Herbert Ellis Oleman

Funeral services for Burney resident Herbert Ellis Oleman will be held at noon, S a t u r d a y ,

Dec. 1, 2012, at McDonalds Chapel in Burney. Burial at Burney Cemetery will be at a later date.

“Herb” passed away Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Redding. He faced his recent diagnosis of pancreatic

cancer with indescribable courage. He was one of nine children born to Kenneth and Ellen Oleman in Summit,

Ore., on Jan. 14, 1930. From 1951 to 1957 he served in the U.S. Army, proudly fighting in the Korean War. Herb

was a truck driver and a jack of all trades. Herb was predeceased by the love if his life, his sweetheart

Marguriet, his precious son Robert Jacobs, his sister Rosemary Horn, and brothers, Harvey, Ron and Rodney

Oleman. He is survived by daughter Glinda Peterson and her husband Cliff of Redding, sisters Beverly Malloy, Browsnville,

Ore., Delores Moore, Scio, Ore., and Phyllis Delgado, Portland, Ore., and brother David Oleman, Toledo, Ore.

He also leaves behind his beloved grandsons and their wives, Rob and Shannon Peterson, Redding; Canen and Aimee Peterson, Folsom, Calif., and Nate and Lindsy Peterson, Redding, and seven great-grandchildren as well as many nieces

and nephews he loved so much. May You Get The Rest You So Greatly Deserve. Please make donations in

his memory to Interim Hospice, 970 Executive Way, Redding, CA 96001.