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The INDEPENDENT, October 7, 2004
Obituary
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In 1947, she married Wilhelm “Bill”
Ritz. They made their home in Vernon-
ia. In 2003, she moved to Federal Way
to be near her daughter.
She was preceded in death by her
husband; a daughter, Dianna; two
brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include a daughter, Dean-
na Ebsen of Steilacoom, Wash.; a sis-
ter, Erma Woodruff of Gardnerville,
Nevada; five grandchildren; 14 great-
grandchildren.
Remembrances are suggested to a
local Humane Society.
Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral
Home in Forest Grove was in charge of
arrangements.
NORMAN WILLARD ROSSBACK
Norman Willard Rossback, 89, Al-
bany, died September 15, 2004. A
graveside service was held at Hillcrest
Memorial Park in Medford.
Mr. Rossback was born November
6, 1914, in Buxton, to Harry Alford and
Clara M. Smith Rossback. After his
mother died when he was an infant, he
was raised by foster parents Abe and
Suzy Yungen in Helvetia. He served in
the U.S. Army.
In 1936, he married Joy Maxine
“Joyce” Roath. They lived in Portland,
then in the Forest Grove/Hillsboro
area, then Coos Bay. He moved to Al-
bany in the 1990s. He worked in the
shipyards during World War II, then in
various sawmills, then at Weyer-
haeuser until he retired in 1979. He
also worked with honey bees.
He was preceded in death by his
wife; a brother, Herman; two sisters,
Ruth Robb and Elaine Yungen. One
son, Norman H. of McMinnville, died
September 17.
Survivors include five sons, Allen of
Jefferson, Marlin, John, Steve, and
Randy, all of Coos Bay; seven daugh-
ters, Marilyn Gindhard and Maridee Le-
Brun, both of Eugene, Carolyn Kirk
Barton of Albany, Maureen Hutcheson
of Medford, Janice Arnot of North
Bend, Judy Nickerson of Oregon City,
ad Roxy Timothy of Coos Bay; 25
grandchildren; numerous great-grand-
children.
Remembrances are suggested to
Evergreen Hospice, c/o AAsum Funer-
al Home, 805 Ellsworth St. SW, Albany,
OR 97321.
AAsum Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
GINA M. THOMPSON
Gina M. Thompson, 41, Forest
Grove, died September 24, 2004. A cel-
ebration of life was held September 28
at the Fuiten, Rose, and Hoyt Funeral
Home in Forest Grove. Private inter-
ment has been held.
Ms. Thompson was born October
18, 1962, in Phillipsburg, Montana, to
Coquelle Gene and Lonnie L. (Ingram)
Thompson. The family moved to Siletz
in 1963, to Albany in 1964, and to For-
est Grove in 1973 where she finished
her education. She worked at a can-
nery, a convenience store and at
Leopold & Stevens until 1987 when
she became disabled in an accident.
She was preceded in death by two
sisters, Tina and Tamara.
Survivors include her mother and
stepfather, Frank “Pops” Ornie of
Drain; her foster-daughter, Brandy
Sears of Portland; two brothers,
Richard Moore of Hillsboro, and Jeff
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Fraley of Portland; four sisters, Susan
Brill of Sandy, Sharon Bernal and
Cindy Smejkal, both of Vernonia, and
Jody Thompson of Astoria; her caregiv-
er, Dana Anderson of Forest Grove;
aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Remembrances are suggested to
the Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shel-
ter, 2650 SE TV Hwy, Hillsboro, OR
97123.
Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral
Home of Forest Grove was in charge of
arrangements.
LOUIS ROY “DUTCH” WINTERS, JR.
Louis Roy “Dutch” Winters, Jr., 74,
died September 29, 2004. A Mass and
recitation of the rosary were held Octo-
ber 4 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in
Beaverton.
Mr. Winters was born June 18,
1930, in Eugene. He moved to Banks
as a child and graduated from Banks
High School.
In 1951, he married Joene C. Pao-
la. He was a truck driver for several
companies, including Darigold.
He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Barbara Ann.
Survivors include a son, Mark A.; a
daughter, Christine M. Lundy; a broth-
er, Ronald C.; two sisters, Alta Thomp-
son and Sadie Dardis; five grandchil-
dren; one great-grandchild.
Remembrances are suggested to
the American Cancer Society.
Donelson, Sewell and Mathews
was in charge of arrangements.
FRANCIS LEROY “FRANK” WOLF
Francis Leroy “Frank” Wolf, 82, Ver-
nonia, died September 30, 2004. Fu-
neral services were held October 6 at
the Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral
Home, in Vernonia, with Pastor Grant
Williams of the Vernonia Community
Church, officiating. Interment was at
Vernonia Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Wolf was born July 29, 1922, in
Marshall, Oklahoma, to Thomas Levi
and Nellie Cleveland (Simpson) Wolf.
He was raised in Marshall. In 1934, he
moved to the Seaside/Warrenton area.
He served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II.
In 1946, he married Norma E. Rohr.
They made their home in Vernonia. He
worked at Twin Spruce Cemetery in
1942, for the Army Corps of Engineers,
as a welder in the Oregon shipyards,
for the Oregon American Lumber Mill,
as a logger, a longshoremen and on a
dredge. He was working for Stimson
Lumber Company when he retired in
1984.
He was preceded in death by four
brothers, Homer, Cecil, Jack, and
Thomas L.; two sisters, Mary Lou Wolf
and Ruth Sullivan.
Survivors include his wife; three
daughters, Dianna Dickinson and Nor-
ma L. Wolf, both of Vernonia, and
Sheelia Grady of Hillsboro; two sisters,
Catherine Dailey of Quartzite, Ariz. and
Nellie M. Anderson of Aloha; six grand-
children; seven great-grandchildren;
one great-great-grandchild; nieces and
nephews.
Remembrances are suggested to
the Hospice of Washington County,
427 SE Eighth Ave., Hillsboro, OR
97123, or to the American Heart Asso-
ciation, 1425 NE Irving St., Suite 100,
Portland, OR 97232-4201.
Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral
Home in Vernonia was in charge of
arrangements.
Where the “coalition” is 90 per-
cent U.S. and 10 percent “oth-
ers.”
And here at home, how se-
cure are we who, as United
States citizens, are harassed for
speaking our truths, for exhibit-
ing dissent to government policy
or for protesting government in-
justice, inequity, hypocrisy and
out and out lying? Why did it
seem that massive police pres-
ence during nominating conven-
tions was not so much for pro-
tection of a president as it was
to harass dissenters and
demonstrators?
If your administration has the
power to provide for our “securi-
ty,” why will you speak in public
only when the audience is hand-
picked and limited in size? John
Kerry greets unlimited thou-
sands out in the open, as he did
in Portland this summer when
over 50,000 cheering people
crammed into the park along the
Willamette riverbank, overflow-
ing across bridges to greet a
bright, articulate candidate.
John Kerry did not cloister him-
self as did you, Mr. Bush, inside
a highly guarded high school
gymnasium with only 2500 pre-
approved people.
As to the most important in-
gredient of real security in this
country, are you able to tell us
how the election will be secure
when voting is done by comput-
ers? On September 22, the Na-
tional Press Club watched
demonstrations of methods for
manipulating voting programs.
There seems to be a hidden
program for vote manipulation
which resides on Diebold’s elec-
tion software which is enabled
by a two-digit trigger. The Na-
tional Ballot Integrity Project
Task Force also states they
have been able to hack into
both Diebold’s and Sequoia Vot-
ing Systems’ machines.
Mr. President, how secure
are we when one-third of voters
nationwide will use touch-
screen computer voting ma-
chines this November? Did you
think no one would notice?
We really do believe in “the
land of the free and the home of
the brave” President Bush! But
your leadership has demoted us
to the land of the spied upon,
over-regulated, lied to and de-
pressed, both economically and
spiritually. I now live daily in the
home of the brave, outraged
and disgusted. I refuse to be-
lieve that patriotism means cow-
towing to arrogance, elitism and
stupidity.
This woman rejects your kind
of “security.”
Nancy D. Phillips
Vernonia
Martin, and Sasha Holmes.
Wishing you all good health,
Heather Lewis, LMT
New Day Massage &
Bodyworks
Vernonia
Thanks to everyone PTA carnival great, but
for Exhibition help
seeking raffle winner
To the Editor:
This letter is to all the people
who took the time to enter the
Exhibition/Show that was held
on Oct. 2.
Many, many thanks to all of
you!!! The talent in the area
surpassed my wildest dreams.
What a great display of talent in
so many areas. Without your
support NONE of this would of
happened. The support shown
by the public that came to view
the show on Saturday was
greatly appreciated.
I would like to give a SPE-
CIAL Thank You to Gail
Snethen, Betty Holsey and
Katie Laird. Your help was
greatly appreciated and without
it things would not have gone
as smoothly as they did.
Thanks also to the Judges for
taking time out of their busy
lives to judge the entries. Also,
thanks to Kate Conley and the
staff at City Hall, St. Mary’s
Church (for the loan of the quilt
rack) and the American Legion
for the use of the hall.
This year’s event was a
great success and I am already
looking forward to next year.
Thanks again everyone!
Janie Wasmann
Exhibition/Show
Chairperson
New Day open house
winners are named
To the Editor:
We have felt a sense of
Community Spirit and support
since our first day here. I look
forward to being able to serve
the people of this community
for many years to come.
Also, thank you to everyone
that braved the weather Satur-
day, Sept. 18, to help make the
Open House at New Day Mas-
sage & Bodyworks a success.
The winners of the free 1/2
hour sessions are Barb Larson,
Tamara Sullivan, and Kelli Mar-
tinez.
The winners for the aro-
matherapy candles are Julie
Prohaska, Cindy Thomas, Mark
Forman, Julie Sinacola, Ken
To the Editor:
Vernonia Community PTA
had a very successful school
carnival on Saturday, Septem-
ber 25.
We were able to locate all of
the raffle winners except one.
Unfortunately, the phone num-
ber was incorrect. If your name
is Kevin and your raffle ticket
number is 977414, you are the
winner! Please call Kinnell
Steward at 429-8133 to claim
your prize. You will need to
have your 1/2 of the ticket for
redemption.
Thanks again to all the peo-
ple who donated items, cash
and time to make our event
worth while.
Kinnell Steward
Vernonia
WEATHER REPORT
SEPTEMBER 2004
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PRECIP.
AMT.
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Temperature and precipitation
amounts are from the official U.S.
weather station at the Vernonia wa-
ter plant. Measurable precipitation in
September totalled 2.42 inches.