OBITUARIES
Maria Amparo Cruz
Jan 6, 2024
Maria Amparo Cruz, aged 82, passed away peacefully on January 6th, 2024, at her home in Keizer, Oregon surrounded by family. She was born on February 18th, 1941, in La Mesa, Texas to Juan Villastrigo & Catarina Villastrigo. She was raised in her hometown Asherton, Texas. She married Gilberto C. Cruz on November 23, 1955 in St. Paul, Oregon. She...
Robert Elwood Jacobs
Dec 21, 2023
Robert Jacobs was born at the Woodburn Hospital in 1944. He started attending St. Agnes church in 1949. He attended Hubbard grade school from 1949 to 1958. He graduated from North Marion High School in 1962. He earned his bachelor's degree in education in 1966. That same year he began teaching and eventually became principle at Rural Dell school. In...
Shawn Marie Smith
Dec 20, 2023
On December 20, 2023, Shawn Marie Smith (Forrette) passed away. She was 60 years old. Shawn was born December 4th, 1963, to parents Ronald and Shirley Forrette in South Dakota. When she was a year old, the family moved to Medford, Oregon, where she grew up. Later, she moved to Salem, Oregon, where she attended Chemeketa Community College to earn...
Virginia Joan Avila
Dec 18, 2023
In Loving Memory of Virginia "Ginger" Avila 1941 - 2023 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Virginia "Ginger" Avila. Born in 1941 to Fred and Tillie Swartz in California, Ginger is preceded in death by her brother Jerry and is survived by her brother Andrew, known as Sonny, residing in California. She found happiness in...
David Allen Garvin
Nov 26, 2023
A funeral service for David Garvin will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 18, 2023 at Simon Cornwell Colonial Chapel in Woodburn OR. Private Interment at Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn OR. David Allen Garvin was born April 21, 1939 to Lyle and Marjorie (Judkins) Garvin of Alexandria, MN. He was baptized at the Villard United Methodist Church. He...
Vicki Spencer
Nov 22, 2023
Vicki was born in Salinas, Ca 11/21/1940 and passed peacefully on 11/22/23 at Legacy Silverton Hospital surrounded by her loving family and friends after battling injuries sustained in a car accident. After marriage and children, she became a single parent. She always worked two jobs to take care of her daughters. She spent most of her career at Willamette National...
Dwight James Berning
Nov 22, 2023
Dwight passed peacefully in the early morning hours of November 22, 2023, at Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital in Clackamas, Oregon from pneumonia due to complications from Parkinson Disease. Dwight was born at the Woodburn, Oregon Hospital on April 12, 1944, to Prosper James Berning and Margaret Francis Sonnen. He was born just 10 minutes after his identical twin, Duane. Dwight spent...
Gordon William Bigler
Nov 22, 2023
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Gordon W. Bigler at the age of 91. Gordon was born on January 3, 1932, to John and Regina Bigler in Silverton, Oregon and raised in Mt. Angel, Oregon, on the family farm. He graduated from Mt. Angel Preparatory School in 1950, an all-boys Catholic High school run by...
Michael William Padberg
Nov 19, 2023
It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Michael William Padberg on November 19, 2023. Mike was born in Pendleton, Oregon, to William Henry Irving Padberg and Betty (Baker) Orton, and was later raised in Tigard, Oregon. He met Brenda O'Brien while attending Fowler Jr. High. On the first day of school, Mike was introduced to...
Barbara "Jodie" Joann Jones
Nov 17, 2023
Barbara (Jodie) Joann Jones passed away Friday evening, November 17th, 2023 at the Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville, Oregon at the age of 71. Although her name is Barbara (after her mother), she has been known as Jodie to her family and friends since her days in high school. Jodie was born on June 2nd, 1952 in Richmond, California....
Gloria Anna Hunt
Nov 16, 2023
Gloria was born in Richardton, North Dakota, the 14th of 15 children to Peter and Mary Koffler. She lived on the family farm until 1944 when some of the family moved to Mt. Angel, Oregon for 1 ½ years before settling in Woodburn, Oregon. Gloria graduated in 1948 from Mt. Angel Academy, all-girls Catholic High School. She married Alfred Hunt...
Lutherine Strand
Oct 26, 2023
Lutherine died peacefully in her sleep Thursday, October 26th, 2023 at the age of 95 years old. She was born on January 10th, 1928 in Rolette N.D. and was the fourth of five children of Gullick and Olise Johnson. Lutherine married Wallace Strand, her childhood sweetheart, on October 20th, 1945 and spent nearly 72 years of marriage prior to Wallace's...
