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Obituary
MELISSA K. NARUP
Melissa Katherine Narup, 87, Van
couver, Wash., died November 4, 2002.
Funeral services were held November
7, at Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral
Home in Forest Grove, with the Rev. C.
Eugene Sabin officiating. Interment
was in St. Francis Cemetery, Roy.
Miss Narup was born November 18,
1914, in Banks, to John and Catherine
Mauss Narup. She grew up in Banks
and graduated from Banks High School
in 1932.
She was a self-employed caregiver
who cared for a quadriplegic for 20
years.
Miss Narup was preceded in death
by a brother, Ferdinand; and a sister,
Matilda Hall.
Survivors include a niece and a
nephew.
Remembrances are suggested to
the Alzheimer’s Association, Oregon
Trail Chapter, 1311 NW 21st Ave., Port
land, OR 97209.
Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral
Home of Forest Grove was in charge of
arrangements.
MARGARET A. C. DUPREE
Margaret Ann Clifton DuPree, 41,
Portland, died November 1, 2002. Cel
ebration of life service was held No
vember 9, at the Salmon Creek United
Methodist Church in Vancouver, Wash.
Mrs. DuPree was born October 3,
1961, in Tacoma, Wash. She grew up in
Hillsboro. She attended Concord Col
lege in Portland and worked as a med
ical assistant.
She was preceded in death by a sis
ter, Ellen Clifton, in 1999.
Survivors include a daughter, Keri
McNicholas of Portland; a son, Charles
McNicholas of Denver, Colo.; her moth
er, Sally DuPree of LaCenter, Wash.;
her father, Al Clifton of Bend; three sis
ters, Michelle Taylor of Vernonia, An
gela Quilett of Hillsboro, and Jay Clifton
of Redmond; five brothers, Michael of
Vancouver, Wash., Joe of Everett,
Wash., Jim Clifton of Memphis, Tenn.,
Damien of Aloha, and Darren of Port
land; grandparents. Margaret McNi
cholas of Beaverton, and Helen Clifton
of Rockaway.
Remembrances are suggested to a
memorial fund in her name at Salmon
Creek United Methodist Church in Van
couver, Wash., to be used lor a youth
camp scholarship fund.
Davies Cremation and Burial Ser
vice was in charge of arrangements.
PALMA E. P. BARTLETT
Palma Elaine Peck Bartlett, 65,
Shady Grove, died November 1, 2002.
Memorial services were November 9 at
Bronleewe-Bass Funeral Home in Hills
boro. Inurnment was in Fir Lawn Ceme
tery.
Mrs. Bartlett was born September
14, 1937, in Oregon City, to Leonard
and Olive Shaw. She grew up in Banks
and graduated from Banks High
School. She attended Oregon State
University for a year.
She married Robert Peck. They lat
er divorced. She moved to Alaska and
owned a clothing store in Palmer. She
married Herb Bartlett and moved to
Trail, near Shady Cove. She was a
medical transcriptionist at Rogue Valley
Medical Center in Medford and retired
in 2001.
Mrs. Bartlett was a member of King
dom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Herb Bartlett and a son,
Bruce Peck.
Survivors include two sons, Scott
Peck of Banks and Brian Peck of Van
couver; and a sister, Ruth Nelson of
Vancouver, Wash.
Bronleewe-Bass Funeral Home of
Hillsboro and Abbey Funeral in Med
ford were in charge of arrangements.
LOIS M. JOHNSON
Lois M. Johnson, 72, Onalaska,
Wash., died November 5, 2002. Grave
side services were November 12 in
Shoestring Cemetery and a memorial
service in Napavine Assembly of God
Church in Napavine, Wash., with Pas
tor Wilbur Karch officiating.
Mrs. Johnson was born May 26,
1930, in Watford, N.D., to Jake and
Marie Talfson Berger.
In 1946, she married Dale Johnson.
They lived in Vernonia and Hillsboro. In
1958, they moved to Upper Lake, Cali
fornia. They also lived in Elgin and
Reedsport and, in 1962, moved to Win
lock, Wash They moved to Portland in
1971, to Ketchikan, Alaska, in 1979 and
to Onalaska in 1991. Mrs. Johnson
worked there as a cook.
She was preceded in death by her
husband in 1997.
Survivors include two daughters,
Christine Weiher of Onalaska, and
Cindy Willey of Centralia, Wash.; two
sons, Craig and Pierry, both of Onalas
ka; 11 grandchildren; 16 great grand
children; two sisters, Betty Rowe of
Redwood City, Calif., and Joann Hodg
son of Forest Grove; nieces and
nephews.
Remembrances are suggested to
Napavine Assembly of God Church,
411 Second Ave. SE, Napavine, WA
98565.
Newell-Hoerling’s Mortuary of Cen
tralia, was in charge of arrangements.
CLARA M. HOLEVAS
Clara Marie Holevas, 80, Clatska
nie, died November 6, 2002. Services
were November 11, at Haakinson-
Groulx Mortuary Chapel in Clatskanie,
with Randle Hoxit officiating. Interment
was November 12 at Murray Hill Ceme
tery.
Mrs. Holevas was born May 6,
1922, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to John
Lymen and Minnie M. Graham Castle.
She grew up in Jewell and graduated
from Jewell High School.
In 1959, she married Ernest
Holevas.
Survivors include her husband of
Tillamook; two sons and a daughter,
John E., Kenneth P, and Sharon S. Al-
bertsen, all of Portland; a sister, Myrtie
E. Buckhalter of Clatskanie; two broth
ers, John Castle of Clatskanie, and
Howard Graham of Astoria; four grand
children and five great grandchildren.
Remembrances are suggested to
Clatskanie Volunteer Firefighters Asso
ciation, P.O. Box 807, Clatskanie, OR
97016.
Haakinson-Groulx Mortuary Chapel
in Clatskanie was in charge of arrange
ments.
MARK J. LAUKKANEN
Mark John Laukkanen, 56, Puget
Island, Cathlamet, Wash., died Novem
ber 9, 2002. A memorial service was
held November 15, at Our Saviour’s
Lutheran Church in Puget Island, with
Pastor Cliff Waimer officiating. Inurn
ment was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr Laukkanen was born February
12, 1946, in Passlahti, Finland, to Einar
Mikael and Katri Helena Rytkonen
Laukkanen. On July 4, 1949, they im
migrated to the United States through
Ellis Island and moved to a Browns-
mead dairy farm after a year in Sarato
ga, Wyoming. He grew up in Knappa
and graduated from high school in
1964. He received a scholarship to
Clatsop Community College and
earned his Associate of Arts degree in
Forestry in 1966. In the 1960s, he be
came a U.S. citizen and changed his
name from Markko Johani Laukkanen
to Mark John Laukkanen. In 1968, he
moved to Cathlamet.
He was a forester for Crown Zeller-
bach, a timber cruiser and member of
the timber acquisition team.
In 1971, in Eno, Finland, he married
Mirjami Pehkonen.
He became a commercial snag div
er in 1972 and, in 1978, he started his
own timber cruising-consulting busi
ness. He gillnetted, was a fish buyer
and fish tender skipper in Alaska, and
had a fish buying business, Laukkanen
Seafood. In 1995, he began working for
Banks Lumber Company as a timber
buyer.
Mr. Laukkanen was a volunteer fire
fighter for Cathlamet Fire Department
and the Puget Island Fire Department.
He also served as port commissioner
for Port District No. 2.
Survivors include his wife; two sons,
Heikki of Beaverton and Mikko of Los
Angeles; two daughters, Kaisa of Chi
nook, Wash., and Liisa of Cleveland,
Ohio; two brothers, Mikko E. of
Brownsmead and Dr. Hannu of Forest
Grove; and a sister, Lea Falter of Cas
tle Rock, Wash.
Remembrances are suggested to
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, St.
Route 409, Puget Island, Cathlafriet,
WA 98612; Salmon-For-All, No. 1 - 6th
St., Astoria, OR 97103; or Liisa Laukka
nen College Fund, 205 N. Welcome
Slough Rd., Cathlamet, WA, 98612.
Dowling Funeral Home in Cath
lamet was in charge of arrangements.
VERNA J. CROCKER
Verna J. Crocker, 63, Hillsboro, died
November 13, 2002. No services were
held.
Mrs. Crocker was born November
20, 1938, in Tillamook, to Howard and
Maude Sherwood. She grew up in
Cape Meares, attended grade school in
Bay Ocean and high school in Tillam
ook.
In 1977, she married Kenneth N.
Crocker. They moved to Hillsboro. She
worked for New Leaf Greenhouse and
retired in the late 1990s.
Survivors include her husband;
three daughters, Suzi Azarak of
Phoenix, Ariz., Beverly Corley of Ver
nonia, Therese Davis of Forest Grove;
a stepson, Ken of Shoshone, Idaho;
three stepdaughters, Vicky Carignan of
Sandy, Amy Nielson of Carson, Wash.,
Stacy of Sandy; several grandchildren;
two brothers, Buck Sherwood of Lake-
view, Bob Sherwood of Clatskanie; two
sisters, Shirley Redicopp of Cloverdale,
Carol Sherwood of Clatskanie.
Donelson, Sewell and Mathews
Mortuary was in charge of arrange
ments.
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