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Lillian Butzin
Services will be held on Friday, July 3,
at 10:30 a.m. at the Pine Grove Methodist Church for Lillian
Hope (Weber) Butzin, who died June 29, 2009, at Willamette
Lutheran Retirement Community in Keizer, Ore. Graveside services
will follow at 1 p.m. at Pine Grove Cemetery.
Lillian was born Nov. 15, 1917, in
Odell, Ore., to Walter Nast Weber and Sylvia May (Jones) Weber.
She graduated from Odell High School in 1936.
On June 2, 1946, she married Kenneth
Butzin and they settled on the Butzin family farm in the Pine
Grove area of Hood River County. Over the years she helped with
the family apple and pear growing operation, both in the orchard
and as bookkeeper.
The couple moved to Sublimity, Ore., in
August 1988 after retiring from the farm. They moved To
Willamette Lutheran Retirement Community in Keizer in 2002.
Kenneth died on Feb. 11, 2006.
Before her marriage, Lillian held
various jobs in fruit packing plants in Odell, as a clerk for
Hood River County and as a bookkeeper for Hood River Grange
Supply. She wrote the Pine Grove column in the Hood River News
for about 20 years from the 1950s to 1970s.
She was a member of the Odell, Pine
Grove, Lyons and Jason Lee Methodist Churches. She served as
pianist and organist at Odell, Pine Grove and Lyons. She and her
husband led the Methodist Youth Group at Pine Grove in the
1950s.
Lillian was a member of the Pine Grove
Amicus Club and Women’s Society in Christian Service, a
Methodist women’s organization.
She is survived by daughters Sylvia
Butzin, of Portland, and Corinne Butzin, of Corvallis; daughters
and sons-in-law Alesanne and John Dugan, of Lebanon, and Lianne
and Jim Hargie, of Salem; grandsons Dennis Dugan, of Corvallis,
and Kevin Dugan, of Portland; brother and sister-in-law Ted and
Verna Weber, of Odell; sister-in-law Martha Ann Weber, of Odell;
nieces and nephews Gary Weber, of Welches, Marilyn Hillbury, of
Gresham, Annette Stearns, of Boring, Joel Butzin, of Delta,
Col., Nancy Greene, of Auburn, Wash., and Ruth Coburn, of Omaha,
Neb.
She was preceded in death by her
brothers, Walter and John; sisters-in-law Eleanor Weber, Ethel
Butzin, Leila Butzin, Maura Butzin and Betty Lou Butzin; and
brothers-in-law Jim Butzin, Walt Butzin and Don Butzin.
Memorial contributions to Pine
Grove/Odell United Methodist Church or the Oregon/Idaho United
Methodist Camping Program may be sent to Anderson’s Tribute
Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave.,
Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit
www.andersonstributecenter.com to leave a note of sympathy
for her family.
Jose Trevino Castilla
Jose Trevino Castilla, 86, passed away
at his home in Hood River, Ore., with family by his side Sunday,
June 28, 2009.
A service in honor of Jose’s life is
planned for 10 a.m. Friday, July 3, at the Truth Tabernacle
Church, 1331 Tucker Road, Hood River. Friends are invited to
visit with family Thursday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Anderson’s
Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River. Graveside rites
will be at Mt. View Cemetery. Pastor Mark Edday will officiate.
Jose and his twin brother were born Nov.
26, 1922, in Breckenridge, Texas, to Rumaldo and Sofia Trevino
Castilla. He grew up in Pierdas Negras, Mexico. As a child and
in his youth Jose loved to tell jokes and was a prankster, he
also enjoyed dancing and laughing.
Being an identical twin really gave them
the advantage through their growing-up years. One of the things
the twins enjoyed was trading girlfriends, to see if they could
figure it out.
On April 13, 1946, he married Maria
Luisa Gaitan and to this union were blessed seven children. The
family moved to the Hood River area in 1969 where they owned and
operated Jose’s Taco House until retiring in 1989.
Jose and Maria created the restaurant as
a place for family, friends and their children to enjoy good
food and celebrate many occasions. It quickly became a place
where the Latino community could turn to for support and
authentic cooking. The restaurant was the central hub for family
and friends and you never left without eating, even if you
couldn’t afford it.
They loved to travel together. The
highlight of their lives were their children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. They always took time to take them on
camping and fishing trips.
Jose and Maria were active members of
Truth Tabernacle since 1980. They were some of the first members
of the church and helped to establish the new church.
Jose was a passionate fisherman, loved
fishing on the jetties on the Oregon Coast and rivers throughout
Oregon and Washington. He loved to pack up his 1977 Dodge van
and go on a family fishing trip. He was determined to make
everyone passionate about fishing.
Jose was very involved in his community
through volunteer services with DHS, driving to Portland for
medical services. He established good friendships through this
work, always lending a compassionate ear. He also did
interpreting for the courthouse.
He not only donated his time, but would
also lend a hand to those who were struggling.
Jose leaves a legacy behind; he loved
his family very much and will be truly missed. Survivors include
his seven children: Joe Castilla (and Chris), of Canby, Ore.,
Hilda Davis (and Dan), of Lansing, Mich., Sophia Loredo (and
Juan), of Hood River, Ore., Carol Silva (and Raul), of Aloha,
Ore., Albert Castilla (and Yolanda), of Olympia, Wash.,
Elizabeth Lopez (and Heracleo), of Salem, Ore., and Anna Luisa
Castilla, of Salem, Ore.
Also surviving are 34 grandchildren; 31
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Juanita Villastrigo, of Mount
Angel, Ore., and Ramona Castilla, of Carlton, Texas; three
brothers: Wilmar Castilla, of Lansing, Mich., Ernesto Castilla,
of Sunnyside, Wash., and Francisco Castilla, of San Antonio,
Texas; and many other distant family members and many, many
friends that he has collected over the years.
In addition to his parents he was
preceded in death by his wife on Feb. 13, 1994, and their
firstborn child, Maria Guadalupe, in 1947.
Arrangements are under the direction of
Anderson’s Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations),
1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please
visit
www.andersonstributecenter.com to sign the family guest
book.
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