Obituaries
Karen Michele Metzler
Nov 5, 2021
Lebanon- Karen Michele (Bolt) Metzler passed away on November 5, 2021 in Corvallis, Oregon at the age of 78. She was born on April 10, 1943, in Melrose Park, Illinois, to Rachael Patricia Brown and Frank Willard Bolt. Karen is survived by her children Star Dotson and Jason Spilker. She was preceded in death by her parents and eldest...
Gordon Alan Preston
Nov 4, 2021
Sweet Home- Gordon Preston, 61 years of age, passed on Thursday, November 3rd, 2021 at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice. Gordon was an Alaskan native born December 9, 1959 in St. Paul, Minnesota to the late William and Anna Preston. He was the 3rd oldest of 4 children, one preceded him in death. He married Debbie Preston in 1986 and 2...
Stella "Lily" Meyer
Nov 4, 2021
Stella “Lily” Meyer was born, as the 3rd of 6 children, in the stairwell of her grandparent’s home in Ephraim, Utah, to Lindsay Doyle Workman and Stella (Olsen) Workman. Lily was raised in Sunset, Utah and attended Clearfield High. After high school, Lily attended St. Benedict’s School of Nursing in Ogden, Utah, where she earned her Bachelor of Science...
Judith Ann Gardner
Oct 30, 2021
Judith Ann (Hosford) Gardner passed away on October 30 at the age of 79 after living graciously and bravely with cancer for years. She was born July 26, 1942, in Toledo, Oregon, to Verla (Everson) and Vernon Hosford (both deceased). When she was quite young, her family moved to Roseburg, Oregon. She graduated from Roseburg High School and went...
Steve Sorensen
Oct 30, 2021
Steve was born to Dorthea Jean (Mulkey) and Harold Sorensen. He grew up in small timber communities around western Oregon, but called Garibaldi and the Lacomb area home. He went to work for Harris-Tunison Auto as what he called the "squeak & rattle" guy. Steve served in Vietnam and returned home to buy 5 acres and raise a family...
Katrina Lee Marcks
Oct 25, 2021
Sweet Home- Katrina Lee Marcks was born on June 12, 1965, in Sweet Home, Oregon to Sylvester Anton and Violet (Foster) Tenbusch. Katrina was the baby out of 8 boys and 2 girls. She attended schools in Sweet Home and graduated with her GED. When she was 16 years old, she met Maynard Keith Marcks, Sr. and they married...
Violet Shirley Priddy
Oct 24, 2021
Violet was born on February 15, 1936, in Stayton, Oregon to Charles and Reva (Porter) Sims. She grew up in Stayton where she attended Stayton Grade School. She would later live in Aumsville, Turner and Salem. Throughout her life, Violet was mostly a homemaker but in the 60’s and 70’s she worked as a cook at Haven Acres which...
Inez Eileen Biery
Oct 20, 2021
Inez was born on March 12, 1942, in Garfield Township, Ida County, Iowa. She was the fourth daughter of six born to Thomas and Doris (Thomas) Iwen. Inez would grow up in the Midwest on the family farm and loved the companionship of her sisters very much. They would often have canning parties where laughter was echoed throughout the...
Mary Jean Miller
Oct 20, 2021
Jean was born in Amity, Oregon, she loved to travel, she loved the desert, especially Fort Rock and Quartsite, AZ. She was employed at the Whidbey Island Naval Base, as a laundress. She worked for the Waverly Baby Home in Portland. She moved to Breitenbush, and worked in the bath house. She was the very first Head Start driver...
Dorothy Alice Traeger
Oct 20, 2021
Dorothy Alice Traeger was born September 9, 1935, in Portland, Oregon, to Howard and Martha (Benson) Edwards. She grew up with a sister and a brother in the Silverton area, attending Central Howell Elementary and graduating from Silverton High School in 1953. Dorothy attended Emmanuel Nursing School in Portland and became a registered nurse. In 1957, Dorothy met James...
Barbara Jean Turrey
Oct 19, 2021
Aumsville- Barbara Jean Turrey was born on June 3, 1941, in Merced, California. She was raised in Merced and would go on to graduate from Merced High School. While attending school she would meet Frank Turrey and they began dating. They married on April 20, 1956 in Merced, California. She would serve the role of military wife until her...
Michael Raymond Gehring
Oct 16, 2021
Michael Raymond Gehring was born June 9, 1947, in Noblesville, Indiana, to Richard K and Rebecca E. (Carey) Gehring. He spent his early years in Indiana, but the family moved often before finally landing in Hillsboro, Oregon. Michael was the second oldest out of four siblings; Daniel Gehring, who preceded him in death, his sister, Linda, of Aumsville, OR,...
Joyce Ann Vinton
Oct 15, 2021
Joyce Ann Vinton passed away Friday, October 15, 2021. She was surrounded by her family. Joyce was born February 16, 1949, in Wichita, Kansas, to Frederick and Lottie Mae Leach. She was one of 17 children, growing up in Chelsea, Oklahoma. She met and married her life partner of 54 years, Timothy Alan Vinton Sr, in 1967. They moved...
Jason Lowell Walling Christman
Oct 13, 2021
Jason was born on June 3, 1975 at Santiam Memoria Hospital in Stayton, Oregon. He moved with his parents to Elgin, Oregon at a very young age and attended Elgin Grade School with his brother Rick and sister Jaimelynn. He was blessed to have two amazing dads, Donald Walling and Mark Christman. He attended Cascade High School and at...
Gregory Allen Enns
Oct 10, 2021
Silverton- Gregory Allen Enns was born February 25, 1953 in Eugene, Oregon to Alfred Enns and Phyllis Estelle Stanley Enns. The family would move to Albany, Oregon where Greg would go on to graduate from Albany High School with the class of 1971. After high school, Greg enlisted in the United States Army until he was honorably discharged in...
John Barton Reed Jr.
Oct 10, 2021
John Barton Reed Jr. was born on June 4, 1974 in Los Angeles, California to John Barton Reed and Sandra Louise Woodruff. As a child, he would be raised by his mother Sandra and her husband, Robert Boswell, who he went on to consider his dad. Besides California, John would spend time living in Washington, Utah, Albany, Oregon and...
Reina "Rayne" R Hamilton
Oct 8, 2021
Reina “Rayne” R. Hamilton was born February 24, 1942, in Alameda, California, to John Fausto and Lucia Vivian Donnelly (Flores) Robles. She grew up in California, living in San Leandro and Dublin. After high school she earned an associates degree in medical assisting. Rayne married John F. Hamilton on May 15, 1976, raising Rayne’s daughter together and welcoming a...
Frank Leland Woodrum
Oct 8, 2021
On Friday, October 8, 2021, Frank Leland Woodrum, loving husband, brother, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully in his sleep in Salem, Oregon at the age of 96.Frank was born on November 6, 1924, in Baldwin Park, California to Coy and Louise Woodrum. On February 14, 1948, he married his wife, Pauline Asher, at a gas station in...
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