Lucile Alice “Cile” McIntosh, 88, of Crane, died on Feb. 13 at the home of her family in Winnemucca, Nev. Her two daughters were by her side.

She was born on June 3, 1920, in Corvallis, to John and Elsie Jennings.

McIntosh graduated from Corvallis High School in 1939. She completed her pre-nursing requirements at St. Helen’s Hall Junior college and continued her education at the Good Samaritan School of Nursing in Portland. She there became a registered nurse.

She joined the Navy and served in the nursing corp as an ensign during World War II. McIntosh spoke fondly of “caring for her boys” when they came home from the Pacific.

On March 27, 1945, she married Donald C. McDermond in Seattle, Wash. The couple had five children and published a set of children’s books that she wrote and her husband illustrated. They later divorced.

In October 1960, she married C.H. McIntosh and together, they had a daughter.

McIntosh loved to garden, enjoyed the company of her pets and was known for her “open door, the coffee’s always on” policy at her home in Crane.

McIntosh is survived by her sons, Terry McDermond and his wife, Colleen of Corvallis, Tim McDermond of Arcadia, Calif., and Don McDermond and wife, Lucetti of Crane; and daughters, Cherie McDermond of West Valley City, Utah, Tamra Stoddart of Winnemucca, Nev., and Ginny Dufurrena and husband, Hank of Denio, Nev.

She is also survived by 17 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; brother, Jack Jennings of Salem; and sisters, Ora Mae Lythe of Seattle and Ginny Williams of Salem.

McIntosh was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Evelyn Giles; husband, Mac; and son-in-law, Dmitri Asnes.

A celebration of life for McIntosh will be held this spring in Crane. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her name may be made to the Humboldt Volunteer Hospice, P.O. Box 843, Winnemucca, NV 89445.