Obituaries

Anthony "Tony" Michael Dienstel

Anthony "Tony" Michael Dienstel

Oct 27, 2020

Anthony “Tony” Michael Dienstel was born June 17, 1967, in Portland, Oregon, the only child of Robert Raymond and Charity “Chicki” (Clancy) Dienstel. From the young age of 5, Tony was participating in motorcycle trials, winning first place trophies by the age of 6. Growing up, his family loved to camp and made yearly trips to Fishermen’s Bend Park...

Sharon Dee Van Hoy

Sharon Dee Van Hoy

Oct 25, 2020

Sharon Dee Van Hoy was born in Medford, Oregon, on March 1, 1946, to Henry “Hank” Louis and Doris Viola (Shafer) Wilson. She was raised with a brother and a sister in the Rogue Valley of Oregon. From a young age, Sharon was showing horses, earning multiple FFA and 4-H Championships all over the Northwest. After graduating from Crater...

Debra Essenberg Rober

Debra Essenberg Rober

Oct 25, 2020

Debra Essenberg Rober (née Debra Jean Essenberg) lost her fight with metastatic cancer on Oct. 25, 2020. She was born on Mar. 8, 1950 and lived in Duarte, CA for the first 6 years of her life. A job transfer for her father brought the family to Sacramento, CA, where she attended school up to high school, at El...

Tracy Anne Beimler

Tracy Anne Beimler

Oct 24, 2020

Tracy Anne Beimler was born February 19, 1972, in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, to Michael George and Beverly Anne (Sorenson) Beimler. She grew up in Canada and moved to Victoria, British Columbia, for a time, and at some point made her way to the United States, settling in the Salem, Oregon, area eventually. Tracy spent time at the Recovery Outreach...

Robert "Marc" Betz

Robert "Marc" Betz

Oct 24, 2020

Corvallis- Robert “Marc” Betz was born on December 24, 1948 in Evanston, Illinois to Carl Richard and Ruth Adeline (Rehder) Betz. He was the youngest of the three Betz boys. They lived in Park Ridge, Illinois until he was nine years old. Those formative years turned him and his brothers into a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan. When he was...

Simone C.  Chilton

Simone C. Chilton

Oct 23, 2020

Simone was born on January 30, 1936 and passed away on October 23, 2020.   She was the youngest of six siblings, born into a larger middle class family in Hanoi, Vietnam, where her father was an early French-trained lawyer within the colonial government system.  Simone attended both primary and secondary French schools in the Hanoi area of northern Vietnam....

William Gale Angel

William Gale Angel

Oct 23, 2020

On Friday, October 23, 2020, William G. Angel, Bill, age 80, passed away. Bill is survived by his wife JoAnne; sons Jay, Terry & (Todd deceased), 3 grandsons Dillon, Jeremy, and Zachary, 6 great-grandchildren & siblings Jim, Sandra, and Cheryl.  Bill's passion was to hunt and fish in the beautiful state of Oregon, where he was a life-long resident...

Randy Fay Mcquillen

Randy Fay Mcquillen

Oct 23, 2020

Lebanon- In Loving Memory of Randy Fay McQuillen.

Karen  M. Stanley

Karen M. Stanley

Oct 22, 2020

Karen M. Stanley was born November 26, 1944, in Portland, Oregon, to Melvin Weldon and Olga A. (Smith) Horner. She grew up with one brother in the Portland area, graduating from Beaverton High School in 1964. After high school, Karen attended business school. She married Donald Stanley on February 18, 1967, and the couple welcomed two sons. When Don’s...

Randy L. Claflin

Randy L. Claflin

Oct 20, 2020

SALEM - Randy L. Claflin was born on August 28, 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Percy and Marian (Dickerson) Claflin. Randy attended Central Linn High School in Halsey, Oregon and graduated in 1971. In 1975 he married Mary A. Hill who he met through friends and together they had two sons, Ryan and Dave who were the light of...

Earnest W. Smith

Earnest W. Smith

Oct 20, 2020

Earnest “Ernie” W. Smith was born on October 29, 1950 in Vancouver, Washington to Charlie and Marie (Woodward) Smith. Ernie grew up in Tigard, Oregon where he graduated from Tigard High School and attended St. Anthony Catholic School.  From an early age he began a life to public service when he served as an altar boy. He would meet...

Misty Sue Eichberger Barkley

Misty Sue Eichberger Barkley

Oct 18, 2020

Lebanon- In Loving Memory of Misty Barkley. Full Obituary Soon to Follow

Harlan George Crawford

Harlan George Crawford

Oct 18, 2020

Harlan G Crawford was born February 13, 1924, in Silva, North Dakota, to George and Anna Stella (Chervenka) Crawford. He grew up with three sisters and five brothers in the Salem area.  After graduating from Salem High School in 1941, Harlan enlisted in the Army and served for two years during WWII, fighting on the front lines. He received...

David Patrick Kearney

David Patrick Kearney

Oct 16, 2020

Albany- In Loving Memory of David Patrick Kearney. Full Obituary and Service Information Pending.

Steven W.R. Edwards

Steven W.R. Edwards

Oct 15, 2020

Private Burial With Military Honors will be Held.

Rianne Rae Wood

Rianne Rae Wood

Oct 13, 2020

In Memory of Rianne Rae Wood.

Billie Jean Goforth

Billie Jean Goforth

Oct 12, 2020

Lebanon- In Loving Memory of Billie Jean Goforth. Full Obituary Soon to Follow

Bridgette Ann Reed

Bridgette Ann Reed

Oct 10, 2020

Bridgette was born July 9th, 1965, to Jerry Saxon and Diane Prouty in San Francisco, California. Bridgette was raised by Micheal Levin (deceased) and Diane. Her grandfather Walter and Grandmother Nonie had a large part in her childhood and she had very fond memories of them. She was a fierce woman who knew how to hold her own. This...

James Evans

James Evans

Oct 9, 2020

Corvallis- In Loving Memory of James Evans. Full Obituary and Service Information Pending.

Frank Jarvis Jeremy Newton

Frank Jarvis Jeremy Newton

Oct 9, 2020

Mill City- Frank Jarvis Jeremy Newton was born on November 18, 1979 in Salem, Oregon to Cathy Ann Sell and Mitch Newton. Frank grew up in the Gates and Mill City area, he attended Santiam Canyon Schools. Frank worked with his father, Mitch at the family trucking company “Newton Trucking” where he would work in the office dispatching trucks. ...