Obituaries

Roger Crowell

Roger Crowell

Dec 2, 2019

Roger Thomas Crowell was born on July 23, 1966 in Livermore, California to Melvin Crowell and Hollie Houston. Roger attended high school and eventually went to culinary school. After living in California, Roger made the move thirty five years ago to Mill City, Oregon where he would work as a cook. Eventually, he would leave the restaurant industry and...

Sally Jean Skriver

Sally Jean Skriver

Dec 2, 2019

Sally Jean Skriver, 87, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2019 in Albany, Oregon. She was born on July 22, 1932 in Chico, California to Charles and Sally (Michaels) Helphenstine. From a young age, Sally was a very hard worker. She left school to help raise her siblings during the Depression. When she was 14, she met her future...

Richard Darren Smart

Richard Darren Smart

Nov 28, 2019

Obituary Pending.

Colleen  Marie Ayriss-Smith

Colleen Marie Ayriss-Smith

Nov 28, 2019

Colleen Marie Ayriss-Smith was born August 11, 1952, in Pasadena, California, to Donald Richard and Wanda Faye (McKusick) Ayriss. She grew up with a brother and two sisters, living in California most of her childhood. Colleen’s father worked at Disneyland while it was being built and she had fond memories of being allowed to test ride the Matterhorn as...

Juanita Bateman

Juanita Bateman

Nov 27, 2019

Juanita passed away on November 27, 2019 in Portland, Oregon at age 73.  She was born in Sedilia, Missouri to John and Helen Stevens. Eventually moving to Oregon and marrying Fred Bateman on March 17, 1980 in Independence, Oregon. Juanita and Fred would make their home in Lyons, Oregon where she would enjoy tending to her flowers and loving...

Susan Gail Alexander

Susan Gail Alexander

Nov 24, 2019

Susan Gail Alexander was born on December 25, 1958 in Modesto, California to parents Russell and Mary Jane Woolf. Susan grew up in Modesto and graduated from Davis High School in 1976.She eventually would meet Robert Alexander on a blind date through friends from church. They married on March 8, 1986 in Manteca, California where they lived until 2018....

Aaron Skiles

Aaron Skiles

Nov 22, 2019

Aaron Raymond Skiles was born on January 24, 1983 in Fort Lewis, Washington to Valerie Skiles. He grew up in Stayton, Oregon and attended Stayton High School, graduating in 2001. After graduating from high school, Aaron felt called to serve his country and enlisted in the United States Army. His military career would take him all over, living at...

Connie Lee Cabrera

Connie Lee Cabrera

Nov 21, 2019

Connie Lee Cabrera (Savin, Samoilov, Ramirez, Gomez) passed away on November 21, 2019. Connie was born January 2, 1954 in Salem, Oregon and was 65 years old. She was born to Fredrick D. and Helen K Savin in Salem, Oregon. She is survived by her husband Pablo A. Cabrera and son, Vasily "Billy" Samoilov; siblings, Kay Audrey Ossie Beal,...

Virginia Mae Hutchins

Virginia Mae Hutchins

Nov 18, 2019

Virginia Mae Hutchins, 91, passed away on November 18, 2019 in Jefferson, OR. She was born on February 15, 1928 in Jackson Hole, WY to Julius Augustus and Ida (Elsie) Moore. The family moved to California for a brief period, before settling in Oregon in 1940. Virginia graduated from Corvallis High School in 1946. Virginia met her future husband,...

Nancy Burke Teass James

Nancy Burke Teass James

Nov 18, 2019

Nancy Burke Teass James, formerly of Sanibel, Florida, and West Hartford, Connecticut, departed this life November 18, 2019.  Nancy was born on December 10, 1931 in Manhattan, New York, to Horace Argyle Teass and Lettie Louise Whitt Teass. She grew up in Jackson Heights and Bronxville NY, and was a graduate of Bronxville High School Class of 1950.  She...

Lawrence Musser

Lawrence Musser

Nov 18, 2019

Full obituary and service information pending

Traci Lynn Blan

Traci Lynn Blan

Nov 18, 2019

Detroit- Traci Lynn (Slye) Blan was born on March 23, 1969 to Gene and Diana (Prentiss) Slye in Yuma, Arizona. Traci grew up in Lovell, Wyoming and graduated from high school in 1987 from Lovell Bible Christian School. She was the first and only graduate. Seeking higher education and her love of horses, she attended N.W. Community College with...

Karen  Eugene  Hawkins

Karen Eugene Hawkins

Nov 15, 2019

Full Obituary pending

Glenda Mae Moore

Glenda Mae Moore

Nov 14, 2019

Glenda, born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, was the first of twelve children to Glen and Marcella Burlison. Glenda loved growing up on a farm, raising animals and learning to cook at an early age. When Glenda was 16 years old, the family relocated to Albany, Oregon. She graduated from Albany Union High School in 1967, where she played the drums...

Emmitt David Stewart

Emmitt David Stewart

Nov 13, 2019

Emmitt David Stewart, 61, passed away in Stayton, Oregon on November 13, 2019. He was a resident of Aumsville, OR.Emmitt was born in Harris County, TX to Emmitt David and Helen June (Kover) Stewart. Growing up, the family traveled around the United States. As an adult, Emmitt settled in Oregon. He had a long and successful career as a...

Daphne  May Williams

Daphne May Williams

Nov 13, 2019

Daphne May Williams, 95, passed away in Salem, OR on November 13, 2019. She was born in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia to John Joseph and Emily Margaret (Wallace) Ronan. She was 1 of 8 children. Daphne attended high school in Ipswich. She was heavily involved in the war efforts as a young woman,  she worked in a factory assembling explosives,...

Juanita "Linda" Overman

Juanita "Linda" Overman

Nov 11, 2019

Juanita Hermelinda “Linda” Overman, 64, passed away on November 11, 2019 in Lebanon, Oregon. She was born on May 22, 1955 in El Campo, Texas to Juan and Evangelina (Estraca) Martinez.  Linda worked as a Conference Service Attendant for Marriott, and later as a Clean Room Specialist for HP. She greatly enjoyed her work, and the friendships that she...

Adrian "A.J." Joel  Dickson Jr.

Adrian "A.J." Joel Dickson Jr.

Nov 9, 2019

Adrian Joel Dickson Jr was born in Greybull, Wyoming on February 17, 1920, to Adrian Joel and Verna (Fenton) Dickson Sr. He moved with his parents and two sisters (his two brothers were born later in Oregon) to Portland, Oregon, around 1924. They eventually moved to Oregon City a few years later when Adrian was in elementary school. He...

Alvah "Aj" James Mcnaughton

Alvah "Aj" James Mcnaughton

Nov 8, 2019

“AJ” Alvah James McNaughton was born on April 27, 1951 in Manchester, New Hampshire to Ralph McNaughton and Martha Spearin. He grew up on the east coast and eventually made his way to the west coast. AJ served in the United States Marine Corps before being honorably discharged. AJ graduated with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Through his...

Ronald Karl Becker

Ronald Karl Becker

Nov 6, 2019

Ronald Becker of Albany, Oregon, passed away November 6, 2019, at the age of 81. He was born in Monroe, Oregon, to Clarence and Maxine Becker.  No services are planned at this time.