Veteran
February 5, 2023
Carl Raymond Cleem, 88, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday in Madras, Oregon. He was born in St. Vincent, Minnesota to Carl Adolph and Gertrude (Borgeson) Cleem. He served in the United States Army Reserve from 1953 - 1961. He lived in St. Vincent,...
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February 5, 2023
James Sherrell Black, 96, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. He was born in Miami, Florida. He was adopted by Claude and Lessie Black at the age of three months and moved to the West Virginia and Ohio area. Jim became a part of a family of seven siste...
February 4, 2023
Carolyn Faye Propps, 74, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday in Corvallis. She was born in Elwood, Indiana to Hubert Wesley And Alice Faye (Phillips) Slayton. She lived in Pendleton, Indiana before moving to Sweet Home in 2010. Carolyn was dis...
February 4, 2023
Francis Gerald Friddle, 83, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com...
William "Billy" Kenneth Kimball Jr.
February 4, 2023
William “Billy” Kenneth Kimball Jr., 51, of Albany, formerly of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com...
February 4, 2023
Shirley Diana Wells, 66, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. She was born in Newberg to George Elvin and Vivian (Tatum) Wall. She has lived in Albany, Lacomb, Sweet Home, Gates, Mt. Angel, Abiqua River, Falls City, Tillamook, Salem, Newberg and s...
February 3, 2023
Jessie Bell Tenbusch, 88, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. She was born in Skedee, Oklahoma to William Roy and Virginia Rose (Welks) Sharp. She moved to Crawfordsville from Skedee, Oklahoma in 1946 with her parents and three siblings: Don, Jewel...
February 2, 2023
Helen Kay Jonas, 92, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. She was born in San Francisco, California to Hugo Fredrick and Ruth Margaret (Kay) Albright. She was a Night Charge Nurse at the state hospital. Helen is survived by her son Daniel Thoma...
Natalia Ivanovna Seth (Bulavkin)
February 1, 2023
Natalia Ivanovna Seth, 72, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday. She was born in Kropotkin, Russia to Ivan Ivanovich and Nadezchda Fedorovna (Mironenko) Bulavkin. She grew up and lived in Kropotkin, Russia until 2005 when she moved to Sweet Home. ...
February 1, 2023
On Wednesday, February 1, Jean JoAnn Trask, a beloved mother, passed away two months shy of her ninety-fourth birthday. She was born April 14, 1929 to Viola Goldie (Johnson) and Odes McKinley Wilkening in Chilhowee, Missouri. Jean and her younger twi...
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January 30, 2023
Melvin Eugene Claborn Sr., 82, of Sweet Home passed away Monday. He was born in Glover, Oklahoma to Dewey and Minnie N. (Chaney) Claborn. Melvin served in the United States Navy from January 1958 thru March 1962. He moved to Sweet Home in the ...
Veteran
January 30, 2023
Tom Hyer passed away peacefully at the age of 97, surrounded by his family. His was truly a “life well lived”. He was a descendant of one of Sweet Home’s earliest pioneer families, the Thompsons. As a youngster, he attended Pleasant Valley Sc...
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January 27, 2023
Doug Robert Simmons, 73, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com...
Veteran
January 27, 2023
Melvin Warren James, 80, of Sweet Home went to be with the Lord on January 27, 2023. Mel spent his childhood swinging in the trees on the Oregon Coast along with his six brothers. He raised his family in Sweet Home and worked in the Timber Industr...
Melinda Lynn Ice-Bush (Pruitt)
January 24, 2023
Melinda Lynn Ice-Bush, 51, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. She was born in Richmond, Indian to Donald and Evelyn Marie (Grimes) Pruitt. She moved with her family to California in her teens and then then to Florida before finally moving to Oreg...
January 23, 2023
Patrick Michael Dougherty, 65, of Sweet Home passed away Monday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com ...
January 22, 2023
Frances Louise McDonald, 79, of Lebanon passed away Sunday. She was born in Lebanon to Raymond Millard and Winifred Phedora (Morris) Robertson. Frances has lived all over the country including Cascadia and the Kenai Penisula in Alaska. She lov...
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January 22, 2023
Carroll Eugene Bain, 77, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. He was born in Albany to Francis and Alice Janette (Little) Bain. He served in the United States Army from 1963 -1965. Carroll moved to Sweet Home in 1956 where he lived until he passed. ...
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January 21, 2023
Otis Arlie King August 22, 1924 - January 21, 2023 Otis Arlie King, 98, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. Otis Arlie King was born August 22, 1924 in Holley, Oregon to Oran and Etta King. He died January 21, 2023 at Evergreen Hospice, Albany. ...
January 20, 2023
Dennis Michael O’Donnell Sr., 80, of Brownsville passed away Friday. He was born in Mojave, California to Danny and Mary (Thompson) O’Donnell. He was raised in Vallejo, California and lived there until he retired and moved to Brownsville. ...
January 20, 2023
James Riley Maberry, 68, of Brownsville passed away Friday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com...
January 19, 2023
Jack Gerald Herring, 92, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. He was born in Alma, Arkansas to Floyd Lemuel and Amy Elizabeth (Huff) Herring. He lived in lake Arrowhead, California before moving to Oregon. He attended the University of Pacific in ...
January 16, 2023
Cheryl Harte McAllister, 83, of Lebanon passed away Monday. She was born in Alhambra, California on January 27,1939. She was born into the loving home of Elmo Floyd and Dorothy (Carlson) Harte. In her autobiography that she penned as a 13-year-old sh...
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January 15, 2023
Henry Winston Deja, 67, of Sweet Home passed away peacefully on Sunday January 15, 2023 after a short battle with cancer. He was born to Tom and Maryann Deja on June 3, 1955 in Lakewood, Washington. His dad and uncle were partners in a family own...
Sue Ann Tenbusch (Hendrickson)
January 13, 2023
Sue Ann Tenbusch, 72, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. She was born in Toledo to Earl L. and Virginia (Graham) Hendrickson. She has lived in Sweet Home most of her life. She loved to knit, watch movies, listen to music, dance, sing Karaoke and b...