Darold Frank Edwards
Aug 18, 2015
Darold Frank Edwards went home to be with the Lord on 18 August, 2015. Darold was born in 1932 to Dallas "Tex" and Elsie Edwards, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Patricia, three children: Colynn Howell, Shawn Soto and Michael Edwards, eight grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his...
Franklin Dee Bolden
Aug 17, 2015
Franklin Dee Bolden, 80, of Tangent passed away on Monday at his residence. Franklin was born in Wilcoe, West Virginia, to Everett M. and Bessie E. (Sexton) Bolden. He moved to Kelso, Washington, and married Cleona C. Powers in Kelso on March 10, 1956, and they came to Albany in 1960. He worked for Dura Flake in Albany as a...
Cloy Merle Troyer
Aug 17, 2015
Cloy Merle Troyer passed away on August 17, 2015 at 1:30 pm at Evergreen Hospice House in Albany, Oregon. Cloy was born at home on a farm on July 13, 1929 west of Milford, Nebraska to John and Elsie (Eicher) Troyer. He grew up and attended Pilot Knob Country School. He was baptized at West Fairview Mennonite Church in his...
Velma Elizabeth Lienhart
Aug 16, 2015
Velma Elizabeth Lienhart, 95, of Albany passed away on Sunday at her home. Velma was born in Albany to William Grant and Mary Elizabeth (Faulkner) Williamson. She attended Albany Union High School, Phagans Beauty School, Merritt and Davis Business College and Linn-Benton Community College and took classes in home nursing care. Velma worked for Colyer's Motor Supply Co. of Salem...
Gary Martin Wilson
Aug 16, 2015
Gary Martin Wilson November 5, 1946 - August 16, 2015 Gary Martin Wilson, 68 of Philomath, passed away on Sunday, August 16th, 2015 at his home surrounded by family and friends. For Gary, founding his business, Columbia Concrete Sawing Company, was his proudest accomplishment. He could be quite irascible if the mood suited him. Yet, for those who knew him...
James Edward Knight Sr
Aug 12, 2015
James Edward Knight, Sr., 82 of Albany, passed away on Wednesday August 12th, 2015 at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House in Albany, Oregon. The son of John Green Knight and Jessie May (Blair) Knight, he was born at home in Ninnekah, Oklahoma. James was the middle child of eleven children. He was known as "the peacemaker" of the large family. He...
Richard Vering Curry
Aug 6, 2015
Richard "Dick" Curry, 84, of Albany, passed away Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House in Albany. Richard Vering Curry was born in Quincy, Ill., to Lloyd Monta and Violet Viola (Vering) Curry. Mr. Curry was a member of the last graduating class from Mendon (Ill.) Township High School, in 1948. While training to be a jet fighter...
Nina Catherine Roe
Aug 3, 2015
Catherine began life in depression-era Arkansas in 1930. She was the oldest of seven children in a talented musical family. She married LD Burton at 15 and started a family. They moved to Sweet Home in 1962. Cathy began working outside the home in 1964 with White's Electronics. After being widowed in 1972, she married Joe Roe in 1974, moved...