Mary L. Hiaasen (Ziemke)

February 13, 2011

Mary Louise Hiaasen, 78, passed away Sunday at Twin Oaks Rehabilitation in Sweet Home. She was born in Thayer, Nebraska to Otto Gustav and Sadie (Vorderstrasse) Ziemke. Mary moved to Philomath as a child and graduated from high school there. Sh...

Dorothy Clara Anderson (Ratelle)

February 12, 2011

Dorothy Anderson, 88, of Sweet Home passed away on the evening of February 11, 2011 at Century Fields Assisted Living Community. She was born in Manistique, Michigan to Emil and Margret (Reiners) Ratelle. She moved to International Falls, Minneso...

Stella May Carpenter (Hayes)

February 11, 2011

Stella Carpenter, 63, of Sweet Home passed away peacefully February 11, 2011 at her home, surrounded by family and friends after an extended illness. Stella was born March 14, 1947 in Knoxville, Tennesee to George F. and Sarah (Gallia) Hayes. Sh...

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Kenneth G. Evans

February 9, 2011

Kenneth G. Evans, 90, of Sweet Home died Wednesday February 9, 2011. He was born in Pekin, Illinois to Frank and Alma (Jost) Evans. Ken was fascinated by airplines at an early age. He pedaled newspapers to pay for flying lessons and was flying bef...

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Dale A. Klinner

February 7, 2011

Dale Klinner, 66, of Flint, Texas and Sweet Home, passed away February 7, 2011 in Tyler, Texas. Dale was born July 3, 1944 in Portland, Oregon to Leo and Joyce ( Thompson) Klinner. He served in the Army and was the owner of D & N Grocery in Tyler, Te...

Yvette C. Blue (Anderson)

February 5, 2011

Yvette C. Blue, 76, of Sweet Home passed through Heaven’s Gates on Saturday. She was born in Park Grove, Montana to her parents, Bruce and Alice (Whipple) Anderson. Along with her older brother, Bobby, Yvette grew up in Havre, Montana and graduate...

Venita Stevenson

February 1, 2011

Helen May Eichenberger, 66, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....

Helen May Eichenberger

January 27, 2011

Helen May Eichenberger, 66, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....

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Rachel Morgan Kittson (Teague)

January 24, 2011

Rachel Morgan Kittson, 25, of Albany passed away Monday, January 24, 2011. She was born in Parkridge, Illinois to Ronald Wayne Teague and Sandra Beth Teague. She was raised in Hesperia, California. Rachel was inducted into the United Sates Army Ma...

Fern Elizabeth Wernicke (Wentland)

January 24, 2011

Fern Elizabeth Wernicke passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 at 4:30 PM due to ongoing complications with congestive heart failure. Fern was born April 14, 1923 in Bordulac, North Dakota. She was the daughter of Matthew and Helene (Haase) Wentlan...

Mel Lewis

January 11, 2011

Mel Lewis, 75, of Sweet Home, passed away Tuesday at his home. He was born in Iola, Kansas to Melvon and Grace (Baker) Lewis. Mel retired and moved to Sweet Home in 2000 from Lancaster, California where he worked as a dental technician. Mel is...

Valitta Marie Ireland (Newman)

January 5, 2011

Valitta Marie Ireland, 76, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday. She was born in New Albin, Iowa to Fred and Pearl (Sheriff) Newman. Valitta lived in Minnesota until 1960, and then she moved to Portland, and then to Salem in 1982. She moved to Swe...

Bill Shockey

January 5, 2011

Bill Shockey, 82, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday. He was born in Lexington, Oklahoma to Willie and Lora (Bond) Shockey. He came to Oregon from Oklahoma in the late 1940s. In 1952, he, his wife, Betty, and son moved to California so Bill coul...

Dwight David Denton Jr.

January 3, 2011

Dwight David Denton, Jr., 34, of Sweet Home passed away Monday. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....

Helen Vernela Turner

December 29, 2010

Helen Vernela Turner, 78, of Sweet Home died on Wednesday. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....

Myrtle Harriett Haney (Irwin)

December 26, 2010

Myrtle Harriett (Irwin) Haney, 84, of Lebanon (formerly of Sweet Home) passed away Sunday. She was born in Broadus, Montana to Thomas and Nellie (Edwards) Irwin. Myrtle lived in Broadus until she was eleven, when the family moved to Kansas. She gr...

David Christian Barrett

December 25, 2010

David Christian Barrett, 43, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday at his home. He was born in Chula Vista, California to David L. and Janet E. (Clay) Barrett. David grew up and graduated (1987) from El Capitan High School in Lakeside, California w...

Vergie Ann Giddings

December 25, 2010

Vergie Ann Giddings, 77, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday at her home. She was born in Hardington, Nebraska to Leo and Jurritta (Shelton) Corson. At a young age, Vergie moved with her family to Oregon. The family initially settled in Chiloquin,...

Ervene Fay Carroll (Hersome)

December 21, 2010

Ervene Fay Carroll, 46, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday at her home. She was born in Lubbock, Texas to J.C. and Betty Joyce (Ford) Hersome. Fay moved to Oregon in 1978 and lived in Scio, Lebanon, Albany, and Halsey before settling in Sweet Home. ...

Donald LeRoy Pelham

December 21, 2010

Donald LeRoy Pelham, 70, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital after a long battle with respiratory illness. He was born in Pasadena, California to Thomas Ivy and Marjorie Bertha (Hunter) Pelham. Don spent his...

Lawrence LeRoy Cross

December 20, 2010

Lawrence LeRoy Cross, 61, of Sweet Home passed away Monday at Lebanon Community Hospital. Memorial service will be at 2:00 PM Wednesday, December 29, at Community Chapel. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....

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Dwight Albert Templeton

December 16, 2010

Dwight Albert Templeton, 94, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. He was born near Cashmere, Washington to Raleigh Albert and Hallie Hazle (Pearl) Templeton. His family moved back to the Brownsville area in 1918. Dwight started school in Halsey in...

Gail Marie Blatchley (Banta)

December 11, 2010

Gail Marie Blatchley, 63, of Crawfordsville passed away Saturday at her home after sucumming to her long battle with cancer. She was born in Lebanon, Oregon; the second of three children to Hubert Eldon and Lois Opel (Nieman) Banta. She lived in ...

Frances Roberta Templeton (Gordon)

December 10, 2010

Frances Roberta Templeton, 84, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. She was born in Littlefork, Minnesota to John Francis and Lois Stewart (Griffith) Gordon. Her family moved to Missouri in 1928, and then to Sweet Home in 1933. She lived and worked ...

William "Bill" Harris

December 8, 2010

William “Bill” Harris, 63, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday. He was born in Sweet Home, Oregon to Hugh and Virginia June (Willey) Harris. He was a life-long Sweet Home resident. He graduated from Sweet Home Union High. He married Sharon Ma...