Olen Jennings
January 29, 2009
Olen Eugene Jennings Sr. of Eugene died Jan. 12 of dementia. He was 76. No service is planned.
He was born March 17, 1932, in Little Rock, Ark., to Thomas and Vernie Jetton Jennings. He married Ethel Kulp in 1950 in California. She died Jan. 13, 1995.
He served in the Air Force and later worked as a dye press operator and union steward at American Can Co. in Oakland, Calif. He had lived in Lane County for two years.
Survivors include two sons, Olen Jr. of Eugene and Gary of Modesto, Calif.; a daughter, Kathy Reeves of Stockton, Calif.; a brother, Leon of Mississippi; and two grandchildren.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield.
Carrie Gaines
January 29, 2009
SPRINGFIELD — A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, at Mohawk Community Church for Carrie Mable Gaines of Springfield. She died Jan. 16 of age-related causes at age 92. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Buell Funeral Chapel in Springfield.
She was born Oct. 2, 1916, in Las Cruces, N.M., to Irvin and Mable Pensinger Yoast. She married Walter Watson in the 1930s in Dos Palos, Calif. They were married 50 years before he died. She moved to Lane County in 1986, where she met and married Bruce Gaines. He later died.
She was employed as a cannery worker.
Survivors include two daughters, Betty Engel of Prineville and Carolyn Hill of Springfield; two stepdaughters, Margurite Dahlgren of Springfield and Evangeline Harris of Woodburn; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Rest-Haven Memorial Park in Eugene. Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield.
Klint Rhea
January 29, 2009
DEXTER — A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Oakridge High School auditorium for Klint William Rhea of Dexter, who died Jan. 16 in a motor vehicle accident. He was 24.
He was born Jan. 3, 1985, in Springfield to Brad and Roxanne Tipps Rhea.
Rhea graduated from Oakridge High School in 2003 and was a millworker for Rosboro Lumber for three years.
Survivors include his life partner, Olivia Shropshire of Gresham; his mother, Roxanne Stapleton of Vancouver, Wash.; his father and stepmother, Brad and Theresa Rhea of Dexter; his grandmother, Joan Tipps of Vancouver, Wash.; a brother, Jason Tipps of Portland; and a sister, Amie Gibson of Westfir.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield.
Remembrances to the memorial fund at First Tech Credit Union.
Harold Pryer
January 29, 2009
Harold John Pryer of Eugene died Jan. 18 of age-related causes. He was 84. Private family services were held.
He was born Feb. 15, 1924, in Spokane, Mo., to Roy and Myrtle Harden Pryer. He married Irene Young on Sept. 5, 1948, in California.
Pryer was in the Marines in World War II in the Pacific Theater. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Missouri. He worked as an electrical engineer for Weyerhaeuser in Springfield in the 1960s and at Roseburg Lumber in Dillard from 1968 to 1974. He then worked at Roseburg Lumber in Coos Bay until his retirement in 1986.
Survivors include three daughters, Karen Fleming, Barbara Williamson and Donna Schaeffer, all of Eugene; a son, Dean of Rockaway Beach; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield. Remembrances to Hospice of Sacred Heart.
Sybill Muster
January 29, 2009
Sybill Elodia Magdalena Muster of Eugene died Jan. 20 of age-related causes at age 83. A memorial service will be held later.
She was born April 28, 1925, in Geneva, Switzerland, to Emile and Elodie Philipp Buchmann. She married Ernest Muster on May 6, 1955, in Los Angeles. He died in May 1999.
She was a secondary and technical school graduate in Switzerland, where she worked as a florist. In Los Angeles, she was a textile artist and homemaker.
Survivors include a daughter, Veronica Dean of Eugene; a son, Bernhard of Everett, Wash.; and five grandchildren.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield. Remembrances to Hospice of Sacred Heart.
Alice Cripe
January 29, 2009
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Buell Funeral Chapel in Springfield for Alice E. Cripe of Eugene, who died Jan. 20 of age-related causes. She was 83. Visitation will be from noon to 5 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
She was born Oct. 26, 1925, in East Prairie, Mo., to Austin and Madge Caldwell Majors. She married Edwin Cripe on Jan. 25, 1947, in Dufur.
She graduated from Hardin High School in Hardin, Ill., and completed business college in Medford in 1953. She worked as a bookkeeper for 40 years for Garchow Corp.
Survivors include a son, Dan of Springfield; a stepson, Robert of Redmond; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1999 and a stepson, Edwin Cripe Jr., died in 1987.
Inurnment will be at Rest-Haven Memorial Park in Eugene. Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield. Remembrances to the American Diabetes Foundation.
Thomas Hense
January 29, 2009
SPRINGFIELD — A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 31 at Springfield Lutheran Church for Thomas L. Hense of Springfield, who died Jan. 19 of age-related causes. He was 86.
He was born March 3, 1922, in Troy, Idaho to George and Emma Holmes Hense. He married Evelyn Loe on Nov. 5, 1959, in Eureka, Calif. She died in 1996. He married Betty Briggs on April 26, 1997, in Salinas, Calif.
Hense served in the Navy aboard the USS Clay in World War II, transporting troops on landing craft.
Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Gretchen Simas of Eugene, Diane Stroub, Barbara Betiz and Debra Perry, all of Salinas, Calif.; a son, Gary Wolfe of Salinas; two brothers, Ivan of Pleasant Hill and David of Olympia; a sister, June Peterson of Olympia; seven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield. Remembrances to Cascade Hospice or the American Diabetes Association.
Kathryn Noyer
January 29, 2009
COTTAGE GROVE — A private service will be held later for Kathryn Lavinia “Kay” Noyer, who died of cancer Jan. 20. She was 84.
Noyer was born Dec. 7, 1924, in Rhinelander, Wis., to Edward and Lota Cowin Young. She married Harold E. Noyer on Nov. 2, 1944. He died in 1998.
She was a medical social worker at Siskiyou County Hospital and Courthouse in Yreka, Calif., for 25 years.
Survivors include two sisters, Doris Porter of Kenai, Alaska, and Nancy Freeman-Hopper of Milwaukie; a brother, Rex Hopper of Vancouver, Wash.; two sons, Bill and Larry, both of Sacramento; two daughters, Kathy Lofftus of Trinidad, Calif., and Sherrie Cooper of Cottage Grove; eight grandchildren and eight great-grand children.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation and Burial Service in Springfield.
Robin Patricia Johnson-Upshaw
January 29, 2009
DORENA — Robin Patricia Johnson-Upshaw, 52, of Dorena, died Jan. 23. A celebration of life will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28 at the Family Praise Center, Cottage Grove. She died Jan. 23 at age 52.
She was born July 4, 1956, in San Bernardino, Calif., to Robert and Phyllis Jones Johnson. She married Jerry Upshaw on March 28, 2004, in Cottage Grove.
Johnson-Upshaw graduated from high school and attended college in California. She was a care provider for South Lane Mental Health in Cottage Grove for six years and worked in the medical field most of her life.
Survivors include her husband; her father, of Southern California; a daughter, Amber Patterson of Eugene; two sons, Brandon Castleberry of Cottage Grove and Maxx Upshaw of Dorena; a brother, Wayne Johnson of Mansfield, Texas; and two grandchildren.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield.
Earl Schnepp
January 29, 2009
DEXTER — A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Dexter for Earl Fred Schnepp of Dexter, who died Jan. 24 of age-related causes. He was 91.
He was born Feb. 21, 1917 in Union Township, Pa., to Fred and Bertha Songer Schnepp. He was married to Alberta Haag Schnepp for 49 years. He had been married to Alice Jones for nine years.
Schnepp served in the military in World War II in Normandy, France and Berlin. He worked as a mechanic for a service station. He owned and operated a sawmill and a car wash and was a truck driver and owner.
He is survived by his wife.
Burial will be in Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery in Brookville, Pa. Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield.