Obituaries

Edyth Newell

Edyth Newell

Feb 26, 2019

Edyth Newell was born on May 6, 1922 in Scotts Mills, Oregon to Vincent Paul Sowa and Lora Ferguson. She would go on to graduate from Molalla High School in 1939. She married Frank Newell in 1958 in Reno, Nevada who she had met through family and friends from the Scotts Mills area. Edyth and Frank’s marriage created a...

Gloria Marie Winniford

Gloria Marie Winniford

Feb 26, 2019

On Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019, Gloria Winniford, 95, of Sublimity, Oregon, completed her life on earth and walked into the arms of her savior, Jesus Christ. Gloria was born in Grants Pass to William and Myrtle Wunsch in 1924. She grew up in Glendale, Oregon and graduated from Glendale High School. She attended Willamette University, graduating in 1945 and...

Sidney Smith Lasswell Jr.

Sidney Smith Lasswell Jr.

Feb 24, 2019

Sidney Smith Lasswell was born in Eugene, Oregon, on May 21, 1924. After graduating from Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon, in 1941, he attended his freshman year at Oregon State University in 1941-42. He then entered the Army and, during World War II, spent over 2.5 years, from 1943 to 1946, serving in the South Pacific as a...

Cathy Ann Elizabeth Walther

Cathy Ann Elizabeth Walther

Feb 23, 2019

Cathy Ann Elizabeth Walther was born on August 13,1960, in Springfield, Virginia, to Emil and Elizabeth (Zielinski) York. She grew up in Virginia with two brothers. After graduating high school, she moved to California. While living in San Marcos, California, Cathy met Paul Walther. The two started as just friends, but over time, their fondness for one another grew...

Pamela Faye Neal

Pamela Faye Neal

Feb 22, 2019

Pamela Fay Neal was born January 22, 1946 in Oregon City, Oregon to David and Pearl (Watson) Holbrook. She grew up in the Portland area with three brothers and two sisters. Pam graduated from Franklin High School in 1964. Pam was a homemaker as well as a beautician. She also worked for Portland Metro Recycling and as a Clark...

Sharlee Nadine (Leech) Palmer

Sharlee Nadine (Leech) Palmer

Feb 22, 2019

Sharlee Nadine Palmer was born in Corvallis, Oregon to Charles and Clara (Downing) Leech. She lived in Burnt Woods, Oregon with her parents and two older sisters, Anna and Margery, until the family moved to Lebanon, Oregon while she was in grammar school. Sharlee had one child, a daughter Rebecca/Becky (Eilers) Morrill. Sharlee was a working woman most of...

Karen Irene Myrick

Karen Irene Myrick

Feb 18, 2019

Karen Irene Myrick was born on July 21, 1943 in Sublimity, Oregon to Harold and Adeline (Ellis) Schott. She was raised in Sublimity and attended both Stayton and Cascade High Schools. She met her husband Ray Myrick while he was enlisted in the service; they dated for two years and married in 1963. Together, Karen and Ray raised their...

Leonard Dan O'Malley

Leonard Dan O'Malley

Feb 18, 2019

Leonard Dan O’Malley was born on July 21, 1937 in Canyon City, Oregon to Marquis and Marie (Roberts) O’Malley. Leonard went to school in Enterprise and graduated in 1955. At age 17 he stared working in the saw mills and eventually became a log scaler. He would do this type of work for forty years and even after retirement,...

Tommy Lee  Blaylock

Tommy Lee Blaylock

Feb 18, 2019

Tommy was born in Osceola, Arkansas, to Harvey Lee and Ollie Blaylock. He grew up in rural Arkansas with three sisters and two brothers. Tommy moved to Oregon when he was 16 and joined the Marines when he was 18. After three years of service, he returned home to work at the family business, Turner Building Supply in Turner,...

Wilma Shepherd

Wilma Shepherd

Feb 18, 2019

Wilma Lou (Jull) Shepherd was born on February 13, 1933 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Hugh Ebenezer Jull and Helen Daisy (Whitaker) Jull. After moving around as a child, her family would finally settle in Mill City, Oregon in 1950 when her father was called to serve as minister of the Mill City Christian Church. She would go on to...

Donna Jo Hibbs

Donna Jo Hibbs

Feb 17, 2019

Donna Jo Hibbs was born at home in South Corvallis, Oregon on November 8, 1957 to James Taylor (Holt) Sr. and Alma Smith Taylor. She went to school at Inavale Grade School, Western View Junior High and Corvallis High School. Her most favorite things in life were her kids, Craig, Cassandra & Kristen. She would follow every game or...

Betty Sanders

Betty Sanders

Feb 17, 2019

Full Obituary soon to follow.

John Terrence Mcmanus

John Terrence Mcmanus

Feb 16, 2019

John T. McManus was born on May 31, 1943 in Los Angeles to Hugh and Jeanette McManus. His family moved to a farm in St. Louis, Oregon when he was 6 years old. They later moved to Gervais where he graduated from Gervais Union High School in 1961. He joined the Air Force and served honorably . John worked...

Terri Lynn Sohn

Terri Lynn Sohn

Feb 15, 2019

A full obituary is pending, please check back soon.

Virgil Trout

Virgil Trout

Feb 14, 2019

Virgil Lee Trout was born on January 2, 1937 in Yakima, Washington to LeRoy and Mary (Cinnamon) Trout. At age 15 he moved to the Lyons area and Virgil attended Stayton High School. From early on, Virgil was outgoing and loved to be involved with several activities. He was the running back of the football team and was class...

Hubert Laurence Barker

Hubert Laurence Barker

Feb 13, 2019

Hubert Laurence Barker, known to friends as “Hugh,” passed away on February 13, 2019, in Salem, Oregon, due to dementia-related illness. Hugh was born June 28, 1939, in Reedsport, Oregon, to Murvin Barker and Iva Boggs Barker. Hugh is lovingly cherished and remembered by his wife of 48 years, Carol Barker, and his children Debbie, Jay, and Brian, his...

Marilyn Cecelia (Minden) Trower

Marilyn Cecelia (Minden) Trower

Feb 13, 2019

CORVALLIS- Marilyn Cecelia (Minden) Trower died February 13, 2019, at her home after a lengthy illness. She was 82. Marilyn was born April 27, 1936, at her family home in Sublimity to Barbara (Schotthoefer) and Bernard Minden, the eldest of six girls and one boy. She was raised in Sublimity, attending Catholic schools until graduating from St. Boniface High...

Michael Lloyd Ramsey

Michael Lloyd Ramsey

Feb 9, 2019

Michael “Mike” Ramsey was born in Salem, Oregon, to Robert Keith and Deloris June (Ames) Ramsey. He grew up in the Lyons area with his six siblings. His dad was a logger and mom was a homemaker. Mike attended Mari-Linn School through the 8th grade. He was the fastest kid at school, holding records in the 50 yard dash...

Paul Abraham Davis

Paul Abraham Davis

Feb 8, 2019

Paul Abraham Davis was born on September 13, 1967 in Silverton, Oregon to Cecil and Darlene (Stowers) Davis; he was the oldest of three children. He was raised in Molalla, lived in Woodburn and as an adult lived in Salem. He married Marian Farm and together they had three children. Early on Paul did construction work but after the...

Jeanne Kirsch

Jeanne Kirsch

Feb 7, 2019

No services at her request, private inurnment at Greenwood Cemetery in Bend, Oregon.