NEW LOCATION!!! — The memorial service had to be changed to:
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Willamette Falls
710 6th St
Oregon City, Oregon
Time: 11:00 AM
CURRENT STATUS: The memorial service is ON for January 16, at 11:00 AM.
The old place canceled on us at the last minute. We pushed out the time for a half an hour in case people go to the old location where we will have posted a notice.
Obituary for Milo Chapman
Milo Gene Chapman, age 87, of Milwaukie, Oregon, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 1, 2017. He was born at Saginaw, Oregon on August 2, 1929 shortly after which his parents moved their family of ten children to Dorena, Oregon. He became a professing Christian, following the faith of his mother at age 11. Milo served as Student Body President at Cottage Grove High School where he graduated in 1948. He served in the United States Army as a cook during the Korean war in Alabama and on Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. He married Sarah Jenkins in 1953. They remained married for 63 years until Sarah died just five and a half weeks before Milo on November 9, 2016. Milo and Sarah raised a family of four children, hosted a weekly church meeting in their home and were friends and helpers of those in need for the duration of their marriage. Milo started and ran several businesses in Cottage Grove, Klamath Falls and Newberg, Oregon over his career, the final and most successful was with David Christie at Dura-Craft where they manufactured and sold doll houses. Milo built a house outside of Newberg with a beautiful landscaped yard which featured a pond and thousands of flowers where he and Sarah entertained many people over many years. They downsized to homes in King City and Lake Oswego, Oregon in 2005 and when their health started to fail, moved to assisted living in Milwaukie, Oregon in 2012. Milo was preceded in death by his beloved wife Sarah and their daughter, Amy Louise Chapman who died as an infant and his parents, Otis and Ethyl Chapman. He was also preceded in death by his brothers Dale, Dean and Harlan and sisters, Betty Barlow, Ruth Peters and Alma Chapman. He is survived by his four remaining children Douglas, Kenneth, Julia and Jean Chapman, his grandchildren Amy Saha, Charlie Thompson, Julia and Kylee Jacobsen and Kelly and Christian Chapman, his sister Fern Carpenter and his brothers Ronald and Richard Chapman as well as many, many additional relatives and friends. Milo’s memorial service will be a joint service for both he and his wife, Sarah, at the Milwaukie High School Auditorium, 2301 SE Willard Street, Milwaukie, OR at 10:30 AM on January 16, 2017. A potluck at that location will follow. In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer a donation to the Alzheimer’s Foundation (http://alzfdn.org/Donation-Page/donate-to-find-a-cure-for-alzheimers-disease.html). For anyone who brings flowers to the service we will appreciate your taking them home after the service as there is no place for them afterward.
Obituary for Sarah Chapman
Sarah Elizabeth Chapman, age 85, of Milwaukie, Oregon, passed away Wednesday, November 9, 2017. She was born at Cottage Grove, Oregon on February 18, 1931. She graduated from Cottage Grove High School with her beloved twin sister, Janet, in 1948. She then went on to be one of the first three women to earn a degree in Pharmacy from Oregon State University when she graduated in 1952. She truly loved her work as a pharmacist and kept her license active through continuing education until her mid-70’s. She married Milo Chapman in 1953 years and became a professing Christian, following the faith of her husband shortly after. Milo and Sarah remained together for 63 years until her death. They had five children, losing one to a crib death (SIDS) in 1957 and raising the four remaining children in Cottage Grove, Klamath Falls and Newberg, Oregon. They hosted a weekly church meeting and were continual friends and helpers of those in need for the duration of their marriage. Sarah was an avid reader, a lover of poetry and a strong advocate for education helping not only her own children, but also her grandchildren to acheive the best education possible. Sarah and Milo downsized to homes in King City and Lake Oswego, Oregon in 2005 and when their health started to fail, moved to assisted living in Milwaukie, Oregon in 2012. Sarah was preceded in death by her mother and father, Ida and Wayne Jenkins and her infant daughter, Amy Louise. She is survived by four children, Douglas, Kenneth, Julia and Jean Chapman, her grandchildren Amy Saha, Charlie Thompson, Julia and Kylee Jacobsen and Kelly and Christian Chapman, her beloved twin sister Janet Mead, her brother Howard Jenkins as well as many, many additional relatives and friends. Sarah’s memorial service will be a joint service for both she and her husband, Milo, at the Milwaukie High School Auditorium, 2301 SE Willard Street, Milwaukie, OR at 10:30 AM on January 16, 2017. A potluck at that location will follow. In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer a donation to the Alzheimer’s Foundation (http://alzfdn.org/Donation-Page/donate-to-find-a-cure-for-alzheimers-disease.html). For anyone who brings flowers to the service we will appreciate your taking them home after the service as there is no place for them afterward.