Obituaries

Sep 17, 2022

Patsy Nell (Collins) Jones was born on June 15, 1950, in Auburn, California to Thomas and Bessie (Gilmore) Collins. She fondly referred to everyone, including complete strangers, “Honey” and “Babe”. She absolutely loved spending time with her family. Her favorite show was Judge Judy and she enjoyed the variety in collecting rocks.

Patsy passed away...

Sep 17, 2022

Sep 12, 2022

Larry Thomas Brown was born on October 22, 1949, in Moline, Illinois to Gorman and Juliette (Rebuffoni) Brown. He was a military brat that would move around with his family, until later in life when he would settle in California from 1963-2003. He would attend El Cajon Valley High School and later receive his GED in 1966. For most...

Sep 9, 2022

Wanda Lucille Dryden passed away on September 9, 2022, in Salem, Oregon after a brave fight with cancer. She was born on July 23, 1942, in Lodi California to John and Lucille (Pollock) Bishop. She was raised with her five siblings, Barry, Karen, Johnny, Brenda, and Troy. Wanda graduated from high school and later attended some college.

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Sep 9, 2022

Nancy Kay Allen was born on February 14, 1948, in Lebanon, Oregon to Elmer Oscar and Marion Dolores (Zilenski) Hill. She grew up in Lebanon and would go on to graduate from Lebanon Union High School. She would then attend Linn-Benton Community College in the field of clerical work and business.

She met David Allen...

Sep 7, 2022

Pearl Ruby Eoas was born on February 24th, 1941, in Williston, North Dakota to parents Dawson James Snyder and Gertrude Magdalene. She was raised alongside her brother, Frank Snyder, her sister Iona Davidson, sister Matilda Keplin, sister Betty Timmerck, brother Jim Snyder, sister Ida Rathbun, sister Isabel Peacher, and sister Carol Ripplinger. She would go on to meet her...

Sep 5, 2022

Mill City- Al Ward, Jr. was born in Stayton, Oregon and was a Santiam Canyon resident his entire life. He would meet the love of his life, Glenna Ward while at a dance and they would marry on December 7, 1962, in Reno, Nevada. Together, they would manage Al Ward Logging for close to 50 years. Al was known...

Sep 2, 2022

Anna May Feitelson was born on January 7, 1928 in Scio, Oregon to John and Elva (Kent) Sneed. She would go on to graduate from Drain High School. During her life time, she would live in the Salem area, Eugene, Turner and then Stayton.

She would meet Melvin Feitelson while square dancing. This meeting would...

Sep 2, 2022

Lawrence Eugene Thomas was born on June 15, 1958, in Stayton, Oregon to Ivan Eugene and Mary Jo (Hendricks) Thomas. During his lifetime he would serve in the Army National Guard and reside in both Oregon and Kansas. Lawrence worked as forklift driver and in his spare time he enjoyed fishing and flying drones.

On...

Sep 1, 2022

Delores (Dunham) Burleson was born on April 27, 1936, in Leon, lowa to Ralph and Dorcas (Zimmerman) Dunham. She grew up with 5 sisters and one brother. Her family moved to Oregon in the Spring of 1947 and made their home in the Jefferson area.

While in high school, Delores would meet the...

Aug 30, 2022

Aug 29, 2022

A rosary will be held on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 9:30 AM with a funeral mass following at 10:00 AM at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Salem, Oregon. Burial will take place at 12:00 PM at Lone Oak Cemetery in Stayton, Oregon.

Aug 28, 2022

Troy Allen Hookland, 57, passed away suddenly on August 28, 2022 in his home near Scio, OR.

Troy was born on May 6, 1965 to Richard and Carol (Bickford) Hookland in Eugene, OR. He would grow up in Creswell, OR with his two sisters, Sherry and Kimberly.

Troy’s two prior marriages...

Aug 26, 2022

Rudeen (Dee Dee) McIntire died on 26 August 2022. She was born on 10 January 1936 in Nebraska, graduating from West Linn Senior High School in 1953. She was wed to Joseph McIntire for seventeen years. She relocated to Oregon, where she was raised. Her children are Jodie Cole, Sandra Gregory, Renee Ochoa, & Fred McIntire, She has...

Aug 21, 2022

Robert (Bob) Booth Martin II, 80, of Albany, OR passed away at home, surrounded by his family on August 21, 2022, after a lengthy health battle fighting well over a dozen years for each breath. Bob was born on December 3rd, 1941, to the late Robert Booth Martin and Francesca (LoCoco) Martin in Honolulu, HI at...

Aug 21, 2022

Robert has finished his journey here, and embarks on his next one, wherever it may take him.

Aug 20, 2022

Arminta Louise “Minty” Schmid at the age of 70 passed the morning of August 20 th as a result of an automobile accident.

Minty Schmid was born on August 28, 1951 to parents Frank “Ernie” Moran and Dorothy (Adamson) Moran in Lakeview, Oregon. She grew up alongside her sister Karen and her parents in Silverlake,...

Aug 17, 2022

Well friends…Ken Chace has checked out. He was a good and opinionated friend.

Ken was happiest with a firearm or chainsaw in his hands. He disliked when dogs barked yet barked louder, maintained a perfect yard, loved to bake, learned to tolerate children, failed to convince congress to reinstate...

Aug 16, 2022

Duane Cole was a born again Christian who has walked with the Lord, his Saviour, since childhood. He was a member of Northgate Wesleyan Church, Salem, Oregon. He was proud to have served in the City of Salem Fire Department until his retirement. He founded and worked in D & M Cabinet Shop. He was known as a...

Aug 15, 2022

Travis Levi Lepper passed away in his sleep on August 15, 2022 at his home in Eugene, Oregon. He was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, on April 9, 1987, and grew up in Midland, Michigan, where he graduated from H.H. Dow High School.

Travis spent his entire adulthood in Colorado and Oregon where he took...