The INDEPENDENT, May 16, 2001
EDNA F. CAPLES
Edna Fay Caples, 88, died April 21,
2001. Private services were held, with
disposition by cremation.
Mrs. Caples was born Sept. 18,
1912 in Vernonia. Her maiden name
was Webster.
She married Ralph Caples in 1930.
They made their home in Portland. She
was a homemaker.
Mrs. Caples was a member of the
Order of The Eastern Star, Mt. Hood
Chapter, and Daughters of The Nile.
She was preceded in death by her
husband in 1991.
Survivors include a son, Jerry of
West Linn; a brother, Walt Webster of
Lebanon; five grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
Remembrances are suggested to
Oregon Meals on Wheels.
Lincoln Memorial Park and Funeral
Home was in charge of arrangements.
IMOGENE E. SCHEELE
Imogene Eunice Scheele, 56, Gig
Harbor, Wash., died. Memorial servic
es were held April 22 at the Eagles
Lodge in Gig Harbor.
Mrs. Scheele was born February
20, 1946, in Astoria, to Fredrick John
and Myrtle Lois Slanger of Birkenfeld.
She was raised in Jewell and graduat
ed with honors from high school. She
graduated from business college and
and worked a year in Portland before
taking a government job in Washington
D.C.
She married Stephen Bright Jr. in
1969 at Emanuel Episcopal Church in
Birkenfeld. They lived in Tennessee,
where she worked for 4-H for 10 years.
Later, she married
Kenneth
Scheele and moved to Gig Harbor,
Wash., where she worked for the
Tacoma school system.
Mrs. Scheele was a member of
Emanuel Episcopal church and the Gig
Harbor Eagles Lodge.
Survivors include her husband; a
son, Stephen Fredrick; her mother,
Myrtle Slanger, of Jewell; a sister,
Cynthia Anne Weber of Astoria; a
brother, Dale Slanger of Longview; two
grandchildren.
LENA “MAE” HINDERMAN
Lena “Mae” Hinderman, 76,
Vernonia, died May 10, 2001. Private
services were held.
Mrs. Hinderman was born Nov. 27,
1924, in Purcell, Missouri, to Willard
and Sadie (Ford) Purcell. She was
raised in Purcell and Alba and graduat
ed from Alba High School. In 1940, she
moved to Spokane, Washington.
In 1941, she married Benjamin
Hinderman. They lived in Mullan,
Idaho, until 1959, when they moved to
Wallace, Idaho. In 1993, she moved to
Vernonia.
She was a member of the Eagles
Auxiliary in Wallace for over 50 years.
Mrs. Hinderman was preceded in
death by her husband; a brother,
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Frank; three sisters, Lela, Ruth and
Viola.
Survivors include three sons, Jim
and Gary of Bellingham, Washington;
and Ron of Vernonia; two daughters,
Jeanette Hood of Vernonia and Patricia
Wolfe of Roseburg; a brother, Ed
Purcell of Webb City, Missouri; eight
grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchil
dren; nieces and nephews.
Remembrances are suggested to
the American Cancer Society, 0330
SW Curry Street, Portland, Oregon
97201 or the American Diabetes
Association, 380 SE Spokane Street,
Suite 110, Portland, Oregon 97202.
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home
in Forest Grove was in charge of
arrangements.
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