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MINIER — Lorene A. Springer, 90, Albany, Ore., formerly of Lebanon, Ore., died March 13, 2012, at Mennonite Village, Albany, Ore.
A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Mennonite Home Chapel, Albany, Ore.
Memorials may be given to The Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation or The Mennonite Education Agency/La Junta Mennonite Nursing Scholarship Fund, sent in care of Huston-Jost Funeral Home, 86 W. Grant St., Lebanon, OR 97355.
Ms. Springer was born Oct. 3, 1921, in Minier, daughter of Ben and Clara Hieser Springer.
She graduated from the La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing with a registered nursing degree in 1943. After graduation she worked in La Junta for several years then moved to Lebanon, Ore., in 1960. In Lebanon, Lorene worked at Lebanon Community Hospital and later as an office nurse.
She enjoyed traveling and spending time at the coast with friends and relatives and volunteering.
After retirement, she moved to the Mennonite Village.
She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Albany.
Lorene was preceded in death by her three sisters, Elsie Bachman, Ina Bachman and Loretta Leatherman; three brothers, Howard, Glenn and Nelson Springer; and one nephew.
She is survived by six nephews and seven nieces.
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