OBITUARIES
Hazel Jean Platt
Jan 15, 2024
Hazel was born October 22, 1944 to Arthur & Loretta Brandt in Wadena, Minnesota. The oldest of 5 children, Hazel grew up on the family farms. In 1957, the family relocated to a farm outside Jefferson, Oregon. Hazel liked to tell the story of riding from Minnesota to Oregon in the back of the farm truck and taking off layers...
Mildred Rose Henny
Jan 13, 2024
Mildred Rose Henny passed away on Saturday, January 13, 2024 in Woodburn, Oregon. She was born July 27, 1922 to Charles and Dorothy Zielinski in Salem. Her parents farmed the homestead in Hazel Green that belonged to her grandparents. Mildred grew up with her two sisters Charlotte McKay (deceased) and Aileen Manning, and brother Ernest Zielinski (deceased). Mildred graduated from...
Elinor Ida West
Jan 11, 2024
Elinor (Kronbach) West of Woodburn, Oregon, formerly of Ryder, North Dakota, died January 11, 2024. Elinor was born, Elinor Ida Kronbach, in Ryder, ND on Sept 25, 1925. She was a registered nurse having graduated from Trinity Hospital School of Nursing, Minot, ND, in 1947. She married Robert (Bob) F. West in 1950. She worked in nursing positions in ND,...
Michael Eugene Cook
Jan 8, 2024
Michael Eugene Cook passed away on January 8, 2024, at the age of 74, peacefully joining the embrace of Jesus. Michael was born to Eugene and Belle Marie Cook on February 14 1949, in Portland Oregon. As a teenager he ran long distance track and excelled in pottery. Michael won some art awards for his pottery creations which his wife...
Abel Zepeda Nanez
Jan 8, 2024
It's with great sadness that I share this information. We lost our little brother, Abel Nañez. He passed away at his apartment in Portland on Monday from complications from major health issues. Mom and his boys were with him when he passed. As many of you who knew him, you knew that he lived life to the fullest and couldn't...
Maria Amparo Cruz
Jan 6, 2024
Maria Amparo Cruz, aged 82, passed away peacefully on January 6th, 2024, at her home in Keizer, Oregon surrounded by family. She was born on February 18th, 1941, in La Mesa, Texas to Juan Villastrigo & Catarina Villastrigo. She was raised in her hometown Asherton, Texas. She married Gilberto C. Cruz on November 23, 1955 in St. Paul, Oregon. She...
Robert Elwood Jacobs
Dec 21, 2023
Robert Jacobs was born at the Woodburn Hospital in 1944. He started attending St. Agnes church in 1949. He attended Hubbard grade school from 1949 to 1958. He graduated from North Marion High School in 1962. He earned his bachelor's degree in education in 1966. That same year he began teaching and eventually became principle at Rural Dell school. In...
Shawn Marie Smith
Dec 20, 2023
On December 20, 2023, Shawn Marie Smith (Forrette) passed away. She was 60 years old. Shawn was born December 4th, 1963, to parents Ronald and Shirley Forrette in South Dakota. When she was a year old, the family moved to Medford, Oregon, where she grew up. Later, she moved to Salem, Oregon, where she attended Chemeketa Community College to earn...
Virginia Joan Avila
Dec 18, 2023
In Loving Memory of Virginia "Ginger" Avila 1941 - 2023 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Virginia "Ginger" Avila. Born in 1941 to Fred and Tillie Swartz in California, Ginger is preceded in death by her brother Jerry and is survived by her brother Andrew, known as Sonny, residing in California. She found happiness in...
David Allen Garvin
Nov 26, 2023
A funeral service for David Garvin will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 18, 2023 at Simon Cornwell Colonial Chapel in Woodburn OR. Private Interment at Belle Passi Cemetery, Woodburn OR. David Allen Garvin was born April 21, 1939 to Lyle and Marjorie (Judkins) Garvin of Alexandria, MN. He was baptized at the Villard United Methodist Church. He...
Vicki Spencer
Nov 22, 2023
Vicki was born in Salinas, Ca 11/21/1940 and passed peacefully on 11/22/23 at Legacy Silverton Hospital surrounded by her loving family and friends after battling injuries sustained in a car accident. After marriage and children, she became a single parent. She always worked two jobs to take care of her daughters. She spent most of her career at Willamette National...
Dwight James Berning
Nov 22, 2023
Dwight passed peacefully in the early morning hours of November 22, 2023, at Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital in Clackamas, Oregon from pneumonia due to complications from Parkinson Disease. Dwight was born at the Woodburn, Oregon Hospital on April 12, 1944, to Prosper James Berning and Margaret Francis Sonnen. He was born just 10 minutes after his identical twin, Duane. Dwight spent...
Gordon William Bigler
Nov 22, 2023
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Gordon W. Bigler at the age of 91. Gordon was born on January 3, 1932, to John and Regina Bigler in Silverton, Oregon and raised in Mt. Angel, Oregon, on the family farm. He graduated from Mt. Angel Preparatory School in 1950, an all-boys Catholic High school run by...
Michael William Padberg
Nov 19, 2023
It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Michael William Padberg on November 19, 2023. Mike was born in Pendleton, Oregon, to William Henry Irving Padberg and Betty (Baker) Orton, and was later raised in Tigard, Oregon. He met Brenda O'Brien while attending Fowler Jr. High. On the first day of school, Mike was introduced to...
Barbara "Jodie" Joann Jones
Nov 17, 2023
Barbara (Jodie) Joann Jones passed away Friday evening, November 17th, 2023 at the Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville, Oregon at the age of 71. Although her name is Barbara (after her mother), she has been known as Jodie to her family and friends since her days in high school. Jodie was born on June 2nd, 1952 in Richmond, California....
