Obituaries

Patricia Anne Ober

Patricia Anne Ober

Oct 7, 2018

Patricia Anne Ober who was born on December 29th, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York to William Chandler and Virginia Forte passed away on October 7th, 2018 in Sublimity Oregon surround by family.

George Dennis Kiger

George Dennis Kiger

Oct 5, 2018

George Dennis Kiger who was born November 23rd, 1950 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Manuel Kiger and Elzine Norman passed away on October 5th, 2018 in Albany, Oregon. Full Obituary soon to follow.

Mary Joyce Weathers

Mary Joyce Weathers

Oct 5, 2018

Mary Joyce Weathers who was born November 26th, 1944 in Glendale California to James Hacker and Mary Adams passed away on October 5th, 2018 in Sublimity, Oregon at the age of 73. Full Obituary Soon to follow.

Robert Ross Comstock Jr

Robert Ross Comstock Jr

Oct 1, 2018

Robert Ross Comstock Jr. April 26, 1949 – October 1, 2018 Robert passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family. Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Lynnette L. Comstock, sons Ryan and Rodney (Emily) Comstock, sister Roseann R (Brent) Comstock Hammer, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Robert was born in Portland, Oregon to Robert...

Cody Alan Daniel Ellis

Cody Alan Daniel Ellis

Oct 1, 2018

Cody Alan Daniel Ellis was born on November 20, 1996 in Salem, Oregon to Nathan Ellis and Juanita Mitchell. From the very beginning Cody was known for his happy personality and trying to ensure everyone around him was also happy. He was a practical joker and never took anything seriously. Most of the time if you caught him on...

Kent Lee Yarbrough

Kent Lee Yarbrough

Sep 30, 2018

Kent Lee Yarbrough was born on October 11, 1974 in Eugene, Oregon to Donnie and Laura Yarbrough. From the very beginning, Kent was known to have a bigger than life personality and made friends wherever he went or lived. He obtained his GED and afterwards, became a painter and did this for several years. Kent was also a jack...

Clyde Buford Bolding

Clyde Buford Bolding

Sep 29, 2018

Clyde Buford Bolding who was born March 24th 1936 in Shreveport, LA passes away on September 29th 2018 in Stayton, Oregon surrounded by family.

Mary Lucille Martin

Mary Lucille Martin

Sep 27, 2018

Mary Lucille Martin was born on October 29, 1926 in Salem, Oregon to George and Louise Bogosian. She attended Hallsferry Elementary School as a young girl. Growing up, Mary would pick hops with her family. She married her first husband, Hurstle Totton in 1945 and they had 5 children together, Donald, Donna, Diane, Debbie, and Danny. Hurstle passed away...

Edwin Holt Stuart

Edwin Holt Stuart

Sep 26, 2018

Edwin Holt Stuart, 75, passed away peacefully on September 26, 2018 at the Edward F. Tokarski Home in Salem, OR with his loving companion, Linda Horton, by his side. Ed was born on August 10, 1943 in Oneida, NY, the fourth child and first son of Edwin A. Stuart, Jr. and Josephine Holt Stuart. He grew up in West...

Margaret Ruth Blair Parrott

Margaret Ruth Blair Parrott

Sep 25, 2018

STAYTON - Margaret Ruth Blair Parrott was born on February 25, 1919 in Kearney County, Nebraska. She was the sixth child and fifth girl born to Vern and Myrtle Blair. She grew up on a farm knowing hard work including milking cows by hand, carrying water from the well, and riding on a horse several miles to school, sometimes...

Ernest Johnson

Ernest Johnson

Sep 25, 2018

Ernest Joseph Rupert Johnson was born on May 23, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to John and Dora (Nalesna) Johnson. Ernie met his wife Louise in high school and they became high school sweethearts. They married in 1962 in Minneapolis and later moved to California followed by Washington and finally Oregon. They settled in North Bend which always felt like...

Justine Alta Smith

Justine Alta Smith

Sep 21, 2018

Justine Alta was born on October 17, 1921 in Pittsford, Massachusetts to Murray and Mildred Raymond. Justine married Johnny Shelnutt in 1943 and they had three children, Robert, Carol and Scotty. The family moved to California in 1940. Johnny joined the military and while serving in the Korean War, Johnny passed away in 1950. Sixteen years later, Justine’s son...

Mildred Shaw Higbee

Mildred Shaw Higbee

Sep 21, 2018

From singing “This World is not my Home” at noon to being in heaven by evening, Mildred Shaw Higbee died peacefully on September 21, 2018 in Newberg, Oregon at age 94. Born in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma on December 7, 1923, she grew up there with three sisters and had five older half brothers and sisters. When Mildred was seventeen...

John Schroeder

John Schroeder

Sep 21, 2018

John John Schroeder was born on July 23rd, 1926 in Muscatine, Iowa to Jack Schroeder and Irene Hickey. He lived his childhood in Iowa until he graduated from high school and joined the service. At the age of 17 and while the world was involved in the second World War, John enlisted in the Army Air Forces on October...

Mary Helen Smith

Mary Helen Smith

Sep 20, 2018

Mary Helen was born on February 10, 1944 to Bantz and Irene Cogar in Bergoo, West Virginia. When she was in high school her family decided to head west and settled in Mill City, Oregon. It was by chance that Mary met the love of her life and high school sweetheart, Thomas Smith. They married on the same day...

Brenton Melvin Dodge

Brenton Melvin Dodge

Sep 18, 2018

Brenton Melvin Dodge was born in Oroville, California on May 13th, 1928 to Melvin Oliver Dodge and Clarasa Ellen Salsbury. He was often referred to as the “Ultimate Gift” as he was born on Mother’s Day. Brenton was the oldest of four with a brother Myron and sisters Nevada and Lily Anna to follow. At a young age, a...

Eric Ellis

Eric Ellis

Sep 17, 2018

Eric Leonard Ellis (Age 57) On September 18, 2018, Eric Leonard Ellis, of Detroit, Oregon, passed away unexpectedly as a result of a car accident. He was born October 20, 1960, in Fairfax, Virginia, the son of Joni Denn and the late Robert Ellis. In addition to his mother, he is survived by Mark Ellis and son Andrew, Scott...

Trapper David  Kelley

Trapper David Kelley

Sep 17, 2018

Trapper David Kelley passed away on September 17, 2018, at his home in Mill City. He was born September 25, 1970, in Scottsdale, Arizona, to William and Mary Alice Kelley. Trapper is survived by his daughter Briana, sisters Beth and Sara, Brother Christian, father William, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother. Trapper...

John David Reed

John David Reed

Sep 16, 2018

John David Reed (JD) was born on March 25, 1940 under the Poteau Bridge near Ft. Smith Arkansas to Paul and Addie Reed. The family moved to California and later to Scio, Oregon. In 1973 JD went to Casper Wyoming to work in the oil fields. In 1983 he moved back to Scio, Oregon and opened up Reed's Painting....

William John Britton Hersey Jr.

William John Britton Hersey Jr.

Sep 11, 2018

William John Britton Hersey Jr. was born January 22, 1958 in Owensboro, Kentucky. His parents were the late William Hersey Sr. of Martinsville, Indiana and the late Christine (Staples) Hersey of Indianapolis, Indiana. William preferred to be called Bill. Bill attended Decatur High School in Indianapolis and received his GED. In 1975 while the country was involved in the...