Milton Clifton Plagmann
Jan 14, 2014
Milton Clifton Plagmann, 97, of Albany passed away on Tuesday at the Mennonite Home. Clifton was born in Albany to Walter and Ruth (Briggs) Plagmann. He grew up in Albany and moved to the family farm when he was 3. He graduated from Albany Union High School in 1935 where he ran track. Clifton married Virginia Irene Kelly on Sunday,...
Deette C. Hall
Jan 12, 2014
Deette Carole Hall, 76, of Albany passed away on Sunday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital. Deette was born in Klamath Falls to John and Addie (Cross) Barker. Deette is survived by brother Bill; sister Mabel; daughter Brenda and husband Jeff; 4 wonderful grandchildren William, Michael, Lauren and Samuel; partner Bill Percell; and a large extended family. She was preceded in...
Betty Jean Wade
Jan 11, 2014
Betty Jean Wade, 89, of Albany passed away on Saturday, Jan. 11, in her home. She was born in Corvallis to Charles and Christina (Peterson) Voss. Betty grew up on the family farm near Suver. After graduating from Corvallis High School she attended and received her nursing degree from OHSU in Portland. Betty worked at Albany General Hospital and as...
Joann Dorene Quesenberry
Jan 10, 2014
Joann Dorene Quesenberry, 74, of Albany passed away on Friday at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House. Joann was born in Kansas City, Mo., to Nicholas and Irene (Furrow) Lucas. She met Jack Quesenberry in Kinzua and they were married in Stevenson Wash., on Oct. 9, 1959. Joann enjoyed spending winters in Arizona. Joann is survived by husband Jack Quesenberry of Albany;...
Laura Lea Mae Hayes
Jan 8, 2014
Laura Lea Mae Hayes 87 of Lyons, passed away on Wednesday, at her Residence. Laura was born in Coos Bay, OR to Hurley M. and Rose B. (Emmons) Collver. She grew up in Coos Bay, and graduated from high school there. Laura lived in Coos Bay for 63 years and moved to Albany in 1989 and then to Lyons in...
Willie Mae West
Jan 7, 2014
Willie Mae West, 83, of Silverton died Tuesday. Mae was born to the late John Newton and Fanny Elizabeth Porter in Fay, Okla. Mae graduated from Fay High School in 1948. She married Murl West in 1948, and they lived together in Reno, Nev., before relocating to the Oregon coast and then Silverton in 2000. Mae had an active and...
John William Grinden
Jan 4, 2014
John William Grinden, 86, of Albany died Jan. 4 at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House. John is survived by his wife, Dolores of Albany; two daughters and sons-in-law, Dorothea and Rick Steel of Myrtle Creek and Elizabeth and Scott Johnson of Albany; eight grandchildren Amber Grinden of Baltimore, Md., who was raised by John and Dolores, Shawna Williams of Myrtle Creek,...
Ronald Gordon Eichler
Dec 31, 2013
Ronald Gordon Eichler, 77, of Albany passed away on Tuesday at his residence. Ronald was born in Benton Harbor, Mich., to Fred and Edith (Rogen) Eichler. He grew up in Benton Harbor and moved to Prescott, Ariz., then Lodi, Calif., where he graduated from high school. Ronald enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a Cryptographic Specialist on the...
Goldie Patricia Campbell
Dec 31, 2013
Goldie Patricia Campbell was born in Holtville, Calif. She made her way to heaven on Dec 31. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Roy Campbell; son Donald Charles Campbell; and grandson Gabriel Patrick Morgan. She is survived by her daughters JoAnna Rogers of Lebanon, Patti Morgan of Independence and Teri Lee of Corvallis; 13 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren,...
Janie Lavaughn Conner
Dec 27, 2013
Janie LaVaughn Conner, 88, of Albany passed away on Friday at her residence. Janie was born in Taylor Township, Okla., to Marion and Sarah (Boren) Head. She grew up in Oklahoma and when she was 8 the family moved to the Oregon slope of the Snake River Valley. Janie graduated from Ontario High School and married Gerald H. 'Gerry' Conner...
Thornton Stone Gapen
Dec 24, 2013
Thornton Stone Gapen was born July 9, 1915, to Ralph and Frances (Stone) Gapen in Monroe, Wis. The family moved to Pittsburg, Calif., in 1926. Thornton met Mable Case in Concord, Calif., when they were 16. They were married Nov. 9, 1935. Thornton was a minister, receiving his credentials from the Assemblies of God in June 1935. He and his...
Wendy Ruth Carman
Dec 19, 2013
Wendy Ruth Carman, 57, of Albany passed away on Thursday, Dec. 19, at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House in Albany. Wendy was born in Seattle, Wash., to Harley and Ruth Carman. She grew up in Clarkston, Wash., where she graduated high school. She later attended school at the University of Idaho where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education...
Robert "Bob" "Kepp" Keppinger
Dec 13, 2013
Bob Keppinger, 84, of Albany passed away on Friday at his home. Bob was born in Gervais to Wesley A. and Esther A. (Gleason) Keppinger. He grew up in Gervais and graduated from Gervais High School in 1947. Bob worked in farming and at the plywood mill in Adair before being drafted in the U.S. Army in January of 1951....
Sherry Rae Tigner
Dec 13, 2013
Sherry Rae Tigner, beloved by all who knew her, was a wonderful, loving wife for over 43 years, and a mother, nana, sister an aunt. "The hurt will ease; the memories are ours for all our lives." Sherry loved to work in her yard, and over the years turned it into a place of beauty and joy. Camping with family...
Marian C. Mitchell
Dec 12, 2013
Marian Mitchell, 77, was surrounded by family when she went peacefully home to her Heavenly Father. She was born and raised in the Albany area by her parents, Christian Roth and Mary (Schlegel) Roth. Marian married Andrew "Vic" Mitchell on Oct. 17, 1954, in Albany. They had just celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary. She worked for Nichols Garden Nursery in...