• Adman who masterminded Egg McMuffin dies
LOS ANGELES -- Herb Peterson, who invented the ubiquitous Egg McMuffin as a way to introduce breakfast to McDonald's restaurants, has died, a Southern California McDonald's official said Wednesday. He was 89.
• Author Jon Hassler made the Midwest his muse
Jon Hassler, the author of a series of novels that affectionately mocked the foibles of small-town teachers, gossips, troublemakers and assorted other eccentrics, most from the fictional town of Staggerford, Minn., died March 20 in St. Louis Park, Minn. He was 74 and had homes in Minneapolis and Melbourne Beach, Fla.
• Betty Ann Bracken
Betty Ann Bracken died March 26, 2008, of dementia at age 81.
• Betty Lou Geiger
Betty Lou Geiger died March 27, 2008, at age 84.
• Betty N. Sanders
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2008, in Lake Grove Presbyterian Church for Betty N. Sanders, who died March 24 at age 88.
• Bruce Toshiyuki Fukuda
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, 2008, in Riverview Abbey Funeral Home for Bruce Toshiyuki Fukuda, who died March 28 at age 70.
• Copeland started Popeyes chain and lived large
NEW ORLEANS -- Al Copeland, who became rich selling spicy fried chicken and notorious for his flamboyant lifestyle, died March 23 at a clinic near Munich, Germany. He was 64.
• Donald Kenneth Traverse
Donald Kenneth Traverse died March 11, 2008, of a stroke at age 82.
• Evelyn Henschel Briskey
Evelyn Henschel Briskey died March 25, 2008, at age 93.
• Gertrude Agatha 'Judy' Kreitzberg
Gertrude Agatha "Judy" Kreitzberg died March 26, 2008, at age 88.
• James Darrell Steward
James Darrell Steward died March 9, 2008, of a stroke at age 74.
• Larry B. Chitwood
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2008, in Macy & Son Funeral Directors in McMinnville for Larry B. Chitwood, who died March 28 at age 69.
• Leanore C. McGinty
A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 5, 2008, in Maryville Nursing Home chapel in Beaverton for Leanore C. McGinty, who died March 6 at age 93.
• Leslie M. Schubert
Leslie M. Schubert died March 25, 2008, at age 73.
• Louise Mildred Rhoads
A memorial service will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Bateman Carroll Funeral Home for Louise Mildred Rhoads, who died March 27 at age 83.
• Robert Patrick Sweeney
An Irish gathering will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, 2008, in the Columbia River Yacht Club for Robert Patrick Sweeney, who died March 25 of a cerebral hemorrhage caused by a fall at age 87.
• Robert W. Harris
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 12, 2008, in Vermont Hills United Methodist Church for Robert W. Harris, who died March 25 of Alzheimer's disease at age 89.
• Sylvia Ruth Saroff
Sylvia Ruth Saroff died March 25, 2008, at age 99
• Willa L. Hadley-Pickenpaugh
Willa L. Hadley-Pickenpaugh died March 25, 2008, at age 91.
• Yvonne Andrews
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 31, 2008, in New Song Community Church in Portland for Yvonne Andrews, who died March 19 at age 53.
