1, 1951 – Nov. 21, 2008
Edward T. Spencer, 56, of Sweet Home died Nov. 21, 2008.
He was born Dec. 1, 1951 in Sweet Home to Troy and Verdine (Kilgore) Spencer.
He attended local schools and graduated from Sweet Home High School. He later attended Oregon State University, where he studied zoology. While attending OSU he worked for Safeway.
Mr. Spencer married Laree Bosh in December 1968. She died in October 1971. He married Susan Putney Nash in November 1975.
He spent his career as a Safeway employee, working 39 years and retiring as a manager of the Sweet Home Store.
He was a member of the Jaycees in Albany and Sweet Home and was a past president of the Sportsman Holiday Calapooia Roundup, a board member of the Sweet Home Boys and Girls Club, treasurer of Sweet Home Economic Development Group (SHEDG), and was involved in the Rotary and Sweet Home Elks. He loved the Oregon Jamboree. In 2003 he was honored by the Chamber of Commerce, which named his Safeway store Business of the Year.
Mr. Spencer loved hunting, camping, golf and the outdoors. He raised tropical fish. He started collecting stamps when his children were young and picked it up again with his grandson. He enjoyed trips to Reno and going to Bingo with his wife.
He is survived by his wife, Sue Spencer of Sweet Home; sons Edward T. Jr. and his wife Teresa Spencer of Salem, and Dennis J. and his wife Samantha Spencer of Sweet Home; sister Loretta Fromcke of Sweet Home; close friends (whom he treated as his children) Aileen and Troy Lock of Sweet Home, and Monique Trahan of Junction City; nine grandchildren; six nieces, three nephews, close friends and family members Joe and Carolyn Care of Sweet Home, Barb Walker of Sweet Home, and Russ and Carline Putney of Bend.
Mr. Spencer was preceded in death by his sister, Charlotte Lundstrom, and his parents.
A memorial service is being held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Sweet Home.
Memorial contributions can be made in Mr. Spencer’s memory to the Sweet Home Boys and Girls Club.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.