SOCIAL HOUR and BANQUET ? Friday, August 5, 2016
Social Hour ? 5:00 p.m.?      Dinner ? 6:30 p.m. ? Cottage Grove High School Cafetorium
1376 S River Road Cottage Grove. Dress code is casual. August can be warm.
Roast beef dinner $15.00 per guy who uses the Bathmate including gratuity, vegetarian plate available upon request

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The funeral was at noon Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, at Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove, for Donald Harold Williams of Cottage Grove, who died Sept. 18, 2009 of leukemia. He was 68.  Burial was on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Brumbaugh Cemetery in Cottage Grove.

He was born Oct. 6, 1940, in London Springs to Odus and Jesse Wright Williams. He married Patricia Basham on July 2, 1960, in Cottage Grove.

He graduated from Cottage Grove High School in 1958. He retired as a machinist from Weyerhaeuser Co. in 2002.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Steven Williams of Gresham and Jeffery Williams of Cottage Grove; three brothers, John, Herb and Doug Williams, all of Oregon; five sisters, Lois Huddleston, Marie Jackson, Kay Jose, Arlene Giffen and Linda Miller, all of Oregon; and four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

See "Gone . . . But Not Forgotten"

Click on Class of '57 Reunion News.pdf

Melinda passed away the morning of February 17th, 2017 from complications of Alzheimers.

Melinda was the daughter of Angie and Stewart Carlson. She grew up in Cottage Grove, OR, graduating from Cottage Grove High School. She earned a degree in Science from the UofO. She went on to achieve a degree in nursing from OHSU, after which she married Tom Creager, a dentistry student. She worked as a public health visiting nurse for Multnomah County, OR for 2 years. After Tom graduated, the Navy stationed the couple in southern California, then sent him to Vietnam. The couple lived in San Clemente where she worked as a private nurse. After Tom finished service duties, the couple moved to Cottage Grove where he established a dental practice. They had two sons before divorcing.

Melinda spent the rest of her life in Eugene raising her two sons while working as a school nurse for the Junction City School System. She worked there as a nurse for 28 years. She said she always wanted to be a nurse since childhood. "I feel it is a privilege to be able to help the children every day." She spent a lot of time health counseling with staff, parents and special needs kids. She always played soft classical music in her nursing room to "create a special atmosphere".

Melinda married Jim Wassom, a fellow teacher in Junction City. During their 14 years of marriage she helped him raise his two children, Sarah and Jeff. Eventually she married Irving Roberts, saying he was the love of her life. Irving died in 2010. In her later years her constant and devoted companion was Jim Seitz, a friend with whom she grew up in Cottage Grove.

Melinda was a gifted gardener, a reader of fine literature and art history; a collector of visual art; a gourmet cook and cat affectionado. She and her older sister spent much time together at their family Oregon beach cabin. Always interested in the natural world, Melinda had a penchant for collecting rocks of all kinds.

She enjoyed the Eugene Symphony. In her younger years she skied, biked, canoed, practiced yoga and was a daily jogger. She became an active feminist in the 1970s and promoted community health programs and women's issues throughout her life. She called herself a secular humanist.

Melinda is survived by her sons, Stewart and Carr Creager of Eugene, her older sister Saundra Timbelake and her nephew Gordon Munro. There will be no services. Memorial donations may be made to Heifer International , the Hospice Foundation and Planned Parenthood.

See "Gone . . . But Not Forgotten"

Obituary not available.  Death notice posted in "Gone . . . But Not Forgotten".

Gene Nossaman, from the class of 1958 passed away on January 7th, 2017.  No obituary citing cause and family history.  If you have more information, please let me know at rockewarren@comcast.net.

See "Gone . . . But Not Forgotten"

Lavina E. (Eriksen) Sparhawk, 76, passed away at her home on Nov. 14, 2016.

She was born March 12, 1940 to Elliott and Florence Eriksen in Frederic, Wisc.

On April 20, 1996 in Cottage Grove, she and Dale Sparhawk were married.

She had many joys in life. She enjoyed spending time with her family, loved going to garage sales, collecting every trinket she could find, and going to casinos, Three Rivers being her favorite. She always enjoyed it no matter if she won or lost, but most times she won. She also loved Christmas snowmen. She was a volunteer and caregiver.

Survivors include her husband, Dale Sparhawk of Drain, daughter, Teresa Roesner and fiancee Bruce Winner of Springfield, sons, David and Terry Ledford of Cottage Grove, Ralph (Boog) and Anita Ledford of Cottage Grove, and Mark Ledford of Eugene, stepdaughter, Pam Barnett of Cottage Grove, numerous grandkids and great grandkids, two sisters, two brothers, and many sisters-in-law.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, Kyle Ledford.

There was a Celebration of Life potluck Dec. 10, 2016 at the Dorena Grange.

Arrangements under the care of Andreason?s.