Obituaries

Wanda & Clyde  Richards

Wanda & Clyde Richards

Mar 10, 2019

In love they lived and passed, the family mourns at the loss of Wanda and Clyde Richards who passed on March 9th and 10th, 2019 respectively. Destined to find each other, Clyde Junior was born on June 10, 1929 to Clyde Earl and Tina (Tiny) Richards in Pawnee Oklahoma. Wanda Pearl Vandermeer was born on March 29, 1933 to...

Jimmy "Jim" Duane Baker

Jimmy "Jim" Duane Baker

Mar 10, 2019

Jimmy “Jim” Duane Baker, age 74, from Stayton, Oregon, passed away at home Sunday morning, March 10, 2019, after battling prostate cancer. He was born in San Francisco, California on September 21, 1944. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged around 1968. Jim was preceded in death by his father Brennan Wade Baker,...

Radonna Connelly

Radonna Connelly

Mar 9, 2019

Radonna was born on October 28, 1954 in Willits, California to Ernest Stone and Betty Hogan. She lived in California until the age of 4 or 5 when her family relocated to Dallas, Oregon. She graduated from Dallas High School and attended some college. She was blessed with two daughters and would raise them in Dallas and for short...

Marian Madsen

Marian Madsen

Mar 8, 2019

Marion Madsen of Salem, Oregon who was born on March 13, 1952 in Woodburn, Oregon to Marlon and Elizabeth Holm passed away on March 8, 2019 in Salem, Oregon. Full obituary pending

Robert Gail Corbett

Robert Gail Corbett

Mar 7, 2019

Robert Gail Corbett was born on June 23, 1939 in Salem, Oregon to Harley and Margery (Dooley) Corbett. Robert grew up in the Woodburn area. He met Darlene Noeske and they married on August 10, 1958. Robert was a jack of all trades and did many jobs throughout his life but the one constant was that he was a...

James T. Baker

James T. Baker

Mar 5, 2019

James “Jim” Baker, dearly loved husband, father and grandpa-to-be, passed away unexpectedly on March 5, 2019. Jim was born on November 25, 1949 in Hillsboro, Oregon to Robert and Patsy (Stevens) Baker. He grew up in rural Alaska until the age of 11 when his family moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After high school he served in the Army...

Darrin Patrick Wilson

Darrin Patrick Wilson

Mar 3, 2019

Salem- Darrin Patrick Wilson was born November 29, 1964 in Eugene, Oregon to Jerry and Bonnie (Spangler) Wilson. Darrin lived in Veneta, Elmira and has a teenager he lived in Stayton. He graduated from Stayton High School in 1983; Darrin also took general education studies at Chemeketa Community College for a short time. However, he joined the United States...

Edward "Bud" James Miller

Edward "Bud" James Miller

Feb 28, 2019

Edward James "Bud" Miller passed away on February 28, 2019, at age 79, at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House in Albany, Oregon, due to complications from lung surgery Dec. 4, 2018. He is survived by his wife of almost 60 years (Aug. 1, 1959), Carolyn Gilmore Miller; his son Aaron Miller of Vernonia, Oregon; his daughter Cara Miller of Bend,...

Krystal Marie Hope

Krystal Marie Hope

Feb 28, 2019

Krystal Marie Hope was born on January 13, 1987 in La Mesa, California to Holly Hope and Ronald Herburt. Crystal grew up in California and moved to Oregon in 2005 with her mother and siblings. Throughout her life, Krystal was a huge animal lover, she loved her cat Sabrina. The name for her cat made perfect sense because Krystal’s...

Milford "Wayne" Day

Milford "Wayne" Day

Feb 28, 2019

Milford “Wayne” Day was born on May 12, 1939 in Doniphan, Missouri to Cloyde Day and Neva "McKinney" Day. When he was 8 the family moved to Albany where he would go on to graduate from Albany Union High School. In 1958, Wayne joined the United States Navy. He served until he was honorably discharged as Photographers Mate 3rd...

Debra Diane Price

Debra Diane Price

Feb 27, 2019

Debra was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, on August 24, 1957, to Darryl Eugene and Shirley Diane (Allen) Price. She grew up with one brother, Richard Price. By the time she was a young adult, Debra had lost both of her parents. Being faced with such a tragic loss so young caused Debra to face some hardship in her...

Dan Earl May

Dan Earl May

Feb 27, 2019

D.E. “Dan” May, native Oregonian and iconic artist, passed away February 27. He was born in Salem, Oregon, on March 28, 1952, to William and Lucille (Frey) May. Dan grew up in Salem, graduated from McNary High School, and remained living in Salem his entire life. In the mid-1970s, he studied with Larry Stobie at Oregon College of Education...

Edyth Newell

Edyth Newell

Feb 26, 2019

Edyth Newell was born on May 6, 1922 in Scotts Mills, Oregon to Vincent Paul Sowa and Lora Ferguson. She would go on to graduate from Molalla High School in 1939. She married Frank Newell in 1958 in Reno, Nevada who she had met through family and friends from the Scotts Mills area. Edyth and Frank’s marriage created a...

Gloria Marie Winniford

Gloria Marie Winniford

Feb 26, 2019

On Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019, Gloria Winniford, 95, of Sublimity, Oregon, completed her life on earth and walked into the arms of her savior, Jesus Christ. Gloria was born in Grants Pass to William and Myrtle Wunsch in 1924. She grew up in Glendale, Oregon and graduated from Glendale High School. She attended Willamette University, graduating in 1945 and...

Sidney Smith Lasswell Jr.

Sidney Smith Lasswell Jr.

Feb 24, 2019

Sidney Smith Lasswell was born in Eugene, Oregon, on May 21, 1924. After graduating from Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon, in 1941, he attended his freshman year at Oregon State University in 1941-42. He then entered the Army and, during World War II, spent over 2.5 years, from 1943 to 1946, serving in the South Pacific as a...

Cathy Ann Elizabeth Walther

Cathy Ann Elizabeth Walther

Feb 23, 2019

Cathy Ann Elizabeth Walther was born on August 13,1960, in Springfield, Virginia, to Emil and Elizabeth (Zielinski) York. She grew up in Virginia with two brothers. After graduating high school, she moved to California. While living in San Marcos, California, Cathy met Paul Walther. The two started as just friends, but over time, their fondness for one another grew...

Pamela Faye Neal

Pamela Faye Neal

Feb 22, 2019

Pamela Fay Neal was born January 22, 1946 in Oregon City, Oregon to David and Pearl (Watson) Holbrook. She grew up in the Portland area with three brothers and two sisters. Pam graduated from Franklin High School in 1964. Pam was a homemaker as well as a beautician. She also worked for Portland Metro Recycling and as a Clark...

Sharlee Nadine (Leech) Palmer

Sharlee Nadine (Leech) Palmer

Feb 22, 2019

Sharlee Nadine Palmer was born in Corvallis, Oregon to Charles and Clara (Downing) Leech. She lived in Burnt Woods, Oregon with her parents and two older sisters, Anna and Margery, until the family moved to Lebanon, Oregon while she was in grammar school. Sharlee had one child, a daughter Rebecca/Becky (Eilers) Morrill. Sharlee was a working woman most of...

Karen Irene Myrick

Karen Irene Myrick

Feb 18, 2019

Karen Irene Myrick was born on July 21, 1943 in Sublimity, Oregon to Harold and Adeline (Ellis) Schott. She was raised in Sublimity and attended both Stayton and Cascade High Schools. She met her husband Ray Myrick while he was enlisted in the service; they dated for two years and married in 1963. Together, Karen and Ray raised their...

Leonard Dan O'Malley

Leonard Dan O'Malley

Feb 18, 2019

Leonard Dan O’Malley was born on July 21, 1937 in Canyon City, Oregon to Marquis and Marie (Roberts) O’Malley. Leonard went to school in Enterprise and graduated in 1955. At age 17 he stared working in the saw mills and eventually became a log scaler. He would do this type of work for forty years and even after retirement,...