My maiden name was Bushnell. My parents were Byron and Nellie Bushnell (Atteberry). My brothers - Mel and Stan.

In the 1940's Cyrus Bushnell (grandfather) died and was buried at Stearns Cemetery, Talent, Oregon. Subsequent to that, my Dad bought a block of cemetery lots at Stearns, and my Uncle Roy bought another block of cemetry lots at Stearns.

My mother's family, the Loos family (also Polk family), had been using Stearns cemetery for their burials, also, dating back to the 1930's.

I grew up on Wagner Creek in the 50's and 60's, and moved to Michigan in 1973, returning to the Pacific NW in 2000. Our home on Wagner Creek, that my parents buiult, was about 1/4 mile south of the cemetery, at the end of what is now Allen Lane and Morey Rd.

I was so fortunate during the years that I grew up to know many of the old-timers in Talent, including Ormy and Edythe Goddard, our neighbors to the East. My brothers and I used to have the privilege of fishing for trout out of Wagner Creek from Ormy and Edythe's property.

My Dad is now 90, and not well. He plans to be buried at Stearns, next to his beloved companion, Joyce Hatton, and my Mother, Nellie F. Loos Atteberry Bushnell. I plan, upon my death, to also be inurned at Stearns cemetery.

I work for Bonney-Watson Washington Memorial Park and Mortuary in the Seattle area.

Linda Hale (Bushnell, aka Hebblewhite)

"Show me the manner in which a nation or a community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender sympathies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high ideals." – Gladstone

My maiden name was Bushnell. My parents were Byron and Nellie Bushnell (Atteberry). My brothers - Mel and Stan.

In the 1940's Cyrus Bushnell (grandfather) died and was buried at Stearns Cemetery, Talent, Oregon. Subsequent to that, my Dad bought a block of cemetery lots at Stearns, and my Uncle Roy bought another block of cemetry lots at Stearns.

My mother's family, the Loos family (also Polk family), had been using Stearns cemetery for their burials, also, dating back to the 1930's.

I grew up on Wagner Creek in the 50's and 60's, and moved to Michigan in 1973, returning to the Pacific NW in 2000. Our home on Wagner Creek, that my parents buiult, was about 1/4 mile south of the cemetery, at the end of what is now Allen Lane and Morey Rd.

I was so fortunate during the years that I grew up to know many of the old-timers in Talent, including Ormy and Edythe Goddard, our neighbors to the East. My brothers and I used to have the privilege of fishing for trout out of Wagner Creek from Ormy and Edythe's property.

My Dad is now 90, and not well. He plans to be buried at Stearns, next to his beloved companion, Joyce Hatton, and my Mother, Nellie F. Loos Atteberry Bushnell. I plan, upon my death, to also be inurned at Stearns cemetery.

I work for Bonney-Watson Washington Memorial Park and Mortuary in the Seattle area.

Linda Hale (Bushnell, aka Hebblewhite)

"Show me the manner in which a nation or a community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender sympathies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high ideals." – Gladstone