Doratha Caroline (Lindberg) Hooton February 8, 1928 - June 16, 2009
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Coquille Valley Sentinel Staff
By Coquille Valley Sentinel Staff
Published on 06/30/2009
Doratha Caroline (Lindberg) Hooton, also known as Carol Hooton, 81, died June 16th in Salem, Oregon at the Vintage Care Center. Dora was born to Edward Adolph Lindberg and Syneva Rachel (Sorensen) Lindberg on February 8, 1928 at her uncle’s sheep ranch on McKenzie Road north of Port Orford, Oregon. Dora graduated from Port Orford High School in 1945, finishing high school in three years. She enlisted in the Cadet Nurse Corps and took her nurse’s training at Virginia Mason Hospital, with course work at the University of Washington in Seattle. After WWII she did some nursing in Port Orford and at the Gold Beach hospital. She attended Northwest Christian College in Eugene from 1947 to 1948 where she met her husband to be, Kenneth Hooton.
They were married June 25, 1948 in Coquille making their first home in Eugene while beginning their second year in Bible college. Two daughters were born to them in Eugene, with one surviving. She attended four other colleges before she graduated from Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, Oregon in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Three other children were born into the family before she began her teaching career. At some point Dora began using the name Carol by which many friends and coworkers knew her. She was a busy pastor’s wife working along side her husband in a number of places. At her husband’s first pastorate in Falls City, Oregon she was the church pianist. Carol began her teaching career at the Chemawa Indian School in Keizer, Oregon then taught English and Social Studies at Waldo Junior high School and also at various other schools. Carol earned advanced certification for Special Education.
The last nine years of Carol’s teaching career was as the Special Education Teacher in the Camas Valley School District. Doratha (Carol) is survived by daughter Judith Bartel and husband, Dan; son David Hooton and wife, Corinn, of Salem, Oregon; daughter, Susan Ellis and husband, James of Albany, Oregon; daughter, Linda Heath and husband, Jerry of Renton, Washington. There are 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother, James Lindberg of Stanfield, Oregon; sister Lucille Douglas of Port Orford, Oregon and sister Rachel Leopold of Seattle, Washington along with numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters Marie Barrington and Helen Richmond; two brothers Edward Lindberg and Bill Lindberg along with infant daughter, Janet
Doratha Caroline (Lindberg) Hooton, also known as Carol Hooton, 81, died June 16th in Salem, Oregon at the Vintage Care Center. Dora was born to Edward Adolph Lindberg and Syneva Rachel (Sorensen) Lindberg on February 8, 1928 at her uncle’s sheep ranch on McKenzie Road north of Port Orford, Oregon. Dora graduated from Port Orford High School in 1945, finishing high school in three years. She enlisted in the Cadet Nurse Corps and took her nurse’s training at Virginia Mason Hospital, with course work at the University of Washington in Seattle. After WWII she did some nursing in Port Orford and at the Gold Beach hospital. She attended Northwest Christian College in Eugene from 1947 to 1948 where she met her husband to be, Kenneth Hooton.
They were married June 25, 1948 in Coquille making their first home in Eugene while beginning their second year in Bible college. Two daughters were born to them in Eugene, with one surviving. She attended four other colleges before she graduated from Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, Oregon in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Three other children were born into the family before she began her teaching career. At some point Dora began using the name Carol by which many friends and coworkers knew her. She was a busy pastor’s wife working along side her husband in a number of places. At her husband’s first pastorate in Falls City, Oregon she was the church pianist. Carol began her teaching career at the Chemawa Indian School in Keizer, Oregon then taught English and Social Studies at Waldo Junior high School and also at various other schools. Carol earned advanced certification for Special Education.
The last nine years of Carol’s teaching career was as the Special Education Teacher in the Camas Valley School District. Doratha (Carol) is survived by daughter Judith Bartel and husband, Dan; son David Hooton and wife, Corinn, of Salem, Oregon; daughter, Susan Ellis and husband, James of Albany, Oregon; daughter, Linda Heath and husband, Jerry of Renton, Washington. There are 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother, James Lindberg of Stanfield, Oregon; sister Lucille Douglas of Port Orford, Oregon and sister Rachel Leopold of Seattle, Washington along with numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters Marie Barrington and Helen Richmond; two brothers Edward Lindberg and Bill Lindberg along with infant daughter, Janet