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Timothy Eugene Olson

March 25, 2023

Timothy “Ole” Eugene Olson, 50, of Salem, passed away on March 25, 2023. Timothy was born on December 22nd, 1972 to Betsy (Hayes) and Gordon Olson. He was affectionately known by the nickname “Ole” among his family. He grew up in Sweet Home....

Christine Renee Pace (Wodtli)

March 24, 2023

Christine Renee Pace, 53, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. She was born in Lebanon to Jerry and Pat (Taft) Wodtli. Christine served one tour with the United States Army. She was a Homemaker and care taker. She volunteered at numerous Christi...

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Jerry Lee Clark

March 24, 2023

Jerry Lee Clark, 88, of Sweet Home passed away Friday from heart related complications in Salem. He was born in Plainview, Texas to Buster Brown and Nina Mae (McIntyre) Clark. Jerry was a patriotic Navy veteran. He retired a cement mason of 30 ye...

David Witte

March 23, 2023

David Witte, 78, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com...

Wilma Lorene Bright (Wood)

March 23, 2023

Wilma Lorene Bright, 94, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. She was born in Stratton, Colorado to Lester and Florence Fitzsimmons (Wood). Wilma married James Bright August 12, 1951 in Reedsport. They moved to Willits, California and then on to R...

Dorothy Fay Tyler (Wolfe)

March 22, 2023

Dorothy Fay Tyler, 92, of Corvallis passed away Wednesday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com...

Carol Ann Perez (Long)

March 21, 2023

Carol Ann Perez, 66, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. She was born in Riverside, California to Kenneth and Joyce Maxine (Long) Hanson. Carol has lived in Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa and Riverside, California before settling in Sweet Home. She ...

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LeRoy Dean Bickford

March 17, 2023

LeRoy Dean Bickford, 75, of Sweet Home passed away Friday. He was born in Redmond to Raymond Allen and Marguerite Marie Neva (DeWitz) Bickford. He served as a Specialist 4 in the United States Army from 1967 - 1969, working with heavy artillery i...

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Samuel Ray Slaughter

March 16, 2023

Samuel Ray Slaughter, 90, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. He was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma to Chester Harley and Winnie Mae (Hadlock) Slaughter. When he was very young his family moved to Hood River. At eight years old they moved back to G...

Timothy Eric Clauson

March 15, 2023

Timothy Eric Clauson, 38, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday. Celebration of life will be in July. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com ...

Thorvald William Cowley

March 11, 2023

Thorvald “Bill” William Cowley, 83, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. He was born in Durban, South Africa to William Robert and Thelma (Thorvaldsen) Cowley. Bill grew up in Durban, South Africa. He immigrated to the United States in 1983 an...

Diane Jean McDaniel (Oliver)

March 10, 2023

Diane Jean McDaniel, 74, of Sweet Home passed away from Brain Cancer on Friday March 10, 2023. She was born in Portland to Leonard Oliver & Betty (Cramlet) Oliver December 4, 1948. She grew up in and graduated from Sweet Home Union High School i...

Luke Kenneth Dale Buehner

March 9, 2023

Luke Buehner, 39, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. He was born in Ventura, California to Keith and Kim (Hodgson) Buehner. He was born and raised in Ventura. In 2010 he moved to Sweet Home where he lived with his mom and grandparents. Luke w...

Matthew Malachi Tryon

March 9, 2023

Matthew Malachi Tryon, 39, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com...

Linda Diane Renoud (Richards)

March 8, 2023

Linda Renoud, 72, of Sweet Home, passed away on March 8, 2023 at the Salem Hospital surrounded by her close family.  Linda came into this world on a Monday in the town of Sweet Home to Noel and Lavida Richards. At the time they had four other child...

Carol Louise Donnell (Conger)

March 8, 2023

Carol Louise Donnell, 71, of Sweet Home passed away March 8, 2023. She was born in Ventura, California to Charles G. and Betty J. (Viet) Conger. She came to Sweet Home in 1976. Carol worked for Sweet Home School District for 32 years. She ...

Carol Davenport

March 7, 2023

Carol Davenport, 86, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. She was born in Pacific Grove, California to Harry and Hazel (Bond) Ferguson. Carol was born and raised in Pacific Grove California. She moved to Seaside, California where she married and rai...

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Daniel John Matheny

March 5, 2023

Daniel “Dan” John Matheny, 76, of Lebanon passed away Sunday. He was born in Portland, Oregon, the second son of Donald Edward and Dale Sylvia (Power) Matheny. He grew up in Halsey and remembers dressing up to go into Lebanon. He was proud of his...

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John Franklin Scott

March 2, 2023

John Franklin Scott, 80, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. He was born in McMinnville to Delbert C. and Viola (Wolf) Scott. He lived in Otis in his early years but other than times he worked in Alaska he spent his school years in Sweet Home. ...

Deborah K Hecht

March 2, 2023

Deborah K. Hecht October 4, 1965 - March 2, 2023 Deborah K. Hecht, 57, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com ...

Bernice Katheren Davis (Fletcher)

February 28, 2023

Bernice Katheren Davis May 11, 1938 - February 28, 2023 Bernice Katheren Davis, 84, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday in Warrenton. She was born in Hanford, California to James Anderson and Gladys Peggy (Robinson) Fletcher. Bernice lived in Calif...

Jill Marie Caffrey (Dornbusch)

February 28, 2023

(Photo) Jill Marie Caffrey August 6, 1965 - February 28, 2023 Jill Marie Caffrey, 57, of Sweet Home passed away Tuesday. She was born in Gladstone to Robert C. and Marla I. (Sargent) Dornbusch. Jill liked rock-n-roll music and going to conce...

Johnny F. Hartley

February 25, 2023

A love story until the end Doris Dean (Porter) Hartley passed away in Salem, OR on Wednesday, January 16, 2024, after 4-1/2 years of battling with dementia. Doris was born in Truckee, CA on November 15, 1934. Her husband Johnny Frank Hartley pa...

Bert Henry White

February 25, 2023

Bert Henry White, 63, of Sweet Home passed away Saturday. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com...

Edith Joann VanBelle (Taylor)

February 25, 2023

Edith Joann VanBelle June 22, 1937 - February 25, 2023 Edith Joann VanBelle, 85, of Spanaway, Washington passed away Saturday. She was born in Percival, Fremont County, Iowa to William Burton “Burt” and Edith Fern (Foster) Taylor. Joann was...