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Winnie Thorp Bean
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May 19, 1930 ~ October 22, 2012 |
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October 31, 2012 |
 Winnie
Thorp Bean, 82, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, died
October 22, 2012, of age related causes.
She was born May 19, 1930, in Bonners Ferry to
Walter C. and Lula (Howerton) Thorp.
On August 29, 1946, in Roseburg, Oregon, she and
Paul S. Bean Jr. were married. He passed away
February 21, 2010.
Winnie completed her GED when she was 40 years
old. She worked as a homemaker and restaurant
cook. She formerly had lived in Drain, Oregon.
She enjoyed quilting, especially making baby
quilts for her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. She would also strike up
conversations with anyone she met, and was known
as “Mom” to people all over Cottage Grove,
Creswell, Drain and Yoncalla.
Survivors include a daughter, Mary Dernak,
Springfield, Oregon, three sons, Larry W. Bean
and wife, Marilyn, of Veneta, Oregon, Richard
Bean and wife Betty, of Las Vegas, and Douglas
Bean of Havre, Montana, a brother, Bill Thorp,
Cottage Grove, 15 grandchildren and 17
great-grandchildren.
A graveside service was held October 29 at Fir
Grove Cemetery in Cottage Grove.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may
be made to the Susan B. Komen Foundation.
Arrangements under the care of Smith-Lund-Mills
Funeral Chapel and Crematorium, Cottage Grove. |
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