Elmira "Myrt" Ellizabeth Bates (Lengle)
January 9, 2010
Elmira “Myrt” Elizabeth Bates, age 90, of Sweet Home, passed away early Saturday morning at her home. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio to John and Ethel (Davis) Lengle. After five adventuresome car trips back and forth from New York to Calif...
Billyann Viola Malone (Stewart)
January 4, 2010
Billyann Viola Malone, age 78, of Turner passed away Monday. She was born in Blue River, Canada to William Royce and Nina (DeMer) Stewart. Her family moved around until settling in Sweet Home when she was in elementary school. She graduated from S...
December 28, 2009
Marie Shafer, age 90, of Sweet Home passed away Monday, December 28, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services....
December 24, 2009
Jacqueline Shirley Bousman, age 75, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009 at her home. She was born December 27, 1933 in Eugene, Oregon. A native Oregonian, she lived in the Venita/Eugene area, Klamath Falls, and Sweet Home. She ...
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December 23, 2009
John Albion McGlothern, age 85, of Eugene (formerly of Sweet Home) died on Wednesday at his home. He was born in Seattle, Washington to John F. and Ida (Erskine) McGlothern. He came to Sweet Home in the late 1920s. John served in the Navy in WWII....
December 22, 2009
Faye Leona Albert, age 93, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. Faye was born in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada to Otto W. and Pearl (Dove) Slater. Faye and her family came to Oregon in 1919, and she spent the remainder of her life here. She was o...
December 22, 2009
Dorothy Fuller, age 69, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday afternoon at her home. Dorothy was born in Longview, Washington to Robert and Dorothy (Hollister) Hill. She moved from Washington to Oregon, and then spent 29 years in Colorado before retur...
December 18, 2009
Virginia Ann Carrell, age 66, of Foster passed away Friday morning. She was born in Gainsville, Texas to James Robert and Edna Ella (Comer) Carrell. She was a beautiful person and made a beautiful home. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother....
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December 17, 2009
William "Bill" Mancel Gourley, age 84, passed away Thursday at home with his family around him after a prolonged illness following a stroke in February 1997. William, son of Robert Mancel and Eldwana Eileen (Gray), was born December 4, 1925 in Rob...
December 14, 2009
Mina Hirschi, age 92, of Sweet Home passed away Monday morning. She was born in Sweet Home to Frank Percy and Hilda (Geil) Coulter. She lived most of her life in Sweet Home, except when she moved briefly to eastern Oregon, and then returned to live ...
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December 13, 2009
Loren Burrell, age 86, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday, December 13. He was born in Lebanon, Oregon to Lin and Velma (Rose) Burrell. Loren was raised in Sweet Home. After high school, he joined the Army and served in WWII in Italy. After the war...
December 12, 2009
George Earl Braatz, age 86, of Sweet Home passed away at his home Saturday evening. He was born in Oacoma, South Dakota to Isaac and Mina Braatz. He is survived by his children, Ron Jantzen, Dennis Braatz, Richard Braatz, and David Kubesh; sister...
December 12, 2009
Edward Silvester Gaskey, age 86, of Lebanon passed away Saturday at Lebanon Community Hospital. He was born in Aliksha, Oklahoma to Ed and Alice (Ferguson) Gaskey and raised in Wright City, Oklahoma. During his youth, he traveled to various stat...
December 7, 2009
Vern Dale Bergevin of Albany (a long-time resident of Sweet Home) died on Monday, December 7, from complications related to a long-term illness. He enjoyed studying about WWII, and at 68 years old, he passed quietly away on the 68th anniversary of Pe...
December 6, 2009
Ray Vernon Shepherd, age 65, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday after a 17-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Ray was born in Portland to James Vernon and Florence Rosanne (Welshons) Shepherd. He was raised in Brownsville, Oregon and graduated ...
December 6, 2009
Harvey Earl Sory, age 67, of Sweet Home died on Sunday, December 6, 2009. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services....
December 3, 2009
Robert (Bob) M. Petermen, age 92, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours at Twin Oaks Rehab in Sweet Home. Bob was born in Cathlamet, Washington to Pearl and Ellen (Petersen) Petermen. His parents moved to the Brownsville area when Bob ...
Elsie "Chris" Middleton Bryant (Christensen)
November 30, 2009
Chris Bryant, age 91, of Sweet Home passed away Monday. She was born in Harrisburg, Oregon to Anders Christian and Katharine Elizabeth (Williams) Christensen. After high school, Chris attended beauty school in Eugene and worked as a Beauty ...
November 29, 2009
Edward Charles Peterson, age 57, of Lebanon passed away Sunday. He was born in Myrtle Point, Oregon to Charles Edward and Alice May (Bird) Peterson. Edward lived in Sweet Home until 1984, and then moved to Lebanon to run Peterson’s Auto Wrecking...
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November 29, 2009
Allen Otto Rickman, age 88, of Sweet Home passed away at his home early Sunday morning. He was born in Portland, Oregon to Otto John and Germaine Augustine (Rialland) Rickman. Allen served in the Army Air Force from 1942 to 1945. While enlisted,...
November 26, 2009
Greg L. Brown, age 34, of Sweet Home, passed away Thursday at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis. He was born in Sault St. Marie, Michigan to Leland and Nancy Caldwell. His step mother is Emmie (Oldham) Caldwell. Greg grew up in...
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November 21, 2009
Joe Lenox Stone, age 82, died near Rocky Point, Oregon, on Sat., Nov. 21, 2009. The youngest child of Leona Viola (Lester) and Alfred Lenox Stone, Joe was born November 14, 1927 in Scotia, California and raised in Coquille, Oregon. Following graduati...
November 17, 2009
Kirtie Young Terherst, age 81, of Sweet Home died on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at his home. He was born in Enon, Arkansas to Aaron Thomas and Rose Ellen “Ella” (Goodnight) Terherst. Kirtie moved from Salinas, California to Sweet Home in 1977....
November 15, 2009
Lois J. Weeks, age 78, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday, November 15. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling services....
November 14, 2009
Barbara Ann Maxwell, age 66, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday afternoon at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis. She was born in Denver, Colorado and adopted by Harry Edger and Adelaide Marie (Decker) Mathews. Matilda Cardin was her...