Obituary of Ohland Upton

A graveside service and inurnment will be at 10 a.m. Monday, March 28, at Lane Memorial Gardens in Eugene for Ohland S. “Oly” Upton of Eugene, who died March 15 of age-related causes. He was 85.He was born July 18, 1925, in Coweta, Okla., to Reuell and Carrie Ireland Upton. He and his wife, Jackie, were married on Aug. 8, 1946, in Florence, Ariz. She died Dec. 5, 2008.He served in the Navy, worked as a logger and owned a service station.Survivors include three sons, John of Auburndale, Fla., David of Albany and Scott of Elmira; a daughter, Leah of Springfield; two brothers, Delmar of Mapleton and Mike of Denver; a sister, Carol Hallberg of Ridgefield, Wash.; and eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. A granddaughter, Jackie Larsen, died previously.Arrangements by Lane Memorial Gardens Funeral Home in Eugene. Remembrances to the Alzheimer’s Association.0