Obituaries
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....
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...
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...
Dane R. Bond
Mar 13, 2025
Dane R. Bond was born on November 27, 1960, in Worland, Wyoming, to Walter and Nancy (Robinson) Bond. He grew up alongside his siblings, Howard, Dennis, and Denise, spending his early years in Tensleep, Kemmerer, Cheyenne, and Casper, Wyoming. In 1979, he moved to Mill City, Oregon, where he met his high school sweetheart, Darlene Pennington, at Santiam High School....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Blanca Pelayo Pelayo
Jun 24, 2025
En Amorosa Memoria de Blanca Pelayo Pelayo11 de diciembre de 1988 – 24 de junio de 2025
Con profundo amor y tristeza, anunciamos el fallecimiento de Blanca Pelayo Pelayo, quien partió en paz de este mundo en su hogar en Salem, Oregon, el 24 de junio de 2025.
Blanca nació el 11 de diciembre de 1988 en Unión de Tula, Jalisco, México,...
Billy Griffith
Jun 22, 2025
Billy Ray Griffith, a spirited outdoorsman, devoted family man, and lifelong music lover, passed away on June 22nd, 2025 . He was born on February 11, 1930, in Shady Point, Oklahoma, to Jewel Irene (Davidson) Griffith and Jesse Hunter Griffith.
In 1947, Billy married the love of his life, Betty Jo Mangrem, in Arkansas. Their partnership marked the beginning of a...
Buddy Timms
Jun 21, 2025
Buddy Edwin Timms, Sr., age 80, of Aumsville, Oregon, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2025, at Battle Creek Memory Care in Salem.
Born the day after Christmas on December 26, 1944, in California to Elmo Timms and Ludia, Buddy was one of four brothers. After losing his mother at the age of 12, his family relocated to the Ozarks in...
Kenneth Jenck
Jun 20, 2025
Kenneth Jenck, of Gladstone, Oregon, passed away on June 20, 2025, at the age of 51 in Mt. Angel, Oregon. Born on February 2, 1974, in Santa Rosa, California, Ken was a lifelong biker who found peace on the open road and purpose in the love he gave his family.
He worked as an automotive painter and took pride in a...
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