Fred Crowley

January 22, 2009

Fred Crowley, age 84, of the Sweet Home area died Thursday, January 22, 2009 at his home. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services....

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Robert "Bob" R. Ratter

January 13, 2009

Robert "Bob" Ratter, age 66, of Sweet Home died on Tuesday, January 13, 2009. He was born on March 12, 1942 in Portland, Oregon; the son of Robert and Karen (Bruhn) Ratter. Bob grew up in Portland and attended Madison High School and Benson-Polyte...

Mildred Lora Davenport (Miller)

January 10, 2009

Mildred Lora Davenport, age 92, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. She was born in Japton, Arkansas to Jessie James and Sarah Rose Etta (Eubanks) Miller. She moved from Arkansas to Texas in 1937, and then returned to Arkansas in 1939. In 1941, sh...

Vickie Belle VanEpps-Pitts

December 21, 2008

Vickie Belle VanEpps-Pitts, age 45, of Lebanon died December 21, 2008. She was born on October 5, 1963; the daughter of John and Norma Jean (Peterson) VanEpps. Vickie grew up in Crawfordsville and moved later to the Lebanon area. Vickie enjoyed...

Lois Louise Ward (Main)

December 19, 2008

Lois Louise (Main) Ward, age 73, of Sweet Home died December 19, 2008 at her home. She was born on July 4, 1935 in Shelbyville, Illinois; the daughter of Alford and Louise (Kahlhammer) Main. She was raised and attended school in Fruitland and Paye...

Dennis W. Day

December 11, 2008

Dennis W. Day, age 68, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday morning. He was born in Rochester, New York to Robert Donald and Shirley (Tinnear) Day. He grew up in Brockport, New York, where in 1970 he established his first HVAC business with the ...

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Howard Miller

December 11, 2008

Howard Miller, age 90, passed away on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at his home. He was born on September 7, 1918 in Stipek, Montana; the son of Martin and Fannie Miller. He was raised in Colorado. Howard came to Sweet Home, Oregon in 1946 where he ...

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Claude Artie Thomas

December 8, 2008

Claude Artie Thomas, age 85, died on Monday. He was born in Oak Creek, Arizona to Albert Marion and Artie Mincie (Poteet) Thomas. He served in World War II from 1942 to 1945. He was honorably discharged on December 8, 1945 and received his Purple ...

Curtis Don Wilkerson

December 7, 2008

Curtis Don Wilkerson, age 57, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. He was born in Sweet Home to Robert Bervin and Rosa Lou Williams. He was a long-time resident of Sweet Home. He worked as a construction roofer. He once attended the Baptist Ch...

Darlene Anice McDaniel (Everett)

December 4, 2008

Darlene Anice McDaniel, age 53, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. She was born in Stockton, California to Clifford O. and Mildred Bernice (Bobo) Everett. She lived in Sweet Home for the past eight years. She loved Oregon and all the trees. She l...

Velma Ruth Menear (Myer)

December 2, 2008

Velma Ruth Menear, age 79, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. She was born in Cheshire, Oregon to Elvin and Minerva (Bales) Myer. Velma married Don Menear in Albany on April 20, 1946. She was a homemaker for many years, until she and Don purchased...

Joyce Davies Skilling

November 30, 2008

Joyce Davies Skilling, age 75, of Brownsville died Sunday, November 30, 2008 at her home. She was born July 1, 1933 in Chester England the daughter of Edward William and Emma (Cochrell) Davies. She grew up in England. In high school, she ran hurdl...

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Phillip Eugene Edney

November 28, 2008

Phillip Eugene Edney, age 82, of Sweet Home died November 28, 2008. He was born on September 22, 1926 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma; the son of Phil and Verbadell (Williams) Edney. Phillip lived in Oklahoma until he was eight years old, and then his family...

Shirlee L. Johnson

November 27, 2008

Shirlee L. Johnson, age 65, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday, November 27, 2008. She was born on April 23, 1943 in Lebanon, Oregon to "Big" Don and Margaret (Chaplin) Johnson. Shirlee lived in California prior to moving to Oregon in 1975. She ev...

Cleo Sylvia Littell (Ames)

November 23, 2008

Cleo Sylvia Littell, age 73, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born in Lebanon, Oregon to Lloyd and Helen (Brady) Ames. She lived in Sweet Home most of her life. She married her former childhood friend, Raymond Littell, on October 8, 1953 ...

Edward T. Spencer

November 21, 2008

Edward T. Spencer, age 56, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. He was born in Sweet Home, Oregon to Troy and Verdine (Kilgore) Spencer. He attended local schools until graduating from Sweet Home High School. He later attended OSU and studied Zo...

Janie R. Atkerson

November 18, 2008

Janie R. Atkerson, age 71, of Newport passed away Tuesday. She was born in Dotson, Texas to Jewel and Beatrice E. (Britton) Atkerson. Janie married Thomas J. Ballweber in Dotson, Texas. They came to Sweet Home in the late 1950s. She lived in Sweet...

Dolores M. Cogswell

November 16, 2008

Dolores M. Cogswell, age 77, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born in Falls City, Oregon to Sam and Thelma (Shadle) Morgan. She moved with her family to Sweet Home from Brownsville in 1946 and lived there most of her life. She attended As...

Charles T. Sabisch

November 15, 2008

Charles Theodore Sabisch, age 99, of Sweet Home died on Saturday at Twin Oaks Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Coleman, Michigan; the son of Paul and Mary (Rose) Sabisch. He married Nellie Irene Coreman in 1934. He lived in Placentia, Orange ...

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Bruce Lacey

November 13, 2008

Bruce Lacey, age 75, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday, November 13, 2008 at his home. He was born in Glendale, California to Edgar Paul and Grace Harriet (Paulson) Lacey. Bruce enlisted in the Army as a young man in 1949. He trained in military ...

James L. Pickens

November 10, 2008

James L. Pickens, age 78, of Sweet Home died on Monday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services....

Halvard Green

November 9, 2008

Halvard Green, age 91, of Sweet Home died on Sunday, November 9, 2008. He was born in Jerome, Idaho to Ivan and Mrs. Green. Halvard married Bettie in August of 1948. They lived in Jerome, Idaho. The couple came to Oregon while Bettie’s, health w...

Cora Creson (Williams)

November 8, 2008

Cora Williams Creson, age 90, a former Sweet Home resident, went to be with the Lord on Saturday. Cora was born in Amadon, North Dakota to David and Fannie (Armstrong) Williams. She came to the elmira-Noti area in 1920 where she received her schoo...

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Alvin Lee Johnson

November 6, 2008

Alvin Lee Johnson, age 73, of Sweet Home died Thursday, November 6, 2008. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado to Gordon B. and Ivis A. (Ingerham) Johnson. He moved to Alaska as a child in 1939. He then moved to Sweet Home in 1976. Alvin was ...

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Christopher S. Chase

November 4, 2008

Christopher S. Chase, age 72, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. He was born in LaCross, Wisconsin to Warren William and Mary E. (Sutherland) Chase. He lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a while. He was in the Navy and received Good Conduct, Combat ...