OBITUARIES
Juanita Ida De La Rosa
Nov 28, 2015
Funeral Mass Thurs- Dec. 3, 2015 at 11:00 AM at St. Luke Catholic Church- Woodburn Burial at St Luke Catholic Cemetery
Thomas Dean Coleman
Nov 27, 2015
Thomas Dean Coleman died at the age of 58 on Nov. 27, 2015. Thomas was born Oct. 31, 1957 at Salem, OR to Vernon and Donna (Uphoff) Coleman. After graduating from high school he attended a Trade School for 4 yrs. Thomas was proprietor of Industrial Machine & Fab of Woodburn for 40 yrs. He was a member of St....
Mae Emma Jackson
Nov 27, 2015
Mae Jackson, longtime Woodburn resident, died in Battle Ground, Wash. on Fri. Nov. 27th. Mae was born in Eagle Bend, Minn. She moved to Woodburn when she was 8 years old. Mae lived in California, Oregon & Washington. She attended Clackamas CC, Chemeketa CC and OCE in Monmouth. In 1967, Mae became the Children's Librarian for the Woodburn Public Library,...
Joe Donald Ficek
Nov 27, 2015
Joe passed peacefully in his sleep at the age of 94. He lived a full, rich life with his wife of 69 years, Clara. Together they raised sons Randy(Maureen), Russ (Judy), and Jerry (Peggy). In 1983, he retired from a long career as a State Park Manager. Joe and Clara traveled in their RV for several years, finally coming back...
Teresa Annette Gallagher
Nov 25, 2015
Teresa Annette Gallagher, 57, of Woodburn, Oregon, died Nov. 25, 2015. Teresa was born at Loring AFB, Maine, the fifth of eight children to William J. Gallagher of Bennington, Vermont and Cecile Gallagher of New Brunswick, Canada. The senior Gallagher's career in the U.S. Air Force kept the family on the move throughout her childhood, which was spent in Maine,...
Wendell Trumond Lusk
Nov 24, 2015
Memorial Service Dec. 4, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Mid-Valley Community Church- Woodburn Private burial at Belle Passi Cemetery
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...
