November 21, 2007
Lorene Clester, age 77, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday. She was born in Byers, Colorado to William Ray and Winnie Fern (Boyd) Ridinger. Lorene lived in Walnut Creek, California and moved to Brownsville as a child, and later met and married Pl...November 18, 2007
Ricky Dean Hurse, age 53, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday, November 17th. He was born in Lebanon to Rueben and Edith Louise (Sprague) Hurse. Ricky grew up in the Liberty area of Sweet Home and was part Cherokee, but was un-enrolled. He worked a...November 17, 2007
William Henry Johnson, age 89, died at his home of 57 years located off of Sunnyside Drive in Foster, Oregon on Saturday, November 17; he was 89 years old. William was born in Fargo, North Dakota on November 14, 1918. He was the last of the...November 12, 2007
Glen Earl "Buck" Bell, age 67, of Sweet Home passed away at his home Monday. He was born at home in Connersville, Indiana to Liness and Josephine Faye (Geisendorff) Bell-Foisey. Glen lived in Connersville Indiana until 1957, moving to La Mesa Cali...Patricia "Pat" Cornett (Toone)
November 11, 2007
Patricia “Pat” Cornett, age 79, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born in Echo, Utah to George and Lenora Elizabeth (Bromley) Toone. Pat was an avid outdoors woman; she loved to hunt and fish. She also was an excellent cook and loved t...November 11, 2007
Mindy Merrill, 91 year old resident of The Oaks in Lebanon went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus on November 11, 2007. She was born and received her education along with a third grade teaching certificate in Nebraska. As a young lady, she move...November 9, 2007
Eddie B. Offutt, age 79, of Lebanon died at her home on Friday. She was born in Idabelle, Oklahoma to George L. and Fanny (Walker) Irwin. She met and married Clyde Offutt on October 4, 1949 in Brownfield, Texas. She was a member of the Sweet Home ...November 9, 2007
Denise Reach, age 51, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. She was born in Covina,California. Her parents are Don and Marlene (Pickel) Cipres. Denise has lived in Sweet Home since January 2007. Before that, she lived in Anahiem, California. She was a...November 7, 2007
Mable Anna Kirk, age 83, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday. She was born in Molalla, Oregon to Peter and Gladys (Prink) Kister. Mable married Joe Kirk in 1942. After WWII, the couple came to Sweet Home and decided to make their home here. Joe dr...November 7, 2007
Darold DeWayne Rozell, age 50, of Lebanon, passed away Wednesday at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital. He was born in Lebanon to Darold and Mary J. (Hyde) Rozell. Darold attended Hawthorne and Oak Heights Elementary Schools, Sweet Home Junior H...November 6, 2007
Doug Simpson, age 51, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. He was born in Lafayette, Indiana to Paul and Jeri (Nygren) Simpson. Doug came to Sweet Home from California three years ago. He enjoyed being with his friends. Doug is survived by his mo...November 4, 2007
Ivan E. Brown, age 88, of Sweet Home, passed way Sunday. He was born in Hazelton, Idaho to John Allen and Edith Belle (Cleveland) Brown. Ivan served in the South Pacific as a Navy CB. He married Lucile Avis Walworth. Ivan is survived by his wif...November 4, 2007
Wilma Jean Stephenson, age 84, of Sweet Home, passed away November 4, 2007. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel will be handling the arrangements. ...November 4, 2007
Susan G. Patterson, age 46, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born in Brownsville, Oregon to Joseph Nathan and Katherine Theresa (Miller) Thornton. During her life, Susan lived in Yucca Valley, California, Black Meadow Landing, Arkansas, a...November 3, 2007
Joyce Birdsall, age 78, of Corvallis, passed away Saturday at her home, surrounded by her loving family, after a long and courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma Cancer. Joyce was born in LaGrande, Oregon. She lived with her parents Oscar and Stel...October 31, 2007
John Michael Stratman, age 54, of Sweet Home passed away October 31. He was born in San Diego, California to Roger D. and Patricia (Pickert) Stratman. John graduated from Sweet Home High School and lived many places before returning to Sweet Home ...October 29, 2007
Harold K. Hanson, age 77, of Sweet Home, died Monday at a Corvallis Hospital. Harold was born October 22, 1930 in Brunswick, Minnesota, son of August and Lydia Nordgren Hanson. He served our country in the US Army during the Korean War. He marr...October 28, 2007
Vernice Junkin, age 86, of Sweet Home, passed away Sunday in an Albany care facility. Vernice was born February 28, 1921 in Portland, Oregon to Arthur and Mildred (Emmons) Giddings. She was raised in Portland, graduating from Grant High School. ...October 25, 2007
Madeline Sturdevant, age 93, of Sweet Home, passed away Thursday. She was born near Rosenburg, Texas (Fort Bend County) to Ardra D. and Ethel Mae (Hardy) Hand. Madeline married Garland B. Sturdevant June 15, 1930 in Rosenburg, Texas. She was a hom...October 21, 2007
John S. Richardson, age 91, of Sweet Home, passed away on Sunday. He was born in New Brunswick, Canada to Frank and Carlotta Richardson. John had lived in Sweet Home. He was a very caring and loving man. He is survived by son, Paul Richardson o...October 18, 2007
Adrian “Ade” H. Gonia, age 97, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Thursday. He was born in Eatonville, Washington to James and Alma Gonia. During his life he lived in Washington and Oregon. He moved to Sweet Home in 1948 and lived there ever si...October 14, 2007
Elizabeth Maudie West, age 84, of Albany, passed away Sunday. She was born in Reno, Texas to Robert Lowery and Lottie Ann (Rivers) West. Elizabeth married Frank West and moved to Brownsville, Oregon. Frank passed away, and she moved to Corvallis a...October 13, 2007
Lily Millburn Beach, age 87, of Lebanon, passed away Saturday. She was born in San Francisco, California to Richard and Isabel (James) Millburn. Lily was in the Marines as a secretary at the end of WWII. She had lived in Sweet Home until her husba...October 13, 2007
Vivian Diermier, age 65, of Scio, died on Saturday. She was born in Crawford, Oklahoma to Clarence M. and Mary O. (Jackson) Hall. They came to Sweet Home in 1965, and she was always very involved with church activities. She had membership in the C...October 13, 2007
Paul D. Hyland, age 56, of Sweet Home, passed away on Saturday at the VA Hospital in Portland. He was born in Dublin, Ireland to John J. and Anne T. (White) Hyland. He was a Corporal in the USMC/Marines. He was a Vietnam veteran serving there from...