Helen Bertie Burnsides, 89, of Lebanon died July 17, 2010 at a foster care home in Lebanon.

She was born in June 29, 1921 Winne, Ark. to Charles Burt and Harriet Elizabeth (Henry) Burnsides.

She was raised and attended school in Winne, where she graduated from high school.

Mrs. Burnsides moved from Arkansas in the early 1940s to Napa, Calif., and later to Fall City, and then on to Sweet Home around 1949.

She worked for a short time in retail sales after graduation, before illness befell her for the greater part of her life. She married Jack Woodard in the early 1940s and they later divorced. They had no children.

Mrs. Burnsides loved to do paint-by-numbers pictures and read western books. She had a great love for cats and always had beautiful cats with large eyes.

She is survived by Roy and Kay Burnsides and family of Lebanon, Elizabeth Gatliff of Lebanon, Nadine Coyne of Sweet Home, Helen and Larry Meyer of Lebanon, Nora McMullin of Lebanon, Lyle Burnsides of Napa, Calif., and other nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Raymond Russell and Virgil Burnsides; sisters Ruth Warner, Luva May Slocum, and Rosa Bush.

A graveside memorial will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, at Gilliland Cemetery in Sweet Home, Oregon.

Memorial contributions in her memory can be made to Evergreen Samaritan Hospice, 1046 SW Sixth Avenue, Albany, OR 97321.

Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements