Obituaries

May 21, 1930 – July 25, 2014 Patty was born to Evelyn and Floyd Brown in Belt Montana. She attended Montana State University where she met her future husband, Gale P. Goyins. The two were married on May 13, 1953 and enjoyed 61 years of marriage. Mom loved us and will be most remembered for her legacy of countless...

PEGGY   WEST February 17, 1918 – May 20, 2012 Sublimity, Oregon  Peggy West  was born in Kilkcaldy, Scotland on the 17th of February, 1918.  She passed away on May 20th at the age of 94.  The daughter of Herbert and M.S. West.  Her mother died in childbirth and her father died in World War I.  She was raised in...

Raymond G. Dorothy passed away on May 20th in Sublimity, OR. He was born in Sumatra, Montana on Nov. 13, 1923. He enlisted in the US Army during WWII and served as a Sergeant. After the military he logged in Alaska. He then moved to Mill City in 1948 and was married to Marion Schwartz on June 23, 1951...

September 12, 1931 January 16, 2013 Aumsville, Oregon Resident Rena was born in Decatur, Arkansas to Corb and Clysta Lance. She was married to Louie Edward Tate for 30 years until his death on July 8, 1982. They had 9 children. Rena is survived by her children ; Edward, Roger, Janie, Joanie, Teresa, Linda, Lisa, Pam, and Virginia, siblings;...

April  29, 1990 – July 30, 2012 Turner, Oregon  Jack Andrew Blair was born in Salem, Oregon on April 29, 1990.  He passed away on Monday, July 30th.  He was 22.  Jack grew up in Stayton and joined the US Army at age 17.  He was stationed at Fort Bragg and served in Afghanistan,. His military achievements include the...

Tammy Lynn Green was born on May 16, 1975 in Welland, Canada. As a toddler, her family moved back to the states and she lived in California. Tammy graduated from Glendora High School in Glendora, California. Seven years ago she moved from California to Jefferson, Oregon where she could be close to her family. Tammy loved to go karaoke...

Longtime Aumsville, Oregon Resident Funeral Service will be Thursday, January 14th at 1:00 pm at Weddle Funeral Chapel, Stayton, OR for Jeanette Henderson who passed away on Sunday, Jan. 10th at Salem.  She was 63, the daughter of Ted and Myriam Green.  Jeanette grew up in California.  She moved to Aumsville in 1974 and was married to Don Henderson...

LUCILLE  A.  CHAMP Sept. 18, 1922 – March 16, 2012 Lucille Anna Champ, 89, was born in Inola, Oklahoma.  She was one of 6 daughters born to William and Minnie Ingram.  Lucille moved to Silverton, Oregon at the age of 15 and attended the Silverton High School.  She was married to Dale Hunt, he preceded her in death.  She...

Mable Adeline Thomas Overholts July 25, 1915—May 16, 2016 Sublimity, Oregon Mable Adeline Thomas Overholts was born July 25, 1915 to Edward and Clara Louise Thomas in Klondike Oregon, a few miles East of Wasco,Oregon. She worked on her fathers wheat farm when growing up and graduated from Wasco High in 1932. She also worked as housekeeper to save...

Kenneth Arlyn Loretz, son of Kenneth Preston Loretz and Hilda (Larson) Loretz, left us on Sunday July 27, 2014 to go fly fishing on a coastal stream teeming with steelhead and native cutthroat trout. His passing was peaceful with his three children caring for and supporting him. Ken, aka Kenny, aka Curly was born in Salem on May 13,...

September 30, 1933 January 24, 2013 Aumsville, Oregon Resident Marjorie Irene was born in Dayton, Oregon  to James and Ethol Rolow.   She attended Aumsville High School and then married Jerry Emmons Klein. on March 6, 1949.  She worked as a Certified Nurses Aid at the TB Hospital in Salem for several years and went on to work in the...

Marsha R. KaDell December 31, 1936 – April 29, 2011 Stayton, Oregon  Marsha Rochelle KaDell passed on to heaven from complication of pneumonia at the Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon with her husband by her side.  She was born in Compton, California to William and Olivine Drager.  She was the oldest of four siblings.  Marsha is survived by her...

Jonathan Michael Wood

Dec. 6, 1922   †  March 8, 2013 A.   Maria Konnersman, 90, of Sublimity passed away on Friday the 8th in Sublimity.  The daughter of Anton and Anna Ziegler.  Maria was born and lived in Yugoslavia before moving to Portland in the early 1950’s.   She became a US citizen and had worked for the IRS and was also a Homemaker. ...

February 11, 1927 – June 3, 2012 Alma Keeton passed away into the arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ, surrounded by her family on June 3rd. Alma was born in Wilder, Kansas, one of 13 children born to Harry and Stella Smith. She spent her childhood in Bonner Springs, Kansas. In 1948 she married Joy Lee Keeton .   In...

May 18, 1977 May 13, 2014 Celebration of Life will be held on Sun. May 18th at 4:00 pm at the Shevlin Park Aspen Meadows, Bend, OR. Arrangements entrusted to Weddle Funeral Services Stayton, OR.

February 25. 1948 – March 21, 2012 Shaw, Oregon Beverly died peacefully at her home in Shaw.  Beverly grew up in Creswell.  She worked on her family’s farm and attended Creswell High School.  She married, and had four children, settling in Shaw in 1972. During her next forty years, she focused on being a loving mother, raising her children. ...

June 1, 1916 – March 27, 2012 Sigrun was born in North Bend, Oregon to Edvard and Hansine Grimstad.  She attended Normal School at Western Oregon State where she received her teaching certificate.  She later obtained a Bachelors Degree.  She taught school in Mill City for over 40 years.  She was a member of the Garden Club and Canyon...

Dorothy Jean Berkshire August 28, 1935 September 5, 2008 Scio, Oregon Dorothy Jean Berkshire (aka Dot), age 73, of Scio, Oregon was pronounced dead on Friday September 5, 2008, 5:20 a.m. at Santiam Memorial in Stayton, Oregon. The cause of death was a heart attack due to a history of coronary heart disease. Born August 28, 1935 in Crescent...

December 5, 1923 July 26, 2014 Evelyn Chris Christine Darst, daughter of Thomas and Susie Jane Metcalf, passed away peacefully at the age of 90, on Saturday, July 26th, 2014 surrounded by her family at Farmington Square Senior Care Community. She is survived by her sister Joyce Johnson, two sons David and Donald Darst and her four daughters Rose...