Deceased Members of the Class of '61
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O'BRYANT KAY (2002)
PARSONS BILL (2000)
PEGLOW STEVE (Sept.. '78)
Loris E. Ray of Florence died Dec. 16 of brain cancer. He was 66.
He was born May 3, 1943, in Eugene. He married Sally A. Ray in Eugene, in 1967.
He graduated from high school in Springfield. He served eight years in the Air Force.
He was a log truck driver.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Lisa Williams of Coquille, Gayle Robins of Sandy Valley, Nev., and Sandie Graves of Anchorage; a son, Randy Kyelo of Albany; a sister, Karen Wendhe of Portland; two brothers, Cecil Ray of Pinedale, Calif., and David Ray of Cottage Grove; and 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Scott Bloomquist, June (April 3, 2009)
June passed away Friday night at 11:00 pm. She went peacefully in her sleep. June had lung cancer.She was born Feb. 2, 1943, in Springfield to Hollis and Ruby Mapes Scott.
Blomquist graduated from Thurston High School in 1961. She worked as a manager for See’s Candies. She retired from the University of Oregon, where she was a cook.
Survivors include her life partner, Jerry Giedd; her mother, Ruby Kehoe of Florence; a son, Daren Sutton of Cottage Grove; a sister, Gretchen Runyon of Florence; a brother, Colin Scott of Sumpter; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Gina Jones, died previously.
SNYDER BOB
A classmate wrote "I had lunch with Bob sometime in 1985 or 1986, I believe. A few months later I called his home and Bob's wife told me that he had died, two months earlier, of a massive heart attack. Bob was a fascinating man! He had a Law degree and an accounting degree. He was an arbitrator who presented and closed transportation business deals to school districts for a large bus company. Very much a business man but still a lot of fun to be around (great sense of humor)". ... " Bob was a very articulate man who handled himself with a great deal of confidence. Bob got over his stuttering while in College. He was determined that if he was to become an Attorney he had to stop stuttering!"
STAVEN, RICHARD (April 21, 2002)
Strom, David Kivela (see Kivela)
THOMAS MICHAEL ANN (1962)
WETHERALD MILTON (June, 2000)
WILSON, FRANK (March 12, 2002)
Sandra Winnop-Arnesen (March 27, 2007)
SPRINGFIELD - A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Walterville Community Hall for Sandra Winnop-Arnesen of Springfield, who died March 27 at age 63. The family chose not to list the cause of death.She was born Nov. 7, 1943, in Lebanon to Jewel and Helen Vinyard Winnop.Winnop-Arnesen was a homemaker. She graduated from Thurston High School in 1961.Survivors include her life partner of 24 years, Robert Smith; her mother, Helen Winnop of Springfield; a son, Jason Arnesen of Eugene; three sisters, Starlett Atwood of Huntington Beach, Calif., Cheryl Jacobsen of Lake Oswego and Melody Fortner of Springfield; a brother, Robert Winnop of Satsuma, Ala.; and three grand-children.
WINSOR BILL (June '82)
