The INDEPENDENT, December 7, 2011
Page 21
Obituary
From page 20
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral
Home in Vernonia was in
charge of arrangements.
RITA CATHERINE HERMENS
Rita Catherine Hermens, 91,
Banks area, died November
19, 2011. A funeral mass was
held November 28 at St. Ed-
ward Catholic Church in North
Plains. Vault interment was at
St. Francis Catholic Cemetery.
Mrs. Hermens was born
May 30, 1920. She grew up in
Roy on the Duyck farm and
graduated from Banks High
School.
In 1947, she married
Bertram “Bud” Hermens. They
made their home in the Roy,
Banks, Verboort area. She
helped her husband run the B.
J. Hermens Garage.
She enjoyed gardening, par-
ticularly flowers, golf, square
dancing, pinochle, cribbage
and sewing.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; a son, Baby;
five brothers, Charles, Emil,
Julius, George, and Joseph;
and two sisters, Sylvia Ander-
sen, and Regina Stadelman.
Survivors include four chil-
dren, Linus, Paul, Rosalee, and
Royce; and seven grandchil-
dren.
Remembrances are sug-
gested to the St. Edwards Cap-
ital Building Fund and the Hills-
boro Knights of Columbus.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
MARY ANN LINN
Mary Ann Linn, 88, Banks,
died November 20, 2011.
Mrs. Linn was born Novem-
ber 30, 1922, in Savannah,
Missouri, to Jay and Ethel (Mc-
Fadden) Holt. As a young girl,
the family moved to Glendale,
California. She graduated from
Glendale High School in 1940,
then attended college for two
years.
In 1943, she married Jack
Linn. They made their home in
California, Hawaii, and New
Mexico. They later divorced.
She worked for Hewlett
Packard as an administrative
assistant until she retired in
1990 and moved to Banks.
Mary Ann Linn
She enjoyed reading, scrab-
ble, cooking and volunteered
for Washington Co. Justice De-
partment, Meals on Wheels,
and Pacific University.
She was preceded in death
by a son, Michael.
Survivors include her two
sons, John Linn of Trego, Mon-
tana, and Peter Linn of Paul-
den, Arizona; and three grand-
children.
Her family expressed their
gratitude and appreciation for
the care their mother received
from Marquis Care.
Remembrances are sug-
gested to the Oregon Humane
Society.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
RUTH MAE SWAJA
Ruth Mae Swaja, 98, Banks,
died November 22, 2011. A fu-
neral mass was held Novem-
ber 29 at Our Lady of Fatima
Church in Portland. Burial took
place in Union Point Cemetery
in Banks.
Mrs. Swaja was born Octo-
ber 22, 1913, in Des Moines,
Iowa, to Earl and Mary Francis
(Pierce) Turner. She was
raised in Des Moines.
their home in Portland, then
Beaver Creek, then back to
Portland before moving to
Banks in 1987. She worked in
trucking industry offices until
she retired at age 64.
She enjoyed camping, her
houseplants, flowers, sports,
cooking and canning.
She was preceded in death
by a daughter, Evelyn Marie
Vickers.
Ruth Mae Swaja
In 1935, she married Tom
Swaja. They made their home
in Des Moines, moving to Port-
land after World War II. In the
early 1970s, they moved to
Banks.
She
enjoyed
cooking,
sewing, her flower garden,
teaching adult catechism class-
es and reading.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; a son, Dave;
two daughters, Kathy and Mary
Jo; two brothers, Randy Turner
and Dale Turner; and a great-
grandson.
Survivors include one son,
Steve Swaja of Conway, Ar-
kansas; two daughters, Sheila
Swaja of Aloha, and Rita
Willoughby of Seattle, Wash-
ington; a brother, John Turner
of Fort Smith, Arkan.; 14 grand-
children, many great-grandchil-
dren and great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Remembrances are sug-
gested to Serenity Palliative
Care and Hospice in Portland.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
BEVERLY JUNE VICKERS
Beverly June Vickers, 72,
Banks, died November 26,
2011. A service was held De-
cember 1 at Willamette Nation-
al Cemetery in Portland.
Mrs. Vickers was born June
4, 1939, in Portland, to Earl
and Helen (Holt) Waldron. She
was raised in Portland.
In 1964, she married Eston
E. “Vic” Vickers. They made
home in Kankakee until moving
to Lake Havasu, Arizona in
1971. In 1994, she moved to
Chandler, Ariz., then to Buxton
in 2010.
JaAnne Faye Ziemer
Beverly June vickers
Survivors include her hus-
band; four sons, Craig S. Vick-
ers of Beaverton, Jim E. Vick-
ers of Lincoln City, Jesse E.
Vickers of Colorado Springs,
Colorado, and Todd C. Vickers
of Felton, California; two grand-
children, two great-grandchil-
dren, nieces and nephews.
Remembrances are sug-
gested to the American Cancer
Society in Portland.
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
JOANNE FAYE ZIEMER
JoAnne Faye Ziemer, 73,
Buxton, died November 19,
2011. A celebration of life will
be held December 20 at her
daughter’s home in Buxton.
Mrs. Ziemer was born March
3, 1938, in Kankakee, Illinois,
to Joseph W. and Bernice A.
(Scharlach) LaFlame. She
graduated from Kankakee High
School in 1955.
In 1961, she married Ray-
mond Ziemer. They made their
She enjoyed working as a
florist and being a business
owner, cooking, baking, and
traveling.
She was preceded in death
by her husband; a son, Ray-
mond L.; a daughter, Shellie
Wallace; and a brother, Richard
LaFlame.
Survivors include one son,
Timothy Ziemer of Chandler,
Ariz.; three daughters, Cynthia
Ziemer of Santa Barbara, Cali-
fornia; Ammie Fornataro of
Buxton, and Jennifer Draper of
Beaverton; eight grandchil-
dren, and three great-grand-
children.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
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