OBITUARIES
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,...
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
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
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
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
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
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....
Kathleen Floy Whittam
Jun 16, 2025
Kathleen “Kathy” Floy Whittam, after a life of devotion to Jesus Christ, went home to be with her Savior on Monday, June 16, 2025 at the age of 79. She is survived by three children: Noelle Mackey, Robert Whittam, and Patrick Whittam, as well as five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her beloved sister, Mary Paulette...
Louis George Lucas
Jun 10, 2025
Louis was born in Salem, Oregon to a military father and homemaker mother. The family moved to California shortly after his birth, and he spent the first 13 years of his life living in several towns including Fallbrook, Vista, Hinkley, Oakland, and Oceanside, due to his father's military service and deployment to Vietnam.
Louis life did not come easy to him,...
Maureen Andrea MacDonald
Jun 10, 2025
In 2013, Maureen MacDonald moved from Trinity, Texas to Salem, Oregon. Friendships were an essential part of her life and she was active at the South Salem Senior Center. Maureen had several careers (phone switchboard operator, pay phone coin collector, rural mail carrier). She had a remarkable ability to tell stories, in a southern drawl, about her life as well...
Darryl Wayne Haverland
Jun 9, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Darryl Haverland, who died peacefully on June 6, 2025 at the age of 69. A man of deep faith, unwavering kindness, and unmatched generosity, Darryl left this world having touched countless lives through his warmth, hard work, and compassion.
Darryl was a devoted husband to his beloved wife, Cheray, and...
Sandra Irene Holland
Jun 8, 2025
Sandra (Sandy) Irene Holland, 79, passed away on June 8, 2025 at her home in Salem, Oregon.
Sandy was born in Walla Walla, Washington on November 19, 1945. She moved around with her mother Loia Dean in early childhood, until moving to Oregon, where she spent the remainder of her childhood and adolescence in the care of her grandparents Norm and...
Jesse Austin Wadley
Jun 5, 2025
It is with deep sorrow and immeasurable love that we announce the passing of Jesse Austin Wadley, who left this world on June 5, 2025, at the age of 33.
Jesse was born on March 21, 1992, in Salem, Oregon, and spent his childhood in Simi Valley, Moorpark, California, and Casper, Wyoming, before eventually returning to Salem as an adult. His...
Christopher Ryan DeJesus
Jun 4, 2025
Chris was born in Redwood City, California to Rhonda Roady and Michael DeJesus January 09 1989.Chris and his family moved to Roseburg Oregon where he lived with his mom. He was 2 when he moved to Eugene to live with his mom and stepdad Bill, He then became a little brother to Shawna and Kelly, When Chris was 4 he...
Russell Kenneth Richards
Jun 2, 2025
Russell Kenneth Richards – husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend was called home peacefully on June 2, 2025 from complications caused by spinal stenosis and from natural causes. He was 86 years old.
Born on August 7, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts to Florence Mae Grover Richards and Jerome Edward Richards, Russ was the oldest of four children. Although his...
Angie Boatwright
May 30, 2025
Angie Boatwright, age 62, of Salem, Oregon, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 30, 2025.
Born on August 27, 1962, in Oakland, California, to Jim and Judy Gibson, Angie lived a life marked by joy, compassion, and deep faith. She came to know and follow Jesus at a young age, and her relationship with...
Virginia Lee Nelke
May 26, 2025
Virginia Lee Nelke, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister and dairy princess, passed away peacefully on May 26, 2025,surrounded by her family. Virginia was a woman of many passions, known for her love of gardening, her skillful sewing, culinary delights, and her insatiable appetite for reading (no one had a better vocabulary than Virginia!)
Born with a kind heart and a creative...
Robert Wayne King
May 24, 2025
Robert Wayne King (87) of Salem, Oregon, graduated from this life on May 24, 2025, at the home of his son in Stansbury Park, Utah, where he had been receiving hospice care following a stroke he suffered in February.
He was born on April 14, 1938, in Spokane, Washington to Floyd King and Thelma Prause and was the youngest of 3...
William Roy Grover
May 20, 2025
William Roy “Bill” Grover passed away on May 20, 2025, in Salem, Oregon, at the age of 69—on what would have been his parents’ 75th wedding anniversary. Born on January 12, 1956, in Waterloo, Iowa, he was the son of David and Jacqueline Grover and one of six siblings: Debbie Lemon, Kathy Mangra, Jim Grover, Barb Tovrea, and Tommy Grover.
Bill...
William Grant Ortman
May 20, 2025
William "Bill" Ortman, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and beloved member of the Central Oregon community, passed away on May 20, 2025, at the age of 71.
Born on January 9, 1954, Bill was the son of Floyd and Marge Ortman and the younger brother of Van. He grew up in Forest Grove and graduated from high school there, later spending...
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