Obituaries
Marcia Marie Ecker
Dec 10, 2019
Marcia Ecker was born on August 28th, 1940 in Kellogg, Idaho. She grew up in South Dakota before moving to Oregon to raise her family. She is survived by her children, Russ and Roberta; her grandchildren, Kory, Brittnay, Tiffany and Mitchell; and by her three sisters, Margaret, Allie and JennieMae. She loved attending flea markets, as well as visiting...
Jerry Ann Mcfall
Dec 10, 2019
Jerry Ann (McNeel) McFall was born in Colorado in 1929. Three weeks later the Great Depression began. She was teased about that juxtaposition for her entire life. Jerry was the youngest of six children, growing up on a homestead in Glendale, Oregon. She graduated highschool at the end of World War II and went to work as a telephone...
Robin Marie Olheiser
Dec 9, 2019
Robin was born on January 27,1959 in Enterprise, Oregon. When she was young the Family moved to Salem, Oregon where she attended and then graduated school from North Salem High School. While in school, she was a hard worker, as well as, during her time at Denny’s Restaurant and then at the Statesman Journal where she was a sportswriter....
Clare Eldon Hard, Jr. "Tupper"
Dec 8, 2019
Clare Eldon Hard, Jr., best known as “Tupper” was born on March 3, 1951 in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Mike and Maxine Hard “Clare Eldon Hard SR and Ella Prentice.” As a teen, he and his brother Robby and friends started up a band called “Pineapple Gravy”. They would hold local dances in the Bonanza area where they were...
Edward Charles La Paz Jr.
Dec 8, 2019
Leonardo Da Vinci said, "As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings happy death." Ed spent his life loving adventure and loving his children, both in equal measure. He often drove in drag races with friends during his youth and also climbed Mt. Ranier twice. He loved hiking and shared his love of...
Robert Clayton Imber Jr.
Dec 5, 2019
Robert Clayton Imber Jr. was born on January 5, 1951 in Franklin, Indiana to Robert and Eleanor (Steel) Imber. The family moved to Salem, Oregon in 1957. Later in life Robert graduated from North Salem High in 1969. On July 5, 1979, Robert married Nancy Eyler in Salem Oregon. They were married for 40 years and have two sons...
Howard Russell Rose
Dec 5, 2019
Howard was born and raised in Lebanon, Oregon on a farm that has been in his family since 1865. He served in the United States Army as a mechanic in the 8th Armoured Cavalry. Howard married Kathy in 1961. Over the years, he continued working as a mechanic for Southern Pacific Railroad, Tacoma Police Department and Lebanon School District...
Jerry Monroe
Dec 5, 2019
Jerry Lee Monroe was born on July 14, 1947 in Cottage Grove, Oregon to Henry and Eileen (Wall) Monroe. Jerry grew up in the Cottage Grove area where he enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports and working in the wood shop with his father. He spent his summers working in the woods to put himself through college. Jerry attended Oregon State...
Roger Crowell
Dec 2, 2019
Roger Thomas Crowell was born on July 23, 1966 in Livermore, California to Melvin Crowell and Hollie Houston. Roger attended high school and eventually went to culinary school. After living in California, Roger made the move thirty five years ago to Mill City, Oregon where he would work as a cook. Eventually, he would leave the restaurant industry and...
Sally Jean Skriver
Dec 2, 2019
Sally Jean Skriver, 87, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2019 in Albany, Oregon. She was born on July 22, 1932 in Chico, California to Charles and Sally (Michaels) Helphenstine. From a young age, Sally was a very hard worker. She left school to help raise her siblings during the Depression. When she was 14, she met her future...
Colleen Marie Ayriss-Smith
Nov 28, 2019
Colleen Marie Ayriss-Smith was born August 11, 1952, in Pasadena, California, to Donald Richard and Wanda Faye (McKusick) Ayriss. She grew up with a brother and two sisters, living in California most of her childhood. Colleen’s father worked at Disneyland while it was being built and she had fond memories of being allowed to test ride the Matterhorn as...
Juanita Bateman
Nov 27, 2019
Juanita passed away on November 27, 2019 in Portland, Oregon at age 73. She was born in Sedilia, Missouri to John and Helen Stevens. Eventually moving to Oregon and marrying Fred Bateman on March 17, 1980 in Independence, Oregon. Juanita and Fred would make their home in Lyons, Oregon where she would enjoy tending to her flowers and loving...
Susan Gail Alexander
Nov 24, 2019
Susan Gail Alexander was born on December 25, 1958 in Modesto, California to parents Russell and Mary Jane Woolf. Susan grew up in Modesto and graduated from Davis High School in 1976.She eventually would meet Robert Alexander on a blind date through friends from church. They married on March 8, 1986 in Manteca, California where they lived until 2018....
Aaron Skiles
Nov 22, 2019
Aaron Raymond Skiles was born on January 24, 1983 in Fort Lewis, Washington to Valerie Skiles. He grew up in Stayton, Oregon and attended Stayton High School, graduating in 2001. After graduating from high school, Aaron felt called to serve his country and enlisted in the United States Army. His military career would take him all over, living at...
Connie Lee Cabrera
Nov 21, 2019
Connie Lee Cabrera (Savin, Samoilov, Ramirez, Gomez) passed away on November 21, 2019. Connie was born January 2, 1954 in Salem, Oregon and was 65 years old. She was born to Fredrick D. and Helen K Savin in Salem, Oregon. She is survived by her husband Pablo A. Cabrera and son, Vasily "Billy" Samoilov; siblings, Kay Audrey Ossie Beal,...
Virginia Mae Hutchins
Nov 18, 2019
Virginia Mae Hutchins, 91, passed away on November 18, 2019 in Jefferson, OR. She was born on February 15, 1928 in Jackson Hole, WY to Julius Augustus and Ida (Elsie) Moore. The family moved to California for a brief period, before settling in Oregon in 1940. Virginia graduated from Corvallis High School in 1946. Virginia met her future husband,...
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