Obituaries

Mae Passarelle

Mae Passarelle

Jan 4, 2022

Mae Passarelle was born on May 8, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York to Anna Mandegna and Cosamo Lipari. She attended Brooklyn Industrial High School for Girls and studied dress design and pattern making where she was top of her class. She would meet her husband Ralph Passarelle at a popular New York City dance hall and they would marry...

Mattie I. Speck

Mattie I. Speck

Jan 4, 2022

Private Burial

Kenneth "Ken" Krumdieck

Kenneth "Ken" Krumdieck

Jan 3, 2022

Now, safe in the arms of Jesus, Kenneth T. Krumdieck was born on July 7, 1933, on a beloved farm in Chatfield, Minnesota to Louis Frederick and Clara (Boness) Krumdieck.  He would grow up with five older siblings: Walter, Carl, Elmer, Oscar, and Dorothy.  The Depression was a hard time to be a farmer.  The family moved from Minnesota...

Ralph Richard Elliott

Ralph Richard Elliott

Jan 2, 2022

Ralph Richard Elliott was born January 14, 1944 in Three Rivers, Michigan to A.O. and Berenice (Burchard) Elliott. He attended Michigan State University in E. Lansing, Michigan and Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, where he met Leeann, his wife of 38 years. They were married on August 7, 1971. In 1974 Ralph moved with Leeann to Lincoln City. The...

Ryan Clifton Keim

Ryan Clifton Keim

Dec 31, 2021

Ryan was born in Stayton Oregon to Dale and Wanda Keim. As a child he attended Stayton Elementary School, Middle and High Schools. He was also a member of Foothills church. Growing up he was involved in different sports until he was old enough to drive. He then turned his focus into his lifelong passion…cars! Ryan married LeAnn Wright...

Michael Alan Akers

Michael Alan Akers

Dec 31, 2021

Michael Allen Akers Selmer passed away on New Years Even 2021 due to complications from his ongoing fight with cancer. Michael was born in Salem, Oregon on August 27th, 1978. He finished his fight on the last day of 2021 at the age of 43. He spent most of his adult life as a mechanic working all over Oregon....

Jack Adelbert Phelps, Jr.

Jack Adelbert Phelps, Jr.

Dec 30, 2021

Jack Adelbert Phelps Jr. was born on March 3, 1952, in Tacoma, Washington to Jack and Mary (Watkins) Phelps. His father served in the Armed Forces and Jack would grow up a military brat traveling all over with his family, including his siblings Michael, Cheryl, and Janine. He would join the Air Force himself and after being honorably discharged...

Phyllis Irene Griswold

Phyllis Irene Griswold

Dec 28, 2021

Full Obituary Pending

Joan Asbahr Armstrong

Joan Asbahr Armstrong

Dec 24, 2021

Joan Asbahr Armstrong, 92, died Thursday, December 24, 2021 in Corvallis, Oregon surrounded by family.  She was born on a farm outside Corvallis with her twin Roger, the last of eight children.  She married her high school sweetheart Harry A. Armstrong in 1948.  They had five children:  Dianne, Paul, Kathy, Kevin and Alice.  Joan drove a school bus for...

David J Dollard

David J Dollard

Dec 23, 2021

Full Obituary Pending.

Gerald David James

Gerald David James

Dec 21, 2021

A service is pending.

Harley Raymond Brown

Harley Raymond Brown

Dec 17, 2021

Harley Brown was born in 1936 to a very poor family in Northern California. Truth be known, he was the definition of a true mountain man. Even as a young boy, Harley would disappear into the wilderness for 6 to 8 weeks at a time…typically because he knew good and well he was in trouble for something. Eventually his...

John J. Slatsky

John J. Slatsky

Dec 17, 2021

John J. Slatsky left this world on December 17th, 2021. Born in Youngstown, Ohio on July 14th, 1939, he left the steel mills for a drapery job in Hollywood. His illustrious career of 42 years earned him a stellar reputation. Working on “Paint Your Wagon” in 1969, he fell in love with Oregon, and bought a ranch there to...

Eugene Edward Broeke, Jr.

Eugene Edward Broeke, Jr.

Dec 15, 2021

Eugene “Junior” Edward Broeke, Jr was born on March 22, 1955, to Eugene Sr. and Audrey (Bartlett) Broeke in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Junior was just one of eight children in a large family. Junior would serve in the United States Army and throughout his life Junior would live in Oregon and Alaska. While in Alaska he would meet his...

Linore Crabtree

Linore Crabtree

Dec 14, 2021

Eugene – Linore, 103, passed away on December 15th in her home in the presence of family. She was born May 28, 1918 in Kingsford (Bienfait) Saskatchewan, Canada to Ward Alan Inglis and Rebecca (Reba) Linore Kinler. Linore graduated from Stayton High School and attended Willamette University for two years before marrying Dale T. Crabtree on June 15, 1938....

Doris Jean Fuller

Doris Jean Fuller

Dec 14, 2021

Lebanon-  Elldoris “Doris” Fuller was born on Febuary 7, 1944 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Roscoe and Ethel (Howard)Bomberger. Doris would earn an associate’s degree in accounting, throughout her life Doris would workvarious accounting jobs. Doris would live in Lincoln, Nebraska until 1989 when she moved to Medford,Oregon, where she would live for 5 years. Doris would travel and live...

Esperanza Amaya Calvillo

Esperanza Amaya Calvillo

Dec 14, 2021

Esperanza was born on August 12,1956 in El Campo, Texas to Santiago and Cresencia Amaya. She was one of 9 siblings, and her love of children most likely began with her siblings. As Esperanza grew up she would meet and fall in love with Jose M. Calvillo II on February 26, 1972 in Independence, Oregon. They would start a...

Raymond Franklin Lyles

Raymond Franklin Lyles

Dec 11, 2021

Raymond Franklin Lyles was called home to the lord on December 11th, 2021. Raymond was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1941. He made his way to Oregon working in the bean fields. This is where he met his first love, Peggy. Raymond and Peggy were married until her death. If you asked people who Raymond was, they would...

Marvin Eugene Emmert

Marvin Eugene Emmert

Dec 10, 2021

Marvin E. Emmert, 85, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away on December 10, 2021 in Albany, Oregon at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House.   Marvin was born in Molalla, Oregon on December 20, 1935 the son of Floyd and Grace (Burkholder) Emmert.  The family moved to Sweet Home, Oregon in 1938 where his father and uncles started Emmert Brothers Logging.  Marvin’s...

Philip Edward Lissor

Philip Edward Lissor

Dec 9, 2021

Private cremation services.