OBITUARIES
Gerardo N. Soto
Nov 20, 2012
Gerardo N. Soto Friend, Father, Husband, and Son of God. Gerardo was born October 3, 1933 in Durango, Mexico to Pedro Soto and Maria Nava; He passed away, from liver cancer, at his home in Woodburn, Oregon on November 20, 2012 at age 79. Gerardo migrated to the U.S. at age 16 and began working as a fruit picker in...
Ardell Jean Chase (Colson)
Nov 19, 2012
Ardell Jean Colson was born on a farm near Humboldt, Minnesota, located near the Canadian border, on May 17, 1923 to Ingrid and Swan Colson. Her father, Swan, was a Swedish immigant who arrived at Ellis Island at the age of 24. Attending country school near Kennedy, Minnesota, Ardell graduated from Karlstad High School in 1942. While working as a...
Tomi Dilley (Uchima)
Nov 18, 2012
Tomi Dilley of Woodburn, OR died November 18, 2012 in her home at age 83 of Pancreatic Cancer. Mrs. Dilley was born in Okinawa, Japan on February 1, 1929 to Seiei & Haru (Zakabi) Uchima. She lived and worked in Okinawa until meeting her husband Walter Dilley, Jr. at her place of employment in the labor office on Kadena Air...
Emma Vargas Contreras (Vargas)
Nov 12, 2012
Rosary Wed. Nov. 14, 2012 @ 7PM @ Cornwell Colonial Chapel- Woodburn
Stephen Albert Baisch
Nov 10, 2012
Stephen Albert Baisch died at the age of 56 on November 10, 2012 at a local hospital. Stephen was born August 29, 1956 at Burns, Oregon to Clarence R .and Joanne (Reineman) Baisch.Stephen graduated from North Salem High School and Western Oregon. He was a member of United Church of Christ. Stephen was a manager insurance adjuster for CNA. Stephen...
Colleen Hankins
Nov 8, 2012
Colleen June Altizer, Bledsoe, Hankins Born June 15th, 1926Died November 8th, 2012Colleen ( pronounced "Coal-een"), was born in Kingfisher Oklahoma. She was the middle child of 3 surviving children born to Luther Guy Altizer and Ethel May Hopkins, Altizer. While a child, Colleen moved with her family during the dust bowl years of Oklahoma to Caldwell Idaho. In Idaho, she...
Colleen June Alitzer
Nov 8, 2012
Colleen June Altizer, Bledsoe, Hankins Born June 15th, 1926Died November 8th, 2012Colleen ( pronounced "Coal-een"), was born in Kingfisher Oklahoma. She was the middle child of 3 surviving children born to Luther Guy Altizer and Ethel May Hopkins, Altizer. While a child, Colleen moved with her family during the dust bowl years of Oklahoma to Caldwell Idaho. In Idaho, she...
Doyle Oris Barnes
Nov 6, 2012
Doyle (Barney) Oris Barnes passed away November 6, 2012 in his Woodburn, OR home. He was 88 years old. Born April 2, 1924 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Son of parents Oris Cyril Barnes & Bertie Wood, now deceased.His parents moved to Junction City, OR when he was a teenager where he attended Junction City High School. In 1943, he joined the...
Harold Joseph Waltner
Oct 31, 2012
Harold Joseph Waltner died at the age of 84 on October 31, 2012 at his residence.Harold was born March 14, 1928 at Monroe, Washington to Joseph and Anna (Peters) Waltner. Harold married Virgene Turk in 1949 at Richmond Beach, Washington. He attended Simpson Bible College for three years.Harold worked for Shorts Auto & Machine in Oregon City, OR and a...
Frances Adams (Johnson)
Oct 29, 2012
Emily Frances AdamsBorn August 4, 1926 - Lakeland, FloridaDied October 29, 2012 - Gladstone, OregonFrances, as she preferred to be called, was the first born child of Samuel W. and Jessie Lee Johnson. They lived in Lakeland, Florida. Her father was a Greyhound bus driver which led to many moves when she was young, living wherever the bus terminal was...
Lucile Eleanor Betts (Edwards)
Oct 27, 2012
Lucile E (Edwards) Betts, 91, passed away on Oct. 27, 2012. In Woodburn OR. Lucile was born to Robert and Erie Edwards in Ellensburg, Washington. She moved to Tacoma in 1922, attended Lincoln High School and graduated with her RN from St. Josephs Nursing School in Jan 1945. During nursing school she was part of the Army Nurse Corp Cadet...
David Walter Huttula
Oct 25, 2012
David Walter HuttulaMay 18, 1957 - October 25, 2012David Walter Huttula was born in Anacortes, Washington to Walter and Gladys Huttula on May 18, 1957. As a teen, he met and fell in love with Doris Bernhardt, and they married on August 9th, 1980. Dave began his career as an electronic technician, and soon followed his entrepreneurial spirit and passion...
Nevelle Lewis Mayberry (Lewis)
Oct 20, 2012
NEVELLE LEWIS MAYBERRY Nevelle Mayberry was born in Portland, Oregon on July 24, 1923. Her birth Mother, Hester Hazel Ramage Parker Wilson, never raised Nevelle but boarded her out from the age of 3 with William and Mary Meyer. Her birth Father, Henry Lewis, was never a part of her life, having only met him twice. Nevelle has always considered...
Ivan Harold Hove
Oct 18, 2012
Ivan Hove passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Oct. 18, 2012 from congestive heart failure. He was born in Monitor, Ore. on Jan. 22, 1938 to Harold and Ida Hove, the youngest of three children. Ivan married Martha (Marti) Waddington on Aug. 30, 1958 and they had two children. He served a pipefitter apprenticeship and became...
Ivan Harold Hove
Oct 18, 2012
Ivan Hove passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Oct. 18, 2012 from congestive heart failure. He was born in Monitor, Ore. on Jan. 22, 1938 to Harold and Ida Hove, the youngest of three children. Ivan married Martha (Marti) Waddington on Aug. 30, 1958 and they had two children. He served a pipefitter apprenticeship and became...
William Merrill Hardy
Oct 18, 2012
William Merrill Hardy was born on 6/14/1928 in Sinking Valley, PA to William and Elizabeth Hardy, the youngest of seven children. He is survived by his brother Paul Hardy of Sinking Valley, PA and son David Hardy of West Linn, OR. Bill worked as Journeyman Plasterer on the East coast and maintained a farm then moved to Oregon in 1958...
Calvin Mikkelson
Oct 18, 2012
Calvin Mikkelson died at the age of 94 on October 18, 2012 at a local hospital.Cal was born August 19, 1918 at Silverton, Oregon to Halver and Marguerite (Barnes) Mikkelson.Cal graduated from Silverton High School in 1939. He married Gretchen Onnen in 1946 at Salem, Oregon. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church.Cal was a member of the St....
