May 30. 2012 - The Relector - Page A7

DONALDGABRIELBOESPFLUGFebruary 27, 1942 ~ May 19, 2012

Donald Gabriel Boespflug, longtime resident of Battle Ground, WA, passed away at home on May 19, 2012. He was born in Grassy Butte, ND on Feb. 27, 1942 to Gabriel and Magdalene Boespflug. He was an owner of his own construction business. Don is survived by his wife, Janice Boespflug of Vancouver, WA; his former wife,

Yvonne Lefor-Boespflug of Battle Ground, WA; daughter, Beth Johnson; three sons, Randy, Robert and Donny Boespflug, all of Battle Ground, WA; step-children, Bil and Ben Perkins of Vancouver and Buford Perkins of Battle Ground; 19 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; brother, Leroy Boesp-flug and two sisters, Lynda Berger and Rose Marie Tormaschy of North Dakota and LaVern Boespflug of Brush Prairie, WA. He was preceded in death by his parents. A service was held at St. Mary's of Guadalupe, 1520 N. 65th Ave., Ridgefield, WA on Sat., May 26, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. and he will be laid to rest at the Lone Pine Cemetery, 115 Dart Rd., Ariel, WA at 1:00 p.m. There will be a potluck style gathering for friends and family after the services at the Battle Ground Elks Lodge.

Ken Cage, 72, died from an

accident in Woodland, WA. On

May 18th. 2012.

Ken was born in Bogard,

MO, on May 1, 1940 to Glen

and Mable Cage, he shared his

childhood with brother Ronald

and sister Glenda. Ken has been

a long time resident of the

Vancouver area. Of the variety of jobs held throughout his

lifetime, the ones most near and dear to him were ranching and

truck driving.

He enjoyed traveling, camping, scuba diving, snow and water

skiing, horseback riding and spending time with family, friends

and his precious Mojo. He will be remembered for all of his

jokes and endless story-telling.

Ken is survived by his wife Linda, sons Jay Cage of La

Center, Jeff Cage of Lincoln, NB, and daughters, Anna Van

Buskirk of San Tan Valley, AZ, Rhonda Bigelow of St. George,

UT, Ceceilla Cage of Surprise, AZ, and step daughter Shelly

Griffith of Ridgefield, WA. He leaves behind 15 grandchildren

and several great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by

his father and mother, sister Glenda and daughter Cassie.May 1, 1940 - May 18, 2012

Georgia E. (Grant) Hoffman

April 16, 1917 ~ May 11, 2012

Georgia E. Hoffman, 95,

passed away at the

Woodland Care Home after

a brief illness. She was the

daughter of William G. and

Ethel (Woods) Grant and

was born in Portland, OR.

Georgia is survived by sons

George (Carol) and Dave

(Linda) of Ridgefield,

several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She

was preceded in death by her parents, first husband,

William, second husband, Oliver, and two sons, Francis

and William (Billy). She spent the first 48 years

residing in Ridgefield and returned for the last 20.

Quilting was a favorite pasttime until her eyes failed

her. Georgia’s other loves were gardening, her dogs,

canning, raising chickens and game birds. She was kept

busy during her life as a homemaker, a cannery worker

and spent many, many hours working in the fields.

At 94 years young, Georgia was still canning and

entering in the Clark County Fair.

A Celebration of Life will be held from 4 to 6 p.m.,

Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Jollies Lounge, I-5 exit 9 in

Ridgefield. Donations may be made

to the charity of your choice.

Clyde was known as Smitty to most and Poppy to the grandkids. Smitty was born in Pipestone, Minnesota, October 4, 1927 and passed away on May 21, 2012 of natural causes. He moved from Pipestone in 1943 to New Hall, California; served as U.S. Navy SeaBee from 1945 to 1946 during WWII in the Philippines; married Bernita D. (Johnson) Smith in 1947; retired from the Sulfur Springs School District as Maintenance Supervisor in 1988 when he and Bernita moved to Battle Ground, WA.

Hobbies included fishing, camping, wood-working, country western music, playing guitar and his kitty cat Tara. Smitty was preceded in death by wife, Bernita D. (Johnson) Smith; son, Michael D. Smith; daughter, Sandra K. (Smith) Jones; and grandson, Thad Smith; and survived by daughter, Brenna D. (Smith) Dornbrock of Vancouver, WA; six grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren; and eight great-great grandchildren.

Memorial gathering of family and friends, officiated by Layne's Funeral Home, will take place on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 2pm at Memory Memorial Park Cemetery located at 6906 NE 144th St., Vancouver, WA.

Zada Ray (Veach)

JohnsonNovember 23, 1919 ~ May 19, 2012

Zada Johnson went peacefully to our Lord naturally at the long-lived age of 94 in Vancouver, WA on May 19, 2012.

Zada was born in Katie, OK, and lived in California mostly until 1979, then moved to Clark County, WA. One job she liked was as a fruit packer for Coast Marketing in Oceanside, CA.

Zada loved gardening, going to Yacolt Full Gospel Church, and was an avid member of Rebeccas. She was always full of energy, and could be seen regularly walking through Yacolt wearing her white knit hat at the age of 90!

She was preceded in death by her husband James in 1992, her granddaughter Teresa Welsh in 2008, and her daughter Barbara Schelin in 2012.

Surviving Zada are daughter Lu Anne Pfleiger of Vancouver, WA, sisters Alice Tidwell and Delores Kurtz of CA, brother Jack Veach of CA, grandsons Guy and Gary Kirchgatter of Vancouver, WA, granddaughter Brandie Wood of Vancouver, WA, grandson John Pfleiger of Lincoln City, OR, granddaughters Donna and Diane Schelin of CA and grandson Mike Schelin of CA, and 17 great-grandchildren.

The surviving family wishes a special thank you to the Yacolt Fire Department for all the years they watched over Zada.

Layne’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. There will be a graveside service only (no viewing) June 2, 2012 at 1 p.m., Park Hill Cemetery, 5915 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver, WA.

VELMA IONE SCRIBNER

GOERIG

Velma Ione Scribner Go-erig, 89, died May 20, 2012, in Battle Ground. She was born Dec. 28, 1922, and resided at Victory Health and Rehab in Battle Ground. Goerig is survived by her sons, Rod Goerig (partner Sa-rie) of Longview and Brian Goerig (partner Amie) of Van-

couver; and daughters, Iona (Albert) Ludwig of Yacolt, Kimberley (John) Brown of Mexico and Paula Thompkins of Texas. Goerig also had sev-en grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and ive great-great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held for Goerig June 4 at Park Hill Cemetery.

JENNIFER LEE PETERS Jennifer Lee Peters, 46, died May 7, 2012, after being di-agnosed with breast cancer in 2003. She was born Nov. 12, 1965, in Hillsboro, OR. Peters was preceded in death by her father, Verle Peters and stepsister, Linda Pitts. She is survived by her mother, Joanne Wright; stepparents, Betty Pe-ters and Jack Wright; three sisters, Antoinette (Bruce) Schlobohm of California, Jodi (Doug) Imes of South Carolina and Barbara Peters of Portland; six stepbrothers, Vaughn and Perry (Lise) Mowery of Both-ell, WA, Chuck (Judy) Saylor and Scott (Dotie) Wright of Alaska, Nolan (Julie) Saylor of Vancouver and Bob (Do-ris) Wright of Battle Ground; ive stepsisters, Sheri (Jake)

Harrison of Lynnwood, Susan (Ricky) Cunningham of Ken-tucky, Clare (Ted) Person of Battle Ground, Tina (Walter) Guier of Vancouver and Katha-leen (Peter) Greening of Cam-as; and three children, Kevin (Katrina) Peters, Briona Wood-ards and Kianna Woodards of Vancouver. Peters also had one granddaughter. Two services will be held for Peters, one Sun., June 3, 4 p.m., at Living Hope Church, 2711 NE Andresen Rd., Van-couver, and a Catholic Funeral Mass Fri., June 8, 9 a.m., at Sacred Heart Church, 1603 N. Parkway Ave., Battle Ground, followed by a graveside service and internment at Evergreen Memorial Gardens, 1101 NE 112th Ave., Vancouver.

LOUIE F. THOM

Louie F. Thom, 97, died May 20, 2012. He was born Dec. 5, 1914. Thom was preceded in death by his son-in-law, Cal Edwards, in 2011. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Harriette of Battle Ground; and daughters, Sharon Edwards of Lyle, WA, Marianna (Gary) Skaar of Bat-

tle Ground and Wanda (Gary) Jenson of Montana. Thom also had six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Layne’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. A service for Thom will be held Thurs., May 31, 2 p.m., grave-side service at Crawford Cem-etery in Battle Ground.

Wife of deceased LC police officer creates a memorial to her husbandKen Vance

Editor

Scott Reinecke thought he had a great idea and before he passed away, he shared that idea with his wife Charlie. The couple never got to put Scott’s idea into motion while the former La Center police of-icer was still alive so Charlie recently decided she needed to do something about that. “Scott and I had talked about it a couple of times in the last couple of years,’’ Charlie said. “We never got around to doing it like we wanted to so after he died, I decided I best do it.’’ The 51-year-old Reinecke died at his Woodland home on Sept. 10, 2011. He had been off active duty with the La Center Police Department for about seven months after undergoing a series of surgeries and proce-dures to address undisclosed health issues. Scott was an avid motorcy-clist and a member and past president of the Oregon 1 Chapter of the Blue Knights. The idea that he discussed with his wife was to provide a motorcycle alternative for the transport of a deceased per-son’s remains. Charlie, Scott’s wife of 10 years, carried Scott’s ashes on her own motorcycle during an emotional procession honoring her husband after his death. In the months since, she has com-pleted her goal to fulill Scott’s dream. The realization of that dream is now called Twilight Carriage Service. Charlie start-ed with Scott’s 100th Anniver-sary Harley Davidson Police Special Ultra Glide motorcycle and then proceeded to ind a trailer to pair with it to make up a biker’s hearse. She shopped around for a couple of months and eventu-ally found another party in the Tri Cities who was selling a trailer hearse and the company name to go with it. She and Jody Hiday, Scott’s best friend, went to check it out and Charlie decided to make the purchase.

Hiday will serve as a coachmen for the service. “We had to do some detail-ing; it had a couple of rock chips in it,’’ Charlie said. “We did all the etching on the glass. We had a kit put on the motor-cycle so that it is actually four wheels, one in front and three in the back, so it’s kind of a trike with a hitch on it so that we could hook up the trailer.’’ On the trailer, Charlie had painted “In Loving Memory of Oficer Scott Reinecke.’’ “I feel really good about what I’ve accomplished,’’ said Charlie, who is retired after a long career with the Chips Casino in La Center. “It’s my way of having a memorial for my husband. I am very proud of him. He was a policeman for 26 years and he had many citations and he never bragged about any of them, never spoke about any of them, so nobody ever knew he had so many. He was just a quiet man who liked protecting children.’’ At the time of his death, La Center Police Chief Tim Hop-kin praised Scott Reinecke for his service, which included his position in La Center from 1998 until his death. “Scott was a big teddy bear,’’ Hopkin said. “When you irst met him, you saw this rough looking guy. But, he loved little kids. He loved them so much he would follow the school bus to make sure the kids got off the bus OK and that nobody was speeding through the area. “He would not miss their yearly fundraiser for Doern-becher (Children’s Hospital),’’ Hopkin said. “He was always acting like a big tough guy, but little kids affected his heart.’’ Charlie said her business would offer its services for free to all police personnel, ire-ighters, irst responders and military personnel who were killed in action and those not killed in action will receive 25 percent off. For more informa-tion, visit www.twilightcar-riageservice.com on the inter-net or call (855)-249-1465.

WOODLAND RESIDENT Charlie Reinecke (front) executed a plan of her late husband, former La Center police oficer Scott Reinecke, to start a business offering an alternative hearse service for area residents. Scott’s best friend Jody Hiday (back) will serve as a coachmen for the Twilight Car-riage Service. Photo by Mike Schultz

BG veterinarian dies at age 70 Battle Ground veterinarian Wayne H. Martin died at his Battle Ground home in the early morning hours of May 25. Martin, known to many as “Doc,’’ owned the Battle Ground Veterinary Hospital, along with wife Pat, from 1978 until 2000. After the couple sold the clinic, they took ive years off in retire-ment before establishing a mo-bile veterinary clinic two days a week in the Battle Ground area. Wayne and Pat Martin were married for 45 years. The cou-ple had seven children and six grandchildren. Martin grew up in Great Falls,

MT and attended Washington State University in Pullman, where he achieved his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. He and his wife moved to Battle Ground in 1978 and purchased the clin-ic. Martin loved various sports including racquetball, handball, hunting and in his later years enjoyed goling on a regular ba-sis. A memorial service is sched-uled for Martin on Sat., June 2, 11 a.m. at the Church of Je-sus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ridgeield Chapel, 21270 NE 29th St., Ridgeield.

WAYNE MARTIN, DMV