Alma Edythe Hostick Potter of Eugene, OR. died Jan. 18 of age-related causes. She was 89. Alma was born July 11, 1914, in Cook, NE, to Alfred and Emma Hostick. She married Paul Potter in 1937. He died in 1977. Her family settled in Oregon when she was very young. She graduated, and was her class salutatorian, from Junction City High School in 1931. She worked in the Lane County assessor's office, and hand-tinted portraits at a photographic studio. She also worked in the office of an electric shop. She was a member of the PEO Sisterhood and the First United Methodist Church in Eugene. She was an accomplished cook and seamstress, and she enjoyed needlework, gardening, reading and classical music. Survivors include a son, Fredric of Portland, OR; two daughters, Phyllis Potter of San Francisco, CA. and Charlotte Cox of Alexandria, VA; and a brother, Herbert Hostick of Junction City, OR. Burial, Rest-Haven Memorial Park in Eugene.
Alma Edythe Hostick Potter of Eugene, OR. died Jan. 18 of age-related causes. She was 89. Alma was born July 11, 1914, in Cook, NE, to Alfred and Emma Hostick. She married Paul Potter in 1937. He died in 1977. Her family settled in Oregon when she was very young. She graduated, and was her class salutatorian, from Junction City High School in 1931. She worked in the Lane County assessor's office, and hand-tinted portraits at a photographic studio. She also worked in the office of an electric shop. She was a member of the PEO Sisterhood and the First United Methodist Church in Eugene. She was an accomplished cook and seamstress, and she enjoyed needlework, gardening, reading and classical music. Survivors include a son, Fredric of Portland, OR; two daughters, Phyllis Potter of San Francisco, CA. and Charlotte Cox of Alexandria, VA; and a brother, Herbert Hostick of Junction City, OR. Burial, Rest-Haven Memorial Park in Eugene.
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