Obituaries
Charles Gene Heiser
Aug 8, 2020
Charles Gene Heiser was born February 11, 1940, in Boise, Idaho, to Ralph Loyd and Mable (Woods) Heiser. He was raised with five brothers and one sister. After high school, Charles joined the US Navy and served his country for two years. When he was honorably discharged, he returned home and went to work in the manufactured home industry,...
Ralph Passarelle
Aug 7, 2020
Woodburn- Ralph Passarelle was born on October 12, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York to Concetta Franchese and Giovani Passarella. He attended school through his junior year of high school and then left so he could get a job to help support his family. In 1942, Ralph joined the Coast Guard where he served 3 years and 6 months as...
Charles "Chuck" John Medford
Aug 6, 2020
Charles “Chuck” John Medford was born March 23, 1952, in Monroe, Michigan, to R. Foster and Eda (GoldBerg) Medford. Chuck spent nine of his childhood years in Africa with his two sisters and their missionary parents. He came back to the United States and graduated from South Lancaster Academy in Massachusetts. Just one day before the Vietnam draft would...
Kunsuk Finnell
Aug 6, 2020
KunSuk Finnell was born January 15, 1956, in Seoul, Korea, to Sun Dong and Yon Ye (Kim) Yang. She grew up in Korea and came to the United States in the mid-1970s where she started a family, welcoming son David followed by twins Ali and Art. KunSuk was an incredibly hard worker and well known for her work ethic....
Robert "Bob" Sparks Keen
Aug 5, 2020
Robert Sparks Keen, age 59, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 in Salem, Oregon. He resided in Jefferson, Oregon for the last 13 years. He was born April 29, 1961 in Las Cruces, New Mexico and lived there until age 11 when the family moved to Independence, Oregon. He worked summers on local farms during his high school years...
Denis Elizabeth Shaeffer
Aug 5, 2020
Stayton- In Loving Memory of Denise Elizabeth Shaeffer. Full Obituary and Service Information Pending
Elmer George Langdahl
Aug 5, 2020
Lebanon- Surrounded by his loving family, Elmer George Langdahl peacefully passed away on August 5, 2020 at the age of 92. Born on a rural farm in Page, North Dakota on April 22, 1928 to Sigurd and Elene (Satrom), Elmer grew up helping his brothers and sister work the family farm. He married Gwendolyn Wright on April 22, 1950...
Edwin Leroy Tierce
Aug 3, 2020
Turner- In Loving Memory of Edwin LeRoy Tierce. Full Obituary Soon to Follow
Marguerite Louise Gahr
Aug 3, 2020
Marguerite (Maggie) Louise Gahr died August 3rd. Maggie was born in a logging camp houseboat on Lake Coeur d’Alene in 1923. At Roosevelt High she was editor of her yearbook and May Queen. She met her husband Edward (Ned) Potter at Oregon State. Her passions were politics and her garden leading her naturally to becoming a Master Gardener. She...
John Lars Bergquist
Jul 26, 2020
John Lars Bergquist was born October 4, 1969, in Baker, Oregon, to Ronald Bailey Bergquist and Amy Sue (Sherman) Bergquist. John's siblings are Mark (and Sherie) Bergquist, Laurie (and Kevin) Adams, Bart (and Linda) Bergquist, Sabrina (and Eric) Walters, and Rebecca Bergquist. After graduating from Sunset High School in Beaverton in 1987, John attended Oregon State University, earning two...
O. Lorraine Strauss
Jul 25, 2020
O. Lorraine (House) Strauss, 88, passed away suddenly on June 25, 2020, at 8:29 a.m. She was born in San Francisco, Calif., to Ethel Elizabeth McCulloch, of Joliet, Ill., and Charles Augustus House, of Eastland, Tex. She graduated from San Francisco State University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in education. After college, she taught grade school in...
Timothy William Houck
Jul 25, 2020
Timothy William Houck was born January 18, 1968, in Salem, Oregon, to John and Laura Houck. He was raised in the Idanha/Detroit area by John and Kay Houck. He had five brothers and one sister. Tim loved to ride motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles and participated in all sports offered by his school. He was known as the class clown...
Joseph Lee Strickland
Jul 23, 2020
Joseph Lee Strickland, age 74, passed away in Albany, OR on July 23, 2020. Joseph was born on September 23, 1945 in Hernando County, FL to Joseph and Verabella (Juday) Strickland. Joseph served in the United States Army and the United States Air Force. In 1968, he married Shirley Strickland and they had a son, Todd. Joseph lived on...
Alena Doris Thomas
Jul 23, 2020
Stayton- Alena Doris Thomas was born on February 6, 1928 in Sublimity, Oregon to Frank and Rebecca (Brewer) Lahr. As a child the family would move around but she would eventually graduate from High School in Seaside, Oregon. Family was everything to Alena and she would always go out of her way to spend time with them. She would...
William "Bill" Joseph Shoemake
Jul 23, 2020
William “Bill” Joseph Shoemake, age 63, passed away on July 23, 2020 in Albany. Bill was born on July 17, 1957 in Perry County, Mississippi to Robert Lawrence Shoemake Jr. and Mary Patricia Benoit Shoemake. Bill was known as 'Billy' growing up in his hometown of Runnelstown by his classmates and family. He was one of seven children raised...
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