Obituaries

December 2, 1926 – August 23, 2013 Marian went to be with the Lord peacefully on August 23, 2013. Marian was born in Fallon, Nevada to James and Edna Smith. She was the middle child of five children – Rhoda Long of Roseburg, Robert (deceased) and Shirley Smith of Turner, Emma Smith (deceased) and Iola Smith (deceased). There are...

February 13, 1917 September 28, 2008 Gates, Oregon Private Family Services will be held. Arrangements entrusted to Weddle Funeral Services Stayton, Oregon.

June 16, 1937 July 3, 2014 Turner, Oregon Jeffrey was born to Fred R. Long, Jr. and Elizabeth Hultberg Long, in Montclair, NJ., and grew up in Glen Ridge, N.J., the oldest of three children. He was an accomplished sprinter at Glen Ridge High School and went on to attend Rutgers University. He served in the United States Marine...

ANGELO   BONAL Aug. 28, 1926 – Feb. 3, 2011 Angelo Bonal was born in Oakland, California on the 28th day of August, 1926.  He lived in California where he had served in the Merchant Marines and had worked as a butcher before retiring. He moved to Sublimity in 1990 and to Stayton 6 years ago.  He enjoyed watching baseball...

July 26, 1930 – April 28, 2011 Bobby June Hall was born in Gladstone, New Mexico to George and Vera Hall and grew up in Grenville.  She married Bobby Joe Thurman and they traveled the world during his Military career.   She worked as an accountant.   Divorced in 1964,  she raised her family in Midwest City, Oklahoma.  She remarried Bobby...

January 1, 1940 – April 30, 2011 Clark was born in Mill City, Oregon to Rey & Bessie Stevenson.  He began working in the Timber Industry as a logger and eventually owned and operated C.A. Stevenson Logging.  He taught his kids how to work hard and several of the boys eventually worked with him in the business.  Building Stock...

May 25, 1941 March 14, 2013 Sublimity, Oregon  Born in Salem, OR to Ignatius and Georgia Etzel, Sandra grew up in Shaw. Her early years were spent as a country girl on the family farm. She married and became a mother and homemaker. Moving to California in the mid 60s she continued to raise her family with Gunner Bud...

Robert (Bob) Dale Wright was born May 30, 1937 in French Camp, near Stockton, California. He grew up in the Lebanon and Sodaville area in Oregon. Bob worked as a logger, truck driver and heavy equipment operator and was a hard worker in whatever he did. In his younger years, he enjoyed riding motorcycles and hunting and fishing. He...

Robert Saechao Sperling  November 2, 1977 November 20, 2016 Albany, Oregon Robert Saechao Sperling was born Chieu Song Saechao on November 2, 1977 in a remote village in Laos. His father was Yao Song and his mother Ceng Xin Saechao; he joined his brothers Kao Song Chao and Pha Song Saechao and sisters Muong and Koy Song. This “pre-Sperling”...

Name: F. Pearl Hatfield City of Residence: Turner, Oregon Date of Birth and Place: September 15, 1924, Walnut Creek, California Date of Death and Place: September 1, 2008 , Salem, Oregon Biographical Information: Born in Walnut Creek, California Pearl moved to Turner as a child in 1927. She married Henry J.

Elinor Fay Cates June 1, 1931 – April 29, 2011 Sublimity, Oregon Elinor Fay Cates was born on June 1, 1931 to William and Bernese Wakeley in Aplington, Iowa.  She attended the Norfolk, Nebraska public schools and went on to the University of Nebraska where she obtained an Associate degree.  She married Wayne Cates in 1951 and they had...

September 15, 1929 July 20, 2014 Stayton,  Oregon L. Darlene Kilmer was born in Windham, Ohio on the 15th of Sept. 1929. She passed away on Sunday, July 20th at her home in Stayton, surrounded by her family. She was a registered nurse for 41 years but caring for people was a lifetime career. Darlene moved to Oregon in...

MARY  ANN  WILLIAMS Feb. 15, 1923   †   Oct. 3, 2013 Mary “Ann” Williams passed away on Thursday, Oct. 3rd at her home in Arizona.  Ann was the daughter of John and Margaret Underwood.  She was born on Feb. 15, 1923 in Los Angeles, California.  She attended Business college and worked as a Typist-Stenographer for the Automobile Club of Southern,...

Oct. 3, 1939 Oct. 18, 2009 Turner, Oregon Mary M. Petersen, 70, of Turner passed away Sunday at her home after a long battle with ALS. Mary was born to James and Nellie Rushing in Bennington, Okla. She was the eldest of 10 children. She grew up in Bakersfield, Calif., and graduated from Arvin High School. She obtained her...

Aug. 5, 1943 – Aug. 3, 2012 Lyons, Oregon Barry Z. Kraszewski, age 68, of Lyons, passed away on August 3rd. .  Barry was born in Nottingham, England  on August 5, 1943. The son of Stanislaw and Marjorie Kraszewski.  He came to the United States with his family at the age of 6.  He grew up in Illinois and...

May 22, 1928 March 24, 2013 Sublimity, Oregon Beverly M. Ritchie, 84, passed away on Sunday the 24th.  She was the daughter of Eli and Ellen Green. More information will follow soon. Private interment will be held in Ogden, Utah.

Billie Stanton was born in Spokane, Washington on the 5th day of May, 1918.  She passed away on Saturday, March 31st in Sublimity.  She was 93 years of age and the daughter of Charles and Juanita Clark.  Billie was married to Bob Stanton in 1940.  She lived most of her life in Spokane.  She received her bachelor’s degree in...

BETTY JANET (TONN) COMSTOCK With sadness we announce the passing of Betty, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother great-grandmother and aunt. Friday morning, April 1, 2016 Betty fell asleep peacefully, with her family surrounding her. Betty went into the Salem Hospital on Monday, March 28, 2016 with pneumonia, she was 82 years old. Betty was born August 11, 1933 in...

Beuford Amburgey Stayton, Oregon March 26, 1936 ~ February 23, 2010 Private Family Service will be held Arrangements entrusted to Weddle Funeral Services Stayton, Oregon.

Carl Brown(1927 2012) Carl W. Brown May 31, 1927 June 16, 2012 Sublimity, Oregon Carl Ward Brown, 85, of Sublimity, died Saturday, June 16. Carl was born to Owen and Ethel Brown in La Veta Colorado, May 31, 1927. He graduated from La Veta High School in 1945, served in the US Navy during and after World War II,...