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Lillian A. Crews
Lillian A. Crews, 74, of Aurora, died July 26, 2004, at a Portland care center.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, at the Butteville Community Church. Private inurnment was at Willamette National cemetery.
She was born Nov. 23, 1929, at Glendale, Ariz.
Lillian married
Walter Crews on May 8, 1970.
The couple moved to the Aurora area in 1978. She was a member of the Butteville Community Church and the Noncommissioned Officers Association.
She is survived by husband Walter of Aurora; daughters Lucinda Johnson of Salem, Valerie R. Crews of Beaverton and Sherry Highley of Albany; son George R. Crews of Beaverton; sister Bonnie Frey of Phoenix, Ariz.; brother Burt Fugate of Santa Maria, Calif.; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials may be made to the Noncommissioned Officers Association Medical Trust Fund, P.O. Box 33790, San Antonio, TX 78265.
Arrangements were entrusted to Canby Funeral Chapel.
Raymond J. Geraths
February 11, 1913 - November 20, 2004
Raymond J. Geraths, 91, of Stayton died Nov. 20.
He was born in White Lake, S.D. He married
Gladys Martz on June 11, 1938, in Long Beach. They moved to Oregon in 1948 to raise their family of five boys. A member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Stayton, he was known for his dedication to the church and commitment to charitable causes.
He enjoyed bike riding, carpentry, playing the harmonica, reading, writing poetry and spending time with his family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 1984.
Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law, Norm and Dianne Geraths of Dana Point, Calif., Nelson and Nancy Geraths of Pendleton, Nathan and Mary Alice Geraths of Middleton, Wis., and Don and Gayle Geraths of Salem; son, Nolan Geraths of Stayton; sister, Loretta Broneman of Lakewood, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
Visiting will be held 3 - 7 p.m. today and 8 a.m. - noon Friday at Weddle Funeral Home, 1777 N. Third Ave., Stayton. A Rosary will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday followed by a Mass at 2 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1077 N. Sixth Ave., Stayton. Interment is at St. Mary cemetery, Stayton.
Wade Porter Bettis
CANBY — Wade Porter Bettis of Canby died July 11, 2004. He was 81.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, at the Willamette National cemetery in Portland.
He was born Aug. 13, 1922, on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in Idaho to Jacob and Norma Bettis, a farmer and teacher. He was the oldest of three children. The family moved to Oregon in 1927, and settled on a farm outside of Orient.
Wade attended Orient grade school and Gresham High School, where he was the senior class president. He graduated in 1940. He then went on to attend Willamette University, until his enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps in August 1942.
Stationed on the USS Alabama during World War II, he was part of a military task force that contributed to the unconditional surrender of the Japanese on Aug. 30, 1945.
He married
Miriam Elizabeth Miller. After an introduction by Miriam’s brother, they exchanged letters and were married
June 15, 1943, in San Diego.
Upon leaving the Marines, the couple and their first child, Wade Jr., returned to Oregon. He worked for Hudson House and began attending night school at the Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law. During this time, the couple added to their family with the births of Beth and Greg.
It was during this time that he experienced his first attack of Multiple Sclerosis, a debilitating condition that he fought for the rest of his life. The first attack left him temporally blind; his wife had to read law books to him so that he could continue with his education. Wade graduated Northwestern in 1952 and was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 1953.
The family moved to Canby in January 1954 and opened an office on North Grant Street. As Canby’s judge, he would perform weddings in his own back yard. In 1959 and 1961, the Bettis family grew again, adding two more daughters.
Bettis served as the city attorney for Aurora, Barlow, Canby, Donald, Wilsonville and Yamhill for nearly 30 years, as well as the attorney for local school districts and fire districts.
Bettis loved to hunt deer and elk in eastern Oregon. He also enjoyed fishing and other outdoor activities. He participated and held office in many local organizations including the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, I.O.O.F. and was a Past Master of Champoeg Lodge No. 27 AFAM. He was also a member of several legal associations.
The couple traveled the world. They enjoyed meeting new people and seeing other cultures.
As members of People to People, an organization founded by President Eisenhower in 1956, they traveled to East Germany and saw the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Bettis is survived by wife Miriam; children Wade Jr. of La Grande, Beth Martin of Oregon City, Greg of Gresham, Dianne Pierce of Portland, and Lacey of Troutdale; sisters Ruth Bates of Portland and Margaret Timmons of Portland; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
In honor of Wade’s struggle with MS, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1650 N.W. Naito Parkway, Portland, OR 97209.
Lillian Mae Wartenbee
January 31, 1928 - December 13, 2004
Lillian Mae Wartenbee, 76, of Scio died Dec. 13.
She was born in Sioux City, Iowa. She moved to Oregon as a young child, living in Lacomb where she grew up. She worked for Harts Nursery. She enjoyed collecting Depression glass, coins and porcelain figurines. She also enjoyed her home.
Her husband, Stanley, whom she married
on March 1, 1963, survives.
Other survivors include her sons, Jim Moulton of Glenrock, Wyo., and Dwight Wartenbee of Elmira; daughters, Darlene Olson of Veneta and Monica Dickinson of Casper, Wyo.; daughter-in-law, Deanna Wartenbee of Redmond; brother, Leonard Mummert of Portland; sisters, Frances Shaffer of Stayton and Wanda “Bonnie” Schradle of Lakeside; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services were held at Weddle Funeral Home, Stayton. Interment was at Franklin Butte cemetery.
Esther Aus
Services were held Oct. 21, 2005 in Salt Lake City for Esther Westby Aus, 93, of Wilsonville and Salt Lake City.
She died Oct. 16, 2005.
Mrs. Aus was born Esther Westby on April 8, 1912 in Tacoma, Wash. to Torvald T. and Hilda Marie Halsten Westby. She was the third of five children.
A lifelong Lutheran, she graduated from Pacific Lutheran College in Tacoma, Wash. in 1932, later receiving an honorary doctorate from the same university. There she served on the Board of Regents, was a founding member of the Q Club, member of the Choir of the West and at one time sang with Olaf’s Choir.
She taught school until her marriage to Alfred E. Aus in June, 1934.
Together they owned a number of corporations including: Oregon Typewriter and Recorder Company, with stores in Portland, Seattle, and Eugene; Oregon Audio-Video; the Aus Building (an office building in downtown Portland); and a shopping mall in Salem.
Mrs. Aus served on the board of Better Homes and Gardens, the Portland Oregon PTA and was a delegate for the Republican Party in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was president of Soroptimist Club of Portland and member of the Eastern Star.
Mr. and Mrs. Aus loved traveling around the world from the Great Wall of China, to Italian villas, Africa, Australia, and the fjords of Norway. Mrs. Aus loved oil painting, dancing, and landscaping.
Mrs. Aus was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her siblings, her son-in-law Alma Johnstun, and one great-granddaughter.
She is survived by son Alfred B. Aus and daughter-in-law Judi of Wilsonville; and daughter Jan Johnstun of Salt Lake City; daughter Judi Allen and son-in-law Mike of Oklahoma City; 13 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren.
Services were held at the Salt Lake Ensign Stake Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Internment was in the Salt Lake City cemetery.
Charles John Thomas
April 26, 1920 - January 9, 2005
Charles John Thomas, 84, of Sublimity died Jan. 9.
He was born in Denver, Colo., to John and Ruth Thomas. He married
Ellen Louise Thomas 46 years ago. They lived in Oregon and Alaska and retired to Hemet, Calif., in 1985. They moved to Stayton in September 2003.
He served in the U.S. Army in Germany during World War II, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He worked in many fields as a heavy equipment operator and on the oil pipeline on the Brooks Range in Alaska. He also sold and owned ice cream stores.
He loved planes and enjoyed golfing. He was also a docent at an airplane museum.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Dee Scheyer.
Survivors include his wife; sons and daughters-in-law, Rick and Cathy Sergeant of Vancouver, Wash., and Chuck and Sally Sergeant of Stayton; sisters, Mary McCellan of Rockford, Ill., Gladys Linbergh of Tacoma, Wash., and Margaret Parker of Portland; and grandchildren, Kevin and Chelsea Sergeant of Stayton, Jenny Fessler of Salem, Kati Sergeant of Seattle, Wash., and Chris Sergeant of Newcastle, Wash.
A Mass will be said at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Stayton at a later date. Remembrances: Ryan Field Museum, 4280 Waldon Weaver Road, Hemet, Calif. Arrangements: Weddle Funeral Home, Stayton.
Gordon Gray
A memorial service for Gordon Gray, 80, of Wilsonville will be held 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 2005 at the Charbonneau Club House. He died of a heart attack on Oct. 21, 2005.
Mr. Gray was born on Sept. 24, 1925 in Madison, Wisc. He eventually joined the U.S. Army Air Corp.
He married
Beverly Benway in the 1940s.
Mr. Gray moved to the Portland area in 1973. He worked as an insurance broker for Marsh and McLennan.
Mr. Gray was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly Benway, in 2001, and his parents.
He is survived by his son Jeff Gray, son Chuck Gray and two grandchildren.
Remembrances may be made to the Lake Oswego Tennis Center. Holman, Hankins, Bowker, Waud of Oregon City was in care of arrangements.
Clarence `Jack' Mullens
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Meridian United Church of Christ in Wilsonville for Clarence "Jack" Mullens, 77.
Born Feb. 14, 1924, in Princeton, W.V., he died Nov. 10, 2001, in Portland. He had been a chemist for the U.S. government.
He had lived in Wilsonville since 1977, and had been active in the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, enjoyed volunteering for the Wilsonville Food Bank and at Shriners Hospitals for Children. He also enjoyed traveling, golfing and spending time with his family.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, of Wilsonville; a daughter, Judith Ann Neigel of Wilsonville; sons, James D. of Oregon City and Scott E. of Tigard; sisters, Edith Bish of Princeton, W.V., Mildred Grant of Port Charlotte, Fla., and Nancy Setliff of Radford, Va.; and six grandchildren.
Remembrances may be made to Meridian United Church of Christ or the Wilsonville Food Bank.
Cornwell Colonial Chapel in Wilsonville is in charge of arrangements.
Kenneth Cherrick
Services for Kenneth Cherrick will be at 4 p.m. July 8, 2006 at his home on the Willamette River in West Linn. He died on June 2, 2006. He was 88.
Mr. Cherrick was born Nov. 7, 1917 in Lame Deer, Mont., where his parents, Ralf and Elizabeth, were teaching on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. His earliest playmates included the grandson of Chief Sitting Bull.
The family moved to Barlow, just south of Canby, in the early 1920s. In the 1930s Ken attended Linfield College for two years, then transferred to the University of Oregon, graduating magna cum laude in business administration.
When World War II broke out he joined the U.S. Coast Guard and attended a 6-month cram course at the academy to eventually become a lieutenant, one of the “Miracle Officers” created as quickly as possible during the war. After the war, in 1948, he married
Freda Berger of Mount Vernon, Wash., and began his civilian career that culminated in 31 years as a controller for Sears Roebuck.
By the time he retired he was group controller of the Mid-California Region and President of the National Retail Controllers Association.
In retirement, the couple moved to Bodega Harbour, Calif., where he was a Realtor and president of the local chamber of commerce.
Mr. Cherrick’s hobbies included flying single-engine airplanes, and driving Citroen cars.
In 1989 the couple returned to their Pacific Northwest roots (and nearby grandchildren) and they moved to West Linn, only about 10 miles from the old Barlow farm where Ken was born.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Barlow Pioneer cemetery (owned and maintained by the Moana Nursery) where his parents are buried, or The Red Feather Development Project in Bozeman, Montana.
