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Sunday, September 21, 2008

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Hmong elder didn't forget the old ways
By 7, she was fetching water from the river. By 14, she was married, and by 21, she was raising livestock, harvesting rice, and raising three small children while her husband was off with other Hmong recruits waging guerrilla war against the Viet Cong.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Anne G. Wolf
A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, in St. Pius X Catholic Church in Cedar Mill for Anne G. Wolf of Beaverton who died Sept. 15 at age 90.

At the Met, a genuine talent for fake hair
On the opera stage, barrel-chested bassos and sylphlike sopranos have one thing in common: big hair. Up top, just above the source of the ringing notes, sits a lacquered, powdered, teased or pouffed wig, styled within an inch of its life and holding on for all its worth as turbulent events unfold.

Bonnie B. Prater
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, in Ross Hollywood Chapel for Bonnie B. Prater, who died Sept. 18 at age 91.

Connie Sue Wright
Connie Sue Wright died Sept. 19, 2008, at age 65.

Crime writer Crumley inspired a generation
James Crumley, 68, whose poetic and violent tales of crime in the American West made him a patron saint of the post-Vietnam private eye novel, died of complications from kidney and pulmonary diseases Sept. 16 at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont., where he lived.

David A. Germany
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, in Canby Funeral Chapel for David A. Germany of Tillamook, who died Sept. 20 of cancer complications at age 59.

Ernest Simon Carrillo
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Canby for Ernest Simon Carrillo, who died Sept. 17 at age 65.

Gerald L. Alspach
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in Rose City Cemetery for Gerald L. Alspach of Canby, who died Sept. 15 at age 62.

Ivan S. Hayes
A service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, in Lincoln Memorial Park for Ivan S. Hayes, who died Sept. 18 at age 79.

John F. Burton
A service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, in Willamette National Cemetery for John F. Burton of King City, who died Sept. 17 at age 74.

Kathleen Ann Crater
A Mass will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Portland for Kathleen Ann Crater, who died Sept. 17 of breast cancer at age 61.

Kenneth Gerald Petersen
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, in Gateway Little Chapel of the Chimes for Kenneth Gerald Petersen of Portland, who died Sept. 16 at age 69.

Lynn Kohlman, model and muse to designers
NEW YORK -- Lynn Kohlman, a successful fashion model of the 1970s whose slightly androgynous look inspired designers Perry Ellis and Donna Karan, died Sunday in Manhattan. She was 62.

Robert Michael Bjur Jr.
A service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at 461 Schwartz Road, Marrowstone Island, Wash., for Robert Michael Bjur Jr. of Chimacum, Wash., who died Sept. 12 of lung cancer at age 41.

Virginia Josephine
Johnson

William R. Kepfer
A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, in Hamilton-Mylan Funeral Home in Vancouver for William R. "Sarge" Kepfer, who died Sept. 17 at age 81.

Women's squash star aided sport's growth
Betty Constable, who used a powerful left-handed stroke to become the dominant woman squash player of the 1950s and went on to post a formidable record as Princeton's first women's squash coach, died Sept. 9 in Skillman, N.J. She was 83.

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