Linda Mills-Price
January 29, 2010
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, in Bremerton, Wash., for Linda Gayle Mills-Price of Dexter, who died Jan. 9 of lung cancer. She was 54.
She was born April 4, 1955, in Eugene. She married John Mills-Price and he later died.
She owned A Touch of Glass and Reflective Images.
Survivors include two daughters, Anjalee Middleton and Anjanu Hill, both of Hawaii; a sister, Johanna Green of Pleasant Hill; two brothers, Harvey Johnson of Portland and Don Johnson of Lowell; and one grandchild.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield.
Charles McMackins III
January 29, 2010
Charles “Charlie Tuna” McMackins III of Creswell died Jan. 24 of complications from congestive heart failure. He was 74. A memorial service will be held later.
He was born Oct. 29, 1935, in Spokane, Wash., to Charles II and Frances Jones McMackins. He married Evanell Williams in 1965, in California, and they later divorced. He married June Newan in 1972 in Tacoma, Wash., and they later divorced. He married Bertha Maack in 2002 in Tacoma.
He worked at several trades, including as a longshoreman in Washington and on the mail crew at the airport.
Survivors include his wife, of Puyallup, Wash.; a daughter, Rayanna Rice of Creswell; two sons, Farrell McMackins and Roman McMackins, both of San Diego, Calif.; and five grandchildren.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service of Springfield. Remembrances to the American Heart Association.
Roy Mills
January 29, 2010
Roy Ronald Mills of Springfield died Jan. 18 of age-related causes. He was 77. No service is planned.
He was born May 6, 1932, in Moorhead, Minn., to Elbert and Lillian Baird Mills.
He had a seventh-grade education.
He owned a wrecking yard in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s he worked for The Register-Guard.
Survivors include four sons, Troy and Patrick of Eugene, Frank of Springfield and Micheal of Talent; a sister, Marlys Mills of Montrose, Colo.; and nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A son, Rory Mills, died previously.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service of Springfield.
Kerri Barclay
January 29, 2010
A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Buell Funeral Chapel in Springfield for Kerri K. Barclay of Springfield, who died Jan. 25 of sarcoma. She was 44.
She was born Dec. 11, 1965, in City of Industry, Calif., to Robert and Ardith Clark Torgerson. She married David Barclay on Dec. 18, 2008, in Springfield.
She graduated from Poway High School in Poway, California and worked as a compliance assistant for Siuslaw Bank.
Survivors include her husband; and her mother, of Rancho Bernardo, Calif. She was preceded in death by her birth mother, Vickie Restorick.
We will miss your adventurous soul, Kerri.
Remembrances may be made to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life, in care of Siuslaw Bank.
Patricia Anne Fraser
January 28, 2010
Patricia Fraser passed away January 26, 2010.
She was born June 20, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio to Clarence and Ann (Lord) Greth. She moved to Eugene from Las Vegas, where she was a court records clerk in Juvenile Court, in 2001.
She is survived by daughters Victoria Reinhard of Eugene and Jackie Lee Chetelat of Denver; sons Roderick Mathis of Eugene and Bruce Britton of Fredericksburg, Texas; by grandchildren Kristine and Aaron Reinhard of Eugene, Eric Dennison of Henderson, Nevada and Reese and Chase Britton of Fredericksburg, Texas; and by great-grandchldren Andrew Reinhard, Barry and Blade Peiskee, Jayme Phillips, and Tigerlily and Shining Star Reinhard. She also leaves behind her former husband and good friend Richard Mathis and her dear, dear friend Robert Arneson.
Private memorial services are being planned.
Thomas Tennent
January 27, 2010
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Wayside Open Bible Chapel in Springfield for Thomas “Jack” Tennent of Springfield, who died Jan. 19 of age-related causes. He was 86.
He was born Sept. 13, 1924, in Bug Tussle, Okla., to Thomas and Kate Tennent. He married his wife, Yevonne, on Dec. 5, 1947, in Springfield.
He attended Springfield High School. He served with the U.S. Army in Europe and with the U.S. Marine Corps in Korea.
He worked in home construction.
Survivors include his wife; four sons, Bob of Modesto, Calif., Ed of Red Oak, Texas, and Jerry and Mike, both of Springfield; three sisters, Wynema Hayes, Virginia Cooper and Mary Scholl, all of Springfield; a brother, John Tennent of Bend; and 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Buell Funeral Chapel in Springfield. Remembrances to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Springfield.
Bertilla Powell
January 27, 2010
The funeral Mass will be at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Eugene for Bertilla “Berdie” Powell of Eugene, who died Jan. 22 of age-related causes. She was 86.
She was born Nov. 25, 1923, in Meire Grove, Minn., to William and Frances Marke Otte. She married Robert Powell in 1944 in Eugene. He died Dec. 28, 1975.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include three daughters, Carol Kelm, Bobbi Powell and Kathy Powell, all of Eugene; a son, Alan of Eugene; three sisters, Rose Bromen and Adeline Silbernick, both of Sauk Centre, Minn., and Ellie Rae of Eugene; and three grandsons and two great-grandsons.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield.
Remembrances to a Haiti relief fund.
Mary Goldsmith
January 27, 2010
Mary H. Goldsmith of Eugene died Jan. 17 of complications from pneumonia. She was 85. No service is planned.
She was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Sellwood. She married Charles Edward Goldsmith.
She attended Oklahoma University and was a librarian for the Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka, Kansas.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Teresa Goldsmith of Eugene and Sherri Lee Goldsmith Bean of Wisconsin; three grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Her husband and a grandson, Lance Bean, died previously.
Arrangements by Buell Funeral Chapel in Springfield.
Frances Hicks
January 27, 2010
Frances “Jo” Hicks of Eugene died Jan. 18 of kidney failure. She was 88. No service is planned.
She was born June 16, 1921, in Lynch, Neb., to Jesse and Kate Pierson Bernard. She married Virgil T. Hicks on June 14, 1942, in Washington. He died July 8, 1998.
She graduated from high school and business college.
She was a legal secretary and a homemaker.
Survivors include two daughters, Dee Maupin of Drain and Jean Huffman of Springfield; two sons, William and Tracey, both of Eugene; and nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. A granddaughter, Michelle Mock, died previously.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield. Remembrances to the Roseburg Veterans’ Administration Hospital, or any veterans’ group.
Bill Hopper
January 26, 2010
Bill S. Hopper of Springfield died Jan. 21 of cancer. He was 84. No service is planned.
He was born Dec. 1, 1925, in Vinton, Iowa, to Clarence and Hazel Usher Hopper. He married Lois Coleman on April 2, 1950, in Rock Island, Ill.
Bill served in the Navy during World War II as a radar technician on the USS Auburn, and saw combat in the Pacific Theater.
He received an associate’s degree in X-ray technology at the University of Iowa and became a Chief X-Ray Technician involved in training. He was in the x-ray business in Oregon since 1962, starting his own company in the 1970′s.
His interest in nature and conservation led him to memberships in The Eugene Natural History Society, The Nature Conservancy, The Wilderness Society and The National Parks Conservation Association.
Among his many interests were hiking, photography, birding, wood carving and gardening. He was a great lover of books and used bookstores. He fed his adventurous and independent spirit with travel, which he managed to combine with most of his other interests. His favorite solo excursion was cycling and hitch-hiking in Ireland.
He donated articles to The Usher’s Ferry Museum near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, including his great-grandmother’s riding saddle.
Bill volunteered at The UO Natural History Museum, Camp Creek Elementary School, The Special Olympics and EC CARES Program at the UO.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Kelly Moore of San Francisco; a son, Mike of Eugene; and one granddaughter.
Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Service in Springfield. Remembrances to the Nature Conservancy.