Nellie Rose Lien
May 25, 2014
Nellie "Lyn" Rose Lien, 82, died unexpectedly but peacefully, at her home on May 25 leaving behind four children, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. When all the family would get together for holidays she managed - by the third time or so - to get everyone's name right. She had a memorable laugh and wonderful smile that would warm anyone's...
Kathi Gail Anderson
May 22, 2014
Kathi Gail Anderson of Albany went home to with the Lord on May 22. Kathi was born in Panama to Ken and Lois Ramer. She grew up in Albany and graduated from SouthAlbanyHigh School in 1974. Kathi's love for children led her to a career in the transportation department of the Great Albany Public Schools. She started as a school...
Billy Gene Herring
May 21, 2014
Bill Herring July 12, 1941 - May 21, 2014 Bill was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma, to Everett and Vera Herring. He moved to Texas at 2 weeks old, and then to California when he was 10 years of age. From there he moved to Oregon. Bill drove truck for 42 years. Bill is preceded in death by his father, Everett...
Sondra Loren Lute
May 19, 2014
Sondra L. Lute, 78, of Albany passed away on Monday at Country Farm adult foster care home. Sondra was born in Aztec, New Mexico, to Bruce and Mayme (Howe) Parker. She grew up in Brookings and graduated from Brookings High School. Sondra married Jack Anton Lute on Monday, May 11, 1953, in Gold Beach. They moved to Dallas in 1955...
Susan Jeanette Riley
May 16, 2014
Susan "Sue" Jeanette Riley, 66, of Albany passed away on May 16 after a year-long battle with brain cancer at her Albany home surrounded by her loving family. Sue was born in Jacksonville, Florida. Her family then moved to Cape May Point, New Jewsey, followed by moving to Riverdale, Maryland. She graduated from Bladensburg High School and continued on to...
Rodney Ray Fisher
May 14, 2014
Rodney Ray Fisher passed away Wednesday, May 14 at his home in Albany Oregon. He died of complications arising from emphysema and Alzheimer's Disease and was 76 at the time of his death. Born on February 19, 1938 in Sidney NE. to Francis and Audrey Fisher, he was the third child of five. Rod grew up in Albany, where he...
Zachary Jamie Dylan Prim
May 13, 2014
Zachary Jamie Dylan Prim, 23, of Albany passed away on Tuesday at the Springer house. Zachary was born in Springfield to Shay and Valerie (Robinson) Prim. He grew up in Brownsville and attended Central Linn High School where he was active in sports playing basketball, football and baseball. He also enjoyed lifting weights, camping, music and watching movies. Zachary is...
Eloise Darlene Moor
May 7, 2014
Eloise Moor was born Eloise Darlene Kringen in Lead, South Dakota, to Doris Blanche Staehnke and Otto Melvin Kringen. She was a beautiful child with dark hair and large brown eyes. At the age of 3, she went to live with her maternal grandparents on a farm and lived there until the age of 6. She often said those were...
Abby Emerson
May 4, 2014
Abby Emerson, 21, of Corvallis, was killed in a car crash on her way home from the coast on May 4, 2014. She was born in Rochester, NY, January 22, 1993, and lived in New York for the first 8 years of her life. Abby was a third-year Anthropology student at Oregon State University, and had been accepted into a...
Mikell Kay Plagmann
May 3, 2014
Mikell 'Cooky' Kay Plagmann March 9, 1943 - May 3, 2014 Mikell "Cooky" Kay Plagmann, 71, of Hillsboro passed away on Saturday at her residence. Cooky was born in Lebanon to M. Clifton and Virginia (Kelly). She grew up in Albany. Cooky is survived by brother Terry and wife Connie Plagmann of Albany; nieces Toni Gile of Portland, Traci and...