Obituaries
Carol R. Snarski
Jan 8, 2019
A memorial mass will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday January 18, 2019 in St. Mary Shaw Catholic Church with urn placement to follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Shaw for Carol R. Snarski (Stewart) who passed away on January 8, 2019 at age 71. Carol was born on December 15, 1947 to Dorothy and Robert Stewart in...
Joy Louise Krumdieck
Jan 6, 2019
Born March 12, 1933 in Versailles, Missouri, the daughter of Gladys Louise Stone and Forest White, she was the third child of four. Recognized as an exceptionally talented young girl, Joy’s early piano skills were honed in an unheated parlor where hat, heavy coat, and often times gloves, were a necessity. At 10 years old her family moved to...
Nichola Jo Bellerive
Jan 4, 2019
Nichola passed away peacefully at home after a two year battle with cancer. She was born in Bethany, Missouri, to Wilbur and Mildred Crabtree. She graduated from Downey High in California in 1968. Nichola was preceded in death by her parents and two eldest sisters, Rita Burr and Brenda Balfour. She is survived by her siblings Beverly Davis, Carolyn...
Harold "Dean" Roberts
Jan 1, 2019
Harold “Dean” Roberts was born on January 15, 1934 in Wicks, Arkansas to Wayne Roberts Sr. and Lillian McCauley. In 1951, Harold joined the US Navy and served until he was honorably discharged in 1954. After the military, he moved to Oregon and worked for a short time as a police officer in Cottage Grove, Oregon. He married Juanita...
Kalliope Juniper Pate
Jan 1, 2019
Kalliope Juniper Pate was born on August 15, 2017 in Portland Oregon to Brittany Curtis and Wade Langford. Kalliope was born with sulfite oxidase deficiency, regardless of her diagnosis she was an incredibly happy girl who loved music and swimming. She enjoyed her pink elephant stuffed animal and being with her sisters, Emmellia and Skarlett. Kalliope was deeply loved...
John Smith
Jan 1, 2019
Mr. Smith was born in Rondo, Arkansas on January 7, 1949. He served in the United States Army and was a Vietnam Veteran. He passed away on January 1, 2019 in Detroit, Oregon. Mr. Smith enjoyed traveling the Pacific Northwest with his dog Zoey and enjoyed visiting Montana, Utah and Oregon. He was married to Wanda Smith for 18...
Arvilla Clara Palmer
Dec 29, 2018
Arvilla Clara Palmer passed away on December 29, 2018 in Salem, Oregon at age 93. Arvilla was born on June 17, 1925 in Seattle, Washington to Joseph and Marie (Hughey) Krostag, she was one of six children. She married Leroy William Palmer on June 14, 1957 in Tillamook, Oregon. They had one son, Wayne Lloyd Palmer who was born...
Deborah Lee Smith
Dec 27, 2018
Debbie was born in Minnesota to Leo Joseph and Marjorie Helen (Pils) Wallace. The family moved to Oregon when she was just a baby, living for a time in the town of Marion before settling for good in Salem. Debbie grew up with four sisters and they were all very close. She graduated from North Salem High School. Through...
Chris "Cheese" Kelley
Dec 24, 2018
Chris (Cheese) Kelley was born in Ocala, Florida, to Steve and Leigh Kelley. He has a younger brother, Carson, and sister-in-law, Kailey. He was a fiercely independent child with a strong will. Even as a youngster, Chris gravitated toward older people and could easily carry-on conversations with adults. A sports fanatic from birth, he would spend his short life...
Glen Arthur Jones
Dec 23, 2018
Glen Arthur Jones was born September 22, 1944 in Vancouver, Washington, to Robert Beverly Jones and Helen Maggie Barber. Glen passed away peacefully at home on December 23, 2018. He was preceded in death by his parents. Glen is survived by his spouse of 35 years, Bonnie E. Jones and numerous nieces, nephews, brothers, and sisters. Glen was a...
Gene Thomas Streight
Dec 22, 2018
Gene Thomas Streight was born on December 13, 1930 in Boneita Springs, South Dakota to Thomas and De Ell (Morrison) Streight. While in high school in Oregon City, he met and started dating LaVona Jeanne Brogden, who he would go on to marry in Oregon City, Oregon on June 22, 1954. Gene attended college at Oregon State University and...
Robert Edward Louttit
Dec 20, 2018
Robert was born January 5, 1930 in Portland Oregon to Clarence Louitt and Thelma Hardy, but raised in Salmonberry, OR by his grandparents. Their home was next to the U.S. railroad, and Robert grew up watching the trains coming and going and stopping at the small substation in Salmonberry. He had a lifelong love of trains that he passed...
William Floyd Shepherd Jr.
Dec 20, 2018
William Floyd Shepherd Jr. was born on November 17, 1933 in Mill City, Oregon to William "Floyd" Shepherd Sr. and Lucy Ellen Bates. He grew up in Mill City and graduated from Mill City High School with the class of 1953. Soon after graduating from high school on August 28, 1954, Bill would marry Wilma Jull who he met...
Philip Leroy Olson
Dec 19, 2018
Philip Olson was born on March 26, 1950 in Garibaldi, Oregon to Otto and Velma (Spencer) Olson. Philip had 3 other siblings. The eldest was David, who passed away a few days after birth. Philip was next to be born, followed by his brothers Ken and Steven. When he was four years old, Philip’s parents moved to Mehama, Oregon....
Ann C. Knowland
Dec 19, 2018
Ann was born on February 11, 1954 in Salem Oregon to Rancey and Lorraine (Perry) Erickson. She attended North Salem High School and graduated in 1972. She later married and had children, at which point she relocated to Greece while her children’s father served in the United States Air Force. Throughout her career, Ann worked for Fairview, Spruce Villa...
Kathryn Juanita Smith
Dec 13, 2018
Kathryn Smith passed away on December 13, 2018 at age 75 in Albany, Oregon. She was born on October 12, 1943 in Myrtle Point, Oregon to Woodrow and Ruth Crook. Myrtle Point is where she grew up during her youth and as a young teen her family moved to Brooks, Oregon. This is where she would meet and marry...
John Michael "Mike" Stafford
Dec 12, 2018
John “Mike” Stafford, a resident of Aumsville, Oregon and native Californian, passed away peacefully at his home on December 12, 2018 at the age of 64. He was born in Lancaster, California on November 17, 1954, and lived in Saugus-Newhall attending Wm. S. Hart High School Class of 1972. He was the eldest of five children born to the...
Emmett Louie Thomas
Dec 12, 2018
To everyone who may not yet have heard the news, our dear friend Emmett Thomas Sr. died following a tragic accident. Emmett Louie Thomas Sr. was born on May 1, 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Jack Thomas and Alberta Ross. When he was 10, his family migrated to Pixley, CA. However, Oregon was his internal compass and is where...
Joyce Lea Ballerstein
Dec 11, 2018
Joyce was born in Herrin, Illinois, to Oscar LeRoy and Lydia Maxine (Dorris) Hook Jr. The family moved to Chicago when she was a child before moving out to California when Joyce was 16. Just before the drive out west, Oscar purchased a brand new 1957 Ford right off the showroom floor and let Joyce drive it to California....
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