Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
February 17, 2005Rena M. Stubbs, age 92, of Orono, went to be with her Lord Tuesday morning, Feb. 15, 2005.
Welcoming her in heaven are her husband, Roger Avery Stubbs; her parents, and 7 brothers and sisters.
Survived by 3 loving daughters, Marcia Beese, Deborah Stubbs and Lucia Stubbs; grandson, Bruce Beese; granddaughter, Elizabeth Beese; many loving relatives and friends.
The Oregonian (Portland, OR)
July 29, 1995A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 29, 1995, in the Milwaukie Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Mrs. Taylor died July 24 at age 94.
She was born Dec. 29, 1900, in Milton, Wash. Her maiden name was McKinley.
She was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses.
She maried Leslie Taylor in 1933; he died in 1985.
Surviving are her sons, Robert Brown of Molalla and William Brown of Long Beach, Calif.; daughter, Frances Johnson of Milwaukie; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
April 11, 1999Skillings, Elizabeth S., age 87, of Wyoming, formerly of MpIs.
Preceded in death by husband, Dwight.
Survived by nephews, Charles (Nancy) Bell and Richard (Judy) Bell; niece, Joyce (Mac) McKnight; other relatives and friends.
Washington-area obituaries of note
Merlin W. Packard, 86, a librarian who specialized in Byzantine studies at Dumbarton Oaks research library and museum in Washington from 1965 until his retirement around 1990, died Oct. 18 at an assisted-living home in the District. The cause was complications from dementia, said a niece, Hope Olmstead.
Mr. Packard was born in Portland, Maine. He sang in the choir at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Northwest Washington.