SUBLIMITY
- Mary was born to Charlie and Bertha Biggs in Bennington, Oklahoma
and grew up in California. She passed away at Marion Estates in
Sublimity. She came to Oregon in 1951 with Husband Jes Witherspoon.
They lived in Dayton and worked at Alderman Farms. They moved to
West Stayton and later built a house at N. Santiam. Jes preceded her
in death in 1967.
Lucille
married Joe Wood in 1971 and moved to Central Oregon. Joe and
Lucille built their dream home together, a log house in Irrigon,
Oregon. Later they moved to Turner, Oregon in 1990. Joe preceded her
death in 2009. Lucille loved gardening, crocheting, making quilts
and doing word search puzzles. She accepted Jesus as her Savior and
confessed it to friends and her daughter Penny. Lucy worked hard and
lived her life to the fullest and did it her way.
She
is survived by her children, Penny (George) McKinney of Turner,
Ore., Patsy (Carl) Fields of Woodland, Calif., Raymond (Cathy)
Crawford of Rio Linda, Calif., and JoAnn (Dale) Sprankle of Rancho
Cordova, Calif.; Step-Children, Barbara (Jim) Leash of Prineville,
Ore., Wanda (David) Grindstaff of Powell Butte, Ore., Linda (Carl)
Chancellor of Madras, Ore., and David (Terry) Wood of Prineville,
Ore.; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; as well as her
special cousin, Ralph Biggs of Okla., who brought her much joy in
the last months of her life. She was preceded in death by her son,
Eugene "Spoon" Witherspoon.
A
Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 1, 2010,
at Pentecostal Church of God 10153 Mill Creek Road, Aumsville.
Potluck to follow. Arrangements by Weddle
Funeral Home.
