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Helen Bjelde
Helen Bjelde, 84, of Milwaukie died March 8, 1999.
She was born in Windsor, Colo. on July 20, 1914. She married Lloyd Bjelde in 1945. He died in 1979, and she moved to Beaver from Lakeside soon after.
She was a homemaker and member of the church and volunteered for the Kiawanda Senior Community Center in Pacific City. She moved to Milwaukie in October 1998.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Mike Miller of Milwaukie; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gloria Powers, in 1998.
Disposition was by cremation. Memorial services were held March 11 in the Beaver Community Church. Remembrances are suggested to the Oregon Humane Society.
Marion Jack
Marion Malcolm Jack, 87, of Yachats died at his home on March 15, 1999.
He was born in Villisca, Iowa on Jan. 10, 1912 to Elmer and Grace Jack. He had been a resident of Yachats for the past 10 years.
He married Norma Hay in Yuma, Ariz. He moved to Eugene in 1949 from California. In the summer, he operated Riverview Lodge on the McKenzie River east of Vida. He was a partner in Western Irrigation in Eugene. He enjoyed bowling and baseball.
Survivors include his wife, Norma Jack of Yachats; and a nephew, James Utegg.
At the decedent's request, no services are planned. Disposition is by cremation, with Bateman Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Herbert Schoonover
Herbert Schoonover, 67, of Yachats died March 15, 1999 in Newport.
He was born in Minneola, Kansas on June 10, 1931. He was with the U.S. Navy BTC for 22 years. He was an engineer before retiring in 1993.
He married his wife, Gladys, in 1975. They moved to Yachats in 1993.
Mr. Schoonover was staff commodore of the Navy Yacht Club of Long Beach, Calif. He was a member of the Navy Pistol Team and a board member of the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District. He was active in the Lincoln County Amateur Radio Club, worked with communications when Cycle Oregon entered Yachats, and was in a Loyalty Days Parade on the amateur radio communications float.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys, of Yachats; a son and daughter-in-law, Kevin and Diann Schoonover of Longmont, Colo.; step-daughters and stepsons-in-law Arlinda and Steve Brook of Culver City, Calif. and Roberta and Art Sturgis of Monte Rio, Calif.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Disposition is by cremation. Services will be held at 1 p.m. March 29 at Yachats Presbyterian Community Church. Remembrances are suggested to the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District or Yachats Community Church.
June Zastrow
June Dawn Zastrow, 61, of Newport died at her home on March 15, 1999.
She was born in Eugene on April 23, 1937 to Rudy and Maria Burrell Johnson. She had been a resident of Newport for several years.
She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Newport, and had volunteered with the soup kitchen for the last two years, and with Special Olympics.
Survivors include her daughter, Shirley Gordon of Waldport; granddaughters Heather, Samantha and Tiffany Gordon of Waldport; sisters Velma Stitt of Spokane, Wash., Jodine Brandner of Albany and Merry Dooley of Lincoln City; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorial services will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church in Newport. Disposition is be cremation, with Bateman Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Don Distad
Don Distad, 77, of Lincoln City died of cancer on Dec. 24, 1998.
He was born in Seattle, Wash. on May 22, 1921 to Albert Distad and Blanch Adams Distad. He grew up in Seattle, graduated from the University of Washington and later earned a master's degree at the University of Oregon, Eugene. He spent four years in the Army during the Second World War. He served in Patton's Third Army and helping liberate a concentration camp in Austria.
Mr. Distad taught in high schools in Oregon and Washington until 1966, when he served as a member of the founding faculty of Bellevue Community College. He chaired the history department of that college from its origin until his retirement in 1980.
After moving to Lincoln City in 1983, he taught for Chemeketa Community College part time, and together with Dr. Lewis Hoskins, co-taught courses for Oregon Coast Community College.
He was president of the Noon Kiwanis from 1986 to 1987. He chaired the Kiwanis Major Emphasis Committee, for which he was awarded the district designation "Chairman of the Year." He chaired the Driftwood Library board, the Driftwood Library Foundation, and the Friends of the Library, and served on two State Library committees: the Legislative Committee for Intellectual Freedom and the LSCA Advisory Council, which selected recipients of library improvement grant applicants statewide.
He was recognized by the Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce for his role in securing Lincoln Square for a library/city hall. In 1997, he received the library's "Leadership Award," and on Oct. 13, 1997, the Lincoln City city council voted to proclaim the library's adult reading room the "Don Distad Room."
He was active in the Congregational Church in a variety of capacities, including deacon and church librarian. For many years, he was an active member of the American Association of Retired Persons.
Mr. Distad had said that in addition to his teaching career, which he loved, and the part he played in securing a 21st-century library facility for Lincoln City, his most satisfying experiences were participating in the founding of Bellevue Community College and in the establishment of the Pacific Northwest International Studies Program, spearheaded by the University of Washington in partnership with Bellevue Community College.
Survivors including his wife, Delta; a son, Eric, of Woodinville, Wash.; a brother, Bill, of Salem; and a sister, Mary, of Edmonds, Wash.
A memorial service will be held at the Congregational Church at 3 p.m. Jan. 16. Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Driftwood Library, the Congregational Church, or North Lincoln Hospital's Hospice Program. Pacific View Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.
Félicité Hoffman
Félicité LaFlamme Hoffman, 100, died at Country View Adult Foster Care in Toledo on Dec. 28, 1998.
She was born in Saint Marguerite, Quebec Province, Canada on Sept. 1, 1898 to Césarie Roy and Louis LaFlamme. She had been a resident in the Toledo adult foster care home since November 1996, when she moved from Dayton, Ohio.
From 1935 until 1996, she had been a resident of Elizabeth, N.J., where she taught French at Battin High School for 32 years. She continued teaching French privately for 10 years after her retirement in 1959.
She was interested in education and travel. Her own studies began in a one-room schoolhouse in her home village. She pursued academic studies in a convent in Quebec, followed by business studies. She taught elementary school in Quebec and then in a business school in Montreal. She came to the United States in 1925 and obtained her teaching degree from Columbia University in New York City in 1929.
During her student years, she was a charter member resident of the International House in New York City. For the remainder of her life, she supported the International House. In 1979, she was honored by that organization, and a presentation was made by Henry Kissinger for her volunteer contributions, including service as a student leader and counselor, teacher, administrator and office worker.
At age 89, she was still on the International House roster as a volunteer teacher. In 1985, she established a foundation in Canada to provide scholarships to French-Canadian students who desired further education in the United States. Since that time, more than 20 students have received scholarships from that foundation.
She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1929, and in 1930, married Alexander von Hoffman, a native of Riga, Latvia. They realized a life-long dream, taking a six-month, around-the-world voyage, in 1961.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Suzanne and Allen Brown of Newport; a granddaughter, Natalie Baca of Santa Fe, N.M.; great-granddaughters Ellie and Julia Rose; and two nieces, Aline Laveau and Clémence Toutant, of Quebec, Canada. She was preceded in death by her husband; brothers Joseph, Amedée, Donat, Wilfred and Albert; a sister, Juliette; and a grandson, Stephen.
Interment will be alongside her husband in St. Gertrude Cemetery, Iselin, N.J. Bateman Funeral Home of Newport is in charge of local arrangements. Contributions may be made to Pacific Communities Hospital Hospice, 930 SW Abbey St., Newport 97365; International House, 500 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. 10027; or La Fondation d' Education Globâle LaFlamme Inc., CP 8888 Succ Centre Ville, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3P8.
Mary Glenn
Mary Louise Glenn, 94, died at Newport Rehabilitation & Specialty Care Center on Dec. 23, 1998.
She was born in Queen City, Texas on Dec. 17, 1904 to John Alonza and Emma E. Bell Blackwell. She had been a resident of Newport since 1991.
She married Henry B. Glenn in Cobb County, Ga. on Nov. 25, 1921. He preceded her in death in 1962. For most of her life, she was a homemaker.
Survivors include her son, Henry B. Glenn of Indianola, Wash.; a sister, Nellie Goodson of Florida; two grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Interment will be in Acacia Cemetery in Seattle, Wash. Bateman Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
