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     Larry Joe Franklin was buried at Gilliland Cemetery, Sweet Home, Linn Co., Oregon.^5,7 His Social Security Number was 514-52-7454.⁸ He was born on July 23, 1950 at Parsons, Labette Co., Kansas.^5,6,7,8,9 He died on March 28, 1999 at Lebanon, Linn Co., Oregon, at age 48.^4,5,6,7,8,9 He Larry Joe Franklin, 48, of Lebanon, died March 28 at Lebanon Community Hospital. Private inurnment will be at the Gilliland Cemetery in Sweet Home. He was born July 23, 1950 in Parsons, Kan., the oldest child of Bill J. and Beverly Jean (Brown) Franklin. He grew up in Kansas City, Kan., where he graduated from Washington High School in 1969. He joined the U.S. Army that summer and served two years in Germany, before returning to Kansas City to work, primarily as an oil drill operator. He moved to Oregon six years ago, and settled in Lebanon. He was first diagnosed with colon cancer in 1995; the cancer was in remission, but came back in January of this year. Franklin liked riding motorcycles, going to car shows, learning new things and talking with friends and family. Survivors include his mother, Beverly Jean Franklin of Lebanon; a sister, Pamela T. Smith of Lebanon; two brothers, David Franklin of Lebanon and Barry D. Franklin of Kansas City, Kan; an aunt, Barbara Walsh of Lebanon; four uncles, Larry Brown of Lebanon and Carl Brown, Clarence Brown and Billie Joe Brown, all of Sweet Home; two nieces, two nephews and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Bill; two uncles, Fred and Dwight Brown; and two cousins. on April 7, 1999.⁶

     Helen Sigler Frank was buried at Gilliland Cemetery, Sweet Home, Linn Co., Oregon.^5,4 Her Social Security Number was 543-22-9443.³ She was born on March 19, 1919 at Hillsboro, Washington Co., Oregon.^1,3 As of November 10, 1951,her married name was Brown.¹ She married Lawrence Wayne "Larry" Brown, son of Clarence Leonard Brown and Alice Louise Coover, on November 10, 1951 at Hillsboro, Washington Co., Oregon.^1,6,7 Helen Sigler Frank died on January 6, 1999 at Lebanon, Linn Co., Oregon, at age 79.^2,3,4 She Helen S. Brown, May 19, 1919 - Jan. 6, 1999. SWEET HOME - Helen S. Brown, 79, of Sweet Home died Wednesday at Lebanon Community Hospital. She was born in Hillsboro to Howard and Mary Elizabeth (Sigler) Frank, and grew up in Garibaldi, where she graduated from high school in 1938. In 1940 she moved to Vernonia and then to Hillsboro where she worked as a secretary in the courthouse for 10 years. She moved to Sweet Home in 1951 and worked for White's Electronics, before retiring in 1982. She enjoyed crocheting afghans and was a member of the Sweet Home Word of Life Fellowship and was active in the community's senior center. Surviving are daughters Karen Pulis of Sweet Home and Carmen Mosher of Neptune, N.J; brother Roy Frank of Beaverton; sister Lois Sprecher of Hillsboro; three grandchildren and one great grandson. Brothers Elgus and Murvel Frank died before her. Burial will follow in Gilliland Cemetery. on January 9, 1999.⁴

     Maxine Oleta Ray and Clarence Warren Brown were divorced.² Maxine Oleta Ray was born on February 28, 1928 at Oregon.¹ As of August 2, 1952,her married name was Brown.¹ She married Clarence Warren Brown, son of Clarence Leonard Brown and Alice Louise Coover, on August 2, 1952 at Linn Co., Oregon.¹ Maxine Oleta Ray died on February 27, 2015 at Port Orchard, Kitsap Co., Washington, at age 86.³

     Her Social Security Number was 511-58-6535.⁴ Pamela Tyann Franklin was buried at Gilliland Cemetery, Sweet Home, Linn Co., Oregon.⁵ Her married name was Smith.¹ Her married name was Johnson.⁴ She married Unknown Smith.^1,3,4 Pamela Tyann Franklin married Howard Dewayne Johnson.⁶ Pamela Tyann Franklin was born on December 25, 1952 at Parsons, Labette Co., Kansas.^3,4 She died on August 15, 2003 at Lebanon, Linn Co., Oregon, at age 50.^3,4,7 She Pamela Tyann Smith, 50, of Lebanon, died Friday, August 15, at her home. She was born Dec. 25, 1952, in Parsons, Kan., the daughter of Bill and Beverly (Brown) Franklin. She lived in Kansas and moved to Lebanon in 1984 from Kansas City, Kan. She had worked locally as a CNA for Good Samaritan Hospital and the Mennonite Home. Mrs. Smith is survived by her son Jody Smith of Sweet Home; daughter Michelle Sabato of Albany; brother David Franklin of Lebanon; and four grandchildren. on August 20, 2003.³