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RUTH M. W EED Ruth M arie Urie W eed, 91, St. H e lens, died M arch 23, 2003. G raveside s e rvice s and in te rm e n t w ere held M arch 26 in R ainier Cemetery, by P as tor G erry Etchison o f the First United M ethodist Church. Mrs. W eed w as born N ovem ber 9, 1911, to C lyde and Ethel Urie. She m arried C hester W eed of Ver nonia. They lived in M yrtle Point and owned and operated the Myrtle News Stand. Mrs. W eed was preceded in death by her husband; a brother, Roy Urie; two sisters, H azel Urie M cKee and Eva Urie Steves. Survivors include two sons, R obert and Roger; two sisters, Alm a W eed and Dorothy Jacobsen; tw o brothers, Gib Urie and Ed Urie; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. A N TH O N Y F. VANDEHEY Anthony F. Vandehey, 94, Roy, died April 21, 2003. Recitation of the rosary was April 24 and a funeral m ass was April 25 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, with Rev. Scott Vandehey, cel ebrant. Interm ent was in St. Francis Cemetery. Mr Vandehey was born N ovem ber 23, 1908, a mile southw est o f Roy, to C ornelius and C atherine VanDom elen Vandehey. He grew up in Roy and a t tended St. Francis School. He worked on the fam ily farm. in 1935, he m arried M arcella G Kalsch. They lived and farm ed in the Roy/Verboort area. During the winter m onths, he w orked on the SP&S Rail road and on the green chain for C arna tion Lum ber in Forest Grove. He also w orked for Portland Prune C om pany in Forest G rove and in the shipping de partm ent of Leupold and Stevens in Beaverton. He retired in 1970. Mr. Vandehey was a life-long m em ber of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic C hurch in Roy. He w as preceded in death by a still born son in 1948 and 10 brothers and sisters. Survivors include his wife; seven sons, G ary P. of Roy, Monte C. of Salem, Rev. Scott Vandehey of Beaver ton, Spencer A. of M anning, Reed J. of W arren, Philip A. of Verboort, and Tim othy H. of North Plains; 24 grandchil dren; 22 great-grandchildren; num er ous nieces and nephews. Rem em brances are suggested to St. Francis of Assisi C atholic Grade School, 38975 NW Harrington Road, Banks, OR 97106. Forest Grove Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements. ESTH ER J. ROGERS E sther Jean Rogers, 67, Banks, died April 24, 2003 A m em orial service was held April 27 in Dayspring C hrist ian Fellow ship Church in Banks. Ms. R ogers was born June 27, 1935, in Morganatown W.Va. In 1969, she m oved to Beaverton and in 1993, to Banks. She worked as a bus driver for Tri-M et until retiring. She was a m em ber of Dayspring Christian Fellowship Church. In 1956, she m arried T hom as Waite; they later divorced. Survivors include two sons, Ken and Dan Waite; two daughters, Linda Viozzi and Laura Johnson; a sister, Ellen May Dorosh and five grandchil dren. Remembrances are suggested to Dayspring Christian Fellowship Church. Am erican Burial was in charge of arrangements. Rem em brances are suggested to the Am erican Diabetes Association. KENNETH G. UNWIN SR. Kenneth G. Unwin Sr., 71, died April 24, 2003. A funeral will be held May 2, in Omega Funeral Home. Mr. Unwin was born May 4, 1931, in Utleyville, Colo. He graduated from the College of Idaho and m oved to Port land in 1953. He received a m aster's degree from the University of Portland. He was principal at Vernonia Ele m entary School, taught high school English and journalism and was an ac counting clerk for Oregon Health & Sci ences University for 17 years. In 1954, he married Alta Conner; they divorced. Survivors include a son, Kenneth G. II; a foster son, Steve Pontius, a sister, Alyce Phillips, and one grandchild. Angel Memorials Granite Markers Privately owned Not a funeral home or cemetery board. A change in the budget is that, for the first time, the road and street fund will include an allocation for personal services. This will allow the city to accu rately identify expenses and may enable the city to reduce insurance costs in the future, according to Orlowski. Tthe water depreciation fund, which will be used to re place infrastructure as it ages, is continuing to grow. A large fund decreases the city’s future need for large loana to replace outdated water equipment. The city is "doing well” finan cially, Orlowski said. For the second consecutive year, both the general fund and the water fund were able to cover ex penses for the first half of the year, until property taxes were received, without a transfer from another fund. Orlowski compared the city’s current and proposed budgets to historical budget data, showing a deficit of $139,357 at the beginning of fiscal year 2000-2001 which was reduced to $9,083 by the beginning of the next fiscal year (2001-2002). The beginning fund balance for this year is $142,858. The final document present ed to the committee was the city's current profit and loss budget comparison. Deegan explained that this document will allow them to see actual revenues and expenses, to date, for every fund. Orlowski praised Deegan’s work with Portland General Electric to conduct an audit of all homes and businesses with in the city. Deegan said that she could not find a record of the previous audit but that it was clearly conducted before Arbor Village was completed or the Banks Lumber Company was annexed into the city. The PGE audit resulted in dramati cally increased franchise rev enue. The budget calendar sched ules meetings for April 30, May 7 and 14, as needed. The budget will be presented to the public for comment at a hearing on May 21. The final budget will be adopted at the June city council meeting. Fuiten, Rose dr Hoyt Funeral H om e Personal home visits at no extra charge S e c o n d G e n e r a tio n F a m ily O w n e d & Prices start at $320 including design and lettering O p e r a te d JEFFREY & DEBRA ROSE-HOYT DERREL & DEANN ROSE TINA ROSE-REYNOLDS JANE SCHNEIDER, ROSS MATHEWS HECTOR DE LOS SANTOS Attendant: RAY PELSTER 2308 Pacific Av. Frst Grv....357-2161 741 Madison Av. Vern......... 429-6611 E-mail: Fuitenrosehoyt@ aol.com Wendy Sears 503-429-1523 VERNONIA INN Enjoy a quiet weekend with us. FULL SIZE, IN ROOM City of Banks starts budget process From page 12 fails, salary increases may not be implement by the library "A Trusted N a m e in Funeral Service ' HOT TUBS Queen Beds • Private Bath • Separate Entrance Cable TV • Phones • Handicapped Access CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 1-800-354*9494 I 503-429-4006 GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE S00 MADISON AVE., VERNONIA, OR 97064 Just one block off scenic Nehalem River Hwy. (Oregon 47) Jx F The public is invited to come honor those who have served, given their lives or are still missing Memorial Da Ceremonies * A A * * A * A A * * * * * A * ♦ A 1 Monday, May 26th at 11:00 a.m. at Vernonia Memorial Cemetery 2080 Bridge Street • V ernonia à, A venue of F lags Welcome by Synda Allen V ernonia H igh S chool C hoir Directed by Robert Isted 21-G un S alute Jim Waters and GROUP C losing P rayer Pastor Joel Stith R eveille ano T aps Robert Isted S peaker / M essage Pastor Darwin Harvey Assembly of God Church R elease of C eremonial W hite Dotes O regon A ir N ational G uard F lyover 142nd Fighter Interceptor Group P resentation and D edication Master of Ceremonies Sgt. Major Joe Batty C oncluding R emarks Synda Allen P resentation of C olors Vernonia Boy Scout Troops 860 and 201 and O pening P rayer Pastor Joel Stith First Christian Church Plan to arrive early • Limited seating available INFORMATION: Synda Allen, Caretaker Vernonia Memorial Cemetery 504-429-7053 MAIUNG ADDRESS: Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064 Ceremonies sponsored by City of Vernonia This space courtesy of Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home • Forest Grove & Vernonia ±xr [J
