Obituaries

Aumsville, Oregon Resident Linda was born in Salem Memorial Hospital, Salem Oregon on June 29th, 1950.  She passed away on Saturday Aug. 20th at home on the farm that had been in her family for a century. She was 61. The daughter of F.A. and Theresa Mix, Linda grew up on the farm and on the Oregon Coast. She...

Karen Lovatt September 5, 1954 ~ March 23, 2010 Karen Sue Walko was born on September 5, 1954 in Bluffton, Indiana to Harry and Marguerite Walko. Her father was a veterinarian and she grew up around many different kinds of animals. She carried her love of animals with her throughout life. She graduated from Bluffton high school and went...

December 11, 1925 July 4, 2012 Stayton, Oregon Memorial service will be held on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in Weddle Funeral Chapel, Stayton, OR. Arrangements entrusted to Weddle Funeral Services Stayton, OR.

Robert Lee Cardwell December 19, 1932 August 10, 2008 TURNER No services will be held. Arrangements entrusted to Weddle Funeral Services Stayton, Oregon.

January 9, 1932 August 22, 2014 Sublimity, Oregon Maroe Jeanne Brown was born in Marlette, Michigan on January 9, 1932 to Raymond and Belvia Johnson. She moved to Sublimity, Oregon as a young girl and attended school in Aumsville, Oregon. After High School she worked at the Boise Cascade paper mill in Salem. She married Jack Padrta and lived...

Syble Lucille Walczak,

September 13, 1941 – October 30, 2014 Turner, Oregon  Paul was born in The Dalles, Oregon. He was the oldest son born to Paul and Helen Greiner. After serving in the Navy during the Vietnam Era, Paul worked as a carpenter and plumber before moving on to the maintenance department at the Salem Hospital in 1984. He retired from...

Etta Marie Schaefer, was born at Clarksville, Arkansas on the 25th of July. 1911. She passed away on Thursday, Nov. 26th at her home in Stayton. She was 98. The daughter of Robert and Etta Rushing. Etta graduated from high school in Clarksville, then moving to Texas before entering the Army during WWII. She served as a cook having...

June Gladys McPheeters, born 6/12/20, died on 10/26/08. June was preceded in death by her loving husband John Willard (Mac) McPheeters, mother Laura Ida Baumann, sister Beatrice Josephine Smith, and brother Lawrence Irving Baumann. She is survived by niece Nancy Ann Henry and family, Laura Lee Schulte and family, Robert E. Battmer and family, George L. Battmer and family,...

December 16, 1930 – August 31, 2013 Emmet was born in Cottage Grove, Oregon to Benjamin Stevens and Ula Fader Thomas, the 5th of their 9 children. The family moved to a large farm on Poodle Creek in the Coast Range west of Eugene where he attended a one room elementary school. Eventually the family moved to a smaller...

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...

Gary Lawrence Wallstrom September 25, 1946 December 4, 2012 Turner, Oregon Gary Lawrence Wallstrom died December 4th in Bend, Oregon following a tragic accident. Gary was born on September 25, 1946 in Oakland, California, the youngest of four boys. Gary was a man who worked hard and loved to stay busy, but also loved to have fun. He began...

H. Bruce Tanner March 19, 1931

MARY  ANN  WILLIAMS Feb. 15, 1923   †   Oct. 3, 2013 Mary “Ann” Williams passed away on Thursday, Oct. 3rd at her home in Arizona.  Ann was the daughter of John and Margaret Underwood.  She was born on Feb. 15, 1923 in Los Angeles, California.  She attended Business college and worked as a Typist-Stenographer for the Automobile Club of Southern,...

Linda Rose Adent August 13, 1935 August 5, 2015 Salem, Oregon A celebration of Life is to be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to Weddle Funeral Services Stayton, Oregon

Sublimity Oregon Vincent John Vince Etzel was born and raised on Fern Ridge Road, just east of Stayton. He was number 5 of 8 children born to Peter T. and Philomena Etzel on January 25, 1920. He attended Fern Ridge School, District 12, graduating at the top of his eighth grade class of three in 1934. Vince farmed many...

May 3, 1927   †   May 28, 2013 Robert Charles Zeller was born on May 3, 1927 in Sunnyside, Washington.  He passed away on Tuesday, May 28th at his home in Stayton.  Robert was the son of Waldo and Esther Zeller.  He served in the US Navy during WWII.  He received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon and...

BETTY JANET (TONN) COMSTOCK With sadness we announce the passing of Betty, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother great-grandmother and aunt. Friday morning, April 1, 2016 Betty fell asleep peacefully, with her family surrounding her. Betty went into the Salem Hospital on Monday, March 28, 2016 with pneumonia, she was 82 years old. Betty was born August 11, 1933 in...

HAZEL K. SIEG 10-16-39 to 6-3-12 Our loving mother peacefully passed away from  COPD on June 3rd. She was born in Oklahoma, moving to California when she was 14 and then moving to Oregon in 1960. She worked 30 years for the State of Oregon, Employment Department before retiring 20 years ago due to medical reasons. She loved sports...

Name: F. Pearl Hatfield City of Residence: Turner, Oregon Date of Birth and Place: September 15, 1924, Walnut Creek, California Date of Death and Place: September 1, 2008 , Salem, Oregon Biographical Information: Born in Walnut Creek, California Pearl moved to Turner as a child in 1927. She married Henry J.