A generation of Albany’s children -- now parents themselves -- will remember and mourn the passing of an early childhood educator. Nona was born into a Norwegian American family to Olav and Gertie (Ugland) Ugland on their farm in Spinx County, South Dakota, and was the 5th of 6 children. The economic depression of the 1930s was in full force during her childhood and it shaped her frame of reference for the rest of her life. She was the valedictorian of her senior class of 13 at...

Linda Boyd, age 71 of Albany and Corvallis, passed away on Thursday, November 19 at home after a long illness.  She was with her family and her beloved dogs. Linda was born in Carlinville, Illinois to Victor and Virginia (Clardy) Joseph.  At an early age, her family moved to Reedsport, Oregon.  She grew up there, graduated from Reedsport Union High School.  She married Patrick Val Boyd at the First Presbyterian Church in Reedsport.  They graduated from Oregon State...