Ken was born on August 30, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, to James and Emily (Howard) Williams. He started working at Simpsons-Sears at the age of 16 in the shipping dept. He joined the army at the age of 17 as a signalman and returned to Sears after the war where he was promoted several times, working as a buyer in men’s clothing, then carpeting. He finished his career as the controller of the sporting goods dept and retired at the age of 55. Ken and his wife Marge then became Snowbirds splitting their time between New Port Richie, Florida and their cottage on Round Lake in the Kawarthas.

On Sept 15, 1950, he married Marjorie (Marge) Helen Whittaker. They raised a son Ken Jr. and daughter Susan.

Ken’s passion was his cottage on Round Lake where he spent weekends and summers and eventually retired to. Playing cards and fishing took up most of his day only interrupted by Cocktails at 4:00. Music that he could sing or dance to, filled the rest of his waking hours.

Obituary for Caroline Louise Orman of Loveland
Caroline Louise Orman, 85, died May 20, 2020, of Parkinson’s Disease at Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado, leaving her family and friends to carry her indomitable spirit onward, remembering her many accomplishments, shared experiences, humor and wit.
Orman was born in Downers Grove, IL on Dec. 1, 1934 to Carleton Frederick Nadelhoffer and Harriet Esther Wilson, who lovingly raised her and her two older brothers Carleton and Herbert on the family dairy farm near Lisle, IL. Her childhood was spent doing farm chores, caring for the animals and dutifully studying for school. Any idle time would find Caroline playing in the woods, drawing what she saw around her, or curled up with a good book, but never far from her two brother’s loving protective gaze. Caroline’s early education was at the Tamarack one-room country school, and Downers Grove High School where she graduated as Valedictorian. She received her BA at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, graduating cum laude in 1956. Caroline then attended the University of Iowa on scholarship where she received her MFA in painting and met her husband, Jack LeRoy Orman, also a student there. She married Jack on August 22, 1959 at her family farm. Caroline taught at Avery Coonley School for a couple years before giving birth to the first of two sons. The couple then briefly moved to Ft. Collins, Colorado before settling permanently in Loveland to raise their young family.
Caroline taught piano for much of her life using the Suzuki method as the central pillar of her approach to training young pianists. She had great devotion, pride and affection for the numerous students and their families who studied with her. In 1996 Caroline was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, facing the disease with the same determined resilience she witnessed in her parents’ struggle with hardship and bad luck during the Great Depression. She never let the disease define her, instead seeking every bit of information she could find in fighting and slowing its destructive symptoms. This pursuit included the addition of dance, Tai Chi, poetry, and a rediscovery of drawing and painting to her busy schedule. She underwent deep brain stimulation surgery in 2013 which also helped immensely.
The quality and scope of the drawings, watercolors and poetry produced in her later years belied the fact it only occurred in about a 20 year span that was jump started in 1999 by a trip to Italy with her husband Jack, who was teaching a printmaking course abroad there. She adored capturing the figure or landscape on paper, always from life.
She published a collection of poetry and art, “Slow Dance of Autumn” at the age of 80. To quote one of her poet colleagues, “Her well-crafted poems were legendary in Loveland and well beyond”.
One of her poems, “It Is Not As Easy As You Think To Be A Poet,” nicely sums up her thought,
"I’m excessively known for my nonadvertent plagiarism:
snatches and patches of phrases and stanzas
that linger in an unsequetorial sort of way
inside or behind the poem
I thought I was thinking about
writing down."

Caroline was preceded in death by her husband Jack, and brothers Carleton Nadelhoffer II (Joanne) and Herbert Nadelhoffer (Mary Lou Wehrli). She is survived by sons Daniel Orman (Lisa) and Evan Orman (Michelle) and grandchildren Emily Orman and Jack Orman and step-grandson Rainer Eudeikis (Joyce). She is also survived by sisters-in-law Joanne Nadelhoffer and Mary Lou Wehrli, both of Naperville, IL and nieces Laura Nadelhoffer, Sarah Nadelhoffer and Ellen Nadelhoffer and nephew Carleton Nadelhoffer III.
At this time, a celebration of life is not able to be planned but will be as soon as it is safe to travel and gather. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Parkinson's Foundation at https://www.parkinson.org/ or an animal rescue of your choice. The family welcomes your memories, pictures or other loving thoughts.

Written by Daniel Orman 2020

Margaret “Peggy” Sloat
Peggy Sloat passed peacefully on Thursday, May 28th, 2020, hours after marking her 89th birthday.
Peggy was born May 27, 1931, eldest daughter of Edward and Marcella (Mertz) O’Connor in Donahue, Ia. She attended Immaculate Conception High School and Marycrest College, where she majored in education and also met the love of her life and future husband, Donald Sloat, with whom she enjoyed almost 64 years of a very happy and loving marriage before his death in 2016.
Peggy enjoyed and found great purpose in her career in education, spanning more than three decades, during which she touched countless young lives. Her career began in a one-room school in Walnut Grove, Ia. After a 12-year hiatus to raise her six children, she returned to school, earning her master’s degree from the University of Iowa and resumed her teaching role in the Davenport Community school system, where she ended her career at Buchannan Elementary School. Upon retirement, Peggy volunteered her teaching talents to educating the local Vietnamese community in English as a second language. She was also active in her church community at St Joseph’s and St Mary’s Catholic parishes, devoting countless hours to running the parishes’ clothing center and supporting Marquette Academy.
Mom used her summers “off” to teach summer school and spend time with her growing brood of six, which spanned fifteen years in age. Summers meant trips in the family camper around the United States, supporting Don’s summer house painting business, house projects and numerous trips to Blessings’ Gardens, resulting in sumptuous family dinners built around fresh produce, namely beefsteak tomatoes, Iowa sweet corn and watermelon. Lest we not forget the gallons of her signature sweet tea! Mom was a creative and prolific cook, eventually earning a vast reputation for her “enchies,” an Irish/American twist on the popular Mexican enchilada. Think potatoes and peas.
Mom was a vivacious and loving person who knew no strangers. She was a stalwart defender of the downtrodden—a quiet samaritan who was constantly in the background serving the needy and offering a healthy handout and hand up.
Aside from teaching, her passion was her family to which she was unfailingly devoted. Family first. No matter how long or trying her day, a full course family meal was on the daily docket, no questions or excuses accepted. She also taught her daughters to sew and cook, largely lost skills that live on to the next generation.
Survivors include her sisters Rosemary (Bill) Jacobson and Antoinette and brother Bill (Carolyn) O’Connor; brother-in-law Jerry Sloat (Eileen); six children; Jay Sloat (Debbie) , Becky Courtright (Bill), Jef Sloat (Tracy), Gary Sloat (Bonnie), Diane Kruse, Julie Heller (Guy); 16 grandchildren; Sara Sloat Cook, Jacob, Ben and Lucas Sloat, Donald, David and Benjamin Courtright, Elizabeth Boundas, Jon Parker Sloat and Tony Sloat, Mickey and Meredith Sloat, Nicholas Kruse and Bryn Kruse Bennett, Sophia and Olivia Heller; 13 great grandchildren; Jay, Helen, John and Joe Cook, Karthik and Meera Sloat, Lloyd, Charles and Thomas Boundas, Anthony and James Courtright and Will and Abby Courtright; and many beloved nieces, nephews and in laws.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Alzheimer’s Association, at P.O. box 96011, Washington, D.C., 20090-6011, online at alz.org, or by calling 1-800-272-3900.
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Judd Robert Van Sickle passed away on June 4th, 2020 at his home in Wilmington, NC surrounded by his family.
Judd was born on August 23rd, 1946 in Rockford, IL to Robert and Rhea Van Sickle.
One of six children, Judd is survived by his sister, Martha (William "Bill") and brothers, Richard "Dick"(Susan) and Christopher "Chris" (Nancy). He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Elizabeth "Beth" (Robert "Bob") and infant sister Sarah.
Judd is survived by his wife, Ruth of Wilmington. He is also survived by a son, Judd Van Sickle, Jr. his wife, Heather, and their children Autumn, Scarlett, and Luke of Sacramento, CA. A daughter, Thea Young and her husband, George "Trey", and their children George, IV and Eva of Boone, NC. A stepdaughter, Natalie Cocuzzi and her husband, Michael "Mike" and their children Ruthana of Wilmington and Dominic of Raleigh, NC
Judd graduated from Bradley University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He proudly served as an officer in the US Air Force , followed by a career working for companies providing support to the Department of Defense.
Judd loved his family and enjoyed kite flying, skiing, the beach, and reading.

Judd was also passionate about supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Memorial contributions may be sent to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society or the charity of your choice.

Kelly Kay Goodman was born on March 15, 1966 in McCook, Nebraska, and attended high school in Wilcox Nebraska where she made many childhood friends. Shortly after graduating from Wilcox High School in 1984 Kelly swept away to California to marry her sweetheart Stephen Kent Goodman. Though Kelly and Stephen were later divorced they remained life partners and close friends until Stephen’s passing in 2018. Kelly and Stephen adventured through many music projects and several home businesses together venturing into the fields of advertising, and publishing. Not only was Kelly a savvy businesswoman, but she was also an avid writer. As a member of the International Women’s Writing Guild, Kelly wrote empowering articles providing insightful social and political commentary, and contributed her written work to aid the field of medicine and health sciences when she collaborated with Esther D. Rothblum, PhD, and Laura S. Brown PhD, to produce two publications of an enlightening feminist therapy textbook discussing weight prejudice. Kelly was a strong willed and positive person who used her many talents to offer support to worthy causes, and to lend strength when needed to the family and friends she loved deeply. She had a big heart and a cheerful disposition, and was a great lover of animals. She always had a soft spot for rats (or "ratties" as Kelly would call them) and over the course of her life enjoyed the company of many lovely ratties as her cherished pets. She also deeply loved her cats Tisha, Ripley, Sugar, and the late Cindy whom she looked upon as companions and family. Despite the struggles with mobility that she faced later in life Kelly maintained a highly social lifestyle through a variety of online sites, and made friends easily with all who encountered her both in person and online.
Kelly was a member of the United Methodist Church and the following passage has been selected from her bible:
"No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us." [1 John 4:12]
Kelly lived every day loved by many and showing love for many. For those who knew her Kelly was more than just a friend, she was a place where you finally felt at home.

The love Kelly shared with us lives on in the memories of her that we hold in our hearts. Please feel free to share your memories, stories, and photos of Kelly here on her lasting memorial page.

This memorial is for Christine Helen Lanham who sadly passed away on Wednesday 3rd June @ 20:45, aged 67, with her Husband Tom and Son Gary by her side when she passed peacefully.

Christine heroically battled Bowel Cancer for over 2 years but sadly started losing that battle in the months leading up to her passing.

Christine was an amazing mother to Gary for 34 years and a loving wife to Tom for over 50 years together.

Christine's played and worked hard, from Ice Skating with Gary and holidays with her Family to various jobs and many work friends who she loved, supported in every way that she could.

I hope you will join me in remembering this wonderful woman's life, please leave your remembrance comments below.

Obituary for Jack LeRoy Orman of Loveland
Jack L. Orman, 90, passed away from natural causes on March 22, 2020 at LeMay Avenue Health & Rehab Facility in Fort Collins.
Jack was born Feb. 21, 1930 in Brazil, IN to Roy Loncer Orman and Ruth Elizabeth Anderson. He received his BFA at University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1953 before his enlistment in the United States Army. Jack served as a first lieutenant in the Fourth Armored Division, 197th Armored Artillery Battalion in Fort Hood, Texas from 1954 to 1956. Even though he suffered severe damage to his hearing during this service, which he endured throughout the rest of his life, Jack valued his time in the service highly.
He then returned to the Midwest earning an MFA, and DFA at the University of Iowa studying with renowned Argentinian printmaker Maricio Lasansky. It was during his time in Iowa that he also met his wife, fellow artist, and lifelong soulmate Caroline Louise Nadelhoffer. He married Caroline on August 22, 1959 at the Nadelhoffer family dairy farm near Downers Grove, IL. The couple then moved to Ft. Collins, Colorado with a new child in tow to raise and grow their new family and begin a new teaching position at Colorado State University. In 1965 Jack moved to Loveland, Colorado, where he lived the rest of his life.
Jack helped establish the printmaking department at CSU in the early 1960’s and taught classes in printmaking and drawing. He encouraged an environment of great energy, passion, personal growth, and creative freedom within the printmaking department and classes he taught. His personal focus was primarily intaglio techniques with a special emphasis in copper engraving. He was also an accomplished sculptor working in forged, welded steel and carved wood. Jack’s career spanned 5½ decades with a range of subject matter that included Old Testament characters, animals, figures, landscapes, still lifes and portraits. Jack considered Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Lasansky and the Italian sculptor Donatello as his primary influences but had a style that was singularly his own. Jack’s artwork was shown in several exhibits over his career including: Mauricio Lasansky and Printmakers of the Iowa Workshop Tradition, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1976. Iowa to Colorado-A Printmaking Tradition, Loveland Museum, Loveland, Colorado 1988. McNeese National Works On Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana 1989. The Professor Prints-CSK Gallery, Denver, Colorado 1994.
Some notable sculptures: Joshua (welded steel, Anatomy Building CSU), Archangel Gabriel (welded steel, private collection), Judith (carved apple, private collection)
Some noteworthy prints: The Big Fish (copper engraving, 2 editions, Library of Congress, private collections), Iguana (copper engraving), Portrait of Lasansky (copper engraving), Portrait of Caroline (drypoint), The Archangel Michael (engraving, etching, soft ground, multi-plate/color), The Fall of Lucifer (etching, soft ground, multi-plate/color)
Jack was also a luthier, primarily building classical guitars, which he also enjoyed playing until his hearing loss prevented it. One of his favorite pieces to practice and play was “Recuerdos de la Alhambra” by Spanish composer and guitarist Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea. On any given day in his home, studio or shop one could hear Pavarotti, Bach, Segovia or some other favorite musical piece playing in the background.
Jack was an all-around craftsman, who built with his wife Caroline a lodge pole pine cabin in the nearby mountains using only a chainsaw and hand tools. The family enjoyed weekends and summer vacations at the rustic retreat, and it was the scene of many gatherings with family and friends. He also loved Italy, Spain and Mexico. He and his family spent 3 months exploring Mexico in the mid 1970’s and he taught a printmaking/art history class in Italy in the mid 90’s as part of CSU’s study abroad program. He loved Barcelona for its culture, wine and of course the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. Jack enjoyed backpacking, hiking, hunting and fly fishing in the nearby Rockies and its rivers. A camera replaced his rifle later in life and his fly rods were passed down to grandchildren once his balance got too bad to wade safely, but he never tired of the splendor of the West, especially Colorado’s varied landscapes.
He is deeply missed, but his spirit lives on in his artwork, and his family, and his friends, and the numerous students who walked through the door into that bustling room filled with the aroma of hot asphaltum and plate oil.
Jack’s wife Caroline died shortly after his passing. He was preceded in death by his sister Eleanor Markham (Bill). He is survived by sons Daniel Orman (Lisa) and Evan Orman (Michelle), and grandchildren Emily Orman and Jack Orman and step-grandson Rainer Eudeikis (Joyce). He is also survived by niece Carolyn Goodall and nephew Perry Markham.
At this time, a celebration of life is not able to be planned but will be as soon as it is safe to travel and gather. In lieu of flowers please consider a gift to Parkinson's Foundation at https://www.parkinson.org/ or an animal shelter of your choice. The family welcomes your memories, pictures or other loving thoughts.

Written by Daniel A. Orman, 2020

Obituary

Bernice Viola Francis (94) of Park Slope, Brooklyn New York, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday May 27th, 2020 in the presence of family and friends.

She was born August 15th, 1925 in Moron Cuba, the oldest child and daughter of Timothy and Jeanetta Francis. Her siblings are Timothy Francis and Walter Francis (predeceased). She was married to Herbert Moore (divorced). She is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Dunkley and Eugene Dunkley Jr (son-in-law), grandchildren Melissa Dunkley, Eugene Dunkley 3rd and Rosa Dunkley (granddaughter-in-law) and Camille Dunkley, great grandchildren Alexander Dunkley and Sofia Dunkley, niece Jeanetta Francis, grandnieces Keisha Francis and Tanica Sherman, and great grandniece Kailey Francis.

She worked as a housekeeper, nanny and home attendant for many years until her retirement at the age of 70. She was a faithful church goer of the Pentecostal denomination and was a member of the New Covenant Church of God and also attended the Classon Avenue Church of God. She was known for her charity, care for others, and prayers.

The memorial will be held Friday, June 26th, 2020 11 AM at the Rosedale and Rosehill Cemetery Association, 355 East Linden Avenue, Linden, NJ 07036.
Officiating Minister: Rev. Isaac Tapper

Psalm 121

I will lift up my eyes to the hills
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the LORD
Who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to be moved
He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is your keeper
The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day
Nor the moon by night.
The LORD shall preserve you from all evil
He shall preserve your soul.
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.

Tracy Lyn Billingsley passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 30th, 2020. She is survived by her husband, Aaron L. Billingsley of the home; daughter, Kayla E. Billingsley of the home; in-laws, Gordy and Vicky Brown; sister, Crissy Huffman of Madison, AL.; father, Gary Peterson of Oldsmar, FL.; and several nephews. She is preceded in death by her mother, Patricia D. Peterson. A Private Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date.

In her 42 years on the earth, she impacted so many people. She graduated from Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in 1997 before going to the University of Alabama. She was such a proud Bama alumni and fan. Tracy married Aaron in 2003 and they began their journey in the Army. The family ensured 11 moves in 17 years together and several schools and deployments. In 2006, Tracy became a mother to Kayla. This was far and away her proudest moment. She loved Kayla with every fiber of her being and nothing brought her more joy than Kayla.

Tracy was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in November 2008 while Aaron was at the end of a 15 month deployment. For twelves years Tracy persevered through countless appointments, 5 surgeries, months of radiation, and chemo every three weeks for 12 years. During all this, she fought with true grit and kept a smile on her face throughout. She is a shining example of how we should all live our lives, serving God and loving others. Tracy impacted people of all ages and races. So many people blessed the Billingsley family during this battle but most would agree she helped them as much as they helped her. She loved to give back and had a heart of Gold. Although she is gone from this earth, she is one of God most precious angels now and her spirit will live on forever. Please help us keep Tracy's memory alive by contributing to an annual $10,000 scholarship, donation details are at the site below:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tracy-billingsley039s-memorial-scholarship-fund