OBITUARIES
Holly Belle Paulson
Feb 5, 2017
Holly Paulson passed away peacefully on Sunday February 5, 2017. She was 98 years old. Her long and active life began in Comstock, Nebraska when she was born to Clarence and Lillian Woodward on July 15, 1918. She grew up on a farm near Archer, Nebraska and graduated from Archer High School in 1936. After the failure of their farm,...
Katherine Alma Westcott
Jan 31, 2017
Katherine "Katie" Westcott passed away on January 31st, 2017. Katie was born on December 29, 1937 at home in Aurora, Oregon. She grew up in Canby and it's neighboring cities and spent most of her life in Oregon and Idaho. She especially enjoyed the Oregon coast, where she lived for several years. Katie loved singing, and taught many of her...
Paul "Papa" Bartosz
Jan 31, 2017
Paul Bartosz, known to his family as "Papa" passed away on January 31, 2017. Paul was born in Salem, Oregon and spent many years in the Willamette Valley farming, working for St. Luke's Catholic Church in Woodburn, and enjoying his family. The son of Joseph and Clara Bartosz, he married Isabelle Zielinski in 1953 and they raised three daughters together....
James Christian Roth
Jan 28, 2017
The earthen vessel known as James Christian Roth began breathing on his own on September 12, 1934. He was the fourth of seven children and the first of three sons of Jacob and Mary (Buckwalter) Roth. Jesus joined James in his earthen vessel when pre-teen James accepted Christ's atoning work and yielded to His Lordship. From 1953 to 1955, James...
Carolyn Hayes Wallace
Jan 25, 2017
Carolyn Lucas Wallace, 93, died on January 25, 2017 in Mt. Angel. She was born in LaGrande, Oregon, on April 18, 1923, to Thomas and Irene Hayes. Carolyn grew up in Centralia, WA, and attended Centralia College, graduating with a degree in dietics. She married Emil Lucas, in 1944 and had three daughters who they raised together in Milwaukie, Oregon....
Miguel Francisco Luna-Matas
Jan 24, 2017
Obituario de Miguel Luna Miguel Francisco Luna Matas nació el 3 de diciembre, 1962 en Tecapán, Usultán, El Salvador. Renació cuando el edificio en lo cual todos los archivos oficiales se guardaron era destruido en un incendio y el gobierno le asignó la fecha de nacimiento 6 de enero, lo cual ha sido su cumpleaños legal desde este entonces. Sus...
Virginia C Dreher
Jan 22, 2017
Clara Virginia Dreher (Kieling), 96, was born April 10, 1920 in Mica, Washington. Virginia passed away peacefully on January 22 at approximately 4pm of Alzheimer's and heart failure in Woodburn. She was the oldest of five children, all of whom preceded her in death. The Kieling family moved from Washington to Oregon in the early 1920's. Virginia graduated from Molalla...
Marie W Bentaas
Jan 21, 2017
Marie W "Strike" Bentaas (Mother, Grandmother, Grammy Great) Marie was born October 18th 1918 to Sydney and Eva Strike in the middle on the 1918 Flu Epidemic on the Chapman Ranch in Monitor, OR. She was the youngest of 3 girls. In 1920 the family moved to Woodburn, OR. Marie graduated from Woodburn High School in 1936. She married Duffy...
John Carlos Arritola
Jan 17, 2017
John Carlos Arritola – Sept. 21, 1919 - Jan. 17, 2017 John Carlos Arritola, 97, passed away peacefully with family members at his bedside. He was a WWII Army veteran, receiving a Purple Heart for injuries sustained in Italy in June 1944. John is preceded in death by his beautiful wife of 67 years, Florence, son Tom (Barbe) and two...
Dorothy Ann Kee
Jan 15, 2017
Dorothy Ann Kee June 3,1928 - January 15, 2017 Dorothy Ann Kee (Marx) was born on June 3, 1928 in Bristol, SD to Lena Alice (Blake) and Joseph Carl Marx. The family moved to Oregon City, OR in 1936, when Dorothy was 8 years old. She was the fifth child in a family of six children. She lived most of...
