Obituaries
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....
Steven Espey
Dec 11, 2018
Steve passed away December 11, 2018. Steve was born in Salem on August 26, 1947 to his parents Richard and Phyllis Espey, he was 71. Steve had a difficult adult life due to illness, but he loved his family and friends. Steve had a special spot in his heart for all animals. He is survived by his brother Richard...
Ramon Arteaga Iii
Dec 11, 2018
Ramon was born in Sunnyside, Washington, to Ramon Luna and Antonia C (Hernandez) Arteaga II. He grew up and attended school in eastern Washington and spent most of his adult life in the same area. Ramon was an extremely hard worker, mostly in the construction industry. During a visit to eastern Washington, he took his daughter on a drive...
June Jelen
Dec 8, 2018
June was born on January 14, 1942 in Valley Park, Missouri to Claude and Mae Lucas. At age two her family moved to Oregon where they lived throughout. June would eventually settle in Albany, Oregon where she would raise her family and later in life Lincoln City. In 1995 June began working for Chinook Winds as a casher, even...
Daniel James Agee
Dec 8, 2018
Daniel James Agee who was born on October 4, 1950 to James Agee and Elayn Missahl in Corvallis, Oregon passed away on December 8, 2018 in Portland, Oregon. United States Airforce Veteran who served during the Vietnam Era and was Honorably Discharged. Full Obituary and service information soon to follow.
Kenneth Mathews
Dec 5, 2018
Kenneth Mathews of Sublimity, Oregon who was born in International Falls, Minnesota passes away on December 5, 2018 in Salem, Oregon. Full obituary and service information soon to follow
Kathryn "Katie" Hathaway
Dec 4, 2018
Katie Hathaway passed away at age 68 on December 4, 2018 in Salem, Oregon. She was born Kathryn Elizabeth Flategraff in Oakland, California to Halvard and Kathryn Elizabeth Flategraff VII on March 28, 1950. She attended Chemeketa Community College nursing program and was the top of her class. It was here that she meant her future husband, Michael Hathaway....
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