Obituaries

Sep 5, 2022

Mill City- Al Ward, Jr. was born in Stayton, Oregon and was a Santiam Canyon resident his entire life. He would meet the love of his life, Glenna Ward while at a dance and they would marry on December 7, 1962, in Reno, Nevada. Together, they would manage Al Ward Logging for close to 50 years. Al was known...

Sep 2, 2022

Anna May Feitelson was born on January 7, 1928 in Scio, Oregon to John and Elva (Kent) Sneed. She would go on to graduate from Drain High School. During her life time, she would live in the Salem area, Eugene, Turner and then Stayton.

She would meet Melvin Feitelson while square dancing. This meeting would...

Sep 2, 2022

Lawrence Eugene Thomas was born on June 15, 1958, in Stayton, Oregon to Ivan Eugene and Mary Jo (Hendricks) Thomas. During his lifetime he would serve in the Army National Guard and reside in both Oregon and Kansas. Lawrence worked as forklift driver and in his spare time he enjoyed fishing and flying drones.

On...

Sep 1, 2022

Delores (Dunham) Burleson was born on April 27, 1936, in Leon, lowa to Ralph and Dorcas (Zimmerman) Dunham. She grew up with 5 sisters and one brother. Her family moved to Oregon in the Spring of 1947 and made their home in the Jefferson area.

While in high school, Delores would meet the...

Aug 30, 2022

Aug 29, 2022

A rosary will be held on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 9:30 AM with a funeral mass following at 10:00 AM at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Salem, Oregon. Burial will take place at 12:00 PM at Lone Oak Cemetery in Stayton, Oregon.

Aug 28, 2022

Troy Allen Hookland, 57, passed away suddenly on August 28, 2022 in his home near Scio, OR.

Troy was born on May 6, 1965 to Richard and Carol (Bickford) Hookland in Eugene, OR. He would grow up in Creswell, OR with his two sisters, Sherry and Kimberly.

Troy’s two prior marriages...

Aug 26, 2022

Rudeen (Dee Dee) McIntire died on 26 August 2022. She was born on 10 January 1936 in Nebraska, graduating from West Linn Senior High School in 1953. She was wed to Joseph McIntire for seventeen years. She relocated to Oregon, where she was raised. Her children are Jodie Cole, Sandra Gregory, Renee Ochoa, & Fred McIntire, She has...

Aug 21, 2022

Robert (Bob) Booth Martin II, 80, of Albany, OR passed away at home, surrounded by his family on August 21, 2022, after a lengthy health battle fighting well over a dozen years for each breath. Bob was born on December 3rd, 1941, to the late Robert Booth Martin and Francesca (LoCoco) Martin in Honolulu, HI at...

Aug 21, 2022

Robert has finished his journey here, and embarks on his next one, wherever it may take him.

Aug 20, 2022

Arminta Louise “Minty” Schmid at the age of 70 passed the morning of August 20 th as a result of an automobile accident.

Minty Schmid was born on August 28, 1951 to parents Frank “Ernie” Moran and Dorothy (Adamson) Moran in Lakeview, Oregon. She grew up alongside her sister Karen and her parents in Silverlake,...

Aug 17, 2022

Well friends…Ken Chace has checked out. He was a good and opinionated friend.

Ken was happiest with a firearm or chainsaw in his hands. He disliked when dogs barked yet barked louder, maintained a perfect yard, loved to bake, learned to tolerate children, failed to convince congress to reinstate...

Aug 16, 2022

Duane Cole was a born again Christian who has walked with the Lord, his Saviour, since childhood. He was a member of Northgate Wesleyan Church, Salem, Oregon. He was proud to have served in the City of Salem Fire Department until his retirement. He founded and worked in D & M Cabinet Shop. He was known as a...

Aug 15, 2022

Travis Levi Lepper passed away in his sleep on August 15, 2022 at his home in Eugene, Oregon. He was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, on April 9, 1987, and grew up in Midland, Michigan, where he graduated from H.H. Dow High School.

Travis spent his entire adulthood in Colorado and Oregon where he took...

Aug 14, 2022

Wayne A. Devine passed away Sunday, August 14, 2022 at the age of 79. He was the youngest of four children born to Merle and Hazel (Bevier) Devine. Wayne was born in Gates, Oregon on September 24, 1942, where he grew up and enjoyed countless joyful hunting and fishing adventures. Wayne and Jeanne Devine married in 1965 and recently celebrated...

Aug 13, 2022

Carol Jean Blakely of Silverton, Oregon passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2022, at the age of 76. A private inurnment will take place at a later date in the Willamette National Cemetery. Carol was born on June 10, 1946, in Medford Oregon, to D.A. Parker and Kathleen O’Neal Parker. As a child, she lived in Newellton Louisiana,...

Aug 12, 2022

Donald Richard Veneman, 67, of Aumsville, Oregon, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 12 th , 2022.

Donald was born in 1954 in Salem, Oregon, to Richard and Kathryn Veneman. He grew up in the Willamette Valley, graduating from North Salem High School. He met and fell in love with Merilee in 1983, they married...

Aug 11, 2022

Adios Jose Adios Jose se nos fue el tiempo. Te vas en un viaje con un destino más allá de las estrellas. No se cuando volveremos a encontrarnos. Me quedo entre las pisteadas llenas de carcajadas y buenas charlas. Me quedo entre tus consejos llenos de sabiduría de un ser que había vivido una vida dura. En la vida fuiste...

Aug 10, 2022

Allen James Forbes, 87, of Lebanon, passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, August 10 , 2022 after a short battle with cancer. Allen was born to William and Reta (Rowley) Forbes and raised on the family farm in Lebanon. He graduated from Lebanon Union High School in 1953 and attended Oregon Technical Institute (now Oregon Institute...

Aug 9, 2022

Charles Duane Epperly, 84, of Shaw, passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 after a short battle with cancer. Duane was born to Charles and Marjorie (Hoppe) Epperly and raised on the family farm in rural Salem. He graduated from North Salem High School in 1955 and began his career at Boise Cascade Paper Mill...