March 10, 2014
Desirée Kate Bender, 15, of Corvallis, Oregon passed away Monday, March 10, 2014. She was born in Corvallis to Michael and Holly (Whittemoore) Bender. Desirée lived in Lebanon and Corvallis. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus...March 10, 2014
Kathryn Rae Deffenbaugh, 59, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Monday, March 10, 2014. She was born in Lebanon to Juanita (Arthur) and Charles Deffenbaugh, Sr. Kathy was raised and lived most of her life in the Liberty area of Sweet Home except ...March 6, 2014
Rolland C. Conklin, 93, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014. He was born in Sutherlin to Albert Edson and Floy (Bolinger) Conklin. He was born and raised in the Sutherlin and Cottage Grove area. Rolland served in the United S...March 4, 2014
Josephine Mae McElroy, 91, of Lebanon, Oregon passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements....February 27, 2014
Nancy Jean Berggren, 55, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Thursday, February 27, 2014. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements....February 27, 2014
Clifford Eugene Keegan, 81, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday of a stroke at the Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House. He was born in Galesburg, Illinois to Clifford Andrew and Edna Susan (Higgins) Keegan. He served in the United States Air For...February 24, 2014
Arend J. Franken, 88, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Monday, February 24, 2014. He was born the eighth of nine siblings on a farm in Town, Ohio in Upstate New York to immigrant parents, Gerhard and Edith (Etherton) Franken. After high school gr...February 21, 2014
Dan Cleo Paddock, 89, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Friday, February 21, 2014. He was born at the homestead on Paddock Lane in Sweet Home to Vincent and Louisa (Smith) Paddock. He served in the United States Army in the Calvary during WWII. Du...February 21, 2014
Andrew “Andy” Starr, 29, of Sisters, Oregon passed away Friday, February 21, 2014. He was born in Hermiston to Dennis and Darlene (Lepinski) Starr. Andy grew up in Spray, Oregon. He moved to Bend in 2008 for work and then to Sisters in 2013 w...Norma Louise Grant (Burningham)
February 18, 2014
Norma Louise Grant, 85, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday at the Lebanon Community Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Arthur DeVan and Nellie LaPreal (Green) Burningham. Louise grew up in the Bountiful Ut...February 17, 2014
Peggy Lynne Honeywell, 60, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Monday. She was born in Lebanon to Guy F. and Gladys E. (Igo) Honeywell. Peggy succumbed to autoimmune complications of Crohn’s disease. She was born and raised in Sweet Home. She live...February 13, 2014
Marilyn “Dee” Sullens passed away peacefully at home on February 13, 2014. Dee was born in McMinnville, OR to Stan and Donna C. (Ashton) Ego and raised in the Greater Sweet Home Metropolitan Area. She was a graduate of the educational institu...February 9, 2014
Retha Mae John, 87, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014. She was born in Vernonia, Oregon, the daughter of the late Oscar Arthur and Ora Belle (Lee) Smith. Rete enjoyed camping with her family, crocheting, quilting, and pla...February 3, 2014
Chris Walnum, 62, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Monday, February 3, 2014. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio to Joyce (Hettinger) and Loren Walnum. Chris moved to California at the age of five and grew up there. In 1987, he married Sylvia McKinne...January 27, 2014
Christine Marie Tiffany Smith, 29, of Albany, OR (formerly of Sweet Home) passed away Monday, January 27, 2014. She was born in Orange, Texas to Kirk and Roxanne (Hageness) Smith. She moved to Sweet Home in 1987 at the age of three. Christine att...January 24, 2014
Lawrence Mitchell Ash, 85, of Shedd, OR died Friday at his daughter’s home in Brownsville. He was born in Corvallis to Homer Mitchell and Ethel Irene (Harwood) Ash. He attended schools in Corvallis. Lawrence is a World War II veteran who served...Susie Gertrude Daniels (Crowell)
January 22, 2014
Susie Gertrude Daniels, 103, of Sweet Home passed away Wednesday. She was born in Humboldt, South Dakota to Thomas M. and Gertrude R. (Crowder) Crowell. Photo is of Susie in 2013 at 103 years old. She was the third of 10 children. The family even...January 14, 2014
James Alan Butler, 58, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2014. He was born in Omak, Washington to George Duke and Dorothy (Waggy) Butler. He loved his family and his church family at River of Life Fellowship and his many frien...January 13, 2014
Judy Darlene Rohde, 65, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Monday, January 13, 2014. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements....January 11, 2014
Rex Edward Jones, 39, of Sisters, Oregon (and formerly of Sweet Home) passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014. He was born in Seattle, Washington to Bruce and Marjorie (Ambrogi) Jones. Rex was raised in Everett, Washington until he was an adult, ...June Winniefred Wolbert-Brown (Pendrak)
January 7, 2014
June W. Wolbert, 78, of Sweet Home, OR passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2014. She was born in Grass Valley, CA to Frank and Gladys (Ryan) Pendrak. June grew up in Grass Valley and then moved to the San Francisco Bay area to raise her family. When she ...January 6, 2014
Bobby R. Sharp, 83, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Monday, January 6, 2014. He was born in Tulip, Texas to Garland Lawrence and Willsie Marie (Stevenson) Sharp. He served in the Navy from 1949 to1968 in Korea and Vietnam. He received the Natio...January 5, 2014
Ronald Carl Miller, 64, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements....January 5, 2014
Aletha Adele Putney, 83, of Sweet Home, Oregon passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014. She was born in Velva, North Dakota to Harry George and Ione Signe (Roulier) Hansen. Aletha grew up in Velva and married Donald Walter Putney there on December 3, ...January 5, 2014
Gilberto Ramirez, 67, of Albany, Oregon passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements....