OBITUARIES
Sarah Elizabeth Young (Vanderpool)
Oct 5, 2025
Sarah Elizabeth Young (Vanderpool) strived to make each day better than the last — for herself and for everyone around her.
“I have a full heart to offer others,” she wrote. “And I will always give my all.”
Sarah, a lifelong music enthusiast and an advocate for the unsheltered community, died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025, after suffering a brain aneurysm. She was...
Brad Bea Walston
Oct 2, 2025
Brad Bea Walston was just one of his many names. To us he was the best Husband, Dad, Pop Pop, and Grandpa to his grand dogs.
His love of the outdoors was contagious and he passed it around to everyone in his life. It was impossible to not have the same respect, passion, and enthusiasm for hunting, camping, and fishing. This...
Brenda Faye Cooper
Oct 1, 2025
With heavy hearts we share the passing of our beloved mother/ grandmother, Brenda Faye Cooper, who was born on March 14, 1962, in Billings, Montana, raised in Missoula, and spent her final years in Salem, Oregon. On October 1, 2025, she left this world, surrounded by love.
Brenda’s greatest joy in life was her family. She loved telling funny, heartfelt stories...
Hiroko Yakabi Newman
Sep 25, 2025
Hiroko (Yakabi) Newman, age 78, of Salem, Oregon, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 25, 2025. She was the beloved wife of Frederic S. Newman Jr., to whom she was happily married for 54 years. Together, they enjoyed traveling, eating out, and trading good-natured barbs.
Born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, on February 17, 1947, she was the daughter of the late...
Joyce Diane Potter
Sep 22, 2025
Joyce Diane Potter of Salem, Oregon went to be with the Lord on September 22nd, 2025.
She leaves behind her mourning and adoring husband Allen Crosby of Salem and her only child, grieving daughter Diane Davidson of Santa Paula, California.
Joyce was born in 1953 and was preceded in death by her parents Merle and Betty Potter, and her older brother David....
Marilee Maude Fletcher
Sep 19, 2025
Marilee died September 19, 2025 She was preceded by her husband Howard Scaman, and mourned by her friend and partner Jerry Blankinship. She died at home in Salem, Oregon. Per her wishes, her ashes will be distributed at the Oregon coast, an area she truly loved. Marilee tenderly tended house plants and yard plants, as well as bird and squirrel...
Robert W Parker
Sep 14, 2025
Robert "Bob" W. Parker, age 93, passed away on September 14, 2025. Bob was born on December 7, 1931 in Austin, Illinois to Kenneth Parker and Florence Wilson. He remembers the bombing on Pearl Harbor on his 10th birthday and was very interested in Hawaii and where it was located. He attended the University of Illinois Navy Pier for a...
Brittany Jade Medina
Sep 14, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Brittany Jade Medina, age 32, of Keizer, Oregon. Brittany was a devoted mother, daughter, and friend whose love, laughter, and strength touched the lives of all who knew her.
Brittany’s greatest joy in life was being a mother to her six beautiful children: her eldest daughter Jadelyn, and her sons...
Cameron Sue Campau
Sep 11, 2025
Cameron Campau, born on February 14, 1991, in Big Rapids, Michigan, passed away peacefully at his home in Salem, Oregon, on September 11, 2025. He is survived by his beloved wife, Tanner Campau; mother Kristin Campau, father Michael Campau, and three sister's Jen Morgan, Erica Wade, Jess Rempel
Cameron was a profoundly compassionate individual whose empathy resonated deeply throughout his community...
Gayle Kathryn Ritter
Sep 9, 2025
In Loving Memory of Gayle Kathryn Ritter
Gayle Kathryn Ritter, aged 83, of Salem, Oregon, passed away peacefully on September 9, 2025. Born on March 2, 1942, in Akron, Ohio, she was the beloved daughter of Nevin and Faye Brothers. During her senior year of high school, her family relocated across the country to settle in Salem, where she graduated from...
Joe Brown
Sep 2, 2025
Frank Joseph (Joe) Brown, 77, passed away of kidney failure (following a stroke on March 17) in the early morning of September 2nd, 2025 at Salem Hospital, his family at his side.
Joe was born on July 15th, 1948 in Fletcher, Oklahoma. His grandmother kept him warm, rocking him by the fire all through the first night after he was born....
Phyllis Anne Anderson
Sep 1, 2025
Phyllis died peacefully on September 1, 2025 in her home in Jefferson, Oregon surrounded by loved ones. She was born on February 13, 1945 to parents Elizabeth and Walter Locke. She was raised with her two brothers, Bill and Vance, in a small ocean town on the Oregon Coast. Bayocean was her first childhood home until it was eventually destroyed...
Zayden Lara
Aug 28, 2025
Come, join us in celebrating the 4 1/2 amazing years that our miracle baby Zayden spent with us, loved and cherished, as he lights up one last room all the people that loved him, and who in return loved them back so incredibly much.
Lydia Marlene Christensen
Aug 17, 2025
On August 17, 2025, our beloved Lydia Marlene Christensen passed away peacefully at the age of 90 surrounded by loved ones. She was born on December 29, 1934, in Burley, Idaho, to James Clifford and Lydia Samantha (Lee) Thompson, and grew up in Rupert, Idaho where she enjoyed a happy childhood.
At 16 years old Marlene fell in love with John...
Debora Lori Spenst
Aug 13, 2025
In Loving Memory of Debora (Debbie) Lori Spenst Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Caregiver December 25th 1956 - August 13th 2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Debbie Spenst, who departed this world peacefully on August 13th, after an arduous battle with dementia. She was 68 years old.
Debbie was a devoted mother to four children, whose lives she filled...
Henry Dion Labrie
Aug 12, 2025
Henry Dion LaBrie, beloved son, grandson, brother, and nephew passed from this earth on August 12th, 2025.
Henry perished in a car accident while on his way to start his adult life in Hawthorne, Nevada.
Henry graduated from South Salem High School in June. He earned honors for attendance and creativity in the CTEC Law Enforcement program. After graduation, Henry toured Europe...
Kimberly Ann Sessa
Aug 10, 2025
Kimberly “Kim” Ann Sessa, 61, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, August 10, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.
Born September 28, 1963, in Merced, California, and raised in Clovis, California. Kim was the youngest of three daughters to Eli Puglizevich Jr. and Cecile McIntyre. Proudly 100% Yugoslavian, she was raised in a family of strong-minded, hardworking people with a...
James Matthew Steele
Aug 10, 2025
James Matthew Steele, 63, of Salem, Oregon, passed away on August 10th, 2025. Born September 21, 1961, in Pampa, Texas, James was the youngest child of Kenneth E. Steele and Edna Jenell (Duncan) Steele.
James’s early years were marked by loss and hardship. After his family relocated to Oregon, his mother sadly passed away from an aggressive brain cancer when he...
Dixie Ann West
Aug 10, 2025
The children of Dixie Ann (LaTourrette Cox) West are saddened to announce her passing on Sunday August 10, 2025. Dixie was born on 11/7/1950 and was 74 at the time of her passing. Her parents were Vera Atteburry LaTourrette and Wayne Charles LaTourrette Sr. She is survived by her three children, Tami Frazier, Anna Cox, and Wayne Cox. She was...
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