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In Kit Carson's footsteps
The New Era went with a group of friends from Sweet Home to Taos, N.M., where they visited the Kit Carson
Memorial. From left are Bonnie Healy, Betty Acaiturri, Audrey Johnson and Alice Grovom.
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OBITUARIES
Pauline
Caswell
Aug. ld, 1940-
Nov. 13, 2012
Pauline Sue
Caswell, 72, of
Sweet Home died e
Nov. 13, 2012.
She was born Aug. 13, t940
in Salem to Robert and Margaret
(Mentzer) Tschauner.
She had lived in Sweet Home
since 1956. She loved flowers, cro-
cheting, camping and traveling.
Mrs. Caswell is survived by her
husband, Delbert Caswell of Sweet
Home; children Curtis Caswell of
Sweet Home, Melinda Stallerwhite
of Salome, Ariz., and Gary Caswell
of Jefferson; sister Colleen Clark
of Turner; four grandchildren; and
one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by
one great-granddaughter.
Viewing will" be from 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 21, at Sweet Home Funeral
Chapel. A graveside service will
follow at 1 p.m. at Powell Ceme-
tery, located off Berlin Road about
seven miles east of Lebanon.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is
handling the arrangements, www.
sweethomefuneral.com.
Velma Zook
April 8, 1925 - Nov. 14, 20!2
Velma L. Zook, 87, of Sweet
Home passed away Wednesday
in a Columbia
Falls; Mont.
care home.
She was
born April 8,
1925, the oldest
of nine children
born in Hol-
ley to John and
Myrtle (Davis) Crocker.
She was raised in and around
the Sweet Home area. She mar-
ried her childhood sweetheart Rex
Earl "Scott" Dimick on April 3,
1944. He died in the battle of Ok-
inawa. From this union, her son
John Earl Dimick was born.
She raised her son with the
help of the Crocker and Dimick
families until she met Samuel
E. Zook. They married Dec. 22,
1949 in Sweet Home. From this
union came four daughters, Re-
becca, Naomi, Eunice and Ra-
chel.
Mrs. Zook was a stay-at
home mother until her children
were grown. Her husband Sam
died July 11, 1983 in Sweet
Home. She then took care of her
nieces, grandchildren and great-
nephews. She worked for a short
time as a substitute at the Fos-
ter Elementary School cafeteria.
She really enjoyed serving in the
lunch line.
Mrs. Zook taught her chil-
dren to cook, sew and have a
hobby to go to in troubled times
and how to be a good example for
their children, grandchildren and
others. Her passion was her fam-
Struggling to pay your mortgage?
Learn about foreclosure prevention options from your local non-profit
housing agency. Join Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services
(WNHS),
Wed. Nov. 14th from 6-7:30pm
LBCC Lebanon Annex Rm. LCX103, 60 Industrial Way, Lebanon.
(private meetings available by appt. at our Lebanon office also).
ily, planting flowers and garden-
ing. She canned the harvest to
make ends meet in daily life and
to be self reliant.
She is survived by her son
John and daughter-in-law Jan-
iece Dimick; daughters Rebecca
and son-in-law Dennis Krabill,
Naomi and son-in-law Lester By-
ler, Eunice and son-in-law Myron
Gerig, and Rachel and son-in-law
Ken Good; sister LaValle and
brother-in-law Norm Updegrave;
brothers Dale and sister-in-law
Shirley Crocker, Joe and sister-
in-law Bev Crocker, Perry and
sister-in-law Kay Crocker, and
Steve Crocker; 12 grandchildren;
18 great-grandchildren, and many
nieces, nephews, great- nieces
and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her parents; both husbands,
sister Vi Ferebee; brothers Alvin
Crocker and Ray Crocker; neph-
ews Stevie Crocker, Jack Ferebee
and Danny Ferebee; and grand-
son Gentry Good.
Services were held Nov. 19.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is
handling the arrangements.
Death Notices
Former Sweet Home resident
Luella Grace (Higgins) Sypher,
78, of Longview, Wash. died Nov.
9, 2012, at home.
A memorial service is planned
for 11 a.m. Nov. 24 at The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
900 l lth Ave., in Longview with
Bishop Rick Still officiating.
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