This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Alice Spinney (Oleman), 89. We will remember her forever! She went home to be with our Lord and her wonderful husband Donald Edward Spinney (1924 - 2010) on March 28, 2014. Born on January 26, 1925 to John “Jack” E. Oleman (1882 - 1945) and Ida May (Tice) Bowersox (1899 - 1998) in Kings Valley, Oregon.
Alice grew up in Kings Valley, Oregon where she graduated from Kings Valley High School. On June 7, 1943 in Coquille she married Donald Spinney. This union created five beautiful children Sandra Kay Briley of Springfiend, Janice Illene Bebout of Eugene, Wanda May Hulbert of Leaburg, Donald Edward Spinney Jr of Gervais, and Vicki Lynn Johnson of Gervais. She enjoyed gardening and camping with her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five siblings, her beloved husband and two son-in-laws, Carroll Loren Briley and Donald Lee Bebout and her great grandson Cody Michael Briley.
She is survived by one brother Norman & his wife Irene Oleman; 5 children: Sandra Briley, Janice Bebout, Wanda Hulbert and her husband Marshall, Donald Spinney, Jr, and Vicki Johnson and her husband Mike; 12 Grandchildren – Michael Briley and his wife Eärendil Biskup, Jeff and his wife Sharena Briley, Doug and his wife Emily Briley, Ted and his wife Rita Chavarria, Lester and his wife Michelle Hutcheson, Marshall Neal and his wife Michelle Hulbert, Jennifer and her husband Shawn Erickson, John Sovie, Stephanie and her husband Brian Susee, April Spinney, Michael Johnson, and Joey Johnson; 25 Great Grandchildren - Everett and Maddy Smith, Raven Biskup; Abby, Libby, and Tennessee Briley; Dalton and Ariel Briley; Steven Martin, Brandon and Haley Burgess; Carmen Hoover, Ashley, Zachary, Isabella, Elijah, and Jacob Hutcheson; Alexander and Michael Hulbert, and Ashley Naranjo; Korbyn and Nickolas Erickson; Tyler Susee; Ashley Spinney-Harris and Madison Spinney-Noonan.
Visitation will be held April 2 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Simon-Cornwell Colonial Chapel 390 N 2nd St Woodburn, OR. Funeral services will be held, Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 11 am, at Simon-Cornwell Colonial Chapel with an interment at Kings Valley Cemetery at 3 p.m.