Obituary of Linton Outka

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. July 14 at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Eugene for Linton Lyle Outka of Eugene, who died July 2 of cancer. He was 86.He was born Aug. 28, 1925, in Garretson, S.D., to Edward and Agnes Kardell Outka. He married Marion Avis Mikkelson on Sept. 3, 1949, in Vancouver, Wash. She died Oct. 7, 2003.He completed the 10th grade. He served in the Navy for 27 months in Hawaii during World War II.He worked in construction and drove dump trucks and did tractor work for 15 years. In 1963, he went into the real estate business, working a real estate broker for 10 years. He then drove charter buses before retiring in 1985.Survivors include a son, Michael Outka of Eugene; a daughter, Jean Outka Germaine of Portland; two sisters, Henrietta Andersen and Delta Weber, both of Eugene; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.Arrangements by West Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene. Remembrances to the Eugene Mission.