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Annabelle "Annie" Jane Kapper
Annabelle "Annie" Jane Kapper, 66, of Brookings, died Aug. 11, 2005, in Medford of natural causes.
She was born Nov. 26, 1938, in Manila, the Philippines, to William and Catalina Pauly.
She married
Allen LeRoy Kapper July 20, 1957, in Compton, Calif.
Mrs. Kapper was employed by TRW in Redondo Beach, Calif., for 10 years and by South Bay Hospital in Redondo Beach as a cook and waitress for eight years.
Mrs. Kapper's hobbies included oil painting. She also enjoyed bowling and Hawaiian dancing.
Survivors include her husband Allen LeRoy Kapper; daughters Lianne Felton of Elk Grove, Calif., Diana Collins of Ithica, N.Y., Danica Wolfkahn of Brookings, brothers Howard Pauly of Beaverton, William Pauly of Houston, Texas.
The date of a memorial service in Brookings will be announced later.
John Wesley Asquith
John Wesley Asquith, 85, of Brookings, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2005, at his home of natural causes.
Mr. Asquith was born Aug. 29, 1919, in Horton, Kansas, to Benjamin Harrison Asquith, Sr. and Lucille Rupe Asquith.
He was raised and schooled in Horton.
After graduating, he began working at Consolidated Aircraft Manufacturing Company in San Diego.
In September of 1942, Mr. Asquith enlisted in the U.S. Navy. Due to his airplane expertise, he remained at his training station at Jacksonville, Florida, as his first active duty assignment, so he could oversee the repair of damaged fighters and bombers. He was also called as a special observer on several occasions to ride with an aeronautics team into the eyes of hurricanes. In November of 1945, he was honorably discharged as an Aviation Metalsmith First Class.
After the war Mr. Asquith continued his work with planes for the Civil Air Patrol.
He married
Beverly June Hoffine in Salem on March 20, 1964, and the couple remained in Oregon to raise their large family together.
In addition to being a metalsmith, airplane repairman, crop duster, and commercial pilot, Mr Asquith was an inventor who would later design several tools for use on aircraft and in construction, including a mounted air-delivery forest reseeding system. He became a mechanical balancing engineer and owned his own contracting business for many years. He was a board member for the Oregon State Apprenticing Commission, and a member of the Contractors exchange in Salem, and after retiring to Brookings 19 years ago, served as a board member and later chairman of the Cape Ferello Fire Department. He also worked for a number of years as chief mechanical engineer at Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach.
Mr. Asquith was known by his family and friends as a brilliant, hardworking man who enjoyed contributing to the community wherever he lived. He was generous and helpful to his family and neighbors and had many hobbies which he shared with them, including archery, bow hunting, fishing and flying. He loved animals and had a special rapport with them, considering the wildlife around his coastal home as friends. Most of all, he loved joking around with his wife and spending time with their large family.
Mr. Asquith is survived by his wife, of Brookings; son Richard Asquith of Brookings; daughters Charlene Asquith of Greece, Lisa Jandera of Tacoma, Wash.; daughters and sons-in-law Janet and George Decker of Alabama; Ruth and Christopher Burkett of Milwaukee, Diana and Joe Walsh of Aloha, LeAnn and Andrew Bromeland of Salem, Paula and Michael Purcell of Portland, Nancy and Phillip Krohn of Mesa, Ariz.; brother and sister-in-law Ben and June Asquith Jr. of Dayton; sister and brother-in-law Betty and Larry Kessler of Springfield; 23 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by sisters Coline Coffman, Bernice Juiliana, and Mary Walker, and great-great-granddaughter Kaitlin Walsh.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 15786 Hwy. 101 S. in Brookings.
Because severe allergies prevent Mrs. Asquith from taking solace in flowers, the family suggests that, in their stead, memorial contributions be made to the Curry General Hospital Foundation, 94220 Fourth Street, Gold Beach, OR 97444.
Joyce Nadine Marsters
Joyce Nadine Marsters, 88, of Harbor, died Aug. 6, 2005, at an adult care facility in Brookings of natural causes.
She was born Aug. 21, 1916, in Great Bend, Kan., to Lawrence Edward and Clara Margaret Bell Coss.
Mrs. Marsters grew up in Larned, Kan., and graduated from high school in Kansas.
She married
Earl Everett Hvall during World War II. He preceded her in death.
She married
Charles Sheldon Marsters Sept. 1, 1978, in Applegate.
She was a member of Brookings Presbyterian Church and published the church newsletter with the help of her friends for years.
Survivors include her son Randall Earl Hvall of Grants Pass; daughter Norell Margaret Sears, of Happy Jack, Ariz.
Mrs. Marsters was preceded in death by her husband Charles Marsters.
A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at W. J. Ward Memorial cemetery in Brookings. Pastor Mike Whitman of the Brookings Christian Fellowship will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Redwood Memorial Chapel.
Eleanor Ida Baker
Eleanor Ida Baker, 90, of Brookings, died Aug. 7, 2005, at home in Brookings. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1992.
She was born Nov. 25, 1915, to Finnish immigrants Sophia Sarah Takalo and John Hovin in the Osage-Wolf Lake area of Minnesota.
Mrs. Baker, her parents and 18 siblings lived in a Finnish farming community. When she was a teenager she hopped a freight train and made her way to California to live with one of her older sisters.
She married
Albert Johnson, a sergeant in the U.S. Army, in 1942. They lived in Oakland, Calif.
The couple moved to Medford in 1948 with their daughter Gloria Jean.
Mrs. Baker worked at a variety of jobs in Medford. She was a checker at PayLess Drug store in the late 1950s. She spent many summers packing pears; packing more than 100 boxes a day was not unusual for her. Her last job was as a dental assistant for Dr. Bruce Stanley.
In 1963 she and Albert divorced.
She married
Robert Baker in 1972 in Reno, Nev. They made their home in Medford.
The couple enjoyed hiking, walking and working in her flower gardens. They also enjoyed fishing, boating and camping in summer and cross-country skiing and snowmobiling in winter. They made many deep-sea fishing trips out of Brookings and always caught their limit, which they shared with their friends and family.
In 1990 they retired to Brookings where they built a log home.
In 1984 she visited the Holy Land with her daughter. She celebrated her 70th birthday in Jerusalem and that spiritual pilgrimage was a very special experience for her, her family said. Later she and her daughter visited Finland, her parents' homeland.
Mrs. Baker took great pride in caring for her home, her family and those who needed help, her family said. She was said to be a spirited, loving person and good friend.
Survivors include her husband Robert Baker of Brookings; daughter Gloria and husband Robert Zadek of Half Moon Bay, Calif.; grandson Paul Niehaus and wife Katrina, great-granddaughters Anabeth Niehaus and Lily Niehaus, of Williams; stepson-in-law Thad Baker-Lawrence and wife Andrea, step-grandsons Robert, Alex and Tyler of Caldwell, Idaho; grandson Chad Baker-Lawrence; great-granddaughter Michael.
A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at Memory Gardens Memorial Park, 1395 Arnold Lane, Medford.
In lieu of flowers the family request remembrances be made in her name to Alzheimer's Association, 919 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611, or to Curry County Hospice, P .O. Box 6042, Brookings OR 97415.
Arrangements under the direction of Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Medford.
