Eunice McCloud

Eunice E. McCloud passed away Wednesday, April 13, in Corvallis. She was 89 years old. Eunice was born to Jesse William and Mayme (Ackerman) Pugh on July 11, 1921, in Shedd. Eunice grew up with four siblings: Lois Lancaster, Margaret Lorimer, Leonard Pugh and Faith McCall, who have all preceded her in death. Her father was one of the first ryegrass farmers in the area, and Eunice used to ride the grain wagon with her dad to the Thompson Mill in Shedd. Eunice spent 12 years in the Shedd area before her family moved to a beautiful home on the north side of Albany, next to Willamette Memorial Park. Eunice drove the delivery truck for Pugh Dairy. She played basketball for Albany High School and was also part of the yearbook student staff, sparking an interest in a possible journalism career. Eunice married Elmer L. Nofziger Sr., and as a young wife and mother, lived along the coast and in Portland, finally settling in the Salem area, where she raised five children. She worked hard to supplement the family’s income by making pies for a local hotel and restaurant in Salem; painting houses; and bringing in summer harvests of strawberries, beans, blackberries and Bing cherries, while all the time caring for five active children. In 1953, she married Theodore (Ted) Parks, who preceded her in death. As a widow in 1967, she married Robert “Bob” McCloud, and they moved from Salem to Dallas. Eunice worked for several years as an in-home caregiver, and they both worked at the Oregon State Fair each summer, helping to load kids onto the rides. When she and Bob retired to the La Pine area, they soon became founding members of the La Pine Senior Center, and raised money to build the current facility on Huntington Road. Eunice was Bob’s sidekick and helper on the Central Oregon Council on Aging (COCOA) senior transportation van. They were also members of La Pine Community Church. Bob passed away in 2001. Moving to Corvallis in 2005 to be closer to her family, Eunice has lived at Regency Park Place Assisted Living. She always missed her good friends in the La Pine area, and the warm sunshine of Central Oregon! She is survived by all five of her children, Elmer (Pansy) Nofziger of Silver Lake, Wash., Bill (Carol) Nofziger of Salem, Ron (Kaye) Nofziger of Tulsa, Okla., Patti (Keith) Wonderly of Philomath, and Jim (Gail) Nofziger of Rochester, N.Y.; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; three nephews; and two great-nephews and their families. You are welcome to attend a memorial celebration for Eunice at 11 a.m. April 30 at Corvallis Evangelical Church. Memorial contributions can be made to Benton Hospice Service in care of McHenry Funeral Home, or you can help with the continuing earthquake recovery in Haiti or Japan, under the auspices of One Mission Society. For additional information, contact Keith or Patti Wonderly.

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Eunice McCloud

July 11, 1921 - April 13, 2011