June 3, 1920 - Feb. 13, 2009

Lucile Alice "Cile" McIntosh, 88, of Crane, passed away Friday, Feb. 13, at the home of her family in Winnemucca, Nev. Her daughters Tamra and Ginny were at her side.

Lucile was born June 3, 1920, in Corvallis to John and Elsie Jennings.

She graduated from Corvallis High School in 1939. Lucile completed her pre-nursing requirements at St. Helen's Hall Junior College and continued her education at the Good Samaritan School of Nursing in Portland. She there became a registered nurse. She joined the Navy and served in the nursing corps as an ensign during World War II. She spoke fondly of "caring for her boys" when they came home from the Pacific.

On March 27, 1945, she married Donald C. McDermond in Seattle. Together they had five children, and published a set of children's books that she wrote and Donald illustrated. They later divorced.

In October of 1960 she married C.H. McIntosh and together they had a daughter.

Lucile loved to garden, enjoyed the company of her pets, and was known for her "open door - the coffee's always on" policy at her home in Crane. She was a loving and caring woman, mother and friend who will be missed dearly.

She is survived by her sons Terry McDermond and his wife, Colleen, of Corvallis, Tim McDermond of Arcada, Calif., Don McDermond and his wife, Lucetti, of Crane; daughters Cherie McDermond of West Valley City, Utah, Tamra Stoddart of Winnemucca, Nev., and Ginny Dufurrena and her husband, Hank, of Denio, Nev. She has 17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Also surviving her are her brother, Jack Jennings of Salem; and sisters Ora Mae Lytle of Seattle, and Ginny Williams of Salem.