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The INDEPENDENT, October 3, 2012
Letters
From page 17
stop worshipping “The Great
Obama” and you will see he is
not a competent Commander
and Chief.
Mary Beth Hartman
Vernonia
Elk hunt is last wish
of cancer patient
To the Editor:
The Hunt of a Lifetime. My
name is Mark Stewart, I live
and work in Vernonia, and at-
tend college at PCC. My father
has terminal cancer, and has
one wish to fulfill – he would
like to go elk hunting this fall.
I’m writing this in hope that
someone would allow him ac-
cess to a private land area to
harvest an elk. He has limited
mobility, so getting around
comes very hard. If anyone
would like to help me make his
dream a reality, it would mean
the world to me. I love my fa-
ther very much and would so
appreciate this for him.
Thank you, and God Bless,
Mark Stewart
Vernonia
503-410-6243
Maygra team waiting
for answer from PGE
To the Editor:
So I called PGE (Mark Fry-
berg/503-464-8002) and asked
for a political contribution to
Tammy Maygra’s campaign for
Columbia County Commission-
er. I told Mr. Fryberg I had read
their information online about
how PGE is non partisan and
will contribute to any viable
candidate.
I told him Ms. Maygra is a vi-
able candidate as she is in a
runoff with Tony Hyde for Co-
lumbia County Commissioner,
Position 3. I also told him that I
was aware PGE had made siz-
able contributions for Tony
Hyde and Earl Fisher in their
bid for retaining their positions
as county commissioners.
I was told PGE had decided
to support the incumbents and
that he was sorry that he had to
turn down my request. I asked
him if the reason PGE was
supporting Hyde and Fisher
was because these commis-
sioners had given PGE a 33
million dollar tax abatement
over the next few years at
PGE’s Port Westward project –
a project which might provide
one or two permanent jobs in
the county.
Mr. Fryberg said he would
have to get back to me on that.
I am still waiting.
Nancy Whitney
St. Helens
Ed. note: Whitney is campaign
manager for Tammy Maygra.
Obituary
MARGARET A. COPELAND
Margaret Athelia Copeland,
95, Forest Grove, died Sep-
tember 19, 2012. A service was
held September 24 at Valley
Memorial Park in Hillsboro.
Mrs. Copeland was born
June 13, 1917, in Shell City,
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Missouri, to David and Minnie
Brewer. When she was age 19,
she moved to Oregon with two
of her sisters.
In 1941, she married Jay
Copeland. They made their
home in Aloha until 1982 when
they moved to Banks. She
moved to Forest Grove in
2009. She worked for more
than 40 years as a secretary,
retiring from the Brotherhood of
Carpenters in Portland in 1982.
She enjoyed many years of
raising and showing AKC
American Staffordshire Terri-
ers. She was a founding mem-
ber of the Tualatin Kennel Club.
She also enjoyed cooking, gar-
dening and crafts.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, in 1996, and
by seven siblings.
Survivors include a stepson,
Don Copeland of Banks; three
stepgrandchildren; six great-
stepgrandchildren; nieces and
nephews.
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
JOSEPH MICHAEL O’BRIEN
Joseph “Joe” Michael O’Brien,
60, Hillsboro, died September
24, 2012. A Funeral Mass was
held September 29 at St.
Matthew Catholic Church in
Hillsboro. Vault interment was at
St. Matthew Cemetery.
Mr. O’Brien was born March
12, 1952, in Berkley, California.
He was raised in Walnut Creek,
Calif., and graduated from De
LaSalle High School in 1970. He
later received an Associate’s De-
gree in Forestry from Lawson
Community College.
In 1981, he married Nora
Cary. They made their home in
Gales Creek before moving to
Banks in 1987. In 1994, they
moved to HIllsboro. He worked
at the Idaho State Forestry Dept.
for several years, then as a Port-
land Union Local carpenter.
He enjoyed woodworking,
walks in the country, camping,
watching westerns and sci-fi
movies.
He was preceded in death by
his parents.
Survivors include his wife; five
sons, Michael of Woodland,
Calif., Eamon of Sherwood,
Conor of Baltimore, Maryland,
Rory of Steubenville, Ohio, and
Sean of Hillsboro; one brother,
Patrick of Eugene; one sister,
Mary Cary of Eugene; two grand-
children; nieces and nephews.
Remembrances are suggest-
ed to St. Vincent De Paul at St.
Matthew Parish in Hillsboro.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange-
ments.
MALCOLM “DOUG” REID
Malcolm “Doug” Reid, 84,
Forest Grove, died September
11, 2012. Memorial services
were held September 22 at Mt.
Olive Lutheran Church. Burial
took place at Buxton Cemetery.
Mr. Reid was born March 5,
1928, in Salem, to Edward and
gested to Doernbecher Chil-
dren’s Hospital or the Shriners’
Hospital.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Malcolm “Doug” Reid
Irene (Shipman) Reid. He was
raised and educated in Salem.
He served in the U.S. Army.
In 1966, he married Paulette
Carol Body. They made their
home in Cornelius, before re-
siding for a short time in Santa
Rosa, California. After moving
to Scoggins Valley, they moved
to Buxton in 1975. In 1999,
they moved to Forest Grove.
His life skills included book-
keeping, modeling, delivery
and production work. He retired
from Stimson Lumber Co. after
23 years as a sawyer.
He
enjoyed
traveling
abroad, music, movies, high
school football, the 49ers, the
Beavers, the Ducks, the Boy
Scouts and hosting foreign ex-
change students for 10 years.
Survivors include his wife;
two sons, Kent Reid of Hills-
boro, and Douglas Reid of For-
est Grove; a daughter, Dana
Reid of Portland; five extended
family children, Daike Martens
of Germany, Zolboo Bayar-
saikhan, and Anudari Enkh-
saikhan, both of Mongolia,
Gabriel Diaz of Brazil, and
Karolina Bil of Poland; eight
grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren.
Remembrances are sug-
JAMES “JIM” I. ZELLER
James “Jim” Irving Zeller,
85, Forest Grove, died Sep-
tember 13, 2012. Services
were held September 22 at the
Jennings McCall Center’s
Mount Jefferson room.
Mr. Zeller was born Decem-
ber 30, 1926, in Seattle, Wash-
ington, to Newell and Helen
(Layton) Zeller. He was raised
in Roslyn and Seattle, and
graduated from West Seattle
High School in 1945. He
served in the U.S. Air Force
during World War II.
In 1949, he married Geral-
dine Gaillac, who he had met in
high school. They made their
home in Spokane, then Seattle,
before moving to Forest Grove
in 2003. He was an air traffic
controller, then a controller for
American Mail for over 22
years, then served as internal
auditor for the Port of Seattle
before retiring in 1992.
He enjoyed golf, mystery
novels, chocolate, singing,
playing the ukulele, raising
vegetables, and walking.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, in 2010.
Survivors
include
two
daughters, Carol Shafer of
Banks, and Jill James of
Spokane, Wash.; four grand-
children and five great-grand-
children.
Remembrances are sug-
gested to Love INC of Greater
Hillsboro.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.