OBITUARIES
Michael James Sowa
Feb 10, 2016
Michael James Sowa died at the age of 75 on February 10, 2016. Mike was born March 24, 1940 to Joseph P. and Hazel J. (Hastie) Sowa. He married Mary M. "Margaret" Burpee on February 1, 1964 in Portland, OR. After graduating from University of Portland, Mike served honorably in the U.S. Navy. Returning to Woodburn, he worked alongside his...
James Edward Rambeau I
Jan 30, 2016
James Edward Rambeau I died at the age of 71 on Jan. 30, 2016 at his residence. We lost a great husband, father, grandfather and friend. James always had a smile on his face for any and all that came in contact with him. He spoke to everyone with much wisdom, truth and love. James touched many lives out of...
Charles Clarence Hoke
Jan 18, 2016
Charles Clarence Hoke Born February 5th 1935 passed away on January 18th 2016 Born in Ellensburg Washington to Hazel and Patrick McGwin. Chuck went to many schools throughout his youth. He graduated from Yelm High School in 1953. He joined the Army at the age of 19 , and served in Europe until 1956. After leaving the service he tried...
Irene Jean Scott
Jan 11, 2016
Irene Scott of Woodburn, Oregon passed away Monday the Eleventh of January at 5:42 pm. She was 87 years old or in her case, young. She is survived by one brother and sister-in-law, three sons and their wives, four grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild on the way. She will always be remembered by her friends and family...
Cynthia Marie Reyes
Jan 11, 2016
Funeral service Thurs.- Jan. 14, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Simon-Cornwell Colonial Chapel- Woodburn. Interment to follow at Belle Passi Cemetery.
Evelyn Francis Teel
Jan 11, 2016
Evelyn "Bedo" Frances Teel Evelyn passed away on January 11, 2016 after a prolonged battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born on October 8, 1929 to parents Reid and Hattie Inghram of Lapwai and Lewiston, Idaho. Evelyn grew up in the Lewiston Idaho area. She and her siblings worked hard when they were young helping their mother Hattie run the...
Vera Rose Bernt
Jan 10, 2016
Vera Rose (Kahut) Bernt traded her earthly home for her Heavenly home on January 10, 2016. She died at the age of 90 from natural causes in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 17, 1925 in Woodburn and for most of her life lived in the Woodburn/Gervais area other than a short time in Minneapolis...
David Jerome Jones
Jan 8, 2016
David Jerome Jones (1940 – 2016) David Jones was born in Seattle, WA on July 12, 1940. He was the first of four children born to Oliver and Winifred Jones. The young couple had tried for nearly six years to have a baby, and after the doctor put Ollie on a special diet, which included wheat germ and celery, David...
Maria Garcia Vasquez
Jan 7, 2016
Rosary Jan. 15, 2016 at 10:30 AM followed by Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church- Gervais.
Orville Robert Krebs
Jan 6, 2016
ORVILLE ROBERT KREBS Reverend Orville Robert Krebs, 89, died on January 6, 2016 at his home in Wilsonville, OR. Orville was born in Beatrice, Nebraska to Emil and Ella Krebs on June 9, 1926. The family values of self-reliance and hard work, balanced with humor and a general vigor for life were burnished as he matured through his life. His...
Royal "Roy" John Acker
Jan 5, 2016
Royal John Acker December 12, 1929 – January 5, 2016 Royal John Acker passed away January 5th, 2016, in Wilsonville, Oregon. He was 86 years old. He was born December 12, 1929 in Chicago, to Royal and Lillian Acker. He grew up on a farm in Kansas, saying many times that was the best time of his life. At age...
Edith B. Cole
Jan 2, 2016
Edith B. "Schatzi Cole Born January 25, 1931. Died January 2, 2016 Schatzi was born in the Bronx, NY to Fred and Clara Roegner. She and her family later moved to Brockton, MA while she was in middle school. While in high school, she and her family moved to Oak Park, IL where Schatzi graduated from Steinmezt High School. After...
Alfred Claude Musgrove
Jan 1, 2016
Alfred Claude Musgrove was born Jan. 10, 1920 in London, England. He was the only child of Frances May & Albert Musgrove. As a young man of 20 he enlisted into the Royal Air Force. His time in the RAF was spent training in Texas & England. His service included helping in the design & testing of VC10, traveling throughout...
Patricia Gail Berryman
Jan 1, 2016
Our loving wife, mother, and grandmother Patricia Gail Berryman, age 73, died at home in Woodburn on January 1, 2016 after a 6 month battle with pancreatic cancer. Pat was born to Fay and Phyllis Leemkuil on December 16th, 1942 in Denison, Iowa. Pat graduated from Denison High School in 1961 and went on to earn her nursing certificate. She...
Edwin Junior Ostrom
Dec 28, 2015
Ed Ostrom passed away on December 28, 2015 at his home in Portland, Oregon. He was 71. Ed was born on November 16, 1944 to Tom and Alice Ostrom in Woodburn, Oregon. He attended Pacific Lutheran College and the University of Oregon where he studied architecture. He received his license and worked as an architect for many years. He loved...
Irene Ann Hiller
Dec 24, 2015
Irene Ann Hiller January 6, 1911 – December 24, 2015 Mom was born in Alton, Iowa to John & Anna Schneider. The family moved to Mt. Angel in 1917, and later to their farm in St Paul. After her high school graduation, she worked in Portland until her marriage to Fred Hiller in 1936. She loved being a wife, mother,...
Alfred Richard Schimmel
Dec 23, 2015
A. Richard Schimmel, Jr. October 5, 1922 – December 23, 2015 Richard "Dick" Schimmel was born in Tulare, California to Minnie Josephine and Alfred Richard Schimmel, Sr., who owned and worked a family ranch. Dick had two sisters, Beth and Freda. The Schimmels moved to another ranch near Eugene, Oregon in 1931. When he was 18, Dick began working as...
Pauline Josephine Johnson
Dec 23, 2015
Pauline (Rodgers) Johnson, was born March 26, 1919, in Orchard, Nebraska, and died in Bend, Oregon on December 23, 2015 due to natural causes. She was the fourth child of Frank and Eva Rodgers' ten children and spent most of her early years on her parents' and grandfather's farms. After graduating from 8th grade, she went to live with a...
Ann Catherine Mckay
Dec 20, 2015
Ann Catherine McKay, 52, passed away on December 20, 2015 after a two year battle with pancreatic cancer. Ann was born in Salem, Oregon to Philip & Mary Ellen Wolf. She graduated from St. Paul High School in 1981. She married Dean McKay in 1986 and had three children, Kelly Marie, Daniel James, and Sarah Ann. She lived in St....
Janice Gayle Kirk
Dec 20, 2015
Janice G. Kirk, St. Paul, passed away December 20th at the age of 71. Janice was born in Joplin, MO to Rhoda and Earl Martin, on November 20, 1944. Janice was a stockbroker for Wells Fargo, devoted mother and wife. Jan loved to cook, go antiquing and entertain friends and family. Janice married Dick Kirk, St. Paul in 2001. Jan...
