Everett H. "Ev" Owens

Everett H. Owens, a Sutherlin resident for 76 years, has passed away at the age of 90. Born April 22, 1922 in Kansas he moved with his parents to California and then to the small town of Sutherlin, Oregon in 1936. Here he would finish his high school education and graduate with the class of 1940 as Class President.
He was a WWII veteran and served in Italy where he met his future wife Myrtle. After the war they were married and returned once again to Sutherlin where they would live for 57 years until her passing in 2003.
Everett (known to many as "Ev") worked in the timber and lumber industry at several mills in the area including Nordic Plywood and Douglas County Lumber. At this time he was also a member of the local baseball team and the Sutherlin volunteer fire department. He would later become assistant chief on the paid fire department and also serve on the city council.
Everett was an avid outdoorsman and spent many hours hunting the hills and fishing the lake and streams of Oregon.
He leaves two children Larry (Terrie) of La Quinta, CA and Linda Stinnett of Sutherlin, three brothers - Ronald (Donna), Merlin (Annette) and Melvin (Cheri), seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at Sutherlin Chapel of the Roses on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 3:00pm. Everett asks that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Roseburg Veteran's Hospital "Hospice" in care of Fran Smith.