August 18, 2011
Belva Pauline Frakes, 91, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. She was born in Broadbent, Oregon to Jesse and Fernora May (Robinson) Hayes. She lived in Broadbent through her school years. She married Kennith Barkdoll and they raised their family i...August 15, 2011
Clinton Bennett, 88, of Foster, Oregon passed away peacefully in Seaside, Oregon with his son and daughter-in-law, Roy and Sheila Bennett, at his side. He was born to Norval and Lucille (Whitworth) Bennett in Mitchell, Nebraska. During his early year...August 15, 2011
Vivian Rae Gruwell, 70, of Sweet Home passed away Monday, August 15. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....August 15, 2011
Bette Elaine Talbot, 85, of Gresham, formerly of Sweet Home, passed away Monday. She was born in Saguache, Colorado to Clarence and Hattie (Carson) Means. Bette was the youngest and only surviving of five children. She graduated from high scho...August 13, 2011
Starla Rhae Carlson Flick, 56, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday at her home. She was born in Sioux City, Iowa to Patrick Leo and Mary Jane (Stewart) Flick. Starla lived in California before moving recently to Sweet Home. She was a teacher an...August 4, 2011
Judith A. Drinnen, 77, of Brownsville passed away Thursday. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....August 2, 2011
Dr. Harold B. Dowling, 88, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2011. He was born in Seattle, Washington to Harold Littlefield and Blanche (Bader) Dowling. Harold graduated from Seattle Roosevelt High School in 1941, and then studied pre-...August 1, 2011
Fred H. Shields, 74, of Lebanon passed away Monday. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....July 29, 2011
Randy Wayne Cogar, 60, of Sheridan passed away Friday. He was born in Webster Springs, West Virginia to Bantz and Irene Cogar. He lived most of his life in Oregon. Randy worked as a mechanic for motorcycles. Randy played in bands and with jus...July 29, 2011
Barbara Jeanine Ramsdorfer, 82, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. She was born in Detroit, Michigan to William Orville and Katherine (Birt) Wiseman. She lived in Pico Rivera, California from 1955 to 1965, and then La Habra, California from 1965 t...July 24, 2011
Steve Williamson, 58, of West Linn passed away Sunday. He was born in Arlington, Washington to Carl Clark and Louise Margaret (Easley) Williamson. He worked at Tektronix for 25 years and then Xerox Corporation for 11 years as Quality Assurance Ma...July 21, 2011
John Bumbarger, formerly of Sweet Home, passed away in Louisville, Colorado on July 21, 2011. He was born February 28, 1924 in Morrisdale, Pennsylvania, the youngest of twelve children of Ellen and Howard Bumbarger. Following his graduation fro...Kenneth "Butch" Cotton Stephens
July 18, 2011
Kenneth “Butch” Cotton Stephens, 70, of Sweet Home passed away Monday. He was born in Ronan, Montana to Kenneth and Helen (Barclay) Stephens. Kenneth served in the United States Army from 1960 to 1963. After the military, he worked at Willame...July 17, 2011
William "Bill" Woodrow Tilson, 80, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. He was born in Mars Hill, North Carolina to Bert Robert and Donna M. (Rice) Tilson. He served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1958. Bill retired from Seattle City Light. ...July 15, 2011
Donald Wayne Chapman, 71, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. He was born in Los Angeles, California to William and Myrtle Chapman. Donald lived in Los Angeles until he moved to Sweet Home in 2005. He started working for the fastener industry righ...July 14, 2011
William J. Silva, 75, of Lebanon passed away Thursday, July 14, 2011. He was born in Tulare, California to Manuel and Rosie (Canada) Silva. William is survived by: his wife, Carol Sliva; sons, William Silva, Jr., Charles Williams, Richard Willi...July 13, 2011
Dianne Classen, 80, of Lebanon passed away Wednesday. She was born in Pine Falls, Manitoba, Canada to Fred and Ivah (Nagle) Luhde. She came to Oregon in 1944. Her family remembers her talking about marching in the Rose Festival Parade. Dianne...July 9, 2011
Carol Johnston, 72, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. She was born in Wheeling, West Virginia to Paul and Virginia (Twyman) Wallace. She was raised in Ohio and California and graduated from high school in San Luis Obispo, California. She met Ro...July 5, 2011
Glen A. Long, 59, of Sweet Home died at his home July 5, 2011. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....July 4, 2011
Lee Marvin McBride, 95, of Lebanon passed away Monday. He was born in Claude, Texas to Lee and Gertrude McBride. Lee moved with his family to Delta, Colorado in 1935 where he met and married Hannah Josephine Bruton on June 19, 1937. They enjoyed 60 y...July 1, 2011
John George Burke, 87, of Sweet Home passed away Friday, July 1. He was born in Fox, Alaska to John G. and Barbara (Herring) Burke. John served in the Canadian Army in the Tank Corps during World War II. He moved to Sweet Home in 1993 and met Ir...July 1, 2011
Evea Lucille Dixon, 86, passed away Friday. She was born in Kirksville, Missouri to Newton and Molly (Ellis) Stewart. In 1942, she married Oather Dixon and moved to Oregon. She worked in the ship yards during the war as a welder. Later, they move...July 1, 2011
Estella Marie Santin, 62, a Sweet Home resident who recently moved to an adult foster home in Lebanon, passed away Friday. Arrangements are under the direction of Sweet Home Funeral Chapel....June 25, 2011
Sherry L. Wright-Grant, 61, formerly of Sweet Home passed away June 25 at her home in Selah, Washington. She was born in Sweet Home to Gordon D. and Lorraine (Stark) Wright. She grew up in Sweet Home and attended school in Holley and graduated fr...June 17, 2011
Felicia Ann Smith, 51, of Sweet Home passed away Friday, June 17, 2011 from lung cancer. She was born in Salinas, California to William A. R., Jr. and Joan Ann (Courteau) Smith. She served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Mechanic. Sh...