OBITUARIES

Jan 5, 2020

Wilma was born May 30, 1921 in Battle Ground, Washington, an only daughter with six brothers. She cooked for her father’s logging and sawmill crews and worked with the choker setters as a “whistle punk”, relaying instructions to the “donkey puncher” operating the steam powered winches out of sight on the landing above.

Education was important in...

Jan 1, 2020

Vera LaTourrette, age 94, died on 1/1/2020 just 10 days before turning 95. Vera was born 1/10/1925 in McLainesville, Illinois and was the youngest child of her family. Her parents were Mansfield (Mac) Atteburry and Adelaide Atteburry. She moved to Oregon after marrying Wayne Charles LaTourrette Sr. They owned a small business in Talent Oregon and lived in Ashland....

Dec 30, 2019

Valerie Kay Cortez, age 76, entered rest December 30, 2019. She was born on July 16, 1943, in Minot, North Dakota, the daughter of Vern Ellis Schumacher and Aila Karalynn Schumacher.

Valerie’s parents were farmers in North Dakota and raised their children with modest values. Growing up on her father’s farm in North Dakota she acquired a...

Dec 26, 2019

Jerry Dean Hall went forward to life eternal on December 26, 2019 at his home in Silverton, Oregon. Jerry was born on January 21, 1934 in a farmhouse in Dialville, Texas to Hubert and Bernardine Hall. He had two sets of loving grandparents and lots of caring aunts and uncles. He lived and grew to manhood in Palestine, Texas...

Dec 20, 2019

Erika Maria Reichel (born Lyschik) passed away peacefully on December 20th at age 91. Born in Germany, she was one of four children. She became a teenager during World War II, when the family lost their home in the fighting. Holding her very young nephew in her arms, she even survived a Russian air attack, throwing herself into a...

Dec 19, 2019

This AMAZING man was born to Lloyd Morris Crites and Ida JoAnn Stacy in McMinnville, Oregon. He grew up alternatively in both Amity and Jefferson. He spoke fondly of the weekends with his father, with brothers Jake and Jeremy, fishing on the Umqua River. He worked with his step-father and mother at the family businesses, the Snappy Freeze restaurant...

Dec 17, 2019

Harold Gordon Vickery was born in Los Angeles, CA on July 7, 1949 as the oldest of three children. His family soon moved to Arcadia, CA for his father to start a family store. As a child, he loved to play baseball and work on cars.

He graduated from Fresno State University where he met his wife...

Dec 5, 2019

Rodney Paul Baird was born on February 16, 1925 in Brewster, Kansas the 3rd born son to James Edward Baird and Florence Violette Dech. He was raised in Brewster, Kansas.

Rod met the love of his life Peggy Marie Saint who lived in the neighboring town of Goodland, Kansas. In 1945 they married and moved to Scotia,...

Nov 29, 2019

Denise was born and spent her early childhood in Vermont. She lived in California, Bend, Portland, the Puget Sound area and Salem, Oregon. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in 1967 and went on to earn a degree in mechanical engineering. She had a long, successful career with Boeing.

Denise had significant health challenges throughout her life...

Nov 19, 2019

Leah Escobar Swain left this world early on November 19, 2019. She was born March 1, 1992 in Lancaster, Ohio, the youngest of five children, to Randall and Dianna Swain.

Leah attended Eastland Performing Arts High School in Reynoldsburg, OH. After graduating from high school, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance and Theatre Arts...

Nov 16, 2019

Charles Gordon Lambert was born Aug. 6, 1946 to Harry Francis Lambert and Virginia (Spohn) Lambert. Chuck left us on Nov. 16, 2019 in the early hours of the morning to be with our Lord and re-visit friends and family waiting for him in heaven. Chuck was preceded in death by both his father and mother as well as...

Nov 8, 2019

Jerry Wayne Whitfield was born on August 4, 1950 in Salem, OR to parents Orville and Ruby Whitfield. He was one of 6 children.

Jerry was father to three children. Jerry Whitfield Jr. born in 1969, Bill Whitfield born in 1972, and Crystal Whitfield born in 1978.

He has six grandchildren. Jerry’s daughter Karisa, Bill’s...

Nov 6, 2019

After a day in the loving embrace of his family, and knowing they were enjoying one of his favorite meals, pizza, Robert L. “Bob” George passed away following a brief illness Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019.

The adoring husband of Barbara, doting father of three, fun grandfather to five and special great-grandfather to one, had recently celebrated his...

Oct 25, 2019

Tom Loganbill passed away peacefully at his home October 25th, 2019 due to a severe stroke. He was born on April 18th, 1953 in Salem to Genevieve and Bill Loganbill. Tom graduated from South Salem High School.

The love of his life, Patti Lynn Durham, and Tom were married in 1982. Tragically as newlyweds and expecting, Patti...

Oct 19, 2019

Virginia Kimes Pierce, 102, passed away on October 19, 2019. She was born at home on January 4, 1917, on a farm near Rudy, Arkansas, not far from Van Buren, Arkansas, to Joseph Leander Kimes and Eduth Lavada Boyd. The family moved to California in 1929, and Virginia graduated from Porterville High School in June 1934.

She...

Oct 17, 2019

On October 17, 2019, the well-lived life of Don Stoneburner, full of compassion and honor, and lived in service of others, came to an end.

His life is an example to us all of how true happiness is found by making a difference in the lives of those we love, those we know, and those who are...

Oct 11, 2019

Hilda was born in Grover, Wyoming to Joseph and Emma Hepworth Anderson on the 4th of July, 1920, the 4th child in their family of five; Hazel born in 1911, Eva in 1915, Roice in 1917, Hilda in 1920 and Byron in 1925. Hilda passed peacefully away October 11, 2019 in Afton, Wyoming below the east mountains she loved...

Sep 30, 2019

On September 30, 2019 David Frank Hirte, loving husband, devoted father, and granddad departed from this life into the next.

Dave, as he was known to family and friends, was born in Portland, OR to Enid Ellen Powell Hirte and Frank Herbert Hirte on March 26, 1937. He and his brother Marvin Hirte enjoyed being raised by...

Sep 30, 2019

Allene Elsa Wilsey White, age 91 of Sacramento California passed away on September 30th, 2019 in Dallas Oregon.

Allene was born in Osceola Missouri to Nora and Chester Wilsey on December 20th, 1927.

She grew up during the depression era and moved with her family several times through many states before they setteled in San...

Sep 28, 2019

Born in Fort Bragg, NC, on November 26, 1950 to James Cordray Hundley and Eleanor Gertrude Brewer Hundley. Died in Salem, OR, on September 28, 2019, at the age of 68.

Survived by husband Dave Eble who she was happily married to for 37 years, their two sons, Michael Thoreby and Scott Eble, daughter Tracy Garavaglia, and...