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     Verna Alita Mattsen was buried at Eureka Cemetery and Mausoleum, Newport, Lincoln Co., Oregon.^1,2 Her Social Security Number was 542-46-4269.³ She was born on February 14, 1920 at Clatskanie, Columbia Co., Oregon.^1,3,4 As of June 8, 1962,her married name was McKern.⁵ She married Ralph Porter McKern, son of Lewis Alonzo McKern and Lydia Marie Gregory, on June 8, 1962.^5,1 Verna Alita Mattsen died on July 16, 1999 at Salem, Marion Co., Oregon, at age 79.^1,3,6,4 She Verna Alita McKern, 79, of Scio died at Salem Memorial Hospital in Salem on July 16, 1999. She was born in Clatskanie on Feb. 14, 1920 to William R. and Nettie Holvig Mattsen. She married her first husband, William M. Johnson, in 1957. He preceded her in death. She married Ralph McKern in June 1962; he preceded her in death in 1992. For many years, she was a cannery worker for Point Adams Packing Company in Newport. She was a volunteer with the Scio Senior Center. Survivors include her daughters, Alita J. Warriner of Scio and Geraldine Setzer of Lebanon; six grandchildren, two step-grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Private family services took place at Eureka Cemetery in Newport. Bateman Funeral home is in charge of the arrangements. on July 21, 1999.¹

     Virginia Kruse was buried at Lane Memorial Gardens, Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon.¹ Her married name was McKern.¹ She married Kenneth Delbert McKern, son of Lewis Alonzo McKern and Lydia Marie Gregory.¹ Virginia Kruse was born on October 1, 1918 at Yoncalla, Douglas Co., Oregon.^1,2 She died on September 10, 2008 at Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, at age 89.^1,2 She Virginia Nelson of Eugene died Sept. 10, 2008, at age 89. She was born Oct. 1, 1918, in Yoncalla, to Elmer and Rachel Miller Kruse. She married Albert Nelson Sr. on June 1, 1944, in San Diego. She was a homemaker. Survivors include four sons, Charles McKern of Seattle, Ronald McKern of Crecent Lake, Albert "Al" Nelson Jr. of Elmira and Robert Nelson; two daughters, Carol Myers of Veneta and BonnieNelson of North Carolina; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1984, and a son, Kenneth, and a daugher, Laura, also preceded her in death. A graveside service was held Sept. 12 at Lane Memorial Gardens in Eugene. Memorials may go to the Applegate Pioneer Museum in Veneta. on September 18, 2008.¹