Obituaries

May 22, 2022

Diane Nobuko Johnson was born November 10th 1934 to Seishin Yamada and Yoshi Shimabukuro in Saipan. She grew up with four brothers and one sister; Seizen Yamada, Masakatsu Yamada, Masahiko Yamada, Seiko Yamada, and Katsuko Kimmy Cornell. Her family eventually relocated to Okinawa Japan, where she met her husband Robert Ernest Johnson,...

May 21, 2022

Laurence “Larry” Eugene Crofoot was born on September 8, 1953, in Portland, Oregon to LaDonna Gibson. For most of his entire life he would live in Mill City, Oregon where he graduated from Santiam High School in 1971. After high school he would attend Linn Benton Community College and receive an automotive degree. He would end up working in the...

May 21, 2022

Richard Leroy Aldridge was born on November 15th, 1964, in Lebanon, Oregon to parents Darlene and Charles. Richard spent most of his life in Oregon, however he spent 15 years living in Reno, Nevada. He was a skilled handyman working in the construction industry and for a time worked as a denture technician. Richard had six children: his son, Richard...

May 21, 2022

Kara Marie Chytka was born Kara Russo in Hancock, New York on July 3rd 1978 and spent her childhood in various cities in Oregon where she loved to ride her bike with neighborhood friends.

She passed away peacefully on May 21, 2022 in her home in Aumsville, Oregon surrounded by her husband, children and family...

May 20, 2022

Kathleen Gail Schrag was born February 2, 1943, in Devils Lake, North Dakota . Later that year, her family moved from North Dakota to Tacoma, Washington.  That is where Kathy grew up.

Kathy married Howard Rose on January 14, 1961, at...

May 19, 2022

Joan Katherine Blake Montiel was born on September 16 th , 1936, to parents Catherine Gloria Blake Hahn and Henry Albert Blake, in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up alongside her sisters Barbara Schroer (Blake) and Marian L. Schuhmacher (Blake). Joan met her first husband Albert, with whom she had ten beautiful children: Albert, Catherine, Richard, Stephen, Christine,...

May 19, 2022

May 17, 2022

Eddie Franklin Taylor was born on February 20, 1951, in Lebanon, Oregon to Jackie and Mary (McKeown) Taylor. He was the oldest of 5 siblings’ other siblings, and throughout his early years would grow up in Albany, Oregon. He would attend West Albany High School but would leave high school and earn a GED. Eddie would later enlist...

May 16, 2022

obituary is pending

May 15, 2022

David Leon Backman – decorated war hero, lifelong Boy Scout, advocate of children, beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away on May 15 th , 2022.

David was born on December 12 th , 1930, in West Port, Oregon, which was recorded on...

May 15, 2022

Bradley K. Stevens, Sr. was born on October 25, 1960, in Portland, Oregon to Donald and Norma (Junkman) Stevens. At 8 years old he would be raised by his stepmother who adopted him, Carole Rupea. He would grow up in Milwaukie, Oregon where he would attend Milwaukie High School and graduate in 1978. At the young age of...

May 14, 2022

David A. Fisher was born on November 20, 1934 in the state of Wisconsin to David Fisher and Edla Johnston. H is family soon moved to Foster, Oregon where he gr e w up . David graduate d from South Albany High School with the class of 1953. After high school, David join ed the United States Marine...

May 14, 2022

Dr. Curtis Alan Yehnert was born on December 12, 1958 in Akron, Ohio to Virgil Eugene Yehnert and Glenna Faye Keener. Curt completed a Ph.D. in Literature and Folklore at Ohio State University in 1993.  While studying at Ohio State, he would meet Heather Rayne Francaviglia.  The two would be married on June 19, 1993 in Arlington, Texas....

May 14, 2022

David George Lee was born on December 12 th , 1944, to parents Jack and Patricia (Cook) Lee in Coos Bay, Oregon. David would go on to meet and wed his wife Marjorie Lee, in Cottage Grove, Oregon. They would be married for 56 years, and be blessed with two children, Cynthia Lee, David Lee Jr.,...

May 12, 2022

Mary Ella Davidson, 74 years old, of Lyons, OR, passed away May 12 th , 2022, with her husband, daughter & granddaughters by her side at Salem Health Hospital.

Mary was born to the late Frank & Rachel Atkinson on December 6 th , 1947, in Mead County, West Virginia.

She married...

May 12, 2022

Fred William Stutheit was born on December 26, 1961, in Corvallis, Oregon to William and Floria (Baker) Stutheit. Fred would go on to graduate from West Albany High School with the class of 1980 and then Linn-Benton Community College where he would receive a bachelor’s degree. Fred worked as a truck driver and would live in Albany his...

May 12, 2022

Irene Rose Sterner passed away with her daughters by her side on May 12, 2022 after a brief battle with cancer. Irene lived a full life just shy of 90 years, mostly in and around Akeley, Minnesota and Muscatine, Iowa. Her most recent residence was Corvallis, Oregon.

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May 9, 2022

Leonard “Pete” Philip Roth was born on February 12, 1932 in Albany, Oregon to Philip and Amelia (Steckly) Roth. He would grow up in Albany and would go on to graduate from Albany Union High School. After high school Pete would enlist in the United States Army before being honorably discharged on August 10, 1956. He would return...

May 9, 2022

Joanne Marie Wesolowski was born November 5, 1934, to Raymond and Gladys (Otto) Wesolowski in Independence, Oregon. She passed away peacefully on May 9, 2022, at Santiam Hospital, Stayton, Oregon.

Joanne started school in Hopville, Oregon. The family moved to Aumsville, Oregon, where she attended West Stayton School, Aumsville High School, and then the newly...

May 6, 2022

Debra "Debby" Morgan was born August 7, 1968, and passed peacefully at home in Turner, on May 6th, 2022, with her mother, her sister, and daughter, surrounding her with love to go to her heavenly place with God.

She was a free spirit, kind, compassionate, funny and had...