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Arnold I. McMillen
Arnold I. McMillen of Rose Lodge died Feb. 18, 2011, at his home. He was 84.
Arnold was the fourth of five children born to Howard and Beulah (Kenworthy) McMillen.
Arnold graduated from Taft High School in 1947. Their football team was unbeaten that year, and he was chosen to be State tackle. While still attending Taft High, Arnold joined the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. The war was soon over, and he came home and completed high school.
Arnold grew up on his parents' dairy farm. He enjoyed his life there so much that he, too, chose to be a dairyman.
He married
Pamela Thomas. They had two children, Phil and Carolyn. That marriage ended in divorce, and Arnold was awarded custody of the children. His children were the joy of his life.
On Oct. 17, 1964, Arnold married
Mary Lou Davis Sweitz. She had six children: Debra, James B., Randy, Rob, Timothy and Kerry. On the day of their wedding, they joined 10 lives together.
The dairy farm was an ideal place to raise a big family. Each of the children had a job to do whether it was at the barn or in the kitchen. Arnold was a devoted father who worked alongside his children. He also liked to show his family a good time. There were backpacking trips, picnics in the woods, horseback riding and deep sea fishing in their dory boat. The most exciting adventures were when he took them with him on his mountain climbing trips.
He not only taught his family to climb, his circle of mountaineers widened to include boy scouts and many friends. Together, Arnold and Mary Lou climbed all the mountains in the Northwest.
Arnold climbed Mt. McKinley in 1970. After standing on that summit, he became hungry to conquer more of the big ones. In 1973, he went to Argentina to climb Mt. Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the western hemisphere. Only he and another made the summit, out of a team of eight climbers, two of whom died from altitude sickness. Two years later, he led a successful climb on Mt. McKinley.
His last climb was on Mt. Logan, the tallest in Canada. His legs were weak on that climb. Afterward, he began seeking an answer to why his legs had become weak. Finally, at age 49, his answer came with the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Walking continued to become more and more difficult. Horses became the new focus in his life. They bought some mules, and he and Mary Lou learned to pack them.
In May of 1978, their son Randy was killed in a logging accident. And in June of that same year, Arnold, Mary Lou and son Rob set out on the Pacific Crest Trail with their horses and mules. They found solace in God's country.
Every summer after that, they rode another section of the Pacific Crest Trail with many different members of their family and friends, until they had completed the entire trail from Castle Crags, Calif., to the Canadian border. Each year he became a bit more incapacitated. By the third summer, he was unable to walk even with two canes. His sons would lift him up into the saddle. When he was up on the horse, he led the way, with three mules strung out behind him. At lunch time, they would pull him off his horse and carry him to a spot where he could lean against a log or a tree.
After the riders and animals had eaten, he would say: "Let's get going, we're burning daylight!"
Arnold and Mary Lou began competing in endurance races all over the Northwest and Arizona. They enjoyed it so much that they thought the beaches at Lincoln City would be ideal for competitive rides. With their daughter, Debra Hurd, they presented their idea to the Chamber of Commerce.
They planned two days of horseback riding events - with a 14-mile endurance race. That is how the Driftwood Derby made Lincoln City famous. People came from all over the state to compete, and thousands came to watch. Arnold and his horse, Pepper, beat out 40 contestants to win the endurance race. It just happened that P.M. Magazine came to film the race that year; they chose to focus on Arnold.
Arnold and Mary Lou started spending the winters near Yuma, Ariz. Almost every day they explored the desert.
When he could no longer ride, he found great pleasure in playing cards with his sister and brothers-in-law and niece every Wednesday. His other enjoyable pastime was to beat everyone at checkers.
Even though Arnold had the life sentence of Multiple Sclerosis, he refused to let it ruin his life. He was a happy, fun-loving, caring man who was devoted to his family. The way Arnold met the challenges in his life was an inspiration to all who knew him.
Arnold is survived by his wife, Mary Lou; daughters Carolyn (Gary) Flock and Debra (Frank) Hurd; sons Phil McMillen, JB (Tamara) Sweitz, Robert Sweitz, Timothy (Rachel) Sweitz and Kerry (Laura) Sweitz; sister Viola Wolfe; brother Kenneth (Alberta) McMillen; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
His brother Norman McMillen and sister Virginia McBain died earlier.
A celebration of his life will be held at a later date and will be announced.
Maurice Barackman
Maurice Glen Barackman died in Cloverdale on March 24, 2011. He was 82.
Born in Curtis, Neb., to William and Dora (Weisman) Barackman on April 12, 1928, Morrie moved to Hillsboro, Ore. with his family when he was 8 years old.
He grew up and attended school in Hillsboro, graduating from Hillsboro High School.
Morrie served his country honorably from 1948 until 1952 as a member of the United States Army and Oregon National Guard.
He was united in marriage to Georgia Knotts on September 30, 1961, in Bend.
Morrie started his irrigation career at Eastern Oregon Mills in Bend and later worked for RM Wade of Portland. Later he worked for three years in Saudi Arabia and for an additional three years in Jamaica as a U.S Dept. of Agriculture consultant and engineer. He educated the locals and designed irrigation systems that enabled them to increase their crop yield to double the annual output.
He moved to the Cloverdale area in 1995 and supported the local dairymen as an irrigation sales engineer working for Ernst Hardware of St. Paul, Ore. until his retirement in 2007.
He was a past member of the Cloverdale Lions Club, was on the Cloverdale Water Board and volunteered at the fish hatchery. He also spent 15 years operating a charter boat out of Garibaldi.
Morrie loved spending time with his family and friends. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, photography and bird watching. Morrie will be missed by all who knew him. He leaves behind his loving family to honor his life; wife Georgia Barackman of Cloverdale; sons Douglas Barackman of Beaverton, Ore., Dean Fifield of Sherwood, Ore., Doug Fifield of Canby, Ore., and Wade Barackman of Milwaukie, Ore.; daughters Barbara Cashman of Bend and Janet Potter of Dayton, Ore.; sisters Norma Norton of England and Karen Newton of Redmond, Ore.; and 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren
A memorial service to honor his life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday April 2, at Waud’s Funeral Home. Donations in Morrie’s name may be made to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospice c/o Waud’s Funeral Home.
Margaret Janet Ward Maynard
June 8, 1919 – May 18, 2016
Margaret Janet Ward Maynard died peacefully in her sleep on May 18, 2016, at her home in Vancouver, Wash., with family members nearby. She was born June 8, 1919, on her parents’ dairy farm in Avalon, Wis. She was the only child of Harold Leslie Ward and Edith Jean
Hadden, who predeceased her in 1945 and 1972.
Margaret was educated at Janesville High School in Janesville, Wis.; Monmouth College in Monmouth, Ill.; University of Wisconsin in Madison; and Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, Mass. She was an intelligent and curious lifelong learner, an avid reader of fiction and nonfiction – and a formidable Scrabble player. She was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority, American Association of University Women, and many other organizations.
Margaret met Russell Milton Maynard at Monmouth College, and they were married
on December 31, 1941, at the Rock Prairie United Presbyterian Church in Johnstown Center, Wis.
Russell was a doctor in the United States Navy from before Pearl Harbor until after the Korean War, when he became a doctor for the Veteran’s Administration. When Russell retired in 1979, he and Margaret moved to Cascade Head Ranch in Otis, Ore. Russell died in 1993.
Margaret excelled as a farmer’s daughter, naval officer’s wife, doctor’s wife, church leader and community volunteer; and (most importantly) she was an exceptional mother.
She raised, nurtured and launched seven children: James Hadden Maynard of Vancouver, Wash.; Harold Ward Maynard (Lorraine Bergkvist) of Baltimore, Md.; Christina Maynard Cardenas (Tony Cardenas) of Grandview, Wash; Hugh Milton Maynard (Faith Woodman) of Bath, Maine; John Russell Maynard (Helen Brereton) of Cowes, Victoria, Australia; Nancy Jean Maynard of Vancouver, Wash; and Marcia Wynne Maynard (Jim Fischer) of Vancouver, Wash, She is survived by her seven children, 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service, followed by a celebration of life reception, will be held at 11 a.m. on June 4, 2016, at the First Presbyterian Church, 4300 Main Street, Vancouver, Wash. 98663. Margaret’s ashes will be buried in the summer of 2017 in the Johnstown Center cemetery, Johnstown Center, Wis. It’s not far from the farm where she was born.
Doris F. Olson
Doris F. Olson of Cloverdale and Lincoln City, Ore., died at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital on March 30, 2011. She was 88.
Doris was born on Dec. 23, 1922, to Grover C. and E. Ada Pomeroy in Monitor, Ore. She attended and graduated from Woodburn High School.
She, along with her husband Ben, owned dairy farms over the years and in the ‘60s had a farm in Siletz where they bottled and delivered gallon jugs of their milk in the Siletz, Newport, Toledo and South Beach areas. Doris was a housewife and, with her husband, raised eight children. Doris was an experienced seamstress She also painted, produced handmade greeting cards, and crocheted. Canning was done yearly and she always said it was so nice to see the work lined up on her shelves.
Survivors include her husband, Ben, of almost 70 years; three sons Bennie E. Olson of Madras/Siletz, Ore., Bobbie (Elaine) of Beaver (Hemlock) Ore., and Jayme (Geri) of Milwaukie, Ore.; one daughter Shirley (Jim) of Cloverdale (SandLake) Ore.; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Three daughters Mary Olson Syhlman (1981), Judy Olson Mosier (1994), Nancy Olson Anderson (2007); and one son Terry Olson (1962), died earlier.
Bateman Funeral Home of Newport is in charge of the arrangements.
Interment will be at Eureka cemetery in Newport.
There are no services scheduled at this time.
Margaret Retzer
Margaret Marie (Peggy Woods) Retzer died March 30, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Corvallis, Ore. from complications due to her 18 year battle with breast cancer. She was 62.
She was born to Robert J. (Bob) and Mary Jane Woods in Salem, Ore., Sept. 20, 1948. Born prematurely, she endured medical problems from the beginning that molded her into the patient, loving daughter, wife, mother and friend she became. She first developed cancer as a baby, having a tumor successfully removed at 18 months. A congenital heart defect emerged in adolescence that made her a little different from other girls, not able to participate fully in some strenuous activities making her more accepting of others. She went through school in Dallas, Ore., graduating from Dallas High School in l966 where she was known for her great warmth and wit, after which she worked at the Oregon Bank before attending Western Oregon University (then Oregon College of Education).
Peggy first met Jere Wayne Retzer when they were both 13 while his family visited Dallas for a Crider family reunion. This developed quickly into a 1000+ mile long-distance romance as Jere's military family roamed the country. Peggy married
Jere on June 13, 1970, in the First Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Ore., following his graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy, but not before having open heart surgery at Providence Hospital in Portland, receiving one of the earliest Starr-Edwards artificial heart valves (which worked well until her death) on St. Patrick's day of that same year.
One of her greatest wishes was granted when their daughter, Jaime Lynn Retzer, was born, July 13, l976, and then when their son, Christopher Karl Retzer, joined the family December 12, l978. As a military wife, she made a home for her family in many different locations including Okinawa. She always made holidays special and made the best of any situation that came to them.
They moved to Portland, Ore., in 1993 following Jere's retirement from the Air Force. In 2000, they bought a beach house in the Nelscott neighborhood of Lincoln City once owned by her grandparents, which held many special childhood memories, planning to eventually move there in retirement. Peggy's cancer returned fully metastasized, however causing them to move in 2005, several years early due to the severe impacts of Peggy's cancer and chemotherapy. It was here that Peggy had a spectacular remission of her cancer and enjoyed her remaining years with her beloved family, many new and old friends and church community at Chapel by the Sea Presbyterian Church where she served as a deacon and sang in the choir, and chaired the prayer chain. She also joined PEO and two book clubs and was one of the founders of the Lincoln City Mosaic Guild, which displayed some of her work at a local gallery.
Her grandchildren, Charlie, Henry and Caroline, were so special to her and she loved them dearly. Peggy was one of those very rare individuals who dealt with her life as challenges occurred, including very serious health issues her entire life, with humor and grace. No one ever heard her complain or feel sorry for herself. Her cousins and many friends, some from early childhood, meant so much to her and she to them.
Left to keep her in their hearts include her beloved husband of 40 years, Jere Retzer; daughter Jaime (Jim) Orsborn of Lincoln City; son Christopher K. Retzer of Park City, Utah; grandchildren Charlie, Henry and Caroline Retzer also of Park City, Utah; her mother, Jane Woods, of Dallas; brothers Rob (Jill) Woods of Salem and Laird (DeLinda) Woods of Dallas; aunt Jo Bollman of Wallowa Lake; Jere's mother. Betty Retzer of Depoe Bay, Ore.; and brothers Bill (Mary) Retzer of Sea Ranch, Calif. and Mike Retzer of Greenville, Miss.
Her grandparents, Laird and Marie Woods and Charles and Margaret Greenwood; her greatly loved father Bob Woods; Jere's grandmothers, Ruth Crider and Ruth Retzer; and father Colonel Karl Retzer all died earlier.
A memorial service will be held at Chapel by the Sea, 2125 S.E. Lee St., Lincoln City, at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, followed by a graveside service in Dallas cemetery at 2:30 pm.
The family suggests a memorial gift in lieu of flowers if any to the Chapel by the Sea Endowment Fund, P.O. Box 25, Lincoln City, OR 97367, or the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Race for the Cure in care of Bollman Funeral Home, 694 Main St. Dallas, OR 97338, who is in charge of arrangements.
Jane Ila McClure
Jane Ila McClure of Lincoln City died March 14, 2011. She was 92.
Jane was born May 22, 1918, to Faye and Edith (Ball) Plank in Toledo, Ore.
Bateman Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Cynthia M. Uptain
Cynthia M. Uptain of Otis died March 15, 2011, at Newport Rehab in Newport. She was 64.
Cindy was born April 24, 1946, in Lawson, Mo., to Gust J. Haft and Gladys Marie (Greenley) Haft.
Services entrusted into the care of Affordable Burial & Cremation Co.
Timothy Anderson
Timothy Scott Anderson of Lincoln City died March 17, 2011. He was 51.
He was born May 2, 1959, in McMinnville, Ore., to Patricia and Gary Anderson. In 1964 he moved with his family to St. Helens where he attended school and graduated from St. Helens High in 1977. He excelled in track, football and basketball.
In junior high he won the John Beck award for his outstanding athletic skills. After Tim graduated from high school, he spent many years playing softball on local teams. Tim's greatest love was his family and friends. He enjoyed a variety of sports: fishing, golf and hanging out with his friends.
Some of our most treasured memories of Tim are his interaction with his family, especially his nieces and nephews at family gatherings. He was the uncle who rocked them and let them jump on him and pull his mustache.
Survivors include his mother Patricia and stepfather Jerry Erkenbeck; brother Rick Anderson; sisters Wendy Buerke (Terry) and Cheryl Stein (Jeff); seven nieces; two nephews; stepsisters Tammy Ellis (Bill) and Teri Gonce (Peter); stepbrother Troy Erkenbeck; and numerous cousins.
His father Gary Anderson; his brother Brooks; grandparents Bus and Anna Anderson and Edwin and Ida Severson; and his favorite aunt and uncle Tom and Eloise Nugen died earlier.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. April 9 at the High School Commons Building, 2375 Gable Road in St. Helens, Ore.
In lieu of flowers, an account has been set up at the U.S. Bank in Tim's name for a gift to be given to a St. Helens High School athlete.
Services entrusted into the care of Affordable Burial & Cremation.
