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Kristy is the youngest daughter of
Hazel Davis and was born in California. She has two children who live
near in Hillsboro and Forest Grove, TJ, 22years and April, 23. The
Davis family moved back to Forest Grove in 1964 when Kristy was very
young, after their Father died.
Kristy is a warehouse supervisor for
Pacific Spur, a catalog business in Forest Grove across the street from
Tom McCall High School.
Her hobbies are her dogs and cats,
gardening, 4-wheeling, hiking and camping. She loves the outdoors and
spending time in the woods.
Her sister Dawn says Kristy is the
baby of their family and was always fun and the “favorite Aunt”. In
age, she is closest to her nieces and nephews and could tell the best
scary stories.
Mt. Olive Church has always been her
and her family’s home church and its friendliness is important to her.
Kristy stays in Oregon because she
likes the four seasons and because of her extended family lives near.
They are all best friends and spend much of their time together.
Father stayed in Canada and farmed. Mother
brought the girls to Forest Grove, when Helen was twelve. Father
came home winters.
Forest Grove has changed greatly since Helen was a
girl. In her youth, children roller skated down the middle of Main
Street, sailed over bumps at the cross streets, and on down the road.
Helen went to Central, Lincoln and the old Forest
Grove Union High School. The school owned the land where the Catholic
Church is now. They sold that to the church and built a new school
on the west end of town. The catholic church burned when it was being
built and had to be rebuilt.
Helen married Bill Buel and they and 63½ years
together before he died. Bill logged, did some contract
carpentering, and in later years maintained the Portland police cars.
They lived on C Street and had two children, Bonnie
and Bill.
Her son Bill died last February. He had
graduated from High School and joined the Coast Guards. He had
made the service his career.
Bonnie was married to Merton Sahnow and they have a
farm north of Hillsboro. Merton recently died. Bonnie and
her son operate the farm.
Originally, Helen’s family were Methodist, but when
their daughter became best friends with Pastor Wendling’s daughter and
water to go to Mt. Olive, the whole Buel family joined.
A few years ago Helen wrote, hand written with
pictures, about her life for her children. Quite an
accomplishment.
(prepared by Annie Jarrell) |
