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Stanley Donnelly
Stanley S. Donnelly, 79,
a resident of Lilliwaup,
died on Sept. 1, 2012.
He was born on Aug. 2,
1933.
He was an employee at
Whitney and Wasell Gar-
dens in Brinnon for more
than 35 years.
He is survived by sisters
Carol Ebner of Chehalis
and Lillian Machlan of
Hillsboro, Ore., and 26
nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will
take place at 2 p.m. on
Sept. 22 at Brinnon Com-
munity Church.
Robert Harpold
Robert C. Harpold, 76,
a resident of Shelton, died
on Sept. 5, 2012, in Olym-
pia.
He was born Aug. 9,
1936, to Ansil and Alberta
Harpold in Brazil, Ind. He
lived in Campbell, Calif.,
for 32 years prior to mov-
ing to Shelton in 1997.
He worked at IBM for
35 years before retiring.
His fam-
ily said he
enjoyed
traveling,
fishing,
watching
old west-
ern mov-
ies and
dining
Robert out.
He
Harpold is sur-
vived by
son Robert (Pam) Har-
pold; daughters Teresa
(Arthur) O'Connor and
Roberta (Jim) Bennett;
brothers Marion (Gall)
Harpold, Ansil (Donna)
Harpold and Jim (Carol)
Harpold; sister Marilyn
(Rex) Tucker; grandsons
Daniel Jennings, Steven
Jennings, Wyatt O'Connor,
Martin Delarosa and Jacob
O'Connor; great-grandchil-
dren and several nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in
death by his wife Rita, his
parents and sister Eva
Smith.
Services took place on
Sept. 11 at Shelton Chris-
tian Church.
Delores Spagnur
Delores Irene Spagnur,
50, died on Sept. 10, 2012,
at Capital Medical Center
in Olympia.
She was born on Oct.
28, 1961, in Aberdeen to
Woodie L. and Betty (Har-
rison) Mallow. She moved
to Shelton in 1996 after
spending a short time in
Portland, Ore.
She
attended
Monte-
sano High
School.
She met
her com-
panion
Don Dem-
man on a
blind date
Delores on Valen-
Spagnur tine's Day
in 1997.
She
was a certified nursing
assistant at Fir Lane and
Shelton Health & Rehabili-
tation before becoming a
teacher's assistant at Hood
Canal School.
She enjoyed fishing,
camping, gardening,
reading, collecting paper-
weights and raising chick-
ens and ducks, her family
shared, adding that she
was very fond of her York-
shire terrier Chloe.
She is survived by her
companion Don Demmon
of Shelton; mother Betty
Ballow of Shelton; son
Kyle Spargur of Georgia;
daughter Miranda Rowan
(Jonathan Heath) of Mil-
waukie, Ore.; stepchildren
Nicholas Demmon of Shel-
ton and Heather Mason
(Joseph) of Tennessee;
sister Sharyn Woerz (Rob-
ert) of Kalama and Terry
Mallow (Elaine Jensen) of
Shelton; and brother Gor-
don Mallow of Aberdeen.
She is preceded in death
by her father and her dog.
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retiring. She then started
an interior design business
when she moved to Shel-
ton.
She was a member of
the Children's Hospi-
tal Guild in Seattle and
helped develop Habitat
for Humanity of Mason
County. She served as its
president for 10 years.
She attended Shelton
First Baptist Church for 19
years. Her family shared
that she loved to cook,
entertain and spend time
with family and friends.
She is survived by
daughter Tracy Eickhoff
(Raymond) of Bothell: son
Jess Lockmon (Carolyn)
of Bothell" daughter Dana
Carstensen (David) of
Poulsbm son Jeff Roberts
of Austin, Texas: eight
grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death
by her parents: husband
Vernon G. Lockmon: sec-
and husband Harry E.
"Gene" Roberts and sister
Barbara A. Pohlen.
A memorial service will
take place at 2 p.m. on Fri-
day at Shelton First Bap-
tist Church, 428 W. Cota
St., Shelton.
Memorial donations can
be sent to Habitat for Hu-
manity of Mason County.
Arrangements are by
McComb Funeral Home of
Shelton.
Send obituaryinformation to"
obits@masoncounty.com.
Deadline is 2 p.m. the Tuesday
before publication.
A celebration of life and
potluck will take place at
noon on Sept. 16 at the
family home, 71 E. Wolf
Drive, Shelton.
Memorial donations can
be made to the charity of
the donor's choice.
Arrangements re under
McComb Funeral Home
of Shelton. Online condo-
lences may be sent to the
family at www.mccombfh.
com.
Lloyd Howell
Lloyd R. Howell, 72,
died Sept. 9, 2012, in Shel-
ton.
He was born on Nov.14,
1939, in Oroville, Calif., to
William and Amelia (Rob-
sin) Howell. He moved to
the Olympia area in 1940,
where he went to school
and 'worked.
He met and married
Jean Evans in 1970. The
couple moved to the Shel-
ton area in 1997, where
he worked at Mary's River
Lumber as a saw filer and
drove big rigs for 10 years.
He was a bass fisher-
man and on the lake was
where the couple felt hap-
piest, his family shared,
adding that he enjoyed
music and the bass.
He is survived by his
wife; sons Darren Evans
of Shelton and William
Howell of Olympia; sisters
Burt James, Billie Sny-
der, Shirley Wildowner,
Mary Rally, Amelia Neese,
Jackie Johnson and Melba
Lacy; grandchildren An-
drea Morgan of Chehalis,
Darren Evans Jr., Stepha-
nie Evans of Shelton,
Andrea Lee of Shelton,
Kodyak Howell of Olympia
and Holly Allen of Olym-
pia; step-grandchildren
Brandon, Joshua, Rashelle
Jaquez; and granddaugh-
ter Rose Paul.
A celebration of life will
take place from 1-3 p.m. on
Saturday at his son Wil-
liam Howell's home, 2635
Timber Court S.E., Olym-
pia.
In lieu of flowers, dona-
tions can be made to a fa-
vorite charity in the name
of Lloyd R. Howell.
Arrangements are by
Forest Funeral Home in
Shelton.
Beverly Roberts
Beverly Jean Roberts,
79, a resident of Shelton,
died on Aug. 28, 2012, in
Kirkland.
She was born on July
28, 1933,
in Seattle
to William
A. and
Gertrude
E. Olson.
She
graduated
from Kirk-
land High
Beverly School in
Roberts 1951 and
attended
the Uni-
versity of Washington.
She married Harry Eu-
gene Roberts on May 28,
1965, in Kirkland.
Roberts was a small
business owner in Kirk-
land for a number of years
and expanded into Bel-
levue and Lynn'wood before
Ruth Sanders
Ruth (Elaine l Sanders,
67, died on Aug. 17, 2012.
She was born on June
15, 1945, to Ruth and Paul
Clement in Albion. Mich.
She worked for the state
Department of Labor and
Industries for 15 years and
the state liquor board for
five years.
Her family shared that
she loved family, friends
and nature. She enjoyed
gardening, bird watching
and road trips to moun-
tains or beaches.
She is survived by her
partner of 27 years Mickey
Mooney; children Paul
(Jodi) Sanders of Boring,
Ore., Zeena Marie Gibbs of
Lacey, William (Diseree')
Holling of Shelton; nephew
Lyle Cable of Indianapo-
lis; sister Beth Cable
Noll (Dwight) of Rainier;
grandchildren Jennifer
Sanders I Peter Graves) of
Portland; Ore., Riley Sand-
ers of Boring, Ore., Ashlyn
Sanders of Gresham, Ore.,
Chris Paxton and parents
Vicki and Steve Paxton
of Portland, Ore., Dustin
and Amber Gibbs of Lacey,
Britney Morgan and Wil-
liam Holling of Shelton;
great-grandchildren Keria
Graves and Alaina Pear-
son of Portland, Ore., and
many other friends and
relatives.
She is preceded in death
by her parents and broth-
ers Steven and Timothy
Clement.
A service will take place
at a later date.
Donations can be made
in Elaine's name to the
Coalition for Pulmonary
Fibrosis at www.
coalitionforpf.org or by
calling the University of
Washington Medical Cen-
ter, Sierra Club. Green
Peace, Safe Place, area
food banks. Lutheran
World Relief or a nonprofit
of your choice, or by plant-
ing a tree in her name.
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Whiteside Family Mortu-
ary in Elma.
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Thelma Ratley
Thelma (Stoner) Evans - Ratley, the daughter
of John Wesley and Iva Ethel Alwilda
(Baldwin/ Stoner was born on June 22. 1920
at the home of her maternal grandparents
near Stayton,,Oregon. She passed away
on September 4. 2012 at her home of age
related issues.
A child of the Great Depression. Thelma
had a very generous heart and a stubborn.
ornery streak that didn't allow life's
adversities to take advantage of her. From
the age of five to the age of eight. Thelma. her
morn and dad. and sisters Corinne and Donna
moved from one logging camp or sawmill camp to
another in the Northern Oregon coast range. During
the winter when she was five they were living in the
sawmill town of Shannon. Oregon and staying with her grandfather Baldwin in Birkinfield.
Oregon. Grandfather Baldwin ran the newspaper and a shoe repair shop there. Her Dad
found work at Hammond's Lumber Co. Thelma started first grade here and. even though
they moved to three different camps during that year. she was able to finish the first grade
at one school.
In 1928• the damp weather and constant fog caused her Dad's asthma to get worse and
it was decided that he needed to live in a high dry climate. As soon as school was out the
family packed up and moved to Bend. Oregon, setting up their two tents tone was a kitchen
and the other was the bedroom in her uncle's yard. Thelma's dad worked in the hay fields
with his brother while Thelma and her sisters picked berries and helped poll weeds from the
irrigation ditch, often spending more time in the water than they did pulling weeds. When
the haying was:pver ey ._headg south for t!! g winter, settling for a short tim e i n Fallon,
Nevada wheie the Climate helped ease her dad's asthmi. However, the high desert area
was bad for her mother's he condition so the family travelled through ibnopah, Nevada.
then on tc Needles• California where the boarded a ferry to cross the Colorado River into
Arizona. It was in Parker. Arizona where Thelma saw her first cotton fields. The stalks were
higher than her head and were falling over from the weight of the cotton boles. It was here
that the family spent their first winter away from Oregon picking cotton.
After the cotton harvest, they pulled up stakes and headed for Anadarko. Oklahoma where
one of her Dad's sisters and her family had a large farm and Thelma began second grade
at Prairie Dale School. Thelma's dad worked on the family farm breaking horses, branding
cattle, shoeing horses, and working in the fields. In the summer one of their seasonal
windstorms hit the area. blowing down a large tree in the front yard, bending the windmill
tower, and blowing the sliding door off the barn. It was found a couple of days later in
a pasture a half-mile away. Thelma's morn declared that Oregon was heaven compared
to Oklahoma so they packed up and left going as far as RosweU. New Mexico and were
again hired to pick cotton. Thelma and her sister Corinne were told by the foreman of the
camp, that he expected them to pick half as much cotton as their Dad, but try as they might,
the most they could pick was 150 pounds a piece while their Dad often picked up to 400
pounds. She was paid the princely stun of 15 cents a day.
After the harvest, the family loaded upagain and traveled to Arizona where her dad went
to work down in the mines. They lived in six or seven different Arizona mining towns
wherever be could get a few months' work. In one camp, they were given a two room shack
to live in. It had a cookstove and a fire place, but no door. Thelma and her sisters attended
school, walking three miles on a trail along a creek to reach the Groom Creek School which
was set up in an abandoned Ranger Station. When the mine was closed and the family
was out of money, they and her uncle and his family returned to the cotton fields. After the
winter harvest was over. Thelma's dad and his brother found temporary jobs building a
road. but the job lasted only eight days. L?.aving for Oregon, they got as far as Wickenburg,
Arizona when almost everyone in both families came down with the measles and they were
quarantined there for a week. One of Thelma's cousins six month old daughter died as a
result of measles.
hi early summer they arrived at Thelma's Grandma Baldwin's home in Stayton, Oregon
where they stayed a couple of days and. for the first time in a long while, were able to wash
their clothes in a water that was not alkaline. Her Dad was having a problem finding work
so. in discussion with the family, it was decided they would move to Shelton. Washington
where his parents lived and there was the possibility of his finding work in one of the
sawmills. In May of 1933. Thelma's dad did find a job at one of the local sawmill-s, but a
month later the mill went on strike. Again out of work• he was hired by the WPA which
was building a roadway along Hood Canal. Meanwhile. Thelma and her Mother. sisters and
cousins spent the summer at a berry camp in Sumner, Washington picking strawberries.
raspberries and loganberries. After berry season the family joined the whirlpool of
migratory laborers traveling to Yakima to pick fruit and harvest hops. For two more years
the family stayed in Eastern Washington, working in the hop fields, fruit orchards, and
potato fields. In the winter her Dad cut wood to keep food on the table and Thelma and her
sisters were again able to attend school.
It was in one of these migrant fields that Thelma met Cliffred Evans. After dating nearly a
year, they were married in 1938 in Yakima. Washington. She continued working in the fields
until the outbreak of World War II. Thelma and Ciiffred moved back to Shelton where they
built a small house close to her parents home near Dayton. Thelma did most of the roofing
and siding, and put up the walls and cupboards inside the house. When women began
entering the workforce in great numbers at the onset of the war. Thelma went to work at the
Naval Shipyard in Bremerton there until just before her son Roy was born.
Thelma is survived by her son Roy and his wife JoAnne (Cookie] Evans: brother Perry
(01lie) Stoner: four grandchildren, and numerous great and great grea grandchildren.
Thelma was preceded in death by her husband Ray Ratley and four of her five children.
daughter Marilyn who died at birth and her sons Melvin. Donald and Kenneth Evans. Her
parents and sisters Corinne Horn and Donna Morehouse and brothers Wesley, Jack and
Ray Stoner are also gone. She was also married to Cliffred Evans from 1938 until 1971
when they divorced. A celebration of her life will be held at Hope Chapel on Thursday,
September i3. 2012 at 11:00 with burial to follow at Shelton Memorial Park. Memorials
can be made to Children's Hospital. P.O. Box 50020 Mail Stop $200. Seattle. WA 98145
or the Paralyzed American Veterans of America. Donation Processing Center, P.O. Box
758532 Topeka. KS 66675-8532
The family was served by McComb Funeral Home."Then my place became home with
my beautiful son. In time three more little bays joined our family. Being mother to four
boys was a full time job with a lot of fun and a lot of love. Little boys grow up and leave
home to make homes of their own."
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