Della Lenora Stallings (Coonrod)

October 21, 2009

Della Lenora Stallings, age 90, of Sweet Home passed away at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Tuesday night. She was born in Prague, Oklahoma to Oliver and Tiny (Bittick) Coonrod. Della lived in Sweet Home for 43 years. Her passions included s...

Robert Earl Gruwell

October 16, 2009

Robert Earl “Bob” Gruwell, age 80, of Sweet Home passed away early Friday morning at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis surrounded by his family’s love. He believed in God Our Father, Jesus His Son and knew he would go to heave...

Helen Louise Blakenship (Hill)

October 15, 2009

Helen Louise Blakenship, age 82, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday at Twin Oaks Rehab. She was born in Hector, Arkansas to William A. and Martha (Luyellyn) Hill. Helen married Boyd L. D. Blankenship December 6, 1945. They moved from Arkansas to T...

Roy Dean Hall

October 15, 2009

Roy Dean Hall, age 41, of Sweet Home died at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital early Thursday morning. He was born in Worland, Wyoming to Clyde DeWayne and Sharleen (McCorkle) Hall. He grew up in Nebraska, and then moved to Salem where he met ...

Earl Jones

October 15, 2009

Earl Jones, age 85, of Sweet Home passed away at home Thursday morning. He was born in Kennet, Missouri to Henry and Ollie (Walker) Jones. He was married for 60 years to Betty Ruth (Byrd) Jones and they lived most of their life in Oregon. Earl ...

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John Horn

October 13, 2009

John Horn, age 89, of Sweet Home passed away peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus, surrounded by his family at home. He was born in Underwood, Washington to Jacob Thomas and Martha Ellen (Dark) Horn. He spent his childhood years in Hood River,...

Ovella Fay Lamb (Fullford)

October 5, 2009

Ovella Fay Lamb, age 95, of Sweet Home passed away Monday afternoon at Bridgecreek Memory Care Community. She was born in Dublin, Texas; the daughter of Henry F. and Ammie (Edwards) Fullford. A memorial service will be held November 27, 2009. S...

Sherry L. Rose (Lichtenthaler)

June 25, 2009

Sherry L. Rose, age 68, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday, June 25. She was born March 17, 1941 in Forest Grove, Oregon; the daughter of Dean R. and Lucille B. (Hall) Lichtenthaler. Sherry lived in Lincoln City in her younger years, where she eve...

Sherry L. Rose (Lichtenthaler)

June 25, 2009

Sherry L. Rose, age 68, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday, June 25. She was born March 17, 1941 in Forest Grove, Oregon; the daughter of Dean R. and Lucille B. (Hall) Lichtenthaler. Sherry lived in Lincoln City in her younger years, where she eve...

Elaine Marie Halsne

June 22, 2009

Elaine Marie Halsne, age 83, of Sweet Home passed away Monday. She was born in Rockford, Illinois to Patrick Henry and Mary Claire (Bertchie) Cleary. She graduated from West High School in Rockford, Illinois in 1943 and lived in Rockford until 195...

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Richard "Bugs" Eugene Lemmer

June 22, 2009

Richard “Bugs” Eugene Lemmer, age 70, of Sweet Home passed away Monday. He was born in Burlington, Washington to Eugene Mathew and Therese Marie (Hawkins) Lemmer. He was in the United States Marine Corps from January 1962 until his honorable ...

Jose "Bud" Manuel Perry

June 21, 2009

Jose "Bud" Manuel Perry, age 76, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday, June 21. He was born in Bellingham, Washington to Joseph and Candia (Perez) Perry. He came to Sweet Home as a child and attended schools here. He enjoyed football and basketball a...

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David Bruce Bennett

June 20, 2009

David Bruce Bennett, age 86, of Sweet Home died peaceably at home in the arms of his wife on Saturday, June 20. He was recovering from surgery for a brain cancer tumor. David was born in Carlisle, Arkansas on May 2, 1923 to George and Ida (Caulkin...

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David Bruce Bennett

June 20, 2009

David Bruce Bennett, age 86, of Sweet Home died peaceably at home in the arms of his wife on Saturday, June 20. He was recovering from surgery for a brain cancer tumor. David was born in Carlisle, Arkansas on May 2, 1923 to George and Ida (Caulkin...

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Freddy Lee Grissom

June 9, 2009

Freddy Lee Grissom, age 59, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. He was born in Redding, California to Fred Leon and Violet Marie (Lang) Grissom. Freddy moved to Sweet Home at two months of age. He attended schools in Sweet Home, eventually graduati...

Donna M. Johnston

June 6, 2009

Donna M. Johnston, age 88, of Sweet Home died on Saturday, June 6, 2009. She was born in Emmett, Idaho to Frank and Katie (Newnham) Cole. Her family moved to the Dixie area when she was young. Donna married Leo N. Keech in 1939, and they had one c...

Andrea Rae Parrish Jones

June 5, 2009

Andrea Rae Parrish Jones, age 51, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services. ...

Baby Anylese Skie Chere Weikel

June 1, 2009

Anylese Skie Chere Weikel, 3 1/2 months, passed away Monday, June 1, at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. She was born in Springfield to Levi William Weikel and Jasmin Lynelle Diaz. She is survived by: her parents of Sweet Home; sisters, Aspyn L...

Axel Walter Schmidt

May 31, 2009

Axel Walter Schmidt, age 73, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. He was born on May 19, 1936 in Berlin, Germany to Walter and Alice Anna (Hedwig) Schmidt. Axel married Leonore Wassermann in August of 1959. The couple moved to Toronto, Canada. After ...

Mary Ann Tunnell (Kroker)

May 30, 2009

Mary Ann (Kroker) Tunnell, age 63, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday, May 30. Mary was born February 10, 1946 in Lebanon, Oregon to John M. and Irene (Evans) Kroker, Sr. She graduated in the class of 1965 from Lebanon High School. She married Del...

Richard A. Bowler

May 26, 2009

Richard A. Bowler, 80, of Reedsport passed away Wednesday. He was born in Oakland, California to Harold and Betty (Patton) Bowler. He married LaRane G. Burningham in Reno in 1949. They lived in the Bay area for a time before coming to Sweet Home i...

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Albert James Bertolotti

May 14, 2009

Albert James Bertolotti, age 93, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. He was born in Los Angeles, California to Angelo Giuseppe and Nellie Price (Malloy) Bertolotti. Albert served in the U.S. Army from November 1943 to January 1946. He travelled ov...

Shane Grade

May 13, 2009

Shane Grade, age 25, died while visiting Sweet Home on Wednesday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services....

Janet Klinkebiel (Christensen)

May 11, 2009

Janet Klinkebiel, age 80, of Brownsville passed away Monday. She was born in Cornellius to William and Ann Doretta (Smuthers) Christensen. She was raised in Lents District in Portland. She married her husband, Fritz Klinkebiel, August 11, 1946 in ...

Alexander Lee Waltenburg

May 5, 2009

Alexander Lee Waltenburg is survived by his parents, Brian Lee Waltenburg and Elizabeth Jean Heddinger; sister, Gracie (20 months); brother, Nicholas Heddinger (5 years); grandparents, Lennie “Nick” and Jackie Waltenburg of Lebanon; uncles, ...