Obituaries

Edwin Holt Stuart

Edwin Holt Stuart

Sep 26, 2018

Edwin Holt Stuart, 75, passed away peacefully on September 26, 2018 at the Edward F. Tokarski Home in Salem, OR with his loving companion, Linda Horton, by his side. Ed was born on August 10, 1943 in Oneida, NY, the fourth child and first son of Edwin A. Stuart, Jr. and Josephine Holt Stuart. He grew up in West...

Margaret Ruth Blair Parrott

Margaret Ruth Blair Parrott

Sep 25, 2018

STAYTON - Margaret Ruth Blair Parrott was born on February 25, 1919 in Kearney County, Nebraska. She was the sixth child and fifth girl born to Vern and Myrtle Blair. She grew up on a farm knowing hard work including milking cows by hand, carrying water from the well, and riding on a horse several miles to school, sometimes...

Ernest Johnson

Ernest Johnson

Sep 25, 2018

Ernest Joseph Rupert Johnson was born on May 23, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to John and Dora (Nalesna) Johnson. Ernie met his wife Louise in high school and they became high school sweethearts. They married in 1962 in Minneapolis and later moved to California followed by Washington and finally Oregon. They settled in North Bend which always felt like...

Justine Alta Smith

Justine Alta Smith

Sep 21, 2018

Justine Alta was born on October 17, 1921 in Pittsford, Massachusetts to Murray and Mildred Raymond. Justine married Johnny Shelnutt in 1943 and they had three children, Robert, Carol and Scotty. The family moved to California in 1940. Johnny joined the military and while serving in the Korean War, Johnny passed away in 1950. Sixteen years later, Justine’s son...

Mildred Shaw Higbee

Mildred Shaw Higbee

Sep 21, 2018

From singing “This World is not my Home” at noon to being in heaven by evening, Mildred Shaw Higbee died peacefully on September 21, 2018 in Newberg, Oregon at age 94. Born in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma on December 7, 1923, she grew up there with three sisters and had five older half brothers and sisters. When Mildred was seventeen...

John Schroeder

John Schroeder

Sep 21, 2018

John John Schroeder was born on July 23rd, 1926 in Muscatine, Iowa to Jack Schroeder and Irene Hickey. He lived his childhood in Iowa until he graduated from high school and joined the service. At the age of 17 and while the world was involved in the second World War, John enlisted in the Army Air Forces on October...

Mary Helen Smith

Mary Helen Smith

Sep 20, 2018

Mary Helen was born on February 10, 1944 to Bantz and Irene Cogar in Bergoo, West Virginia. When she was in high school her family decided to head west and settled in Mill City, Oregon. It was by chance that Mary met the love of her life and high school sweetheart, Thomas Smith. They married on the same day...

Brenton Melvin Dodge

Brenton Melvin Dodge

Sep 18, 2018

Brenton Melvin Dodge was born in Oroville, California on May 13th, 1928 to Melvin Oliver Dodge and Clarasa Ellen Salsbury. He was often referred to as the “Ultimate Gift” as he was born on Mother’s Day. Brenton was the oldest of four with a brother Myron and sisters Nevada and Lily Anna to follow. At a young age, a...

Eric Ellis

Eric Ellis

Sep 17, 2018

Eric Leonard Ellis (Age 57) On September 18, 2018, Eric Leonard Ellis, of Detroit, Oregon, passed away unexpectedly as a result of a car accident. He was born October 20, 1960, in Fairfax, Virginia, the son of Joni Denn and the late Robert Ellis. In addition to his mother, he is survived by Mark Ellis and son Andrew, Scott...

Trapper David  Kelley

Trapper David Kelley

Sep 17, 2018

Trapper David Kelley passed away on September 17, 2018, at his home in Mill City. He was born September 25, 1970, in Scottsdale, Arizona, to William and Mary Alice Kelley. Trapper is survived by his daughter Briana, sisters Beth and Sara, Brother Christian, father William, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother. Trapper...

John David Reed

John David Reed

Sep 16, 2018

John David Reed (JD) was born on March 25, 1940 under the Poteau Bridge near Ft. Smith Arkansas to Paul and Addie Reed. The family moved to California and later to Scio, Oregon. In 1973 JD went to Casper Wyoming to work in the oil fields. In 1983 he moved back to Scio, Oregon and opened up Reed's Painting....

William John Britton Hersey Jr.

William John Britton Hersey Jr.

Sep 11, 2018

William John Britton Hersey Jr. was born January 22, 1958 in Owensboro, Kentucky. His parents were the late William Hersey Sr. of Martinsville, Indiana and the late Christine (Staples) Hersey of Indianapolis, Indiana. William preferred to be called Bill. Bill attended Decatur High School in Indianapolis and received his GED. In 1975 while the country was involved in the...

Travis Leo  Carpenter

Travis Leo Carpenter

Aug 30, 2018

Travis Leo Carpenter was born on March 25th, 1982, in Salem OR, to Kurt and Carol Carpenter. Travis lived most of his life in the Willamette Valley, and graduated from Stayton High School in 2000. After graduating from high school Travis decided to join his father in the plumbing business and attended the four-year Plumbing Apprenticeship program at Chemeketa...

Pauline  Fern King

Pauline Fern King

Aug 29, 2018

Pauline King peacefully passed into the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, August 29 at 10:00 AM. Pauline King (Lind) was born in Albany, OR to Lloyd and Mary Lind (Zehr) in 1930. She grew up in the Albany & Salem area. She was a member of the first graduating class of Western Mennonite High School in 1950. On March...

Marlene June Kuenzi

Marlene June Kuenzi

Aug 28, 2018

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Margaret I. Cuff

Margaret I. Cuff

Aug 22, 2018

Margaret Cuff was born on July 29, 1939 in Denver Colorado. At the age of 1 her family moved to the Salem-Keizer area. Marge would say that she was a bit of a tomboy and daredevil growing up. She married Earl Cuff in 1958 and found her passion as a wife and mother. Together they enjoyed going to the...

Steven David Linick

Steven David Linick

Aug 21, 2018

Steven David Linick who was born on August 2nd, 1962 in Santa Monica, California to Herman Joseph Linick and Lorraine Ruth Shaw. He would go on to graduate from El Camino High School in 1979. In high school he would meet his future wife Kelly Ann Burke. The two were later married on September 13th, 1986 at St. Bernardine's...

Richard Ithiel Laing

Richard Ithiel Laing

Aug 21, 2018

Richard Ithiel Laing born Feb. 29th, 1940 in Los Angeles California passed away on August 21st 2018 in Eugene, Oregon. Richard was a homeless Navy Veteran who has now found peace and Gone Home. The public is welcome to sign Mr. Laing's guestbook from September 3rd to September 5th in the Lobby of Weddle Funeral Service, anytime 9 AM...

Jeanette Marie Tipsword

Jeanette Marie Tipsword

Aug 14, 2018

Jeanette was born in Corvallis, Oregon on February 16, 1937, to Everett and Barbara (Uhlman) Tipsword. She grew up with four brothers in Alsea and graduated from Alsea High School. Jeanette married her high school sweetheart and they had a son and a daughter. In the early 1980’s she moved to Corvallis where she would live until shortly before...

Nicholas Cameron

Nicholas Cameron

Aug 13, 2018

Nicholas Jay Cameron who was born on October 19th, 1949 in Marysville, California to Lloyd Dean Cameron and Lucille Kontos passed away on August 13th, 2018 in Stayton, Oregon surrounded by family. Nicholas is a Marine Corps veteran who served during Vietnam and was honorably discharged. "Semper Fi" Full Obituary soon to follow