OBITUARIES
Gloria Mary Eckley
Nov 23, 2015
Gloria Mary Eckley was born April 29, 1928, in Beavercreek, OR to Raymond and Mary (Duffy) Corless, the eldest of five children in the Corless family. She graduated from Oregon City High School, in 1945, then attended Oregon State College where she majored in Home Economics. Later, Gloria attended Chemeketa Community College. Gloria married Benjamin F. Eckley Jr. on June...
Helen May Capen
Nov 23, 2015
Helen May (Vaughan) Capen, formerly from Belchertown, MA, died at the age of 89 on Nov. 23, 2015 at the home of her daughter Cindy Chartier of Keizer, OR. Born in Dartmouth, MA, the daughter of Elliott and Villa Hatt Vaughan, she grew up in the Belchertown-Granby area and graduated from South Hadley High School. After graduation she joined the...
Darlene Annette Smith
Nov 21, 2015
Darlene Annette "Dolly" Smith died at the age of 73 on Nov. 21, 2015 at her home with family at her side. Darlene was born July 10, 1942 at Portland, OR to Joseph W. And Agnes J. (Stravens) Schaefer. She married Fred J. Smith Jan. 14, 1961 in Gervais, OR. Darlene worked for Oregon Veteran Affairs Assoc, then pursued a...
Barbara Jean Rubens
Nov 16, 2015
Barbara Jean Rubens died at the age of 91 on Nov. 16, 2015. Barbara was born Jan. 10, 1924 at Bend, OR to George and Hilda (Williams) Franks. She married Harry Charles Rubens Mar. 8, 1942 in Eugene, OR. Barbara was involved with the DAR, VFW and Womens Professional Business Assoc. She had worked in the Real Estate business ,...
Donald Willis Bridge
Nov 15, 2015
Donald Willis Bridge was born on June 28, 1924 in Clearwater, Nebraska to James and Almira (Harvey) Bridge. He attended country grade schools until he and his family moved to Spencer, Nebraska when he was in the sixth grade. He graduated from Spencer High School in 1941. Don volunteered for military service and was inducted into the Army on his...
Douglas Allen Stauffer
Nov 8, 2015
Douglas Allen Stauffer October 12, 1963 – November 8, 2015 Douglas Stauffer passed away unexpectedly in his mother's home on November 8, 2015 of a heart attack. This beloved husband is survived by his husband Jeffery Clark, mother Frances Stauffer-White, and his sister Merilee Stauffer, as well as many friends and family. Edgar and Frances Stauffer specially picked and adopted...
Auda Frances Bonacker
Nov 8, 2015
Auda Frances Bonacker was born in Boring, OR to Clark and Estella Rich. She was extremely athletic, on a woman's softball team during World War II. Her children remember her doing the splits at 50 years of age. During World War II, she also worked in a shipyard painting Liberty ships in Portland. She later taught gym at the Salem...
Phyllis Carlene Morgan
Nov 5, 2015
Beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, Phyllis Carlene Morgan 81, passed away November 5, 2015 in Woodburn, OR. Following a full life of continuous learning and service. Born March 8, 1934 to Carl Cecil Peterson and Mary Helen Parsons in Concordia, Kansas, moved to El Paso, Texas at age 8. Crockett grade school, Austin High School, Texas Western College BS in...
John Francis Davis
Oct 27, 2015
John Francis Davis, 72, died at home on October 27, 2015 of natural causes. He was born April 19, 1943 to Francis H. & Virginia Estell Davis in Pampa, Texas, where his father was stationed in the Air Force. His brother, Gene Davis, was born a few years later and in 1950 the family moved to Stafford, OR where the...
Frances Arlene Harkins
Oct 26, 2015
Frances Arlene Harkins August 5, 1939 – October 26, 2015 Fran was born in Grants Pass, Oregon on August 5th, 1939 to Frank and Sylvia Norman. Her family moved to Oakland, California when she was two years old, and remained there throughout her childhood and teen years. She married Bob Harkins in 1958 and traveled the southwest for his employment...
Alice Kay Davidson
Oct 25, 2015
Alice Passed away peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her family. Alice was an active member of her community as she drove a school bus in Wilsonville for roughly 25 years. She was also an active member with the Women of the Moose for several years, which involved community service in and around Wilsonville. Alice is preceded in death by...
Mitchell (Mick) P. Scott
Oct 22, 2015
Wilsonville resident Mitchell (Mick) P. Scott died peacefully Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 with family by his side at his Charbonneau home. His passing was a result of complications from cancer. Born in 1941 in Portland to M.R. (Red) and Mary Jo Scott, Mick spent his youth in Bend, OR and teen years in Vancouver, WA. After graduation from the University...
Mitchell "Mick" Scott
Oct 22, 2015
Mitchell (Mick) P. Scott Sept. 25, 1941 – Oct. 22, 2015 Wilsonville resident Mitchell (Mick) P. Scott died peacefully Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 with family by his side at his Charbonneau home. His passing was a result of complications from cancer. Born in 1941 in Portland to M.R. (Red) and Mary Jo Scott, Mick spent his youth in Bend, OR...
Ruth Elaine Arnold
Oct 21, 2015
Ruth Elaine Martin was born July 12, 1927 in Uniontown, PA, the 4th child of Kenneth an Gertrude Martin. She was raised in the Uniontown area, and at the age 17 made her way to Seattle to enroll in nurses training at Swedish Hospital and Seattle Pacific College. She was a member of the final class of Cadet Nurses, graduating...
Dorothea Jean Coleman
Oct 20, 2015
Dorothea Jean Coleman, 94, returned to her heavenly Father peacefully in her sleep after a long, and rewarding life on October 20, 2015. Her devotion to family and firm belief in God supported her in life and ultimately gave her peace. Dorothea was born to James F. and Grace C. Painter in Sweetwater, Idaho on July 4, 1921. She was...
Wayne Norman Anderson
Oct 20, 2015
Wayne Norman Anderson, age 74, passed away Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 unexpectedly. He was with his wife Jerrie and friends in Portland, OR. Wayne was married to his wife, Jerrie, for 33 years and had retired to Idleyld Park, OR where they spent about 13 years on a forested mountain top. Wayne enjoyed spending time in his garden, playing card...
Anthony John Decosta
Oct 19, 2015
Anthony John DeCosta "Tony" was born Nov. 16, 1922, in Syracuse, New York — one of five children born to Mary (Sario) and August DeCosta — and died Oct. 19, 2015 in Portland, Ore. After graduating in 1940 from Solvay High School in New York, Tony began working for Crucible Steel as a Clerk Typist in the Chrysler Building. He...
Margaret Regina Levitt
Oct 14, 2015
Memorial Mass, Friday, November 6, 2015, at 11:00 am at St. Cyril Church -Wilsonville, OR., Reception to follow the Service
Margaret Regina Levitt
Oct 14, 2015
Memorial Mass, Friday, November 6, 2015, at 11:00 am at St. Cyril Church -Wilsonville, OR., Reception to follow the Service
