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Page 43 ALf.lAnACnGnTIlVJES' I Statesman Journal, Salem, Friday, December 30, 1 994 re owners Obituaries hum an-qual sty pet care Wayne Herbert Ficken Mach 23, 1939 Dec. 28, 1994 SHERWOOD Wayne Herbert Ficken, 55, died of cancer in his home Wednesday. He was born and raised in Sherwood. During the Vietnam War, he served in the Air National Guard. A graduate of Lewis and Clark College, he taught in high schools in Colton and Ilwaco, for several years before returning to his family's farm in Sherwood.

He owned and operated a landscaping business and Christmas tree farm. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sherwood. He sang in the church choir as well as singing in a barbershop quartet. He also loved hunting and fishing.

Survivors include his daughters, Cindy M. Ficken of Tillamook and Rachel A. Ficken of Redlands, and sister, Shirley Carlson ofTigard. Visiting will be Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

in Attrell's Sherwood Chapel. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the church. Interment will follow in St. Paul Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the St. Paul's Lutheran Church. SJ, 123094 si Warren Donald Young Sept 24, 1 922 Dec. 27, 1 994 SILVERTON Warren Donald Young, 72, died Tuesday in Silver-ton. He was born in St.

Cloud, and moved to Eagle Rock, in 1923. He grew up and graduated from Fremont High School in Eagle Rock. He worked for Fordham Foundry in Los Angeles until joining the Army Air Force in 1942. He served as a staff sergeant and airplane maintenance technician in Europe. After the war, he returned to his home in California.

He later moved to Hawthorne, and to Silverton in 1979. He was active in the American Legion and Boy Scouts. He belonged to Trinity Lutheran Church, Silver-ton, and was involved in all areas of church life. He also served on the Drakes Crossing Fire Department Board of Directors from 1983 to 1987 and helped in the construction of the new fire station. In 1947, he married Patricia Klenke.

Survivors include his wife; sons, Michael Warren of Moreno Valley, Robert C. of Vallejo, Larry A. of Silverton and Garry L. of Merced, brother, Ken of Newhall, sisters, Izola "Dot" Chittenden of South Gate, Eileen Andrews' of Sylmar, June Young of Hawthorne, Florence Grunstad of San Marcos, and Lois Davis of Bullhead, and nine grandchildren. Services will begin at 11 a.m.

Saturday in the church. Interment will be in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Calif. Arrangements are by Unger mortuary. SJ, 123094 I. 10 Vlr The Associated Press JUST LIKE A HUMAN: Dr.

Kim Nicholas, president of the Washing-; ton State Veterinary Medical Association, gets a kiss from his parents'; schnauzer, Gretchen, in his Renton clinic on Thursday. Sidney H. Brown Nov. 20, 1 923 Dec. 28, 1 994 STAYTON Sidney H.

Brown, 71, died Wednesday in Salem. He was born in Plaza, N.D., and served in the Army during World War II. He worked as an auto mechanic mostly for Ford garages and moved to Stayton 15 years ago from North Dakota. He belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 584 in Albany.

His interests included lawn mower repair and working on other small engines. Survivors include his brothers, Orville of Terre Haute, and James of Bonners Ferry, Idaho; and sister, Doris Foster of Stayton. Memorial services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday in Stayton Church of Christ. A reception will follow at 442 N.

Larch, Stayton. Arrangements are by Weddle mortuary. SJ, 123094 Gertrude A. Robinson Jan. 26, 1908 Dec.

23, 1994 SILVERTON Gertrude A. Robinson, 86, died Dec. 23. She was born in Little Rock, and moved to the Silverton area in the 1950s. Survivors include her daughters, Barbara Rowe and Violet Gregor-son of Granite Falls, son, Jim West; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday in Miller Cemetery, Silverton. Arrangements are by Unger mortuary. SJ, 123094 The Associated Press SEATTLE The patient lay quietly as the massive, $2 million brain scanning machine peered into his head. It was late, after hours, and the patient had been whisked into the radiology lab through a side door.

The patient was a cocker spaniel. Dr. Kim Nicholas, a veterinarian who has referred two animal patients for magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs) in the past six months, says pet owners are becoming increasingly willing to spend big bucks on medical care for their pets. And they are demanding the same care that is available to humans. Dogs are given MRIs to look for brain tumors and evidence of strokes.

Such a scan for a dog can cost said radiologist Dr. Charles Root of Animal Medical Imaging of Redmond. Dogs also can receive such people medicine treatment as hip replacements, bone grafts, ultrasounds, CAT scans and laser surgery, said Nicholas, president of the Washington State Veterinary Medical Association. "People expect the best, and there's a lot at stake for them emotionally," said Charlie Powell, a spokesman for the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University in Pullman. That all costs lots of money.

But compared to human medical costs, the vet bills are cheap. "The technology is the same, the equipment is the same, the skill of the surgeons is the same. In relative terms, it's quite a bargain," Nicholas said. "It's cheap. Jo-Anne and Marty Modance of Seattle weren't about to let their beloved 8-year-old English bulldog die after he developed kidney problems.

So Peaches got a kidney transplant this fall from Rex, their 6-year-old Labrador retriever. It was worth it to the Mo-dances, who describe themselves as middle-income, to spend more than $10,000 on Peaches' medical bills and $630 on monthly payments for medication. "Pure love and devotion" was the reason, said Marty Modance. "One night I was so depressed and agitated I was certain (Peaches) was going to die. I was tossing and turning.

The guilt was just ripping through me," Modance said, explaining the kidney disease was the result of a misdiagnosed urinary tract in- Births Salem Hospital AMAYA To Veronica Amaya, Salem, a son, Dec. 29. BROCKAMP To Tammylee and Michael Brockamp, Keizer, a daughter, Dec. 28. DONOVAN To Urma Donovan, Salem, a son, Dec.

28. FAST To Michele and Brian Fast, Salem, a son, Dec. 28. GAGE To Lynne and Jackie Gage, Woodburn, a son, Dec. 28.

KEENAN-GANT To Tari Keenan and Kevin Gant, Salem, a daughter, Dec. 28. LARRABEE To Lisa and William Lar-rabee, Salem, a daughter, Dec. 28. LEON To Lidya and Ramon Leon, Woodburn, a son, Dec.

28. LOVELESS To Kimberley and Daniel Loveless, Salem, a son, Dec. 28. LUNA To Leticia Luna, Keizer, a daughter, Dec. 29.

METCALF To Barbra Metcalf, Canby, a son, Dec. 27. STOWE To Dorothy Stowe, Keizer, a son, Dec. 28. Oleta Juneve 'OJ' Gordon Aug.

28, 1929 Dec. 28, 1994 Oleta Juneve "OJ" Gordon, 65, of Salem died here Wednesday. She was born in Goshen, and grew up and went to school in Independence, graduating from high school there. She collected more than 7,800 cookbooks and enjoyed embroidery. She also wrote her own J.

"cookbook. Survivors include her husband, Ted; sons, Dale Memmott of Ohio, and Paul and Joel Memmott and Ted Gordon III, all of Salem; daughters, Lyn Soelberg of Idaho, and Carol Hunsche and Jane Memmott, both of Salem; mother, Pauline Housley of Salem; stepson, Dean Hill of California; stepdaugh- Pam Klampe of Wisconsin, and Stephanie Mooney and Dana Hart, both of Washington; sisters, Nancy Johnson and Jo Anne DeLapp, both of Salem; brother, Wayne Housley of Washington; 37 grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren. Private family services will begin at 2 p.m. today in Virgil T. mortuary.

Private interment will be in City View Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Mid-Willamette Valley Hospice, 1467 13th St. SE, Salem, Ore. 97302-2513. SJ, 123094 Garold Wertz, Sr.

July 22, 1 935 Dec. 28, 1 994 McMINNVILLE Garold L. Wertz, 59, died Wednesday in a Stayton hospital. He was born in Guymon, Okla. He was raised in McMinnville, graduating from McMinnville High School.

On Aug. 13, 1954, he married Carol Carlson in Milwaukie. He worked for Laughlin Logging Co. for about 10 years. For the past 20 years, he worked as a mechanic for Carlton Trucking Shop.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing. His memberships included McMinnville Elks and NRA. Survivors include his wife; son, Gary of McMinnville; daughter, Valerie Budjack of McMinnville; mother, Alice Wertz of McMinnville; brothers, Lon of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, and Larry of McMinnville; and seven grandchildren. Visiting will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday in Macy Son mortuary in McMinnville. Services will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday in the mortuary. Contributions may be made to the Idanha-Detroit Fire District in care of the mortuary. SJ, 123094 Minnie E.

Reimer Nov. 11, 1902 Dec. 27, 1994 DALLAS Minnie E. Reimer, 92, of Dallas, died Tuesday in Independence. She was born in Henderson, and married her husband, Rudolph C.

Reimer on May 29, 1927 there. They moved to Independence in 1946 and later to Dallas in 1976. She was a charter of the Faith Evangelical Church in Dallas. She enjoyed quilting, cooking and gardening. Survivors include her husband of Dallas; sons, Vergil of Dallas, Marlin of Wilsonville and Clint of Walnut Creek, daughter, Carolyn Bliege of Albany; eight "grandchildren and eight great- grandchildren.

Services will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the Faith Evangelical Free Church in Dallas. Internment will be in the Dallas Cemetery. rangements are by the Dallas mortuary. SJ, 123094 Funerals Today HEALTH fection two years ago.

"I was not going to have a vet come over and tell me to put my precious dog to sleep. I'm going to do what I want to do." That might outrage some people who feel a dog's place is in the doghouse. "But you don't see people protesting Magnolia Hi-Fi if someone walks out with a $10,000 stereo system," Nicholas said. "It's all discretionary income. How you spend it is a personal choice.

'That argument assumes that instead of spending the $10,000 on the dog, it would go to the homeless, or something, and I don't buy that," he added. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, 34.6 million American households own a dog that's nearly 37 percent. And cor FUNERAL I1 29.2 million households have a. cat, about 31 percent of the total.

For whatever reason, the mil-J lions of people who own dogs are becoming more attached to them and willing to do what it takes to care for them, veterinarians say. "We find it is becoming morel, socially acceptable for someone who lost an animal to outwardly grieve as much as if they had lost a human relative or friend," said radiologist Root. Root performed the MRI on the. cocker spaniel, a year-old male puppy, who was recently-whisked into a radiology lab in an east Seattle suburb late in the evening after all the human patients had left. Root and Nicholas were check-, ing the puppy for a possible brain tumor.

Luckily for the cocker spaniel, he just had an inner ear infection, a problem that responded to medication. MEMORIAL AJ 202 Funeral Notices 202. Edward Satnim Services, Friday, December 30, 1994, 2pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, Silverton. Interment, Miller Cemetery, Silver-ton. Arrangements, HOWELL-EDWARDS-DOERKSEN CHAPEL of the GARDENS, 1350 Com'l SE.

Funeral Directors 203 Barrick Funeral Home 205 Church Street, SE 363-9139 KEIZER CHAPEL 4365 River RdN 393-6666 Restlawn Funeral Home 201 Oak Grove Rd NW 585-1373 RIGDON-RANSOM COLONIAL CHAPEL 299 Cottage NE 363-3173 Monuments 207 NICHE tor sale, $300. Mt. Crest Abbey, Salem. 1-394-32551-924-5380 4 -0w I INFORMATION Funeral Notices 202 Funeral Notices William Rettie Pollock Tuesday, December 27, in Salem. Survivors include: wife, Suezi Pollock, Salem; daughter, Melva Salem; mother, Ann Pollock, Eugene; stepmother, Jayne Pollock, Baker City; brother, Michael, Maple Valley, WA; sister, Roberta Porter, Glene-den Beach.

Celebration of Life service, Friday, December 30, 1994, 10:00 a.m., First Church of the Nazarene. Private interment, Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens, Turner. Contributions, William Pollock Memorial Fund co church. Arrangements, HOWELL-EDWARDS-DOERKSEN CHAPEL of the GARDENS, 1350 Com'l SE. Oleta Private Friday, 1994, 2:00 GOLDEN Com'l SE Survivors Ted, Salem; OH; both III, Soelberg, Salem; Jane mother, Salem; CA; Klampe, WI; WA; Nancy Anne DeLapp, Wayne Albert J.

Gregory Sr. Jan. 10, 1896 Dec. 29, 1994 MOUNT ANGEL Albert J. Gregory, 98, died Thursday in Vancouver, Wash.

He was born and raised in Boston. He served in the Army in World War and was awarded the Purple Heart for a wound received on Oct. 14, 1918 in the Argonne forest. On Sept. 7, 1925, he married Rose Carriuolo in Brockton, she died on June 15, 1983.

He was a 75 year member and Past Commander of the Merced, American Legion Post. He was an 80 year member of the Knights of Columbus. He was a 4th Degree Knight and had served as Grand Knight. In 1984, he moved to Mount Angel. Survivors include his son, Al Jr.

of Mount Angel; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Rosary will begin at 7 p.m., tomorrow, in Unger mortuary in Mount Angel. Mass will begin at 1 p.m., Tuesday, in Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Merced. Interment will follow at Evergreen Mausoleum in Merced. SJ, 123094 Irvie A.

Shafer Oct. 22, 1894 Dec. 29, 1994 Irvie A. Shafer, 100, of Salem, died Thursday. She was born in Dickinson, N.D.

Her family moved to Oregon in 1903, and settled in Independence. She married Emerson C. Shafer on March 4, 1915; he died in 1953. For several years they lived in the Bend area and moved back to the Willamette Valley in 1940. She has been a Salem resident since 1953.

Survivors include daughters, Shirley Jones and Marjorie Campbell, both of Salem; son, Ralph of Salem; sister, Winifred Ballard of Salem; brother, Claude Ballard of Portland; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. At her request no services will be held. Private interment will be in Hilltop Cemetery in Independence. Arrangements are by Bar-rick mortuary. Contributions may be made to Shriners Hospital in Portland.

SJ. 123094 James M. Miller Dec. 15, 1952 Dec. 28, 1994 James M.

Miller, 42, of Salem died here Wednesday. He was born in Sisters and moved to Salem in October 1993 from Irrigon. He belonged to the Labor Local No. 320 and enjoyed guitar and carpentry work. On July 5, 1986, he married Susan E.

Ainslie in Portland. Survivors include his wife; daughter, Chelsea Miller of Salem; sons, Harley and Danny, both of Salem; mother, Melba Miller of Salem; sister, Carolyn Synan of Eugene; and brothers, Larry of Stayton, Donald of Roseburg and Ronald of Echo. Visiting will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday in Virgil T.

Golden mortuary. Services will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church, Riddle. Interment will be in Riddle Cemetery. SJ, 123094 Juneve (OJ) Gordon family funeral services, December 30, p.m., VIRGIL T.

CHAPEL, 605 at Oak. Private interment, City View Cemetery. include: husband, son, Dale Memmott, Paul and Joel Memmott, of Salem; Ted Gordon Salem; daughter, Lyn ID; Carol Hunsche, Memmott, Salem; Pauline Housley, stepson, Dean Hill, stepdaughter, Pam Stephanie Mooney, Dana Hart, WA; sister, Johnson, Salem; Jo Salem; brother, Housley, WA; 37 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren. Contributions, Mid-Willamette Valley Hospice, 1467 13th St SE, Salem, OR 97302-2513. Nancy A.

Davis Memorial services, Today, 3pm, Capital Wesleyan Church, 410 19th St SE. Private interment. VIRGIL T. GOLDEN CHAPEL 605 Com'l SE at Oak Mary Jane Frimbres Memorial services, Today, lpm, Keizer Eagles Lodge, 4090 Cherry Ave NE. Visitation, Today, 9am to 12 noon.

Private interment. VIRGIL T. GOLDEN CHAPEL 605 Com'l SE at Oak Deaths Elsewhere Joseph B. Baldwin LINCOLN, Neb. Joseph B.

Baldwin, a playwright, poet and retired professor of theater arts, died Tuesday at age 76. Baldwin wrote more than 40 plays, published more than 12 and received numerous play-writing awards. He joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty in 1958 and retired in 1988. His one-act play Engine 8444 was inspired by a lifelong love of trains. It was performed in New York City in 1974 and on the Nebraska Educational Television Network in 1979.

Mary Custis Lee deButts UPPERVILLE, Va. Mary Custis Lee deButts, granddaughter of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, died Monday at age 94. She was the Lee family representative on the Lee Memorial Association board from 1958 to 1982, when she became an honorary director.

The association oversees and raises funds to operate Stratford Hall, Lee's birthplace in Westmoreland County. DeButts was president of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association from 1965 to 1967. Blossom Galbiso HONOLULU Blossom Galbiso, a schoolteacher whose use of the milkcap "POGs" helped spawn a national craze, died Tuesday of a heart condition. She was 45.

Galbiso earned the nickname "mother of POGs" as a teacher and guidance counselor at Waialua Elementary School, where she reintroduced milk caps to Hawaii school children in 1991. Waialua Principal Sharon Naka-gawa said Galbiso wanted to revive an old plantation game that used the inexpensive caps found on Haleakala Dairy's passion-orange-guava drink. She thought the caps, used in the popular sidewalk game, would be a fun and cheap reward for her students, Nakagawa said. Soon the POGs craze ignited around Hawaii and the cardboard disks with printed logos became hot commodities. From wire reports '(17 COMMUNITY EDUCATION AUSTIN, Diane, 25, Salem, 1 0 a.m., Rig-don-Ransom mortuary, Salem.

BALTIMORE, Bertha Cathorine, 85, 11 a.m., Weddle mortuary, Lebanon. CARMEN, Ruth 72, Hollywood, 10:30 a.m., Berlin Community Church. DAVID, Harvey Leroy "Harv," 77, Lincoln City, 1 p.m., Dallas mortuary. DAVIS, Nancy 43, Salem, 3 p.m., Capital Park Wesleyan Church. FRIMBRES, Mary Jane, 51, Salem, 1 p.m., Keizer Eagles Lodge.

FRITZ, John H. "Jack," 79, Lebanon, 2 p.m., Lebanon Foursquare Church. FREEMAN, Louise F. "Marty," 77, Leb-' anon, 2 p.m., Lebanon IOOF Cemetery. FUNK, Celesteln Sue, 37, Sweet Home, 1 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sweet Home.

GRAHAM, Samuel T. "Sam," 83, Lyons. 11 a.m., Macy Son, McMinnville. GREENOUGH, Robert Shaw, 80, Silver-ton, 2 p.m., Unger mortuary, Silverton. HERDING, Myrtle 85, Turner, 2 p.m., Weddle mortuary, Stayton.

LINGER, Charles 80, Bend, 11 a.m., Central Pines mortuary, La Pine. POLLOCK, William Rettie, 55, Salem, 10 a.m., First Church of the Nazarene, Salem. SATRUM, Edward, 71, Canby, 2 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Silverton. mm so Choose the classes or activities that interest you from the Salem-Keizer School District Community Education Program Guide. It will be delivered inside your Statesman Journal on Tuesday, January 3rd.

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