Obituaries
Gail Heywood
Apr 7, 2013
June 17, 1934 – April 7, 2013  Gail passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Stayton, Oregon after a long courageous battle with urethral cancer. Gail Ormsby Evans was born in Rhyl, North Wales, to Percy Evans and Annie Heywood. She married Ronald Martin and they had two daughters. They moved to the U.S. in her...
Pop Pop
Mar 31, 2013
March23, 1928-March 31, 2013 Virgil, better known to us all as Pop, passed away peacefully in his home on Easter Sunday. Pop was born in Greenup, Kentucky to Harrison and Myrtle McFarland. He moved his wife and 10 children to California where he worked as a Welder for a water truck company. There were times he worked 3 jobs...
Arthur Gardner Biscoe
Mar 31, 2013
ARTHUR GARDNER BISCOE December 11, 1919  †  March 31, 2013 Sublimity, Oregon Arthur G. Biscoe, age 93, passed away on Sunday, March 31st at his home in Sublimity. He was the son of Maurice and Agnes Biscoe. Arthur was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served in the US Navy during WWII as a Motor Machinist’s Mate. He served on...
Mellodee M. Taylor
Mar 28, 2013
Mellodee M. Taylor July 6, 1964 March 28, 2013 Stayton, Oregon Mellodee passed away in her home in Stayton, OR. She was born to Clinton Grant Able and Phyllis T. Rogers in Torrance CA . Mellodee earned her Associates degree in Phoenix, AZ while waitressing full time. She loved sun tanning, driving, music, being a loving Mother and Grandmother. ...
Huston David Garoutte Jr.
Mar 25, 2013
May 13, 1932 – March 25, 2013 West Stayton – Huston was born to Huston David Sr. and Nannie Amanda Garoutte in Quapaw, OK. He was raised there on the family farm before moving to Marion, OR. He married Pauline Jones on July 14, 1951 in Stayton, OR, a marriage that lasted 61 years. Huston served in the military...
Beverly M. Ritchie
Mar 24, 2013
May 22, 1928 March 24, 2013 Sublimity, Oregon Beverly M. Ritchie, 84, passed away on Sunday the 24th. She was the daughter of Eli and Ellen Green. More information will follow soon. Private interment will be held in Ogden, Utah.
Beverly May Ritchie
Mar 24, 2013
Beverly M. Ritchie (May 22, 1928  March 24, 2013) Pull out any toddler photo of Mom and immediately you’ll see a similarity to Shirley Temple. A toss of blond curly hair surrounding a beautiful face, tiny shoes ready to dance, and an energy force that could light up the room. Mom was born with the gift of a beautiful...
Sandra P Nelson
Mar 14, 2013
May 25, 1941 March 14, 2013 Sublimity, Oregon  Born in Salem, OR to Ignatius and Georgia Etzel, Sandra grew up in Shaw. Her early years were spent as a country girl on the family farm. She married and became a mother and homemaker. Moving to California in the mid 60s she continued to raise her family with Gunner Bud...
Virginia Lee Watson
Mar 10, 2013
March 13, 1943  †  March 10, 2013 Aumsville, Oregon Resident Virginia Watson, 69, of Aumsville passed away on Sunday the 10th, just 3 days before her 70th birthday. Virginia was born in Phoenix, Arizona and proud to be a member of the Choctaw Indian Tribe. She grew up in Arizona and moved to Oregon in 1976 having lived in...
Wanda Lee Noble (Vaughn)
Mar 9, 2013
December 2, 1931 March 9, 2013 Albany Oregon Wanda was born in Delaplaine, Arkansas. She married Perry C. Vaughn on March 2, 1952 and enjoyed 20 years together. Wanda was a homemaker. Perry preceded her in death in 1972. Wanda later married Jake Noble of Idanha.  Jake preceded her in death in 1989. Wanda will be missed by her...
A. Maria Konnersman
Mar 8, 2013
Dec. 6, 1922  † March 8, 2013 A.  Maria Konnersman, 90, of Sublimity passed away on Friday the 8th in Sublimity. The daughter of Anton and Anna Ziegler. Maria was born and lived in Yugoslavia before moving to Portland in the early 1950’s.  She became a US citizen and had worked for the IRS and was also a Homemaker. ...
Francis V Clark
Feb 23, 2013
November 8, 1930 February 23, 2013 Francis V. Clark, 82, graduated into the waiting arms of his Savior surrounded by his loved ones. He was born November 8, 1930 in Stayton, Oregon. He grew up on his parents ranch in Mill City, Oregon. He graduated from Santiam High School in Mill City in 1949. He also attended Oregon State...
Oregon Resident Aumsville
Feb 19, 2013
Aumsville, Oregon Resident Guy Weston Capwell, 82, of Aumsville, Oregon, stepped into Heaven on February 19 2013. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut on December 9, 1930. Guy married his high school sweetheart, Dawn Arlene Kisselburg, on Thanksgiving Day, 1949. They originally lived in Catskill, New York, where they were raising their first 4 children. They moved to Aumsville,...
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...
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