Kaye Francis Conklin, 78, passed away on May 9, 2015.
She was born on May 23, 1936, the daughter of Howard Francisco and Helen Verna Dietrick, in McDonough, N.Y.
She grew up in New York, and then, as a Navy wife, traveled with her husband Richard David Conklin before settling in California.
They divorced, and she moved to Oregon, living in Myrtle Creek and Brownsville, to be closer to family.
Mrs. Conklin was a certified…