Obituaries for the day of April 22, 2009

Hills, Scroggin

Laura Hills, 61, of Summerville, died April 21 at her home. A complete obituary will be available later. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.

Charles C. Scroggin, 72, of Alicel, died in his sleep April 18 in Miami, Fla. Friends and family will gather at the family farm in Alicel in early July to share memories of Charlie.

Charlie was born Nov. 12, 1936, and grew up in Union. He married Sue Kinnel from Alicel.

Charlie first farmed in Joseph before developing a career as an airline pilot with Pan American Airlines. When Pam Am sold its routes to United Airlines, Charlie transferred to United and served as lead captain and check pilot in United’s transition to their newest Boeing aircraft, the 747-400.

In that role he conducted the proving flights for United’s ultra-long range flights from

Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia.

Charlie is survived by his two sisters, Marilyn Brown of The Dalles and Jeanne Gilstrap of Cove; his two children, Jann Ruffo and Jeff Scroggin and his wife, Kathy, of Miami; and his three granddaughters.

He was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 50 years, Sue; and his friend of more than three decades, “Bill.”

Memorial contributions may be made to National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. For more information, call 800-327-4545 or visit www.parkinson.org.