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Wynona J. Thornton
Wynona Jean Thornton died of cancer Oct. 5, 2006, in Newberg. She was 75.
She was born Oct. 26, 1930, in Holdenville, Okla., to Guy and Ima (Jackson) Gentry and attended school in Glendale, Ariz. She married
Cecil Thornton on Oct. 30, 1950. He preceded her in death in 1981.
She worked in the injection molding industry and at the Excalibur Casino in Las Vegas. She enjoyed Western novels, NASCAR and football.
Survivors include: sons, Mike of Phoenix, Ariz., and David of Marshall, Texas; daughter Naomi Harker of Newberg; sister Mary Ann Newman of Las Vegas; and brother Steve Owens of Arizona.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Church of Christ in Newberg.
Larry K. Olson
Larry Kent Olson, formerly of Newberg, died Nov. 2, 2006, in a plane crash in Arizona. He was 48.
He was born July 8, 1958, in McMinnville to Miles and Peggy (Bramlet) Olson, and graduated from Newberg High School in 1976. He married
Sue Bachmeier in July 1977, and moved to Arizona in the 1980s.
He worked as a lumber broker and a senior construction specialist with DuPont, providing sales and service for their Tyvek brand of waterproof plastics. Shortly before his death, he was recognized as 2006 specialist of the year by his employers.
He was a pilot for more than a decade, and was flying his kit plane at the time of his death. His passenger, Mark Wild of Mesa, Ariz., was also killed in the crash. Its cause is under investigation by the FAA.
Survivors include: wife Sue of Cave Creek, Ariz.; son Jason of Scottsdale, Ariz.; daughter Jennifer Colburn of Scottsdale; brother Lynn of Newberg; sisters, Karen Lite of Newberg and Diane Storey of Salem; parents Miles and Peggy of Salem; and niece Kendra Lite of Sherwood.
A memorial service was held Nov. 11 at Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church in Cave Creek, Ariz.
Larry Damon
Larry Damon died Nov. 6, 2006, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. He was 69.
He was born Sept. 17, 1937 in Inglewood, Calif., where he graduated from Morningside High School.
He served in the U.S. Air Force for eight years and resided in New Mexico and Texas before settling in Oregon.
He married
Karen Wood of Portland in 1983, and they moved to Newberg in 1996. He worked as a sharpener, serving businesses around the town.
He was a supporter of Newberg High athletics, and enjoyed fishing, western novels and Oregon State University football.
Survivors include: wife Karen; son Jim of El Paso, Texas; and daughter Shawna of Portland.
A private memorial service will be held Nov. 18. Arrangements are in care of Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel.
Lori Thompson
Lori Anne Darling-Thompson of Sherwood died Nov. 5, 2006, in a Portland hospital. She was 43.
She was born July 17, 1963, in Newberg to Charles and Grace (Cutright) Conrad and attended school in Sherwood. She was married
twice, to Steve Darling and Gregory Thompson, both of Sherwood. She worked as a cook at the Sherwood Peddler Restaurant and at the King City Rehabilitation Living Center.
She enjoyed the outdoors, camping, fishing and entertaining guests in her home.
Survivors include: husband Gregory of Sherwood; son Evan Darling; daughter Jennifer Darling; stepdaughter Tiffany Thompson; foster daughter Misti Blount; brothers Ralph Conrad of Dundee and Charles Conrad of Depoe Bay; and four grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Valley View Memorial Park with Pastor Lee Roy Jaquith officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Kidney Fund, 6110 Executive Blvd., Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852.
Jonathan A. Bell
Jonathan Alexander Bell of McMinnville died Nov. 1, 2006, of undetermined natural causes. He was 25.
He was born Aug. 20, 1981, in San Dimas, Calif. He was raised in California and Oregon. He graduated from Yamhill-Carlton High School in 2000 and moved to McMinnville, where he worked as a crane operator for Wilsonville Concrete Co.
Survivors include: companion and the mother of his children, Amber Park of McMinnville; sons, Austin and Brant Bell of McMinnville; parents Tab Bell and Debra Boyd of McMinnville; stepfather Bruce Boyd of Newberg; grandparents, Ben and Marolyn Erb of Newberg and Frank and Kathy Bell of Sparks, Nev.; great-grandparents Joe and Betty Erb of Newberg; brothers, Justin Bell of California, Zackery Bell of Missoula, Mont., Richard Boyd of Los Angeles and Patrick Boyd of Carlton; sisters, Christina Boyd and Samantha and Tabitha Bell, all of McMinnville.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Jennifer Bell.
A memorial service was held Tuesday at the Macy & Son Funeral Chapel in McMinnville. It was officiated by the Rev. Doug Drysdale. Interment was private at Valley View cemetery.
Martha H. L. Stine
Martha Helen Louise Stine of Newberg died Nov. 3, 2006. She was 69.
She was born Jan. 10, 1937, in Leachville, Ark., to Roy and Edith (Stevens) Tinsley. She and her siblings attended school in Arkansas, and moved to California as teenagers. In 1957 she married
Sheldon Stine in California. They family moved to Newberg in 1968.
She enjoyed traveling and trips to the beach, as well as spending time with family and her grandchildren.
Survivors include: husband Sheldon of Newberg; daughters, Carolyn of Newberg and Helena Gross of Wilder, Idaho; brother Bobby Tinsley of Bakersfield, Calif.; sisters, Glenda Clark of Alpaugh, Calif., Jean Glaspie of Orville, Calif., and Loretta Lambert of Oklahoma; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Betty Polm.
A graveside service was held Tuesday at Willamette National cemetery in Portland.
Charles L. Healey
Charles L. 'Mickey' Healey, who has family in the area, died Nov. 8, 2006, at a Newberg nursing home. He was 88.
He was born April 8, 1918, in Seattle. He attended Grant High School. During World War II he served in the Army Air Corp's 17th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, stationed in the Philippines. He graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 1952 with a degree in sociology. He worked for the Social Security Administration, and pursued an interest in printing and lithography.
Survivors include: daughters, Janice Van Domelin of Newberg, Judy Harris of Washougal, Wash., and Joan Le Brun of Phoenix, Ariz.; sons, Mike of Portland and Casey of Newberg; brother John of Maui, Hawaii; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his brother Jerry on Nov. 2.
A memorial service is planned for April on the Oregon coast.
Memorial contributions may be to the charity of one's choice.
Robert Lafollett
Robert Lafollett, who has family in the area, died Nov. 11, 2006, in Hillsboro. He was 68.
He was born Feb. 16, 1938, in Hillsboro, graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1955, and served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1965. He worked as a deputy for the Washington County Sheriff's Office until 1989, earning the rank of detective. He married
Lucille Thompson in 1991, and worked for Baker Rock Resources until retiring in 2000.
Survivors include: wife Lucille of Hillsboro; son Douglas of St. Paul; daughter Kristin Klein of North Plains; stepson Jason Thompson of Hillsboro; brothers William of California and Thomas of Idaho; and two grandchildren.
A memorial service was held Nov. 17 at Fir Lawn Mortuary in Hillsboro.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.
Phil D. Onsgaard
Former Dundee resident Phil Drew Onsgaard died Nov. 1, 2006, in Vancouver, Wash. He was 85.
He was born Oct. 4, 1921 in DeSart, N.D., to Phil and Jennie (Drew) Onsgaard and attended school in Wisconsin. He married
Hazel Noreen on July 17, 1943. She preceded him in death in March 2000. The couple moved to Oregon from Wisconsin in 1978 and settled in Dundee in 1990. A carpenter, he also was a part-time bus driver in Newberg.
The couple attended the Methodist Church in Dundee, where he placed a memorial plaque and rose garden after his wife's death. In 2002, he returned to Wisconsin to live with his granddaughter and family, but returned to the Northwest in July 2006.
Survivors include: sister Delone Christensen of New Berlin, Wisc.; brother Duane of Watertown, Wisc.; sons Jeff of Fall River, Wisc., and Gary of Portland; daughter Holly Minnich of Vancouver, Wash.; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held Nov. 7 at the Vancouver Funeral Chapel in Vancouver, Wash.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church or health charity of one's choice.
Diane M. Powers
Diane Marie Powers died Nov. 7, 2006. She was 48.
She was born Jan. 20, 1958, in Portland to Thomas and Charlotte Graham and attended St. John Fisher Catholic School. Her parents divorced and her mother remarried
Floyd Lissy, a naval officer, and settled in Tigard in 1969. She attended Tigard High School and Portland Community College before enlisting in the U.S. Air Force in 1976.
She served in Texas and North Dakota as a dental assistant while on active duty, and in 1987 returned to Portland with the rank of senior airman. She worked for the Oregon Air National Guard as a recruiter. In 1982 she married
fellow recruiter, Sgt. Keith Powers. Honorably discharged as a staff sergeant, she and her family moved to Coos Bay in 1994.
She enjoyed the arts and was an amateur painter, also trying her hand at songwriting, poetry, photography and modeling.
Survivors include: husband Keith of North Bend; twin sons Kenneth and Keith of North Bend; mother Charlotte of Tualatin; stepfather Floyd Lissy of Tualatin; brothers, Michael and Steven Graham of Beaverton, and Jeff and Joe Graham of Portland; sisters, Theresa VanWetten of Tualatin and Christy Houck of Sisters.
A memorial service was held Nov. 17 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Sherwood. A graveside service followed at Willamette National cemetery.
Donald R. Potts
Donald Richard Potts died Nov. 13, 2006, at his Dundee home. He was 65.
He was born Feb. 20, 1941, in Fort Smith, Ark., to Richard and Floyce (Garrett) Potts and grew up in Southern California. He graduated from high school in Long Beach, Calif., and worked as a commercial fisherman for several years before joining the U.S. Merchant Marine.
In April 1976, he married
Adelina Montoya in Las Vegas. He spent 30 years as a sailor and traveled to many ports of call around the world. The couple purchased a home on Chehalem Mountain when he retired in 2001.
His wife preceded him in death inn 2004, at which point he moved to Dundee to make his home with Chuck and Judy Freeman.
Survivors include: son John of Weldon, Calif.; and numerous step-nieces and step-nephews.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are in care of Attrell's Newberg Funeral Chapel.
Robert W. Dormer
Robert W. Dormer of Newberg died Nov. 23, 2006. He was 81.
He was born Sept. 5, 1925, in Yakima to Robert Sr. and Katie (Palmer) Dormer. In 1943, he moved to Vancouver, Wash., to work in the shipyards. He married
Dorothy 'Dottie' Zastrow in July 1945. They settled in Newberg in 1957, where he went into business with his brother as managers of the Newberg Bowl bowling alley.
Dormer ran the bowling alley for 21 years, selling the business after the death of his brother. The bowling alley was destroyed in a fire three-and-a-half years later.
Survivors include: wife Dottie of Newberg; daughters, Carol and Terri; sister Ethel; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Zion Lutheran Church.
