OBITUARIES
Kari Jean Lyell
Jun 23, 2025
This Story is Dedicated to Kari Jean Lyell
10/31/1976-06/23/2025
Prologue
This is a love story, the brave protagonist in this beautiful tale is Ms. Kari Jean Lyell and this story is dedicated to her. Anyone who ever met her had the honor of meeting such a special person from a galaxy not so far far away.
Chapter 1
Once upon a time in the small...
Chris Allen Johnson
Jun 19, 2025
Chris Johnson, a kind and caring person, passed away the morning of June 19th after a very painful episode of bone cancer in his spine. His loving wife, Dianne, was by his side to the end.
Chris and Dianne met through a mutual love of horses. In their 37 years of marriage, they had many trail rides and other wonderful adventures....
Kathleen Floy Whittam
Jun 16, 2025
Kathleen “Kathy” Floy Whittam, after a life of devotion to Jesus Christ, went home to be with her Savior on Monday, June 16, 2025 at the age of 79. She is survived by three children: Noelle Mackey, Robert Whittam, and Patrick Whittam, as well as five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her beloved sister, Mary Paulette...
Louis George Lucas
Jun 10, 2025
Louis was born in Salem, Oregon to a military father and homemaker mother. The family moved to California shortly after his birth, and he spent the first 13 years of his life living in several towns including Fallbrook, Vista, Hinkley, Oakland, and Oceanside, due to his father's military service and deployment to Vietnam.
Louis life did not come easy to him,...
Maureen Andrea MacDonald
Jun 10, 2025
In 2013, Maureen MacDonald moved from Trinity, Texas to Salem, Oregon. Friendships were an essential part of her life and she was active at the South Salem Senior Center. Maureen had several careers (phone switchboard operator, pay phone coin collector, rural mail carrier). She had a remarkable ability to tell stories, in a southern drawl, about her life as well...
Darryl Wayne Haverland
Jun 9, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Darryl Haverland, who died peacefully on June 6, 2025 at the age of 69. A man of deep faith, unwavering kindness, and unmatched generosity, Darryl left this world having touched countless lives through his warmth, hard work, and compassion.
Darryl was a devoted husband to his beloved wife, Cheray, and...
Sandra Irene Holland
Jun 8, 2025
Sandra (Sandy) Irene Holland, 79, passed away on June 8, 2025 at her home in Salem, Oregon.
Sandy was born in Walla Walla, Washington on November 19, 1945. She moved around with her mother Loia Dean in early childhood, until moving to Oregon, where she spent the remainder of her childhood and adolescence in the care of her grandparents Norm and...
Jesse Austin Wadley
Jun 5, 2025
It is with deep sorrow and immeasurable love that we announce the passing of Jesse Austin Wadley, who left this world on June 5, 2025, at the age of 33.
Jesse was born on March 21, 1992, in Salem, Oregon, and spent his childhood in Simi Valley, Moorpark, California, and Casper, Wyoming, before eventually returning to Salem as an adult. His...
Christopher Ryan DeJesus
Jun 4, 2025
Chris was born in Redwood City, California to Rhonda Roady and Michael DeJesus January 09 1989.Chris and his family moved to Roseburg Oregon where he lived with his mom. He was 2 when he moved to Eugene to live with his mom and stepdad Bill, He then became a little brother to Shawna and Kelly, When Chris was 4 he...
Russell Kenneth Richards
Jun 2, 2025
Russell Kenneth Richards – husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend was called home peacefully on June 2, 2025 from complications caused by spinal stenosis and from natural causes. He was 86 years old.
Born on August 7, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts to Florence Mae Grover Richards and Jerome Edward Richards, Russ was the oldest of four children. Although his...
Virginia Lee Nelke
May 26, 2025
Virginia Lee Nelke, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister and dairy princess, passed away peacefully on May 26, 2025,surrounded by her family. Virginia was a woman of many passions, known for her love of gardening, her skillful sewing, culinary delights, and her insatiable appetite for reading (no one had a better vocabulary than Virginia!)
Born with a kind heart and a creative...
Robert Wayne King
May 24, 2025
Robert Wayne King (87) of Salem, Oregon, graduated from this life on May 24, 2025, at the home of his son in Stansbury Park, Utah, where he had been receiving hospice care following a stroke he suffered in February.
He was born on April 14, 1938, in Spokane, Washington to Floyd King and Thelma Prause and was the youngest of 3...
William Roy Grover
May 20, 2025
William Roy “Bill” Grover passed away on May 20, 2025, in Salem, Oregon, at the age of 69—on what would have been his parents’ 75th wedding anniversary. Born on January 12, 1956, in Waterloo, Iowa, he was the son of David and Jacqueline Grover and one of six siblings: Debbie Lemon, Kathy Mangra, Jim Grover, Barb Tovrea, and Tommy Grover.
Bill...
William Grant Ortman
May 20, 2025
William "Bill" Ortman, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and beloved member of the Central Oregon community, passed away on May 20, 2025, at the age of 71.
Born on January 9, 1954, Bill was the son of Floyd and Marge Ortman and the younger brother of Van. He grew up in Forest Grove and graduated from high school there, later spending...
Tanya May Eastman
May 16, 2025
Tanya May Eastman, born on October 19, 1966, in Eugene, Oregon, passed away on May 16th after a valiant battle with an aggressive cancer. She was raised as a true Oregonian, spending most of her childhood outdoors. Tanya’s love for reading was truly remarkable; she couldn’t get enough of books, particularly mysteries, historical fiction, and nonfiction.
Tanya had three children from...
Gay Katherine Lembert
May 16, 2025
We are sad to announce the passing of Gay Katherine Lembert, born in 1943. After battling multiple health issues she died in May of 2025, in Salem Oregon. She was surrounded by her loving family. Gay was raised in Grants Pass Oregon by her mother and father, Ted and Dean McDonald. She graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1961...
Kyle Dean Ennis
May 16, 2025
Kyle Dean Ennis, our beloved Husband, Father, Grandpa, Son, Brother, Mentor, and Friend, returned to his Heavenly home on May 16, 2025, at the age of 61. His life was filled with humble examples of steadfast faith, deep love, consistent service, and pure enthusiasm for living life.
Kyle was born in Tooele, Utah and spent his childhood outside fishing and hunting...
Jean Marie Majka
May 11, 2025
Jean Marie Evans was born on October 11, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois. She was the youngest of five children, three sisters and a brother. Cecilia is the only surviving family member.
She married Paul Majka in July of 1953 and over the next six years had three daughters, Cynthia, Sharon, and Pamela. They stayed in Chicago until 1968, where most of...
Natasha Fiapagopago Fuimaono
May 8, 2025
Natasha ‘Tasha’ Fiapagopago Fuimaono was born in Gardena, California on January 22,1985 to Faitauamalefanaufaimafilifaiesea Philip Fuimaono of Leone, American Samoa and Mafatua Cerena Taesali of Pago Pago, American Samoa. She was preceded in death by her father and sister, Cerena Oliana Fuimaono. Tasha is survived by her mother, older siblings: Michael Faitaua Fuimaono, Alexander Faimafili Fuimaono, Nicholas Taeleiletoto Fuimaono and...
Ester Rose Waggoner
May 2, 2025
Ester Rose Waggoner was born on January 11, 1931. She was the daughter of Ernest Lucien Breuil and Odessa May Breuil (née Schmale) of Neosho, Missouri, U.S.A.
Ester is survived by her son, Don Waggoner (Salem, OR), and her sister Virginia Seward (Newtonia, MO). Ester has three grandchildren: Jamie Waggoner (Auburn, AL), Jennifer Dunnigan (Salem, OR), and Orie Waggoner (Salem, OR)....
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