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Page 18 The INDEPENDENT, March 21, 2012 Obituary AUDREY GAIL BROWN Audrey Gail Brown, 70, Rainier, died March 10, 2012. A celebration of life was held on March 17 in Rainier. Mrs. Brown was born March 21, 1941, in St. Helens, to Mar- jorie and Clifford Howard. She attended schools in St. Helens and Rainier. In 1966, she married Guy Brown. She volunteered at the Rainier Fire Department. She worked as a bartender and school bus driver, and opened her own business, AG Flowers, which she operated for 27 years before retiring in 2007. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Keith and William; and one sister, Karen. Survivors include her hus- band; four children, Jeffrey Brown of Vernonia, Trina Brown, and Johnathan Brown, both of Rainier, and Terri Dean of Washington; one brother, Daniel; three sisters, Nora, Louise, and Melny; 12 grand- children and six great-grand- children. Remembrances are sug- gested to Community Home Health and Hospice. Groulx Family Mortuary in Rainier was in charge of arrangements. 2012. A celebration of life was held, March 13, at His Church in Forest Grove. Mrs. Bunton was born July 21, 1940, in Toppenish, Wash- ington, to Clark and Cleo (Ja- cobs) Rhode. She was raised in Granger, Washington, where she graduated from high school in 1958. In 1965, she married James A. “Jim” Bunton. They made their home in Buxton for 14 years, before moving to Forest Grove. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed reading, fish- ing, riding motorcycles, and playing cards. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Darla Wickwire. Survivors include six daugh- ters, Laura Hale, Tamara Blackford, Kimara Cisneros, Gina Petersen, and Patricia Cruz, all of Forest Grove, and Carrie King of Beaverton; a sis- ter, Patricia Luke of Granger, Wash.; 28 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. AGNES MARY HERINCKX SHARON ELAINE BUNTON family moved to Roy. She grad- uated from Banks High School in 1938. In 1945, she married Charles Francis “Charlie” Her- inckx. They made their home in Roy. In 2003, she moved to Forest Grove. She and her husband owned and operated the Agalene Dairy Farm, in Roy, from 1945 to 1968. She enjoyed gardening, cro- cheting afghans, and traveling. She was preceded in death by her husband, and her sister, Cecelia Vandecovering. Survivors include two sons, Robert C. “Bob” Herinckx of Roy, and Patrick G. “Pat” Her- inckx of St. Helens; five daugh- ters, Kathleen A. “Kathy” Kem- per, and Angela “Angi” Duyck, both of Roy, Sister Charlene Herinckx, S.S.M.O., and Julie A. Herinckx, both of Beaverton; and Rosemary A. Leas of Salem; 15 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Remembrances are sug- gested to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church or Hospice and Palliative Care of Washing- ton County. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 1959, in Fairview, to Ronald C. and Loretta J. (Jordan) Alley. She was raised in Manning and attended Banks High School. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed watching hum- mingbirds, collecting items with hummingbirds on them, boat- ing at Hagg Lake, and working outdoors with her family. She was preceded in death by her mother. Survivors include two sons, Shawn Kellar of Cornelius, and Jimmy Kellar of Forest Grove; her father of Forest Grove; one brother, Ronald G. Alley of Banks; three sisters, Gloria Cutlip of Forest Grove, Rox- anne Runion of Beaverton, and Leora Cubbison of Gales Creek; six grandchildren and one nephew. Remembrances are sug- gested to Doernbecher Chil- dren’s Hospital Foundation, MS 20. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. DONALD EUGENE WILSON 20, 1949, in Portland to Wilbur and Z. June Wilson. He was raised in Vernonia and was the senior class president of his Vernonia High School class of 1967. He attended Portland State University and received a MFA from Brigham Young Uni- versity. He was an architectur- al/theatrical lighting designer. He enjoyed composing and arranging music, playing piano, harpsichord and the organ. He had played the sousaphone and tuba in high school. He also enjoyed photography, art, movies, and directing and/or performing in live theatre. He was preceded in death by his father. Survivors include his wife, Lynn; two sons, Stuart of Rexburg, Idaho, and Garret, currently with the USMC in Afghanistan; two daughters, Kindra Wilson and Keira Wil- son, both of Aloha; his mother of Vernonia, two brothers, Robb of Vernonia, and Brian of Portland; one sister, Lori of Broomfield, Colorado; and one granddaughter. Threadgill Memorial Ser- vices was in charge of arrange- ments. WEATHER REPORT FEBRUARY 2012 DIANNE LYNN KELLAR DATE Sharon Elaine Bunton, 71, Forest Grove, died March 9, Agnes Mary Herinckx, 91, Forest Grove, died March 9, 2012. A funeral mass was held March 17 at St. Francis of As- sisi Catholic Church in Roy. Burial was in St. Francis Ceme- tery in Roy. Mrs. Herinckx was born April 1, 1920, in Hillsboro, to Her- man Pranger and Rose Oster- man. When she was four, the Dianne Lynn Kellar, 52, For- est Grove, died March 13, 2012. A service was held March 17 at Mt. View Memorial Gardens in Forest Grove. Mrs. Kellar was born May 1, Donald Eugene Wilson, 62, Aloha, died March 14, 2012 from complications of prostate cancer. Funeral services were held March 19 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Beaverton, followed by interment at Skyline Memor- ial Cemetery. Mr. Wilson was born June Action Ads INEXPENSIVE – EFFECTIVE 503-429-9410 TEMPERATURE HI LO PRECIP. AMT. 1 50 43 .02 2 48 33 -- 3 57 29 -- 4 56 27 -- 5 57 26 -- 6 59 25 -- 7 59 27 .54 8 56 39 .30 9 52 43 .01 10 53 43 .05 11 55 36 -- 12 51 35 .22 13 45 36 .05 14 46 36 .13 15 44 33 .01 16 46 33 .02 17 50 39 .51 18 51 37 .42 19 44 33 .07 20 45 37 .07 21 52 43 .42 22 54 32 .12 23 50 32 -- 24 49 35 .63 25 48 34 .32 26 43 27 .05 27 42 27 .02 28 45 30 .65 29 40 33 .97 Temperature and precipitation amounts are from the official U.S. weather station at the Vernonia wa- ter plant. Measurable precipitation in February totalled 5.60 inches.