Calvin Ray Emmert, 86, of Sweet Home passed away Friday, February 23, 2024. He was born in Molalla to Floyd and Grace E. (Burkholder) Emmert.
 
Calvin moved to Sweet Home with his family when he was one. Calvin attended Western Mennonite High School where he met and then married Beverly Shenk on December 14th 1956. They were married 67 years. They were very involved in the Sweet Home Mennonite Church, now called New Life In Christ Fellowship. Cal loved his wife, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. There was nothing in the world more important to him than that they all trust in Jesus for salvation and forgiveness of sins. He told them often that he wanted to see them all in heaven. After his family the most important thing to him was that his friends too all reach heaven. 
 
He loved fishing, hunting, visiting and driving trucks and heavy equipment. He owned and drove log trucks from 1961-1981. He then partnered with Rod Wolfer and Tim Bagley to form Webco Road Construction from 1981-1989. In 1990, he opened Liberty Rock Products. In 1994, his son, Roger, joined him. They worked together for 30 years.
 
Cal spent his working career driving truck and operating cat dozers. He hauled his first load of logs when he was 15. His older brother, Willis, had him take a load from the Upper Calapooia to Springfield. Willis got a big kick out of that and thought it was really funny. Cal’s father, Floyd, did not think it was funny at all because Cal did not have a driver’s license yet. He hauled his last load of rock in October of 2023 at the age of 85. He had 70 years of trucking.
 
Cal is survived by wife, Beverly, son Roger (Angie) Emmert of Sweet Home, daughter Jodi (Pete) Kauffman of Sweet Home, daughter Charlene (Paul) Schultz of Albany, 9 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Also considered family by Cal and Bev are Anita Schlabach, Jody Miller, Terry Alleger and their families. He was preceded in death by his parents and 6 siblings, a grandson, Trenton Schultz in 1992 and a granddaughter, Mirandee Emmert in 1995. 
 
Graveside service will be 10 am Saturday March 2nd at Gilliland Cemetery. Memorial service will be held 3 pm Sunday March 3rd at New Life Christ Fellowship in Sweet Home. Memorial contributions can be given to MARC Alaska or Mercy Ships. Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. www.sweethomefuneral.com.