Gladys Illa Shaw Smith (Rowley)

March 17, 2009

Gladys Illa Rowley Shaw Smith, age 96, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. She was born in Winlock, Oregon to Charles Wesley and Eliza Jane (Keyser) Rowley. Gladys was born on a ranch near Winlock, Oregon in 1912, the youngest of seven children. At...

Irene Burke

March 10, 2009

Irene Burke, age 85, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services....

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Scott McDonald

March 10, 2009

Scott McDonald, age 75, of Sweet Home died March 10, 2009 surrounded by family at his home after a brief but courageous battle with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The memorial service is 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 21, 2009 at the Sweet Home Mennon...

Claricy McCormack (Brinley)

March 9, 2009

Claricy Arminta McCormack, age 91, of Sweet Home went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Monday. Claricy was born in Sulphur Springs, Oklahoma to George T. and Nancy B. (Johnson) Brinley. Her family moved to California in 1936. Af...

Naomi A. Thompson (Slack)

March 7, 2009

Naomi A. Thompson, age 78, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. She was born in Evansville, Indiana to Cornelius and Ruth (Backstrom) Slack. She moved to Oregon with her parents in 1940 and was raised in the Willamette Valley. She attended Bible St...

Myrtle Arietta Hufford

March 4, 2009

Myrtle Arietta Hufford, age 96, of Hufford Ridge, east of Foster, passed away Wednesday. She was born in McKinney, Texas to William Henry and Metta Daisy (Combest) Buchanan. Her brother, Herschel, died before she was born. Shortly after Myrtle was...

Ann E. Wilson (Schroeder)

March 1, 2009

Ann Elisabeth Wilson, age 82, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born in Dallas, Oregon to Alfred and Anne (Friesen) Schroeder. She worked for Tyler Log in Wrangel, Arkansas starting in 1974. She then lived in Lebanon from 1970 to 1998 bef...

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Willard Johnson

February 28, 2009

Willard Noble Johnson, age 81, of Sweet Home passed away February 28th. He was born in and raised in Franklin Park, Illinois to William and Bertha Caroline (Hedeman) Johnson. He was drafted into the United States Army during his senior year at Lyd...

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William M. Bass

February 26, 2009

William Bass, age 66, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. He was born in Salem to Sam and Phyllis (Gunsley) Bass. He attended Salem schools. He enlisted in the Army in 1961, just before finishing high school. Basic training was in Tennessee, and h...

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Gary V. Hirschi

February 25, 2009

Gary passed away on Wednesday after a hard-fought though brief (three week) battle with lung cancer, with his loving family at his side. Gary was born October 15, 1937 to William David Hirschi and Mina Winifred Coulter in Lebanon, Oregon. He atten...

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Willard H. Lindbo

February 24, 2009

Willard Lindbo, age 83, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. He was born in Douglas, North Dakota to Thomas and Mary (Carlson) Lindbo. He lived in Goldendale and Kelso, Washingto and Siletz and Sweet Home, Oregon. Willard served in the U.S. Army fr...

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Ivan E. Thompson

February 23, 2009

Ivan Thompson, age 83, of Sweet Home passed away Monday. He was born in Siam (near New Market), Iowa. Ivan married Ruby Smith on August 13, 1946 in Hiawatha, Kansas. They settled in Holley for a while, and then moved to Siletz, Oregon for a few y...

Lucille Jeanette Rice

February 19, 2009

Lucille Jeanette Rice passed away February 19, 2009 at the age of 89. Although she spent the last few years of her life in Springfield, Lucille lived in Sweet Home for over 70 years. Lucille was born to Leon and Florence McGee on July 5, 1919 in R...

Lester Milton Weld

February 19, 2009

Lester Milton Weld, age 94, of Sweet Home passed away February 19th from complications with pneumonia. He was born on July 19, 1914 to Alta and Rollan Weld. He grew up on a farm near Bowdon, North Dakota. Lester married Gladys Faye MacDonald on Ju...

Arla Fern Stutzman

February 17, 2009

Arla Fern Stutzman, age 92 years and six months, passed away on February 17th, 2009 in her residence in Brownsville, Oregon. Arla was born August 18th, 1916, in Woodriver, Nebraska, the sixth of seven children born to Abraham and Sarah Miller Stu...

Ruby Mae Crocker (Mitchell)

February 11, 2009

Ruby Mae Crocker, age 80, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. She was born in Heartwell, Nebraska to Clarence and Edna (Churchill) Mitchell. She moved from Nebraska to Missouri and eventually settled in California. She came to Sweet Home in 1984....

Deeneve Doll Davis

February 11, 2009

Deeneve Doll Davis, age 49, died on Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services....

Hazel C. Pickens

February 11, 2009

Viewing will be from 11:00 a.m., to 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 16, at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, February 16, also at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. ...

Judith G. Chase

February 8, 2009

Judith G. Chase, age 69, of Sweet Home died Sunday. She was born in Lyons, Oregon to John Howard and Margaret Joanna Kunkle. She moved to Sweet Home, Oregon from Lyons in 1962. She married Floyd Chase on March 31, that year. She was a homemaker an...

John Louis Zera

February 6, 2009

John Louis Zera, age 78, of Sweet Home died on February 6, 2008 at his home. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services....

Irene Maxine Rawn (Groen)

January 31, 2009

Irene Maxine Rawn, 86, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. She was born in Sibley, Iowa to John E. and Jennie (Schmidt) Groen. During her life, she lived in Sibley, Iowa, Hastings, Nebraska, Vellejo, California, and Roseburg, McMinnville, and Swee...

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Kenneth Orville Rodriguez

January 31, 2009

Kenneth Orville Rodriguez, age 81, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. He was born in Morro Bay, California to Keeney and Josephine (Trejo) Rodriguez. He served in the United States Navy. He lived in Morro Bay, Grover City, and Sacramento, Califor...

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Richard L. Scofield

January 28, 2009

Richard LeRoy Scofield, age 81, of Junction City passed away Wednesday. He was born in Pine County, Minnesota to Allen Emerson and Amaretta (Flowers) Scofield. Richard served in Guam and the Phillipines during World War II. He attended the Univers...

Carolyn Collins

January 26, 2009

Carolyn Collins, age 63, of Sweet Home went to be with the Lord Monday. She was born in Santa Monica, California to Robert Louis and Annie Virginia (Roberts) Collins. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley, and then moved to Sweet Home in 1989. Sh...

Eva Louella Looney (Cowitz)

January 25, 2009

Eva Louella Looney, age 93, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born at her family’s farm in Sweet Home, Oregon to Henry (Hank) and Libbie (Godwin) Cowitz. Eva was a cook for logging camps after graduating from high school. She worked ...