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The INDEPENDENT, March 17, 2011 Page 21 Obituary BARBARA JOYCE HARMON Barbara Joyce Harmon, 67, Vernonia, died March 5, 2011. A memorial service will be held on March 20, at 3:00 p.m. at Grace Christian Fellowship, 7325 N. Bank, Portland. Later a celebration of life service will be held in Vernonia. Mrs. Harmon was born July 12, 1943, in Portland, to Charles and Juanita (Willis) Shaw. She was raised in Port- land, graduating from Roo- sevelt High School in 1961. In 1970, she married James Harmon. They made their home in Portland. She was a waitress and cook. She enjoyed hunting, camp- ing, and shopping. She was preceded in death by her husband; and a sister, Patricia Houl’e. Survivors include two sons, Walter Willey of Vernonia and James Harmon of Myrtle Point; three daughters, Patricia Leonette Vaughn of Molalla, Bobby Joe Sumpter of Port- land and Tabitha Leigh Goer- gen of Longview, Washington; 14 grandchildren and 16 great- grandchildren. Tualatin Valley Funeral Al- ternatives of Hillsboro was in charge of arrangements. WINSTON “WIN” M. HART- ZOG Winston “Win” M. Hartzog, 86, Phoenix, died February 22, 2011. A service will be held March 24, at 1:00 p.m., at Northridge Center, 3737 S. Pa- cific Hwy., Medford. Mr. Hartzog was born Octo- ber 28, 1924, in Vernonia, to Bernard and Clodie Hartzog. He was raised in Longview, Washington. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. After the war, he worked for over 30 years in Hawaii as foreman on the Pu’uwa’awa’a Ranch. He later lived in Maine, San Diego, Cal- ifornia, and Medford. He was preceded in death by his longtime partner, Elaine Speare; and a grandson. Survivors include two sons, Scott Landwehr of Medford, and Jeff Landwehr of Bend. FREDRICK A. ROEDIGER Fredrick Alexander Roedi- ger, 92, St. Helens, died March 2, 2011. A funeral was held Fredrick A. Roediger John Thomas Schmidlin March 9. Interment was in Ver- nonia Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Roediger was born April 9, 1918, in Thomas, to Ed- mund G. and Marie (Stein- hauer) Roediger. His family moved to Treharne, where they ran a filling station. In 1942, he married Rosalie, Driscoll. They made their home in Vernonia. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps dur- ing World War II. He worked for Vernonia Golf Course, the railroad, then worked for O-A Lumber Company for 20 years. In 1958, the family moved to St. Helens, where he spent 20 years in the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department, as a Chief Deputy, then as a Captain. He retired in 1978. He enjoyed gunsmithing, re- loading, coin collection, gar- dening and clamming, along with camping, fishing and hunting at Magone Lake. He was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Bud; and a sister, Ruth Ozias. Survivors include his wife; one son, Paul; three daugh- ters, Laurel Fowler, Kathy Miller, and Sherry Doty; one brother, Edmond G.; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grand- children; nieces and nephews. Remembrances are sug- gested to the St. Helens Sr. Center for the SNAP Program. Columbia Funeral Home in St. Helens was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Schmidlin was born Oc- tober 11, 1928, in Vernonia, to Frank Joseph and Pauline Willamina (Smejkal) Schmidlin. He was raised in Vernonia and attended Ver- nonia High School. He served in the U.S. Army. He had worked as a dairy farmer, a sawmill operator and later for Stimson Lumber Company for 11 years, until he retired. In 1996, he married Hilda Elvira White. They made their home in Aloha, before moving to Cornelius in 2005. He was preceded in death by his wife. Survivors include his son, Timothy John of Cornelius; two sisters, Theresa Marie Seal of Beaverton, and Francis Keag- bine of Portland; one grand- son; nieces and nephews. Remembrances are sug- gested to the Vistitation Catholic Church. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funer- al Home in Forest Grove was in charge of arrangements. JOHN THOMAS SCHMIDLIN John Thomas Schmidlin, 82, Cornelius, died March 12, 2011. A funeral mass was held today at 11:00 a.m. at Visita- tion Catholic Church, in Ver- boort, with Fr. Scott Vandehey, celebrant. Private interment was at Buxton Cemetery. ROBERT G. VANDOMELEN Robert “Bob” George Van- domelen, 93, Banks, died March 6, 2011. A funeral mass was held March 11 at St. Fran- cis Catholic Church in Roy. Vault interment took place at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery. Mr. Vandomelen was born November 3, 1917, in Banks, to William and Minnie (Van- derzanden) Vandomelen. He was raised on the family farm and attended St. Francis Robert G. Vandomelen Catholic Grade School. He served in the U.S. Army. In 1946, he married Patricia Hermens. They made their home in Banks. He was a farmer, raising strawberries, grains and livestock. He worked at Tektronix from 1959 until retiring in 1981. He enjoyed gardening, golf, clam digging, woodworking, the outdoors, fishing, dancing and traveling. He was preceded in death by six siblings. Survivors include his wife; two sons, Richard of Forest Grove and Bill of Banks; four daughters, Linda Jensen and Lois Miller, both of Portland, Shirley Kalhar of Troutdale, Beverly Vandecoevering of Canby; two brothers, Bernard and Tony; two sisters, Mildred Bernards and Dorothy Neilson; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Remembrances are sug- gested to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School. Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. BONNIE SUE UERLING Bonnie Sue Uerling, 56, Birkenfeld, died March 10, 2011. Services were held March 16 at Birkenfeld Com- munity Church with Pastor Ter- ry D. Willis officiating, followed by committal services at Fish- hawk Cemetery. Mrs. Uerling was born July 31, 1954, in Visalia, California, to Bennie Brook and Johanna Rose (McCarty) Finnell. She graduated from Lodi High School in 1972, then attended Marylhurst College in Lake Os- wego. In 1979, she married William Henry Uerling. They made their home in Royal City, Washington, for 10 years, be- fore moving to Birkenfeld. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed bingo, shop- ping, writing poems, letters and thoughts, which she shared with family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents. Survivors include her hus- band; five sons, Jody Uerling of Newberry, Massachusetts, John Uerling of Clatskanie, Bil- ly Uerling II of Birkenfeld, Charley Uerling of Oregon City, and Clinton Uerling of Elsie; two daughters, Johanna Uerling of Birkenfeld, and Samantha Uerling of Elsie; one brother, Bennie Finnell of Rainier; three sisters, Jody Finnell Dalla-Gasperina of Portland, Connie Siebert of Vernonia, and Clarissa Keenan of Brush Prairie, Wash.; eight grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Remembrances are sug- gested to The Birkenfeld Com- munity Church, or the Mist- Birkenfeld Fire Dept. Groulx Family Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. CARD OF THANKS The family of Norma Johnston would like to thank everyone for the cards, flowers, and other ex- pressions of kindness shown us, following the recent loss of our mother. We appreciate your thoughtfulness. Thank you, Gary, Lloyd, Alan, Jan, Steve