Obituaries
Roger Bulkow
Jul 4, 2025
Roger Bulkow passed away on July 4, 2025. Born February 16, 1939 in Sheboygan, WI, Roger had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. While serving in the U.S. Air Force, he met the love of his life, Anneliese. After the Air Force, Roger graduated from the University of Wisconsin and became a weather forecaster for the National Weather Service. The growing...
Zuilma Barton
Apr 26, 2025
Zuilma Barton, beloved mother, grandmother, and lifelong educator, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at Salem Hospital. She was 90 years old.
Zuilma was born on August 25, 1934, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, to Olegario Dehesa and Alicia Villalpando. From a young age, she exhibited a passion for learning and a fierce independent spirit that would define her...
Rose Elaine Fudge
Jul 5, 2025
Rose “Elaine” Fudge, a devoted caregiver and loving matriarch, passed away on July 5, 2025. Born on March 5, 1945, in Salem, Oregon to Rose Ella Sisk and Don A. Wait, Elaine’s life was rooted in the values of service, family, and faith.
Elaine married the love of her life, Rodger Fudge Jr., on November 15, 1975, in Salem. Together, they...
Alexa Rae High
Jun 23, 2025
Alexa “Lexi” Rae High, beloved daughter, sister, granddaughter, aunt, niece and friend, passed away on June 23, 2025, in Springfield, Oregon, at the age of 36 after a brief hospital stay at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart.
Lexi was born on March 31, 1989, in Fort Knox, Kentucky. She grew up surrounded by family and love, and later graduated from Stayton High School....
Frank & Marie Dimich
Jun 26, 2025
Kathie Marie Dimich 10/25/1962-06/14/2025
Frank Vincent Dimich 10/06/1959-06/26/2025
Frank and Marie Dimich, a devoted couple who shared 43 years of marriage, passed away just 12 days apart. Their lives were deeply connected — built on love, respect, and the kind of quiet, everyday moments that become the foundation of a beautiful life together.
Frank was known for his strong work ethic and unwavering...
Darhald Herrmann
Jun 12, 2025
Darhald Herrmann, a beloved father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully in Salem, Oregon on June 12, 2025, at the age of 88.
Born December 24, 1936, in White Fish, Montana, Darhald was the son of Lydia (Krukenberg) and Theophil Herrmann. He was one of nine children, growing up surrounded by six brothers and two sisters.
Darhald served his country honorably in...
Susie Damon
Jun 11, 2025
Carolyn Sue “Susie” Damon, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away in Monmouth, Oregon on June 11th, 2025. She was born on August 17, 1947, in Oceanside, California, to Mary Ella (Tacker) Ragsdale and Claude Lindsey (Bill) Ragsdale.
Susie grew up in Vista, California, alongside her cherished siblings, Gary Ragsdale, Bill Ragsdale, and Judy Ragsdale Ortiz. She graduated from...
Craig Nelson Rice
Mar 16, 2025
Craig Nelson Rice, 78, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2025, in Salem, Oregon, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born on July 31, 1946 in Decatur, Illinois, to Chester and Maxine (Weiss) Rice.
Craig spent much of his early life in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he attended Lathrop High School and briefly the...
Charles Lofgren Jensen, Sr.
Jul 11, 2025
Weddle Funeral Service is handling the arrangements of Mr. Charles L. Jensen, Jr. who passed away on July 11, 2025. He was born on on October 20, 1950.
Alan Dean Rhodes
Jul 10, 2025
Alan Dean Rhodes passed away peacefully on July 10, 2025, in Turner, Oregon, surrounded by the love of his family. He was 68 years old.
Born on March 5, 1957, in Tokyo, Japan, to Margaret Segesser and Carlen Rhodes, Alan's life was marked by devotion to his country, his community, his faith, and above all, his family. After graduating from Grants...
Kathleen Diane Harris
Jul 9, 2025
Kathleen Diane Harris was born on February 27, 1960, at Santiam Hospital in Stayton, Oregon, to Orlando “Pete” Harris and May Marie (Morgan) Harris. She passed away suddenly on July 9, 2025, at Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon.
Despite early predictions that she might only live into her teen years, Kathleen lived a full and meaningful life marked by extraordinary strength...
Carol Jo Potter
Jul 6, 2025
Carol Jo Potter, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully at home on July 6, 2025, at the age of 78.
Born on December 19, 1946, to Myrtle Mildred Newton and John Mitchell Riley Haskins, Carol grew up surrounded by the love and strength of her close-knit family. She carried those values with her throughout her life,...
Bertha Jean Forbes
Jul 6, 2025
Bertha Jean Forbes, a beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully at her home in Lebanon, Oregon, on July 6, 2025, at the age of 86.
Born on December 22, 1938, in Oregon to John and Edith Weaver (Markum), Bertha grew up in a loving family alongside her sisters, Marie Crocker and Dorothy Tillotson. A proud graduate of Coquille High...
Floyd Garrison
Jul 4, 2025
Floyd Dean Garrison of Lebanon, Oregon passed away peacefully on July 4, 2025, at the age of 85. A devoted husband, proud father, skilled craftsman, and ardent fisherman, Floyd lived a life rooted in integrity, creativity, and quiet strength.
Born on August 11, 1939 in Lebanon to Francis Downing and Charles Garrison, Floyd grew up surrounded by the values of hard...
Rita Maxine Perkins
Jul 3, 2025
Rita Maxine Perkins passed away on July 3, 2025, at the age of 83. She was born on December 10, 1941, in Salem, Oregon, to Dora and Sherman Wall.
Rita graduated from Stayton High School in 1960. On June 8, 1963, she married Jim Perkins in Stayton, Oregon. Together, they raised four children and shared many years of life in the...
Lawrence Alexander Coffey
Jul 3, 2025
Lawrence Alexander Coffey, a lifelong resident of the Stayton-Aumsville area, passed away on July 3, 2025 in Stayton, Oregon. Lawrence was born in Salem, Oregon, on August 21, 1940, to Cleo Vera Amort and Thornton Edward Coffey Sr.
He graduated from Cascade High School, where he stood out as a football player and wrestler, earning a full athletic scholarship to Oregon...
Kathy Bergen
Jul 2, 2025
Kathy Jane Bergen, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family. She was 79 years old.
Born on October 10, 1945, to Elsie Downs and Harry Pantratz, Kathy was raised in a home full of strong values, faith, and warmth. She grew up alongside her cherished siblings Richard...
Helara Northern
Jul 2, 2025
Helara age 94 passed Tuesday, July 2, 2025 in her home in Salem, Oregon. She was born April 15,1931 to Ione (Knudson) and Harvey Bills in Werner, South Dakota. She was the second child of 6 in the Bills family. Helara found out through DNA testingthat Harvey Brigner was her biological father. So that made her the half sister to...
Marjorie Schiewek
Jun 27, 2025
Marjorie passed away peacefully on June 27, 2025, at Santiam Hospital, just weeks after celebrating her 86th birthday, surrounded by love and memories.
Born on June 5, 1939, in Stayton to Claudie and Lucille (Johnson) Nash, Marjorie was a proud graduate of Stayton High School and a lifelong resident of her beloved hometown. Her roots in the community ran deep, and...
Robert Verlini
Jun 25, 2025
Robert Wayne Verlini, 64, of Newport, Oregon, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2025, in Corvallis, Oregon.
Born on January 28, 1961, in Englewood, New Jersey, Robert was the beloved son of the late Richard and Joan Verlini. He spent the past 44 years of his life in Newport, Oregon, where he built a quiet and fulfilling life rooted in the...
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