NEWS TIMES, Newport, Oregon
Friday, April 27, 2007
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Sharon Rose Branstiter, 63, of Toledo died unexpectedly at her home April 22, 2007 while recovering from double bypass surgery. She was born Oct. 29, 1943 in McCook, Neb. and moved to Toledo with her parents Virgil and Colleen Clabaugh when she was 7 years old.
Sharon was a lifelong resident of Toledo and graduated from Toledo High School in 1961, distinguishing herself as the first female recipient of the Georgia-Pacific Scholarship to help her attend college.
After graduation, Sharon married Toledo graduate Marv Branstiter while he was stationed in the U.S. Marine Corps at Whidbey Island in Washington. They lived apart for a short time in the beginning of their marriage so Sharon could attend Oregon State University while Marv completed his service duty. Sharon met the challenge with determination, commuting daily to OSU from Toledo for four years. During this period of time a son, Steve Branstiter, was born and with the help of her parents she was able to juggle her studies along with being a new mother. Sharon received her bachelor's of science in education after four years and immediately began teaching in the Newport area, from 1965 to 1980.
A daughter, Marnie, was born at the beginning of Sharon's teaching career. Sharon worked as an English teacher, a counselor and vice-principal at Newport High School. She finished her last three years in Newport as the counselor at the middle school.
Sharon was ahead of her time as a working mother who was involved with extracurricular activities, while raising a family. Besides teaching she was advisor to various clubs, classes and activities while helping with home basketball games at Newport High School.
In 1980 Sharon switched gears, leaving teaching behind to open a nursery and eventually a floral shop, in her beloved city of Toledo. This gave her the opportunity to be more involved with Steve and Marnie's activities and sports. During this period of time she was elected to the Port of Toledo, the Toledo Local School Committee and eventually to the Lincoln County School District Board of Directors.
Sharon returned to teaching full time again in 1985 and a year later she was the counselor at Toledo High School. Sharon remained there for 15 years and was the driving force in school reform for the school. She wrote and received a $50,000 grant from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, provided leadership for Toledo High School to be named a Northwest Exemplary Program and wrote the nomination resulting in Toledo High School being named by REDBOOK as one of America's Best Schools. Sharon finished her counseling career working at Newport High School again and part-time at Waldport High School.
During the last 10 years of Sharon's life, her focus shifted back to local politics, when she was elected five times as mayor of Toledo. Her visionary view brought a facelift and structural changes to Main Street and to Business Hwy. 20. She encouraged new businesses and helped bring the Senior Disabilities building, Head Start, and a new post office to fruition in the revitalization of Toledo. As mayor, she was often seen gardening around town, hanging flower baskets, organizing work parties, promoting benches as works of art and working with community youth to obtain funding for a first class skate park. Sharon's annual lighting displays starting around October through Valentine's Day brightened the corner of her home and many residents looked forward to her creativeness each year.
Sharon was an avid gardener, an enthusiastic speaker at events, and a voracious reader who loved to read the ending of the novels before reading the entire book. Sharon loved to promote the City of Toledo and she did this weekly for more than 10 years with her local radio program.
She was preceded in death by her mother Ruth "Colleen" Clabaugh.
Sharon is survived by her son Steve (and Trudy) Branstiter, and grandchildren Logan and Paige Branstiter, of Adrian, Ore.; daughter Marnie Jacobson of Toledo; father Virgil Clabaugh; sister Judy (and Bill) Sanders, all of LaPine, Ore.; and ex-husband Marv Branstiter of Toledo.
A celebration of life for Sharon Branstiter will be held at Toledo High School beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations for a Sharon Branstiter Memorial Scholarship for Toledo High School, through the Lincoln County Foundation. Arrangements are by Bateman Funeral Home of Newport.
Friday, April 27, 2007
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Sharon Rose Branstiter, 63, of Toledo died unexpectedly at her home April 22, 2007 while recovering from double bypass surgery. She was born Oct. 29, 1943 in McCook, Neb. and moved to Toledo with her parents Virgil and Colleen Clabaugh when she was 7 years old.
Sharon was a lifelong resident of Toledo and graduated from Toledo High School in 1961, distinguishing herself as the first female recipient of the Georgia-Pacific Scholarship to help her attend college.
After graduation, Sharon married Toledo graduate Marv Branstiter while he was stationed in the U.S. Marine Corps at Whidbey Island in Washington. They lived apart for a short time in the beginning of their marriage so Sharon could attend Oregon State University while Marv completed his service duty. Sharon met the challenge with determination, commuting daily to OSU from Toledo for four years. During this period of time a son, Steve Branstiter, was born and with the help of her parents she was able to juggle her studies along with being a new mother. Sharon received her bachelor's of science in education after four years and immediately began teaching in the Newport area, from 1965 to 1980.
A daughter, Marnie, was born at the beginning of Sharon's teaching career. Sharon worked as an English teacher, a counselor and vice-principal at Newport High School. She finished her last three years in Newport as the counselor at the middle school.
Sharon was ahead of her time as a working mother who was involved with extracurricular activities, while raising a family. Besides teaching she was advisor to various clubs, classes and activities while helping with home basketball games at Newport High School.
In 1980 Sharon switched gears, leaving teaching behind to open a nursery and eventually a floral shop, in her beloved city of Toledo. This gave her the opportunity to be more involved with Steve and Marnie's activities and sports. During this period of time she was elected to the Port of Toledo, the Toledo Local School Committee and eventually to the Lincoln County School District Board of Directors.
Sharon returned to teaching full time again in 1985 and a year later she was the counselor at Toledo High School. Sharon remained there for 15 years and was the driving force in school reform for the school. She wrote and received a $50,000 grant from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, provided leadership for Toledo High School to be named a Northwest Exemplary Program and wrote the nomination resulting in Toledo High School being named by REDBOOK as one of America's Best Schools. Sharon finished her counseling career working at Newport High School again and part-time at Waldport High School.
During the last 10 years of Sharon's life, her focus shifted back to local politics, when she was elected five times as mayor of Toledo. Her visionary view brought a facelift and structural changes to Main Street and to Business Hwy. 20. She encouraged new businesses and helped bring the Senior Disabilities building, Head Start, and a new post office to fruition in the revitalization of Toledo. As mayor, she was often seen gardening around town, hanging flower baskets, organizing work parties, promoting benches as works of art and working with community youth to obtain funding for a first class skate park. Sharon's annual lighting displays starting around October through Valentine's Day brightened the corner of her home and many residents looked forward to her creativeness each year.
Sharon was an avid gardener, an enthusiastic speaker at events, and a voracious reader who loved to read the ending of the novels before reading the entire book. Sharon loved to promote the City of Toledo and she did this weekly for more than 10 years with her local radio program.
She was preceded in death by her mother Ruth "Colleen" Clabaugh.
Sharon is survived by her son Steve (and Trudy) Branstiter, and grandchildren Logan and Paige Branstiter, of Adrian, Ore.; daughter Marnie Jacobson of Toledo; father Virgil Clabaugh; sister Judy (and Bill) Sanders, all of LaPine, Ore.; and ex-husband Marv Branstiter of Toledo.
A celebration of life for Sharon Branstiter will be held at Toledo High School beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations for a Sharon Branstiter Memorial Scholarship for Toledo High School, through the Lincoln County Foundation. Arrangements are by Bateman Funeral Home of Newport.
NEWS TIMES, Newport, Oregon
Friday, April 27, 2007
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Sharon Rose Branstiter, 63, of Toledo died unexpectedly at her home April 22, 2007 while recovering from double bypass surgery. She was born Oct. 29, 1943 in McCook, Neb. and moved to Toledo with her parents Virgil and Colleen Clabaugh when she was 7 years old.
Sharon was a lifelong resident of Toledo and graduated from Toledo High School in 1961, distinguishing herself as the first female recipient of the Georgia-Pacific Scholarship to help her attend college.
After graduation, Sharon married Toledo graduate Marv Branstiter while he was stationed in the U.S. Marine Corps at Whidbey Island in Washington. They lived apart for a short time in the beginning of their marriage so Sharon could attend Oregon State University while Marv completed his service duty. Sharon met the challenge with determination, commuting daily to OSU from Toledo for four years. During this period of time a son, Steve Branstiter, was born and with the help of her parents she was able to juggle her studies along with being a new mother. Sharon received her bachelor's of science in education after four years and immediately began teaching in the Newport area, from 1965 to 1980.
A daughter, Marnie, was born at the beginning of Sharon's teaching career. Sharon worked as an English teacher, a counselor and vice-principal at Newport High School. She finished her last three years in Newport as the counselor at the middle school.
Sharon was ahead of her time as a working mother who was involved with extracurricular activities, while raising a family. Besides teaching she was advisor to various clubs, classes and activities while helping with home basketball games at Newport High School.
In 1980 Sharon switched gears, leaving teaching behind to open a nursery and eventually a floral shop, in her beloved city of Toledo. This gave her the opportunity to be more involved with Steve and Marnie's activities and sports. During this period of time she was elected to the Port of Toledo, the Toledo Local School Committee and eventually to the Lincoln County School District Board of Directors.
Sharon returned to teaching full time again in 1985 and a year later she was the counselor at Toledo High School. Sharon remained there for 15 years and was the driving force in school reform for the school. She wrote and received a $50,000 grant from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, provided leadership for Toledo High School to be named a Northwest Exemplary Program and wrote the nomination resulting in Toledo High School being named by REDBOOK as one of America's Best Schools. Sharon finished her counseling career working at Newport High School again and part-time at Waldport High School.
During the last 10 years of Sharon's life, her focus shifted back to local politics, when she was elected five times as mayor of Toledo. Her visionary view brought a facelift and structural changes to Main Street and to Business Hwy. 20. She encouraged new businesses and helped bring the Senior Disabilities building, Head Start, and a new post office to fruition in the revitalization of Toledo. As mayor, she was often seen gardening around town, hanging flower baskets, organizing work parties, promoting benches as works of art and working with community youth to obtain funding for a first class skate park. Sharon's annual lighting displays starting around October through Valentine's Day brightened the corner of her home and many residents looked forward to her creativeness each year.
Sharon was an avid gardener, an enthusiastic speaker at events, and a voracious reader who loved to read the ending of the novels before reading the entire book. Sharon loved to promote the City of Toledo and she did this weekly for more than 10 years with her local radio program.
She was preceded in death by her mother Ruth "Colleen" Clabaugh.
Sharon is survived by her son Steve (and Trudy) Branstiter, and grandchildren Logan and Paige Branstiter, of Adrian, Ore.; daughter Marnie Jacobson of Toledo; father Virgil Clabaugh; sister Judy (and Bill) Sanders, all of LaPine, Ore.; and ex-husband Marv Branstiter of Toledo.
A celebration of life for Sharon Branstiter will be held at Toledo High School beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations for a Sharon Branstiter Memorial Scholarship for Toledo High School, through the Lincoln County Foundation. Arrangements are by Bateman Funeral Home of Newport.
Friday, April 27, 2007
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Sharon Rose Branstiter, 63, of Toledo died unexpectedly at her home April 22, 2007 while recovering from double bypass surgery. She was born Oct. 29, 1943 in McCook, Neb. and moved to Toledo with her parents Virgil and Colleen Clabaugh when she was 7 years old.
Sharon was a lifelong resident of Toledo and graduated from Toledo High School in 1961, distinguishing herself as the first female recipient of the Georgia-Pacific Scholarship to help her attend college.
After graduation, Sharon married Toledo graduate Marv Branstiter while he was stationed in the U.S. Marine Corps at Whidbey Island in Washington. They lived apart for a short time in the beginning of their marriage so Sharon could attend Oregon State University while Marv completed his service duty. Sharon met the challenge with determination, commuting daily to OSU from Toledo for four years. During this period of time a son, Steve Branstiter, was born and with the help of her parents she was able to juggle her studies along with being a new mother. Sharon received her bachelor's of science in education after four years and immediately began teaching in the Newport area, from 1965 to 1980.
A daughter, Marnie, was born at the beginning of Sharon's teaching career. Sharon worked as an English teacher, a counselor and vice-principal at Newport High School. She finished her last three years in Newport as the counselor at the middle school.
Sharon was ahead of her time as a working mother who was involved with extracurricular activities, while raising a family. Besides teaching she was advisor to various clubs, classes and activities while helping with home basketball games at Newport High School.
In 1980 Sharon switched gears, leaving teaching behind to open a nursery and eventually a floral shop, in her beloved city of Toledo. This gave her the opportunity to be more involved with Steve and Marnie's activities and sports. During this period of time she was elected to the Port of Toledo, the Toledo Local School Committee and eventually to the Lincoln County School District Board of Directors.
Sharon returned to teaching full time again in 1985 and a year later she was the counselor at Toledo High School. Sharon remained there for 15 years and was the driving force in school reform for the school. She wrote and received a $50,000 grant from Georgia-Pacific Corporation, provided leadership for Toledo High School to be named a Northwest Exemplary Program and wrote the nomination resulting in Toledo High School being named by REDBOOK as one of America's Best Schools. Sharon finished her counseling career working at Newport High School again and part-time at Waldport High School.
During the last 10 years of Sharon's life, her focus shifted back to local politics, when she was elected five times as mayor of Toledo. Her visionary view brought a facelift and structural changes to Main Street and to Business Hwy. 20. She encouraged new businesses and helped bring the Senior Disabilities building, Head Start, and a new post office to fruition in the revitalization of Toledo. As mayor, she was often seen gardening around town, hanging flower baskets, organizing work parties, promoting benches as works of art and working with community youth to obtain funding for a first class skate park. Sharon's annual lighting displays starting around October through Valentine's Day brightened the corner of her home and many residents looked forward to her creativeness each year.
Sharon was an avid gardener, an enthusiastic speaker at events, and a voracious reader who loved to read the ending of the novels before reading the entire book. Sharon loved to promote the City of Toledo and she did this weekly for more than 10 years with her local radio program.
She was preceded in death by her mother Ruth "Colleen" Clabaugh.
Sharon is survived by her son Steve (and Trudy) Branstiter, and grandchildren Logan and Paige Branstiter, of Adrian, Ore.; daughter Marnie Jacobson of Toledo; father Virgil Clabaugh; sister Judy (and Bill) Sanders, all of LaPine, Ore.; and ex-husband Marv Branstiter of Toledo.
A celebration of life for Sharon Branstiter will be held at Toledo High School beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations for a Sharon Branstiter Memorial Scholarship for Toledo High School, through the Lincoln County Foundation. Arrangements are by Bateman Funeral Home of Newport.
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