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Judith Ellen Swanson
Judith Ellen Swanson, 60, Anchorage, Alaska, died April 27, 2002, at her home as a result of complications from heart problems.
She was born April 26, 1942, in Preston, Idaho.
Mrs. Swanson was a 1960 graduate of Brookings-Harbor High School and attended business school in Portland.
She and her husband, Jerry, were married
Feb. 11, 1961, in Reno, Nev., and had lived in Anchorage since 1985. Mrs. Swanson briefly lived in Anchorage in 1945 to 1946 when her father worked for Tucker and Peterson Machine Works.
She was a homemaker and operated a day care out of her home for the past four years.
Mrs. Swanson was a long-time member of Beta Sigma Phi, Preceptor Delta Chapter in Anchorage and was a member of Quota International of Anchorage. She was a member of The Order of Eastern Star Satellite Chapter of Brookings and of the Anchorage Baptist Temple in Anchorage.
Mrs. Swanson loved life, family, and her day care children. She was always active with arts and crafts, loved music, mostly spiritual and county western, listening to her radio scanner, working on crossword puzzles, and using her computer for e-mail and browsing. She enjoyed both telling and reading good jokes. Hobbies also included cooking, photography and bowling.
She loved doing things for others and will be remembered and missed by family and friends.
Survivors include husband; sons, Brian and Bruce; mother, Edith Fox of Woodburn; brothers, Jerry Fox of Gresham and Richard Fox of Portland; grandson, Zyon Swanson; twin granddaughters Sierra and Darion Swanson of Medford; and Savannah of Port Orchard, Wash.
She was preceded in death by an infant son, Craig, in 1963, and her father, Fred Fox, in 1992.
Memorial services were at Kehl's Forest Lawn Mortuary in Anchorage Thursday, April 27. A service will be planned in Medford at a later date.
In lieu of flowers the family asks for memorial donations directed to Dogs for the Deaf, c/o Quota Club of Anchorage, 7810 Crescent Hill Circle, Anchorage, AK 99507 or Anchorage Center for Families/Healthy Families, Anchorage, 3745 Community Park Loop, Anchorage, AK 99508.
James Edward Bouvard
James Edward Bouvard, 67, Brookings, died April 27, 2002, at his home of natural causes.
Mr. Bouvard was born Dec. 2, 1934, in Wichita, Kan., to Robert and Rose Isom Bouvard.
He grew up in San Jose, Calif. In 1951, he joined the U.S. Air Force, and served until 1955. Following his military service he studied biology at San Jose State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1959.
After college he married
Linda Hogue and they raised three children together. They were later divorced.
Mr. Bouvard was a government employee for most of his working career. In California, he worked for Livermore Labs and the National Park Service. After moving to Oregon, he was employed by the Oregon Public Health Department for 30 years. He assisted the department in a variety of positions, most recently as a nursing home inspector. He retired in 1992.
He met his second wife, Annie Wade, in 1993 and they moved to Brookings the following year. They were married
Aug. 13, 1995. He was a member of the Sydney Croft Masonic Lodge and the Hood River Elks. Mr. Bouvard was also a long-time and active member of the National Rifle Association.
He is survived by his wife, Annie of Brookings; son, Wesley R. Bouvard of Stockett, Mont.; daughters, Terra K, Bouvard Fairview; Kelly D. Sparks of Antioch, Calif. Also surviving are three grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 6, at the Eagle Point National cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Redwood Memorial Chapel.
Dixie C. Burnim
Dixie C. Burnim, 26, Crescent City, died April 28, 2002, in Crescent City.
She was born Jan. 9, 1976, in Missouri.
She was a Del Norte County resident for the past 13 years.
She enjoyed writing poetry and short stories, and taking walks on the beach. She will be remembered for always being a friend to anyone who needed one.
Survivors include mother, Sue Burnim of Crescent City; brother, Scott Burnim of Gresham; daughter, Kayla Gustine of Crescent City; stepfather, Al Clayton of Crescent City. Also surviving are numerous other friends and relatives.
She was preceded in death by her father, Ronald Lee Burnim.
There will be a visitation today (May 1) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wier's Mortuary Chapel, 408 G St., Crescent City.
The funeral will be today (May 1) at 4 p.m. at Wier's Mortuary Chapel.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to Sue Burnim to be placed in an education fund for Kayla Gustine.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Wier's Mortuary Chapel.
Paul E. Gardner
Paul E. Gardner, 81, died May 3, 2002, with his family at his side after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Mr. Gardner was born Sept. 4, 1920, on a farm in Hamburg, Iowa.
He left home in 1940 to work in the Lockheed aircraft factory in Burbank, Calif.
He returned to Iowa to marry Thelma Brown in 1943, then joined the Navy, serving on the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Louisville as an aviation metalsmith. He was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries received in a kamikaze attack on his ship during the battle of Okinawa in June 1945.
After the war, he moved his family to California, where he retired from the auto body repair business in 1979. He moved to Oregon for a life of hunting and fishing. In 2000, as his health began to deteriorate, he returned to Santa Paula, Calif., to be closer to his children.
Survivors include his wife, Thelma; daughter and son-in-law, Paula and Jim Bridges of Santa Paula; son and daughter-in-law, Chuck and Marilyn Gardner of Lancaster, Calif.
Also surviving are grandchildren, Chris, Tony, Danny and Jenny; great-grandchildren, Isaiah, Joey, Jordan, Maddison, Jonathan and Pearson; brother, Ralph Gardner and his wife, Goldie of Paso Robles, Calif.
Fay Irene Brazil
Fay Irene Brazil, 87, Brookings, died May 30, 2002, of natural causes in Brookings.
She was born June 21, 1914, in Everson, Wash., to Archibald Mathews and Louise Theresa Gerdel.
She grew up in Whatcom County, Wash. She attended Mount Baker and Whatcom High School and graduated from Whatcom High School in Bellingham, Wash.
She married
Edward Brazil in 1938 in Reno, Nev.
She worked at the U.S. Post Office in Crow's Landing, Calif., then moved to Brookings in 1975.
Mrs. Brazil was a member of Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Brookings.
She is survived by her son, Charles Dominy of Malaga, Spain; and daughters, Alvera Pals of Waterford, Calif., and Lydia Balentine of Crow's Landing.
She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; along with many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband and sister, Theresa Anderson.
Remembrances or donations may be made to the Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 820 Old County Road, Brookings.
Arrangements by Litty Funeral Directors, Brookings Chapel.
