Obituaries

Margaret Mary Colon

Margaret Mary Colon

Jul 12, 2019

A full obitary is pending

Fidelia M. Calvo

Fidelia M. Calvo

Jul 12, 2019

Fidelia was born on July 10, 1937 on Rota one of the Northern Mariana Islands to Felix and Jeronima (Taisacan) Mediola. Fidelia met Isaac and they married on May 26, 1955, eventually starting a family of 11 children. When some of Fidelia’s children moved to the States to attend college, Fidelia and Isaac decided to bring the rest of...

Gary "Salty" Franklin Green

Gary "Salty" Franklin Green

Jul 12, 2019

Full obituary and service information pending

Evangelyn Rose Fleetwood

Evangelyn Rose Fleetwood

Jul 12, 2019

Evangelyn Rose (Shattuck) Fleetwood passed away in her sleep, the morning of July 12th. Evangelyn was born on May 14th, 1924 to parents Willard Shattuck and Ethelyn (Armstrong) Shattuck, in Friendsville, TN, where her father was teaching at the time. When she was still very young her family moved back to Oregon. She grew up in Gresham, OR, where...

Helen J. Huttner

Helen J. Huttner

Jul 11, 2019

Helen Huttner, 87, died July 11, 2019, at her home in Stayton, Oregon after a long illness. A celebration of life will be held in July 2020 at her daughter’s farm in Houston, MN followed by interment at Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Atkinson, WI. Mrs. Huttner was born April 4, 1932, in Fort Atkinson, WI to Laurence and Alma...

Ralph Taylor

Ralph Taylor

Jul 10, 2019

Ralph Osborne Taylor, age 84, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2019 in Salem, Oregon, after a long-goodbye. He was born on March 13, 1935 in Galax, Virginia. He was the third of four children born to Osborne Thomas Taylor and Josie Verna Bartlett. His family were farm workers and shared many stories of their trials and tribulations. They...

Dorothy "Dot" Fay Knight

Dorothy "Dot" Fay Knight

Jul 10, 2019

Dorothy Faye Martin was born on November 12, 1939 in Oklahoma City.  She was known to close friends and family as "Dot". She married Jackson “Ladell” Knight on November 14, 1956, he preceded her in death in 2014. Dot was a fixture in the Aumsville area community for over 40 years. She and Ladell lived in the Marion area...

Francis "Franny" Foster

Francis "Franny" Foster

Jul 9, 2019

Franny is survived by her daughers, Sicley Foster, Pamela Murphy, Kimberly Murphy; sons, Aryan Barre, Bobby Murphy, Phillip Moran and Shane Moran. Grandchildren, Cierra Martinez, Tyler Murphy, and Shayla Barre; sister, Bernetta (Malcom) McDonald; nephews, Wade and Scott McDonald. Franny is also survived by all of the friends that she has made over the years... she considered most all...

Glynda Faye Mitchell

Glynda Faye Mitchell

Jul 9, 2019

Glynda Faye Helms Mitchell, born in Barbour county, Alabama, passed away peacefully at her home in Philomath, Oregon, July 9, 2019.  She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sheila Anita Mitchell; mother Marie B. Helms; and father Norman Helms. She is survived by son Alan Mitchell of Kansas City, Missouri; daughter Brigitte Mitchell of Pensacola; son Harvey Mitchell...

Jeanette  Kim Bennett

Jeanette Kim Bennett

Jul 7, 2019

Jeannette Kim Bennett was born on November 20, 1959 in Hermiston, Oregon to John and Betty (Bayliss) Bennett. She grew up in southeast Portland in the Woodstock/Lentz area. Jeanette always loved the country and dreamed of one day being a country girl and having a small farm. As an adult Jeannette lived in Happy Valley, Scotts Mills and the...

James Dale Grim

James Dale Grim

Jul 6, 2019

James Dale Grim, 52, passed away on July 6th, 2019 at his residence due to Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). He is survived by his children Matthew Dale Grim and Leah Michelle Grim. James lived a life of impact, sowing seeds of love, light, and laughter wherever he went. He was a loving father, a dependable and inspiring friend, a...

Ronald Albert Cook

Ronald Albert Cook

Jul 5, 2019

Ronald Albert Cook was born the youngest of five in Phoenix, Arizona to Arnold B. Cook and Donna Mae Hodges. When Ronald was young the family would move to the Willamette Valley where Ronald would graduate from Cascade High School with the class of 1982.  On October 3, 1985 at the age of 20 Ronald would enter the United...

Gloria Faye Dupree

Gloria Faye Dupree

Jul 5, 2019

Gloria Faye Dupree was born July 7, 1957, in Kaplan, Louisiana, to Dudley and Ulialia Trahan. Gloria was the youngest of eight children and was especially close to her mother even as a child. When Gloria was in her late teens, she and her mother set out on their own and moved into a home together. Emmitt Stewart, a...

Rex Daum Sorick

Rex Daum Sorick

Jul 4, 2019

Rex Sorick passed away after a short stay at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House in Albany Oregon.  Rex was 2 weeks from turning 98 years old. He was preceded in death by his wife Shirley.  They had been married 65 years at the time of her death in 2011.  He is survived by his daughters, Janet Lynn Fussell of Gresham,...

Sandra Bredeson

Sandra Bredeson

Jul 3, 2019

Sandra Jean Bredeson (Horning) was born on June 24, 1940 to Glen and Ora Horning in Coquille, Oregon. Her Family moved to Portland, Oregon and then, during her grade school years, to Eugene, Oregon graduating from South Eugene High School in 1958. She was married to Donald “Mike”) Davenport until their divorce in 1974. During her time married to...

Bessie "Virginia" Hill Farrens

Bessie "Virginia" Hill Farrens

Jun 28, 2019

Bessie “Virginia” Hill Farrens was born September 27, 1931, in Oregon City, Oregon, to Dewey G. and Winnie H. (Eadon) Hill. Even as a child, Virginia was no stranger to hard work. At the young age of 8, she was already working as a full-time caregiver for an 80-year-old lady. Then at age 12, Virginia went to a farm...

Eugene Henry Calkins

Eugene Henry Calkins

Jun 27, 2019

Salem- Eugene Henry Calkins (Gene), age 72, died June 27, 2019 in the care of Salem Hospitals wonderful ICU nurses “Julie” and “Diondra” - surrounded by loving family and friends. Born September 11, 1946 in Mill City, Oregon – to Edward Henry Calkins and Hilda Leona (Upton) Calkins, brother to Joyce (Young). Gene married his High School sweetheart Candice...

Jody Michelle Graham

Jody Michelle Graham

Jun 27, 2019

Full Obituary and service information pending.

Gerald Allen Morey

Gerald Allen Morey

Jun 23, 2019

A full obituary soon to follow

Tony Marvin Starkweather

Tony Marvin Starkweather

Jun 23, 2019

Tony Marvin Starkweather was born on January 10, 1964 in Grants Pass, Oregon to Marvin and Maryanne Starkweather.  Tony grew up and spent the majority of his childhood years in North Bend, Oregon.  On July 19, 1983 at the age of 19, Tony entered the U.S. Army as a Motor Transport Operator (88M).  He was soon stationed in Germany...