Joe Heath

A memorial service for Joe Heath of Florence will be Sunday afternoon at the American Legion building in Florence, after his ashes are spread at 2 p.m. at the tree farm on the east side of town.

Heath died on July 11 after living in Florence since the early 1980s.

He is survived by his wife, Linda, of Florence; two sons, Rodney of Newton and Elmer of El Dorado; a daughter, Neva Kreutziger of Hillsboro; a sister, Anna Schwarzin of Heppner, Ore.; a half brother, Melvin Gilchrist of New Mexico; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.