OBITUARIES
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...
Nancy Kirksey
Oct 17, 2023
Nancy Kirksey, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and community advocate, passed away October 17, 2023. Nancy held the distinction of being elected the first woman mayor of Woodburn, Oregon, serving for two separate four-year terms (1987-1990 and 1995-1998). Responsible for bringing the Chemeketa Community College's satellite program to Woodburn, Nancy worked tirelessly, running the program from her living room, to...
Nancy Lee Koffler
Oct 7, 2023
Nancy Lee Koffler passed away peacefully in her home on October 7, 2023 at the age of 72. She was born March 2, 1951 in Salem, OR and lived the majority of her life in Woodburn, OR. Nancy is survived by her husband of 53 years, Larry Koffler; children Jeromy (Denise) Koffler, Molly (Moses) Eagles, Casey (Efrain) Robles, and Kelly...
Judith Cannon
Oct 5, 2023
Judy Cannon, 82, passed away peacefully on October 5, 2023. She was born in Ohio and moved to Oregon with her husband, Eldon, after he retired from the Air Force in 1979. Judy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to many. She also welcomed many of her children's friends as a bonus mom or grandma. She is...
Mavis Ilene Leith
Sep 20, 2023
In Loving Memory of Mavis Ilene Leith August 20, 1930 – September 20, 2023 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Mavis Leith, on Wednesday, September 20th 2023, at the age of 93. She left us peacefully, surrounded by her loving family. Mavis was born on August 20th, 1930 to Charles Frederick Powers...
