OBITUARIES
Edna Magdalena Seely
Sep 2, 2015
Edna Magdalena Schatz Seely died peacefully at the age of 91 in her home in Woodburn, Oregon on September 2, 2015. She was born on May 20,1924 in Freeman, South Dakota to Annette Keller Schatz and W. Herman Schatz and grew up in Sheridan,Oregon and worked for many years for Cecil Harrison Insurance in downtown Sheridan. On April 12, 1964...
Thomas Newton Wright
Aug 30, 2015
A beloved father, uncle and friend, Tom left us to join his father Curtis, mother Ruth, and sister Sally on August 30, 2015. Tom was a lover of animals, especially his dog BJ who preceded him in death, an avid Starbucks drinker where he loved his double blended mocha frappuccino, a self-acclaimed new car tester at Enterprise Car Rental, and...
Mary Bernadine Ward
Aug 29, 2015
Mary Bernadine "Bernie" Ward was born February 18th, 1929 to John and Pearl VanTine in Latah County, Idaho. She grew up on the family ranch and attended school in Colfax, WA where she graduated from Colfax High School. She attended Washington State University in Pullman, majoring in Physical Education and Health where she was a member of a championship girls...
Richard August Toepfer
Aug 28, 2015
Richard "Dick" Toepfer passed away on August 28, 2015 in Woodburn, Oregon. Dick was born to Augustine "Gus" Toepfer and Gertrude "Gertie" Schmitz Toepfer on January 21, 1930 at home in Sublimity, OR. The family moved to Woodburn in October 1935 where Dick attended Johnston School and graduated from Woodburn High School in 1948. Dick married the love of his...
Richard John Mccormick
Aug 22, 2015
Funeral Mass Wed. Aug. 26, 2015 at 1:30 PM at St Luke Catholic Church. Visitation Tues- Aug. 25, 2015 at Simon-Cornwell Colonial Chapel. Interment at Belle Passi Memorial Mausoleum.
James Andrew Lind
Aug 11, 2015
James Andrew Lind, 74, lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. James was born November 8, 1940 in Tacoma, Washington to James and Mary Lind. He lived there until the age of 12. The family moved to North Bend, Oregon in 1952. James grew up and graduated high school in North Bend in 1959. Jim was active...
Sandra Lea Susee
Aug 10, 2015
Sandra Lea Susee, age 51, passed away on August 10, 2015 at her home in the loving arms of her husband of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Sandra was born in Medford, Oregon to parents Eugene and Mary Putman. Sandra was better known to family and friends as Sandy, she graduated from North Marion High School in 1982 and received her Associates...
Phillip William Cohn
Jul 31, 2015
Phillip William Cohn of Wilsonville, Oregon, left his loved ones here on earth on July 31, 2015. He passed at his home in Charbonneau. He was 90. Phill was born on June 6, 1925, in Heppner, Oregon. He attended school in Heppner and graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He served in the Navy as a radar specialist....
Toni Myong Evans
Jul 29, 2015
Toni Myong Evans passed away unexpectedly at home on July 29, 2015 in Wilsonville, OR at the age of 68.Toni was born Myong Kun Yi on September 26, 1946 in Seoul, South Korea. She attended Primary, Middle and High School in Seoul, South Korea. She met her husband, Dale Evans, in 1971 while he was stationed with the Army in...
Mildred June Becker-Wedel
Jul 25, 2015
Mildred June Becker-Wedel, known as June; age 87 formerly of Gervais and Keizer, died Saturday, July 25 in Salem, Oregon where she spent the last year living at Bonaventure Assisted Living. 1. June was born in Ballston, Oregon to Jack and Sophia (Wildt) Magel. When June was about 12 years old, her family moved to Gervais, Oregon, and June later...
Joseph Mcquade Littlemore
Jul 24, 2015
Washington Attorney, Joseph McQuade Littlemore passed peacefully in the Salem Health Hospital after a prolonged series of medical problems. He was retired as a Senior Assistant Attorney General and Appellate Law Judge for the Washington State Employment Security Department. He was born in Seward, Alaska where his parents Joseph V. Hermson and Margaret Hermson (McQuade) were teachers in nearby villages....
Lucille Mabel Dorff
Jul 23, 2015
Lucille was born August 10, 1929 in Ceylon, Minnesota and passed away on July 23, 2015. She grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In 1973 she moved to Portland, OR transferring from N.W. Bell to Pacific N.W. Bell in Portland, OR. She retired in 1986 with 25 yrs. service. Her love for Oregon grew through the years, going to the...
Myrland Carroll Gilbert
Jul 21, 2015
Myrland Carroll Gilbert was born in Morrill, Nebraska, moving to Oregon in 1920 and to Newberg in 1928. In high school he met Charlotte, who became his high school sweetheart. They married in 1937. He was employed at Spaulding Pulp and Paper Co. from 1936 to 1949 as assistant auditor and purchasing agent. For several of these years he was...
Marjorie Ann Pierce
Jul 21, 2015
Marjorie Ann (Seely) Pierce January 3, 1924 – July 21, 2015 Marjorie Ann (Seely) Pierce passed away peacefully at her home in Woodburn, Oregon. She was born and raised on a farm east of Woodburn. After graduating from Woodburn High School she moved to Salem, Oregon and worked in the office of the State Highway Department, the Selective Service during...
Hazel Mary Smith
Jul 21, 2015
Rosary Thursday- July 30, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Mass to follow at 11:00 AM at St. Luke Catholic Church- Woodburn
Dorotha Louise Gibson
Jul 21, 2015
SUPER DOT Dottie Mellon Gibson was born June 18, 1919 in Creston Iowa, died July 21, 2015 in Wilsonville Oregon, and began her amazingly varied adventurous exploration of Life experiences! As a child and teen, she studied ballet, tap, and toe-tap becoming the youngest member of the Dance Masters of America. Attending Drake University, she studied Early Childhood Education, playing...
Britta Vivi-Ann Annestrand
Jul 19, 2015
Britta Vivi-Ann Annestrand, age 81, died of cancer at Legacy Hospice Center in Tualitin Oregon on Friday July 17, 2015. Born April 5, 1934 in Gullspang, Sweden she worked as a nurse in the emergency room of a local hospital when she married Stig Annestrand on June 28, 1958. They had two children, Peter born April 17, 1960 and Thomas...
Lillian Jane Tresidder
Jul 17, 2015
Lillian Jane Tresidder was born September 4, 1925 in Red Cloud, Nebraska and died July 17, 2015. Lillian and Ray were married in 1943. She is survived by her son Alan of Lake Oswego and daughter Donna Hamor of Salem and son in law Clark Hamor. Lillian had five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Lillian was predeceased by her mother...
Janice Dorothy Griffin
Jul 15, 2015
Janice Dorothy Griffin Feb. 9,1943- July 15, 2015 Age 72 Woodburn resident Janice Dorothy Griffin Memorial Service Sat. July 25, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Brooks Assembly of God- Brooks, OR. ARGT. By Simon-Cornwell Colonial Chapel.
