Obituary of Deloris Madsen
A memorial service will be held Sunday, Oct. 23, at Asbury United Methodist Church in Eugene for V. Deloris Madsen of Eugene, who died Oct. 14 of heart failure. She was 91.She was born Feb. 14, 1920, in Battle Creek, Neb., to Edwin and Zenna Osburn Mink.She married Lewis Madsen on July 2, 1951, in Eugene. He died on Oct. 19, 2003.She graduated from Battle Creek High School. She worked as secretary of the Moose Lodge in Eugene, and later worked as an administrative assistant at her husband’s insurance agency.Survivors include two daughters, Jean Whittall of Eugene and Betty Lou Hamilton of Spokane; two sons, Gordon of Roseville, Calif., and Richard Stanfield of Phoenix, Ore.; and 19 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. A daughter, Evelyn Leiper, and a son, Gary Stanfield, died previously.Inurnment will be at the Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Eugene. Remembrances to Asbury United Methodist Church.