Obituaries
Dorothy C Downer
Feb 4, 2013
July 2, 1918 – February 4, 2013 Stayton, Oregon  Dorothy peacefully made her way to heaven on February 4, 2013 at the age of 94. She was born in Cascade, Idaho. After her family moved to Oregon, she lived the majority of her life in the Santiam Canyon. After raising her children and the death of her husband she...
Tina Presnell
Feb 3, 2013
Immacolata (Titina) Presnell, longtime Roseburg resident, died February 3 at her home in Salem, Oregon, surrounded by her family. Tina was born in Naples, Italy in 1927, the second of 12 children. During World War II she met and fell in love with Charles Presnell, a GI from rural North Carolina. They eventually married and settled in Roseburg, where...
Tony Beitel
Jan 31, 2013
TONY BEITEL Tony Beitel of Stayton passed away on Thursday, January 31, 2013. He was 103 years of age. The son of Alois and Cecelia Beitel. Tony was born in Salem, Oregon on May 9, 1909. He farmed sheep and was a Champion sheep shearer, having a record for shearing a sheep in 2 ½ minutes. He also had...
Ryan Andrew Bishop
Jan 30, 2013
July 30, 1950 January 30, 2013 Aumsville, Oregon Resident Ryan was born in Salem, OR to Andrew and Hazel Bishop. Â He grew up on the familys farm outside Aumsville. Â Ryan attended Cascade High School where he was very active in FFA earning his American Farmer Degree. Â After graduating he went on to Oregon State University where in 1972 he...
Marjorie Irene Klein
Jan 24, 2013
September 30, 1933 January 24, 2013 Aumsville, Oregon Resident Marjorie Irene was born in Dayton, Oregon to James and Ethol Rolow.  She attended Aumsville High School and then married Jerry Emmons Klein. on March 6, 1949. She worked as a Certified Nurses Aid at the TB Hospital in Salem for several years and went on to work in the...
Rena Elvira Tate
Jan 16, 2013
September 12, 1931 January 16, 2013 Aumsville, Oregon Resident Rena was born in Decatur, Arkansas to Corb and Clysta Lance. She was married to Louie Edward Tate for 30 years until his death on July 8, 1982. They had 9 children. Rena is survived by her children ; Edward, Roger, Janie, Joanie, Teresa, Linda, Lisa, Pam, and Virginia, siblings;...
Henry Hank Hiebert
Jan 16, 2013
6/17/1921 – 1/16/2013 Hank made the long awaited trip to heaven on January 16 at the age of 91. He was born in Aberdeen Idaho and moved to the Dallas area as a child. He was a member of the Evangelical Bible Church, which later became EMB church. There he met and later married Frieda (Ediger) in 1940. He...
Judith Ann Gabbert
Jan 13, 2013
July 5, 1940 January 13, 2013 Sublimity, Oregon Judith was born in Bedford, Indiana to Clyde and Jewell Gabbert. She was a homemaker. Judith is survived by; sons Steven, Daniel, and D. Patrick Craig; brothers Richard and William Reed; 2 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. A private family service will be held at Belcrest Memorial Park in Salem on January...
Vera Lee Oliver
Jan 13, 2013
March 3, 1930 January 13, 2013 Sublimity, Oregon Vera was born in Whiting, Kansas and she married Harold Oliver in 1947 sharing 56 years together. Â Vera is preceded in death by her husband, Harold Oliver and two grandchildren. Â She is survived by her children; Gerald Oliver of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Karen Cox of Mehama, Oregon and Marlou McCauley of...
Mary Frances Jones
Jan 11, 2013
January 5, 1944 January 11, 2013 Aumsville, Oregon Resident Mary was born in Tahlequa, Oklahoma to George and Jewell Sanders. She later settled in Oregon with her parents and siblings. She is survived by; her children Mary Miller, Jason Jones, and Michael Willsey; and her siblings Jimmy, Johnny and Jerry Sanders, Beatrice Weiss, and Teresa Abu Adas. She was...
Patricia May Beesley
Jan 11, 2013
October 9, 1928 January 11, 2013 Patricia was born in Portland Oregon to Walter and Catherine Kerry. She graduated from Gates High School in 1947. After retiring from Cascade Employers Association in 1992, Patricia did extensive geneology research, traveled the US researching, and took many road trips cross country including Oregon to New York. She was a member of...
Dorothy Pearl Bilyeu
Jan 8, 2013
January 30, 1916 – January 8, 2013 Dorothy (Frietag) Bilyeu was born and married into Oregon Trail pioneer families. Born in Lacomb and growing up in Scio, she married Orval Bilyeu in 1930 and together they raised four sons.  Married for 57 years, she was preceded in death by her oldest son, Bill, and her husband, Orval, both in...
Helen L. Allen
Jan 5, 2013
January 26, 1931 January 5, 2013 Helen was born in Gunnison, MS to Worth & Dora Stutts. She grew up and graduated from high school there. She moved to Clarksdale in 1949 and began work as an telephone operator at Bell South. She met and married Loys Allen on November 22, 1952. They became parents of one daughter, Diane. ...
Ina M. Damon
Jan 3, 2013
March 15, 1922 – January 3, 2013 Lyons, Oregon Resident. Ina was born in Fall City, OR to Arthur and Margaret  Arrance. She grew up in the area and married Leslie Damon on December 1, 1940. She was a homemaker who loved to sew . She enjoyed the outdoors and birds. She and Leslie spent many happy hours traveling...
Terry D. Ruggles
Jan 2, 2013
Terry D. Ruggles Sept. 23, 1939 – Jan. 2, 2013 Terry Ruggles was born in Stayton, Oregon on Sept. 23, 1939 to Henry and Dorothy Ruggles. He passed away on Wed. Jan. 2nd in Salem. He was 73 yrs. old. Terry was born and raised in Marion and was married to Carol Hatch. They moved to Brooks in 1981. ...
Ina Linda Whitten
Jan 2, 2013
Ina Linda Whitten January 28, 1915 January 2, 2013 Ina Linda Whitten passed away peacefully on January 2, 2013 in Vancouver, Washington, about 4 weeks shy of her 98th birthday. She was born on January 28th, 1915 at home inRosburg,Washington, across the Columbia River fromAstoria. She was the thirteenth child in her family and her mother called her “the...
Jo Ann S. Sears
Dec 31, 2012
JoAnn Sears, 72, of Stayton, passed away on Dec. 31, 2012. She was born in Talihina, OK on Dec. 21, 1940. She was the daughter of Simon and Ethel Watson. JoAnn grew up in Oklahoma and moved to Oregon where she met and was married to Roger Sears on April 29, 1963 in Vancouver, WA. They made their home...
Pearl E. Choate
Dec 30, 2012
Pearl E Choate, 91, of Sublimity passed Christmas morning 2012. She was born October 26, 1921 in Elk City, Oklahoma as the youngest of nine children. In 1940 she and her family moved to Oceanside California where she soon met and married Vernon Choate. Â While living in Oceanside Vernon joined the Army Air Corp and was soon deployed. At...
Edith Evelyn Hawkins
Dec 30, 2012
Edith Hawkins of  Stayton, Oregon, died peacefully in her sleep Sunday morning, December 30, 2012. She was 100 years old. Edith Evelyn (Cole) Hawkins was born April 16, 1912 in Knight’s Ferry, Stanislaus County, Californiato Eady Edward Cole and Katherine Elizabeth (Meyers) Cole. She married the love of her life, Lawrence Everett Hawkins on May 25, 1931. He preceded...
Elaine Witte Marckx
Dec 28, 2012
Aumsville, Oregon Resident Elaine W. Marckx age 72 died on December 28, 2012 ending a nearly three year battle with pancreatic cancer. Elaine was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Pauline Witte of Valentine,Nebraska. She is survived by her spouse of 46 years, Dallas; son Kym Henry and spouse Kimberly Minten-Marckx; granddaughter Karlie Cheyanne Minten; sisters Yvonne...
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