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 ...

Thelma D. Davis

November 2, 2008

Thelma Dell Davis, age 93, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born in Iliff, Colorado to Charlie and Susie (Duffield) Gill. She was raised in Colorado and went to school in Podroni, Colorado. As an adult, she lived in Lebanon and Sweet Home. ...

Howard A. Baker

November 1, 2008

Howard Adelbert Baker, Sr., age 79, of Sweet Home died in his home. He was born in Everett, Washington to Andrew Joshua and Lousia Jane (Liddicoat) Baker. Howard was the 4th generation of Baker’s out of Alaska. The women would all come down to t...

David Allen Jones

October 31, 2008

David Allen Jones, age 70, of Sweet Home died Friday. He was born in Crawfordsville, Oregon to Alfred A. and alta Mae (Chasson) Jones. David was survived by his wife, Dottie Jones; children, Dean Jones (Rose), DeAnn Benson (Scott), and Darin Jones...

Mary C. Anderson

October 27, 2008

Mary C. Anderson, age 77, of Sweet Home passed away after a short illness. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Edna and Walter Willaby. Mary’s hobbies were studying the Bible and antique collecting. She loved horses, wolves, and animals of ...

Paul Douglas Hamilton

October 26, 2008

Paul “Sasquatch” Douglas Hamilton, 50, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. He was born in Witchita, Kansas to Tom and Jaunita (Anderson) Hamilton. He grew up in Haysville, Kansas. Paul worked as an Ironworker across the United States. He was a m...

Betty Mozelle Linton Vogel

October 25, 2008

Betty Mozelle Linton Vogel passed away in Sweet Home, Oregon, October 25, 2008. Betty was born in Velma, Oklahoma on July 4, 1935. Her family moved to Dale, Illinois where she graduated from McLeansboro High School in 1951. After attending business ...

Dorothy Irene Brown (Dimick)

October 23, 2008

Dorothy Irene Brown, age 91, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. She was born in Hubbard, Oregon to Wiley E. and Mae Y. (Yoder) Dimick. Dorothy lived in Oregon all of her life. She loved to cook and was a cook for several restaurants in Linn Count...

Luella Stutzman (Schultz)

October 23, 2008

Luella Stutzman passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2008. She was born in Lookout, Oklahoma to Harry and Emma (Reich) Schultz. She lived all her adult life in the Sweet Home and Lebanon area. She was a member of Brownsville Mennonite Church where...

Ila Beatrice Withrow (Williams)

October 18, 2008

Ila Beatrice (Bea) Withrow, age 88, of Sweet Home died Saturday at Lebanon Community Hospital. She was born in Atoka, Okahoma; the daughter of John and Callie (Woffard) Williams. Bea earned her teaching certificate and taught school in Okla...

Dudley Floyd Culpepper

October 13, 2008

Dudley Floyd Culpepper, age 75, of LaPine passed away Monday. He was born in Millerton, Oklahoma to Tom and Flora Culpepper. He lived in Wright City, Oklahoma until he moved to Sweet Home in 1952. In 1995, he moved to LaPine. Dudle...

Judy Irene Marrs

October 12, 2008

Judy Irene Marrs, age 62, of Sweet Home passed away Sunday. She was born and raised in Leadville, Colorado to Roy Lee and Mabel Pearl Felkner. She had lived in different towns in Colorado until she moved to Sweet Home with her family in 1989. J...

Scott Jeffrey Williams

October 8, 2008

Scott Jeffrey Williams, age 51, of Albany passed away Wednesday. He was born in Flint, Michigan to Kenneth L. and Virginia Louise (Nicholas) Williams. He moved to Oregon from Grand Blanc, Michigan about six years ago. Scott loved music and played ...

Mary Lee Smith (Starr)

October 6, 2008

Mary Lee Smith of Lebanon died Monday at age 76. She was born in March 1932 in Oakland, California; the daughter of Fred and Gwyneth (Dickenson) Starr. Mary Lee married her college sweetheart, James, in 1952, who preceded her in death July of 2005...

Doris Irma Keller

October 3, 2008

Doris Irma Keller, age 87, a long-time resident of Sweet Home and Lebanon, died peacefully on October 3, 2008. She was born in Blue Grass, North Dakota to William and Lea Bauer on June 17, 1921. Doris met Alton Keller while the two grew up on neig...

Betty Lou Hyer (Devlin)

October 2, 2008

Betty Lou Hyer, age 78, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. She was born in Denver, Colorado to Henry and Lula (Miller) Devlin. Betty was a homemaker and lived in Sweet Home most of her life with her husband, Tom, of 56 years. Betty is survived...