Obituaries

Eva Lorraine Cole

Eva Lorraine Cole

Feb 12, 2020

Eva was born on November 30, 1936 in Empire, Oregon to Gerald and Bessie (Green) Zinn. She grew up in the Empire/Coos Bay area and attended North Bend High School. She met Jim Cole who was her neighbor, and a friendship was made. They would eventually marry in 1965 in Carson City, Nevada. They moved to Bend, Oregon in...

Christi Lee Bynum

Christi Lee Bynum

Feb 11, 2020

Christi was born on June 9, 1957 in Tacoma, Washington to Otis and Clarice (Relf) Bynum. She grew up in Stayton, Oregon and graduated from Stayton High School in 1975.Christi lived in Aurora, Colorado from 1982 – 1986. She returned to Stayton in 1986 and lived here until 1992, when she moved to Salem. She returned to Stayton in...

George Grabovenko

George Grabovenko

Feb 11, 2020

A full obituary is pending.

Roman Betancourt-Villa

Roman Betancourt-Villa

Feb 10, 2020

Roman Betancourt was born on August 10, 1957 in Michoacan, Mexico to Jose and Abigail (Villa) Betancourt. On August 10, 1982 Roman would marry Maria Socorro Fajardo in Michoacan, Mexico.  This union would make 37 wonderful years of marriage and the blessing of three children, Abigail, Doralee, and Maria. The two would eventually move to Silverton, Oregon where he...

James David White

James David White

Feb 10, 2020

James David White ,84, died at Evergreen Hospice House on February 10th ,  2020. James was born in Bristol, England to Cecil and Dorothy White.  After his home was bombed by the Germans, his family moved to India where he attended Sherwood College School in Nainital. With Indian independence, James and his family returned to Devon. James was enrolled...

Rae  "Anne"  Simpkins

Rae "Anne" Simpkins

Feb 7, 2020

Rae “Anne” Simpkins was born August 15, 1947, in Pueblo, Colorado, to Norman Stanley and Edith Rosemary (Berry) Relaford. Growing up in a military household, Anne and her four siblings lived in many places around the world over the years. The family eventually settled in Washington and Anne graduated from Lakes High School in Lakewood. Anne joined Volunteers in...

Wanetta Jackson

Wanetta Jackson

Feb 7, 2020

Wanetta was born on January 16, 1928 in Canute, Oklahoma to W.T. and Maude (Siniard) Thompson.  She would live in Oklahoma and marry her husband, Leslie in 1946.  They would start a family and eventually move to Oregon in 1954 where they bought a family farm.  Wanetta was a hard worker who helped her husband with farm duties along...

Clay Woodward

Clay Woodward

Feb 7, 2020

A full obituary is pending.

Norman Leo Stadeli

Norman Leo Stadeli

Feb 5, 2020

Norman Leo Stadeli was born on May 28, 1932 in Silverton, Oregon to Rudolph and Minnie (Gehring) Stadeli. At the age of 21 Norman was drafted into the US Army. He served during the Korean Conflict stationed in Germany before being Honorably Discharged in 1954. After being discharged, Norman went to work in construction until he decided to go...

Elaine Jane House

Elaine Jane House

Feb 4, 2020

Elaine Jane House, 93, passed away on February 4, 2020. She was born in Chicago Illinois to Ejner and Elsa Fulsang. Elaine married Harry Leo House on September 18, 1946, and they moved to California in 1959 with their family. In 1977 Elaine moved to Philomath, Oregon. In 2004 she married Dick Dockendorff. Elaine was a beloved Wife, Mother,...

Guy E. Backus

Guy E. Backus

Feb 3, 2020

Guy E. Backus14 December 1949 - 03 February 2020Sweet Home, Oregon Guy Edward Backus passed away on the afternoon of 03 February at his home in Sweet Home, Oregon, age 70 years, after an illness of several months. He was born on 14 December 1949 at the U. S. Navy Dispensary, Naval Station Tongue Point, Astoria, Ore.  Being from...

Rosemary Selmer

Rosemary Selmer

Feb 2, 2020

Rosemary was born on August 26, 1930 in Denver Colorado to Robert and Irene (McDonald) Shattuck. She was raised in Salem, Oregon and after high school married and began a family. Rosemary was blessed with being the mother to six children. She loved to take care of her family and was a hard worker. After she and her husband...

Stephen M. Johnson

Stephen M. Johnson

Feb 1, 2020

Stephen M. Johnson, age 71, passed away peacefully at his home in Stayton on February 1, 2020. He was born on May 8, 1948 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Jimmie Johnson and Wilda Franks. The family moved to California, where he attended Antioch High School and graduated in 1966. After graduation, he enlisted in the United states Marine Corps...

Hazel Evelyn Lee

Hazel Evelyn Lee

Jan 31, 2020

Hazel Evelyn Dively was born on October 15, 1936 in Stayton, Oregon at the original Stayton Hospital now known as the Brown House. Her parents, Dewey and Alice (Martin) Dively raised Hazel in the downtown area of Stayton. Hazel attended West Stayton Elementary and eventually graduated from Cascade High School. After high school, Hazel married Robert Edward Lee in...

Kieth Dale Siegmund

Kieth Dale Siegmund

Jan 31, 2020

Kieth Dale Siegmund, age 70, passed away on January 31, 2020 in Lyons. He was born on December 26, 1949 in Salem, to Kenneth and Virginia Siegmund. He attended Scio High School, where he met his High School Sweetheart Donna, who later became his wife. They were married until her passing in 2008. Kieth lived in the Willamette Valley...

Peggy Joann Peters

Peggy Joann Peters

Jan 30, 2020

Peggy Joann Peters was born on August 13, 1940 in Hillsboro, Oregon to Richard and Alena McMillin Thiel.  She would grow up and graduate from high school in Redmond, Oregon. A few years after high school she would marry Robert Peters, in Salem, Oregon who she had met through family.  This would begin 47 wonderful years of marriage, before...

Katherine Dockery

Katherine Dockery

Jan 28, 2020

Katherine Dockery, age 70, passed away on January 28, 202 in Stayton, Oregon. She was born on July 28, 1949 in Nevada, and she grew up in Grants Pass, Oregon. Katherine married her partner of 23 years, Thomas Dockery, in 2014.  At her request, no services will be held.

Richard Elvin Reed

Richard Elvin Reed

Jan 28, 2020

Sublimity- Richard Elvin Reed who was born on April 10, 1932 in Oakland, California to Elvin and Eleanor Reed passed away on January 28, 2020 in Salem, Oregon. Services will be private.

Jess Earl Ingram

Jess Earl Ingram

Jan 28, 2020

Jess Earl Ingram was born in Grants Pass, Oregon on October 2, 1928. The son of Jess and Elda H. Ingram, they moved around a lot during his younger years and he went to 6 different schools until he went to high school in Lebanon, Oregon. Before graduating in 1946, he was active in many clubs. Jess lettered in...

David Lee Gardner

David Lee Gardner

Jan 27, 2020

David Lee Gardner passed away on January 27 at the age of 81. He was born August 1, 1938 in Nebraska to Cleo (Lee) and Glenn Gardner (both deceased). When he was very young, his family moved west to the logging towns of the Oregon Coast Range. He graduated from Monroe High School and attended Oregon State University. While...