Winnie Thorp Bean
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.