
Portland.
Bronleewe-Bass Funeral Home of
Hillsboro was in charge of arrange
ments.
LEUA S. WILKINSON
Lelia Sylvana Wilkinson, 97, Gre
sham, died March 27, 1995. Grave
side services were held at West lawn
Memorial Park in Springfield.
Mrs. Wilkinson was bom May 7,
1897, at Oelrichs, S.D., to David
Alden and May Bames Pettegrew.
She married Claud Wilkinson in 1918
in Corvallis.
She had lived in several Oregon
communities, including Vernonia,
Laurelw ood-G aston and Forest
Grove.
Mrs. Wilkinson was a homemak
er, piano teacher, tailor, writer and
painter. She worked for a time at
Portland Glove Factory.
She was a member of the Sev
enth-day Adventist Church in Forest
Grove and taught Sabbath School for
many years.
She was preceded in death by
her husband in 1977, and a daugh
ter, Ruth Smith, in 1993.
Survivors include a son, Roy of
Beaverton; daughter Mabie Martin of
Portland; three grandchildren.
Remembrances may be sent to
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
BETTY M. BLOUNT CHAMBERS
Betty May Blount Chambers, 68,
Manning, died March 21, 1995, at
her home. Graveside services were
held March 25 at the North Cemetery
of Clear Creek in Vernonia, with Pas
tor DJ Dickey of Grace Reformed
Baptist Church officiating.
Mrs. Chambers was bom May 14,
1926 in Vernonia, to Forest and Ver
na Holbrook Blount She was reared
and educated in Louisiana.
She m arried John Raym ond
Chambers in 1944 at S t Helens. Fol
lowing their marriage, they lived in
North Bend until 1950 when they
moved to Vernonia. She moved to
Portland in 1963, then to Manning in
1976.
Mrs. Chambers was preceded in
death by her husband in 1961, a
daughter, Victoria J. Loftis in 1972;
and two sisters, Bobbie Chadwick
and Susie McAdams.
Survivors include two sons Lester
R. of North Plains and Darrel W. of
Vernonia; two brothers, Albert Blount
of Tillamook and Lester Blount of Tal
ent; two sisters, Marie Landsen of
Portland and Odean Anderson of
Beaverton; six grandchildren; several
gre a t-g ra n d ch ild re n ; num erous
nieces and nephews.
The fam ily suggests rem em
brances for vision research to Sisters
of Providence, c/o S t Vincent Medi
cal Foundation, 9205 SW Bames
Rd., Portland, 97225.
Fuiten-Rose Chapel of Forest
Grove was in charge of arrange
ments.
CHRISTINE E. VANDEBERG
C h ristine E. Vandeberg, 89,
Beaverton, died March 27, 1995, at a
Beaverton nursing home.
Funeral services were held March
30 at V isitation Roman Catholic
Church in Verboort with the Revs.
Joseph Heuberger, James Crunican,
J. Patrick Moore, Plus Moore and
James Harris officiating. Vault inter
ment was in Visitation Cemetery. The
Holy Rosary was recited March 29 at
Forest Grove Memorial Chapel.
Mrs. Vandeberg was born July
16, 1906, in Verboort, to Antone and
Anna Marie Joosten Hermens. She
attended elementary school in Ver
boort, then attended St. Mary's of the
Valley High School.
She married Antone Vandeberg in
Verboort in 1924. He died in April
1977 after more than 52 years of
marriage.
Mrs. Vandeberg worked in can
neries, on strawberry and broccoli
planters and did various sorts of field
work.
She did custom quilting and was
a member of the Verboort Quilters.
She also was a member of the Altar
Society, the National Catholic Society
of Foresters and the Royal Neigh
bors.
She and her husband had no chil
dren, but they had 11 god-children,
they called their own. They included
Eugenia Coussens, Mildred Van Mel-
tebeke, S ister Evelyn Schwall
SSMO, Ignatins Evers, Lynn Moe,
Janet Verboort, Norbert Krieger,
Ronald Evers, Florence Herinckx,
and the late Esther Seus and Marvin
Hermens.
S urvivors include a brother,
Ernest Hermens of Banks; a sister,
Mary Evers of Forest Grove; numer
ous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorial
contributions to the Perpetual Care
Trust Fund for Visitation Cemetery in
Verboort.
Forest Grove Memorial Chapel
was in charge of arrangements.
JOHN D. LAMPMAN JR.
John D. Lampman Jr., 34, St. He
lens, died March 27, 1995, of AIDS.
No service was held; disposition was
by cremation.
Mr. Lampman was bom July 16,
1960 in St. Helens.
He was a veteran of the U.S.
Navy and worked as a clerk and car
rier for the U.S. Postal Service in
Vernonia.
Survivors include his father, John
D. Sr., and sisters, Faith Breck, Jen
nie Lam pm an, Tina K linger and
Wendy Reiniger, all of St. Helens.
Remembrances may be to the
Cascade AIDS Project, 620 SW Fifth
Ave., Suite 300, Portland, 97204.
Columbia Funeral Home of St.
Helens was in charge of arrange
ments.
MARY LUCILLE PEARSON
Mary Lucille Pearson, 80, Port
land, died March 23, 1995, of con
gestive heart disease. Funeral ser
vices were held March 27 in Frnley-
Sunset Hills Mortuary. Interment was
in Sunset Hills Memorial Park.
Mrs. Pearson was bom Nov. 11,
1914, in Laurel, Miss. She had lived
in the Portland area since 1963, but
also lived in Vernonia and Roseburg.
She married John R. Pearson in
1930.
Mrs. Pearson was a housekeeper
for St. Vincent Hospital and Ameri
can Building. She was a member of
the First Baptist Church.
Her husband preceded her in
death in 1978.
Survivors include sons, Henry D.
of Tigard, Marvin D. of Gold Beach,
Robert M. of Milwaukie and John W.
of Yuba City, Calif.; daughters, Mary
A. Sullivan of Portland, Janice L.
Coxey of Woodbridge, Vir., Donnie
G. Keel of Umpqua and Sidonnie R.
Schultz of Clackamas; sister, Dorothy
Collins of Inverness, Fla.; brother
Henry A. Myrick of Baker, La.; 26
grandchildren; 22 great-grandchil
dren and four great-great-grandchil
dren.
TWILA F. BERKHEIMER
Twila F. Berkheimer, 58, Scap
poose, died March 21, 1995, at her
home of causes related to epilesy.
Private graveside services were held
March 23 in Union Point Cemetery in
Banks.
Miss Berkheimer was bom Aug.
16, 1936, in Hazard, Neb., to Dennis
L. and Vema E. McAlevy Berkheimer.
She was reared and educated in Ne
braska.
She was disabled all of her life
and had lived with her parents in
Sunnyside and Grandview, Wash.,
from 1950 to 1982, when she moved
to Banks. At the time of her death,
she was living with her sister, and
survivor, Ellen Hart in Scappooso.
Forest Grove Memorial Chapel
was in charge of arrangements.
ALBERT A. MARTINDALE
Albert A. Martindale, 89, Portland,
died March 28, 1995. A memorial
service was held April 8 at Harold
Oliver School. Interment was in Lin
coln Memorial Park.
Mr. Martindale was bom April 19,
1905, in Oakley, Idaho.
He married Florence Shandy in
1933, and worked as a farmer until
retiring in 1972.
He was a member of the World
wide Church of God.
Survivors in addition to his wife,
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