Obituaries

Stephen M. Johnson

Stephen M. Johnson

Feb 1, 2020

Stephen M. Johnson, age 71, passed away peacefully at his home in Stayton on February 1, 2020. He was born on May 8, 1948 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Jimmie Johnson and Wilda Franks. The family moved to California, where he attended Antioch High School and graduated in 1966. After graduation, he enlisted in the United states Marine Corps...

Hazel Evelyn Lee

Hazel Evelyn Lee

Jan 31, 2020

Hazel Evelyn Dively was born on October 15, 1936 in Stayton, Oregon at the original Stayton Hospital now known as the Brown House. Her parents, Dewey and Alice (Martin) Dively raised Hazel in the downtown area of Stayton. Hazel attended West Stayton Elementary and eventually graduated from Cascade High School. After high school, Hazel married Robert Edward Lee in...

Kieth Dale Siegmund

Kieth Dale Siegmund

Jan 31, 2020

Kieth Dale Siegmund, age 70, passed away on January 31, 2020 in Lyons. He was born on December 26, 1949 in Salem, to Kenneth and Virginia Siegmund. He attended Scio High School, where he met his High School Sweetheart Donna, who later became his wife. They were married until her passing in 2008. Kieth lived in the Willamette Valley...

Peggy Joann Peters

Peggy Joann Peters

Jan 30, 2020

Peggy Joann Peters was born on August 13, 1940 in Hillsboro, Oregon to Richard and Alena McMillin Thiel.  She would grow up and graduate from high school in Redmond, Oregon. A few years after high school she would marry Robert Peters, in Salem, Oregon who she had met through family.  This would begin 47 wonderful years of marriage, before...

Katherine Dockery

Katherine Dockery

Jan 28, 2020

Katherine Dockery, age 70, passed away on January 28, 202 in Stayton, Oregon. She was born on July 28, 1949 in Nevada, and she grew up in Grants Pass, Oregon. Katherine married her partner of 23 years, Thomas Dockery, in 2014.  At her request, no services will be held.

Richard Elvin Reed

Richard Elvin Reed

Jan 28, 2020

Sublimity- Richard Elvin Reed who was born on April 10, 1932 in Oakland, California to Elvin and Eleanor Reed passed away on January 28, 2020 in Salem, Oregon. Services will be private.

Jess Earl Ingram

Jess Earl Ingram

Jan 28, 2020

Jess Earl Ingram was born in Grants Pass, Oregon on October 2, 1928. The son of Jess and Elda H. Ingram, they moved around a lot during his younger years and he went to 6 different schools until he went to high school in Lebanon, Oregon. Before graduating in 1946, he was active in many clubs. Jess lettered in...

David Lee Gardner

David Lee Gardner

Jan 27, 2020

David Lee Gardner passed away on January 27 at the age of 81. He was born August 1, 1938 in Nebraska to Cleo (Lee) and Glenn Gardner (both deceased). When he was very young, his family moved west to the logging towns of the Oregon Coast Range. He graduated from Monroe High School and attended Oregon State University. While...

Stanley Carl Olson

Stanley Carl Olson

Jan 27, 2020

~ In Loving Memory ~ No services will be held.

Gerald "Wayne" Mitchell

Gerald "Wayne" Mitchell

Jan 25, 2020

Gerald “Wayne” Mitchell was born on October 9, 1961 in Willow, California and passed on January 25, 2020 at age 58 in Stayton, Oregon. Wayne loved fishing and hunting. If he was indoors he loved watching Vikings Football or Nascar while enjoying a Budwesier. He was a simple guy with a good sense of humor. Wayne earned the nickname...

Ronda Lea Pierce

Ronda Lea Pierce

Jan 24, 2020

Ronda passed suddenly on Friday January 24th, 2020 at Salem Hospital, after an extended illness. She was surrounded by her Husband of 40 years and her children. Ronda was born at Salem Hospital on September 3, 1960 to Ernest (Tex) Emmerson and Clydia(Punkin) (Storey) Emmerson. Ronda spent her early childhood living in the Santiam Canyon. Eventually the family moved...

Gary Evans Watts

Gary Evans Watts

Jan 24, 2020

Gary Evans Watts (age 75) is not the type of man who can be summed up by a list of accomplishments or statistics. He was a generous, kind and loving husband and father of two daughters. But he was also a man who loved to laugh and make everyone else in the room laugh. His sense of humor was...

Fred Carrier

Fred Carrier

Jan 24, 2020

Obituary pending.

Julia Elizabeth Ferrill

Julia Elizabeth Ferrill

Jan 23, 2020

Julia Elizabeth Ferrill was born October 15, 1949, in Portland, Oregon, to John Thomas and Zeta (Clark) Van Houten II. She grew up in the west hills of Portland with one brother whom she was very close to. After graduating high school, Julia moved to the Bay Area for medical training in San Francisco in the 1960’s. She loved...

Mildred Mary Kingsmill

Mildred Mary Kingsmill

Jan 21, 2020

Mildred Mary Kingsmill passed away from this world and made her way to be with her savior on January21, 2020 at the tender age of 96.  Mildred Mary Wolfe was born in to this world on March 3rd, 1923, in Cleveland Ohio to Hungarian immigrants. Mildred had a rough upbringing since she was a child of a divorce and...

Darrell George Brackenbrough

Darrell George Brackenbrough

Jan 21, 2020

~ In Loving Memory ~

Ralph Emerson Haga

Ralph Emerson Haga

Jan 21, 2020

Ralph Emerson Haga, age 66, passed away on January 21, 2020 in Turner, Oregon. He was born on May 18, 1953 in San Bernardino, California to Douglas and Betty Ann (Daring) Haga. Ralph served in the United States Army from September 1971 until his honorable discharge in October 1973.  Ralph married Kathleen Adean Hill. They were married until his...

Anna Mary "Annie" Wadsworth

Anna Mary "Annie" Wadsworth

Jan 19, 2020

Anna Mary “Annie” Wadsworth, age 80, passed away on January 19, 2020 in Salem, Oregon. She was born on July 8, 1939 in Hay Springs, Nebraska to Ernest and Alzina (Gillette) Coleman. She was one of ten siblings. Her father was a potato farmer, and her mother was a homemaker. Annie graduated from High School in 1957. Just a...

Jerry  Wayne Wooten

Jerry Wayne Wooten

Jan 18, 2020

Jerry Wayne Wooten was born on July 12, 1946 in El Centro, California to Roy and Viola (Wilson) Wooten.  He grew up in Tulelake California and graduated from Tulelake High School.  In his late 20’s Jerry would move to Klamath Falls, Oregon where he would go back to school and graduate with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from The...

Lillian Wynona Duman

Lillian Wynona Duman

Jan 15, 2020

Lillian Wynona Duman, age 82, passed away on January 15, 2020 in Turner. She was born on June 27, 1937 in Dewar, Oklahoma to Ernest Obe and Golda (Allen) Bales. She was one of five children. Lillian attended Cascade High School and graduated in 1954. On November 20, 1955 she married the love of her life, John Clifford “Cliff”...