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Joe Brown

Joe Brown

Sep 2, 2025

Frank Joseph (Joe) Brown, 77, passed away of kidney failure (following a stroke on March 17) in the early morning of September 2nd, 2025 at Salem Hospital, his family at his side.

Joe was born on July 15th, 1948 in Fletcher, Oklahoma. His grandmother kept him warm, rocking him by the fire all through the first night after he was born....

Phyllis Anne Anderson

Phyllis Anne Anderson

Sep 1, 2025

Phyllis died peacefully on September 1, 2025 in her home in Jefferson, Oregon surrounded by loved ones. She was born on February 13, 1945 to parents Elizabeth and Walter Locke. She was raised with her two brothers, Bill and Vance, in a small ocean town on the Oregon Coast. Bayocean was her first childhood home until it was eventually destroyed...

Zayden Lara

Zayden Lara

Aug 28, 2025

Come, join us in celebrating the 4 1/2 amazing years that our miracle baby Zayden spent with us, loved and cherished, as he lights up one last room all the people that loved him, and who in return loved them back so incredibly much.

Lydia Marlene Christensen

Lydia Marlene Christensen

Aug 17, 2025

On August 17, 2025, our beloved Lydia Marlene Christensen passed away peacefully at the age of 90 surrounded by loved ones. She was born on December 29, 1934, in Burley, Idaho, to James Clifford and Lydia Samantha (Lee) Thompson, and grew up in Rupert, Idaho where she enjoyed a happy childhood.

At 16 years old Marlene fell in love with John...

Henry Dion Labrie

Henry Dion Labrie

Aug 12, 2025

Henry Dion LaBrie, beloved son, grandson, brother, and nephew passed from this earth on August 12th, 2025.

Henry perished in a car accident while on his way to start his adult life in Hawthorne, Nevada.

Henry graduated from South Salem High School in June. He earned honors for attendance and creativity in the CTEC Law Enforcement program. After graduation, Henry toured Europe...

Kimberly Ann Sessa

Kimberly Ann Sessa

Aug 10, 2025

Kimberly “Kim” Ann Sessa, 61, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, August 10, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.

Born September 28, 1963, in Merced, California, and raised in Clovis, California. Kim was the youngest of three daughters to Eli Puglizevich Jr. and Cecile McIntyre. Proudly 100% Yugoslavian, she was raised in a family of strong-minded, hardworking people with a...

James Matthew Steele

James Matthew Steele

Aug 10, 2025

James Matthew Steele, 63, of Salem, Oregon, passed away on August 10th, 2025. Born September 21, 1961, in Pampa, Texas, James was the youngest child of Kenneth E. Steele and Edna Jenell (Duncan) Steele.

James’s early years were marked by loss and hardship. After his family relocated to Oregon, his mother sadly passed away from an aggressive brain cancer when he...

Dixie Ann West

Dixie Ann West

Aug 10, 2025

The children of Dixie Ann (LaTourrette Cox) West are saddened to announce her passing on Sunday August 10, 2025. Dixie was born on 11/7/1950 and was 74 at the time of her passing. Her parents were Vera Atteburry LaTourrette and Wayne Charles LaTourrette Sr. She is survived by her three children, Tami Frazier, Anna Cox, and Wayne Cox. She was...

Lani Wylda Hoover

Lani Wylda Hoover

Aug 1, 2025

Lani Wylda Hoover, born on July 4, 1942, in California, passed away on August 1, 2025, in Oregon. 

Lani Wylda Hoover will be deeply missed.

Ruth Arlene Miklaucic

Ruth Arlene Miklaucic

Jul 29, 2025

Ruth Arlene Miklaucic passed away to be with the Lord on July 29th, 2025 at her home in Salem, Oregon. Ruth was born on November 6, 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri to Dorothy Lucille Bowman and Russell Walrath. She was raised in California and graduated from the Brethren Christian High School in California in 1967. 

Ruthie was preceded in death by...

Arlette Nell Johnson

Arlette Nell Johnson

Jul 28, 2025

SALEM, OR — Arlette Nell Johnson, 73, of Salem, Oregon, passed away on July 28, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.

Born in North Bend, Oregon, Arlette came from a family of original Coos County homesteaders (1865). Her family’s history is woven into the South Coast — they helped found the Longshore Union, operated the stagecoach line from Marshfield to Winchester Bay,...

Edgar Torrey Numrich

Edgar Torrey Numrich

Jul 27, 2025

The man, the medical mystery!

My father, Edgar T. Numrich, passed away on Sunday, July 27th, 2025. He would have been 85 on August 5th. However, as many know, he was a HUGE lover of life, and to that end he ate horribly, drank like a fish for much of his life, smoked until the early 90’s, and despised most every...

Robert Ivan Jeffers

Robert Ivan Jeffers

Jul 26, 2025

The family of Robert Ivan Jeffers (Bobby) is saddened to announce his passing on Saturday, July 26, 2025 after a train accident in Salem, Oregon.

Bobby was born to the late Robert and Thelma Jeffers and raised in the Salem, Oregon area until joining the United States Army in 1976. He was proud to serve his country! While in the military,...

Ted Kazuta Nakayoshi

Ted Kazuta Nakayoshi

Jul 12, 2025

Ted Nakayoshi was a 49-year-old father of four. He is survived by four children, a grandson, and his mother and older sister.

He was born in San Dimas, California, on August 18th, 1975. His childhood was spent in Glendora with his older sister, and he graduated from Charter Oaks High School in 1993. After high school, he went on to college,...

Chuck (Charles) Moore

Chuck (Charles) Moore

Jul 10, 2025

Chuck (Charles Ray) Moore peacefully entered the presence of his Savior the morning of July 10th at age 83. He was born in Westwood, California on May 23, 1942.

Chuck spent his growing up years in Scio, Oregon where he attended all 12 years of school. He received both his Bachelor and Masters Degree in Education at Oregon College of Education...

Jude Andrew Weisner

Jude Andrew Weisner

Jul 4, 2025

Jude Weisner was born on August 4, 2011. He passed away on July 4, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Jude began his educational career at Liberty Elementary School, attending from kindergarten through second grade. Jude’s family moved to Dallas where he attended Oakdale Heights Elementary School for his third-grade year. The family then moved back to Salem where Jude...

Juanita Rose Geary

Juanita Rose Geary

Jun 28, 2025

In Loving memory of Juanita Rosa Geary. Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother. She devoted her life to her family and her ministry for God. She  blessed everyone around her. All those blessed to know her please join us for her celebration of life at the Bridge Learning Community in Sheridan, Or. 

Manuel Ramirez Hernandez

Manuel Ramirez Hernandez

Jun 24, 2025

In loving Memory of Manuel Hernandez Ramirez born on May 1, 1942 to June 24, 2025. Manuel passed away peacefully at home.

Manuel was born in Eagle Pass, Texas to Adrian and Irene Ramirez. At a very young age he moved to Ontario, Oregon and later met our mother Frances in 1962.

Our parents married in Payette, Idaho in 1971. They resided...

Kari Jean Lyell

Kari Jean Lyell

Jun 23, 2025

This Story is Dedicated to Kari Jean Lyell

10/31/1976-06/23/2025

Prologue

This is a love story, the brave protagonist in this beautiful tale is Ms. Kari Jean Lyell and this story is dedicated to her. Anyone who ever met her had the honor of meeting such a special person from a galaxy not so far far away.

Chapter 1

Once upon a time in the small...

Chris Allen Johnson

Chris Allen Johnson

Jun 19, 2025

Chris Johnson, a kind and caring person, passed away the morning of June 19th after a very painful episode of bone cancer in his spine. His loving wife, Dianne, was by his side to the end.

Chris and Dianne met through a mutual love of horses. In their 37 years of marriage, they had many trail rides and other wonderful adventures....