Obituaries
Nancy E. Loftin
Sep 2, 2010
Nancy E. Loftin Apr. 4, 1930 – Sept. 2, 2010 Nancy E. Loftin, 80, of Warrenton, Oregon died Sept. 2nd at Warrenton. She was born at Yakima, WA. The daughter of George and Zella Coad Stimson. Nancy was raised in Yakima, WA and started working for Pacific NW Bell in 1961 in Astoria. She retired in 1990. She enjoyed...
Christine Marie Hatfield
Aug 30, 2010
Christine M. Hatfield Sept. 15, 1956  Aug. 30, 2010 Lyons, Oregon Christine Marie Hatfield was born on Sept. 15, 1956 in Fontana, California. The daughter of Lester and Gladys Stepp. Chrissy,as her friends knew her, was a champion horse rider and won baking contests in her youth. She grew up in California and graduated from Rim of the World...
Sharon Lucye Hand
Aug 19, 2010
Sharon L. Hand October 10, 1931 August 19, 2010 Born in Mills, Nebraska Sharon moved to Canby as a child and then to Portland where she graduated from Roosevelt High School. She built a successful career becoming a supervisor at Leupuld & Stevens, where she worked for 22 years.  She married Alfred Hand on April 16, 1982. Upon retirement...
Ret. Lt. Col. Alan L. Girod
Aug 19, 2010
Ret. Lt. Col. Alan L. Girod June 17, 1938 – August 19, 2010 Mill City, Oregon Alan L. Girod was born in Salem, OR to Lloyd D. and Elsie M. (Rose) Girod. The family lived in the Fruitland area and attended school there. After several moves the family eventually settled in Idanha in 1946 living in a tent house...
Catherine Anne Vandecoevering
Aug 17, 2010
Catherine Anne Vandecoevering December 12, 1911 August 17, 2010 Stayton, OR Catherine Anne was born in Kingston, Oregon to Joseph and Apolonia (Pietrok) Brand. She grew up in the area and then moved to Portland where she worked at a Pastry Shop. She joined the Army-Air Force in 1942 and was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in 1946. She...
Opal I. Spenner
Aug 6, 2010
Opal I. Spenner Jan. 19, 1916 – Aug. 6, 2010 Opal was born in Bristow, Oklahoma to William T. and Louella Belle Morgan. She was the youngest of 17 children. Opal worked at the Stayton Cannery, Paris Woolen Mill and Santiam Memorial Hospital for 19 yrs. She enjoyed flowers and gardening and cooking. Opal was preceded in death by...
Loren L. Strohmeyer
Aug 6, 2010
LOREN L. STROHMEYER Jan. 4, 1921 – Aug. 6, 2010 Stayton, Oregon Loren was born at Flagler, Colorado on the 4th of Jan. 1921. He passed away on Friday Aug. 6th at Salem. He was 89. The son of Dana and Lois Strohmeyer. Loren grew up in Colorado, then serving in the US Army during WWII as a Rifleman,...
Doris Ellen Hand
Aug 5, 2010
Doris Ellen Hand October 1, 1929 – August 5, 2010 Doris Ellen Hand passed away peacefully August 5th with her family at her side after suffering several years with Alzheimers. The oldest of 13 children, Doris was born October 1, 1929, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, to Ernie and Ellen (Bowcutt)Hicks. She spent her younger years living in Utah,...
Shirley A. Welding
Aug 1, 2010
Shirley Anne Welding-Randall September 3, 1940 – August 1, 2010 Salem, Oregon Shirley Randall was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. The daughter of Harry and Lenore Waggoner. Following her graduation from Grant high school she wed her high school sweetheart in 1959. Their union produced two children, Kim and Ronald. Her active life included a range of jobs...
Erwin C. Jeffers
Aug 1, 2010
Erwin C. Jeffers March 26, 1937 – August 1, 2010 Erwin Jeffers (Jeff) passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Sunday. He was 73. Erwin was born in Caldwell, Idaho. He married Sharon Rolland in Weiser, Idaho on March 20, 1961. Sharon preceded him in death in May of 2000.   Erwin drove truck for the same company for...
Marlene Louise Budlong
Jul 26, 2010
Marlene Louise Budlong July 31, 1933 – July 26, 2010 Mill City, OR Marlene Louise Budlong, a long-time resident of Mill City, passed away and went on to be with her Lord on Monday the 26th of July. She died of traumatic brain injury at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland after a fall. Born in 1933 in...
Barbara Carol Church
Jul 24, 2010
Barbara Carol Church May 28, 1957 July 24, 2010 Sublimity, Oregon With her family by her side, Barbara Carol Church passed away on July 24, 2010 after a two-year battle with cancer. Born on May 28, 1957, to Joseph and Cordelia Weber, she grew up one of eight children in Villa Park, Illinois. Upon graduation from Willowbrook High School...
Bertha E. Reis
Jul 23, 2010
Bertha E. Reis August 9, 1914 – July 23, 2010 Sublimity Stayton, Oregon Bertha E. Reis, went peacefully home to be with her Lord, Friday, July 23, 2010. Bertha was born in Tripp, S. Dakota, August 9, 1914 to William and Emilie Kindopp. Bertha married William (Bill) Reis on October 9, 1935 in Kimball, S. Dakota. They lived in...
Doris M. Travis (Potter)
Jul 23, 2010
Doris M. Travis (Potter) Aug. 25, 1944 – July 23, 2010 Salem, Oregon Doris M. Travis, 65, passed away on Friday the 23rd at her home in Salem. Born at Downey, CA, the daughter of Fred and Pearl Stilwell. Graduate of Lynwood high school in Lynwood, CA. She was married to Edwin Potter in May of 1966, he preceded...
Doris M. Travis
Jul 23, 2010
Doris M. Travis (Potter) Aug. 25, 1944 – July 23, 2010 Salem, Oregon Doris M. Travis, 65, passed away on Friday the 23rd at her home in Salem. She was born in Downey, CA, the daughter of Fred and Pearl Stilwell. She graduated from Lynwood high school in Lynwood, California. Married to Edwin Potter in May of 1966. Edwin...
Aaron James Jim Abram
Jul 23, 2010
Aaron James Jim Abram October 25, 1941 July 23, 2010 Jim was born October 25, 1941 to Oliver and Wilma Abram in San Fernando, California. Raised in Lancaster, California. He served in the U.S. Army. Jim moved to Oregon in 1963 where he worked as a Finish Carpenter from 1966 1992, the last ten years being self-employed. Jim was...
Lorena M. Baker
Jul 17, 2010
Lorena M. Baker December 16, 1933 July 17, 2010 Salem, OR Lorena was born in Cluny, Alberta, Canada. She was the sixth oldest of fourteen children to George and Kathryn Fox ( 4 girls and 10 boys) in addition to 2 older half brothers and3 older half sisters. Lorena lived in Alberta, Canada until she was 20 years old...
Cynthia J. Dunning
Jul 17, 2010
Cynthia J. Dunning Sept. 3, 1923 – July 17, 2010 Lyons, Oregon Cynthia J. Dunning, of Lyons, 86, passed away on July 17th. Born at Middletown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of George and Ethel Achenbach. She moved to California and was married to George William Dunning in 1967. They moved to Salem in 1990 and to Lyons in 2009. She...
Frank Xavier Staponski
Jul 15, 2010
FRANK XAVIER STAPONSKI June 7, 1913 ~ July 15, 2010 Frank Staponski formally of Independence, MO passed away on July 15 in Sublimity, OR. He was a man of strong convictions, subtle humor, mechanical skills, and common sense. Frank was born on the family farm two miles south of Pierce City, MO in the Pulaskifield area to Frank Staponski...
Harold (Hal) Emil Grimstad
Jul 13, 2010
Harold (Hal) Emil Grimstad July 8, 1922 ~ July 13, 2010 Of Norwegian stock, Harold (Hal) Emil Grimstad was born July 8, 1922 in North Bend, Oregon to Edvard and Hansine Grimstad. In 1938 Hal graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle and went to work for the Seattle Telephone Company. Shortly thereafter he joined the U.S. Navy. As...
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