Shay Leota Dakan
Jul 7, 2012
Shay Leota Dakan, 68, of Albany passed away Saturday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital. Shay was born in Kansas City, Mo., to James and Ethna (Logan) Stanton. She grew up in San Francisco, Calif., and graduated from Mission High School in 1961. She married Robert Leo Dakan in 1977. Shay worked as the director of network services at Oregon State...
Dorene Shemwell
Jul 7, 2012
Dorene Shemwell, 88, of Albany passed away Saturday at Family Ties Adult Foster Care. Dorene was born in Albany to Fay and Hilda (Peterson) Douglas. She grew up in Albany and graduated from Albany Union High School. Dorene was a longtime member of Willamette Community Church. Dorene is survived by daughter Sheryl Christiansen, sister Mary Harvill, cousin Travelle Williams, special...
Mary Katherine Macdonald
Jul 5, 2012
Jan. 18, 1921 - July 05, 2012 Mary Katherine Macdonald, 91, of Albany passed away Thursday at Timberview Care Center. Mary was born in Maryville, Mo., to Ira Bert and Mary Magdeline (Weisenberger) Hiatt. She married Rodman Macdonald on Saturday, Feb. 13, 1943, in Joplin, Mo. Mary worked in nursing and attended St. Mary's Catholic Church in Albany. Mary is...
Robert Francis Gierau
Jun 30, 2012
Robert F. Gierau 90, died June 30, 2012 in Albany, Oregon. He was born October 12, 1921 in Springview, NE. to Frank and Maude Gierau. Robert graduated from Cottage Grove High School in Cottage Grove, Or in 1939. After graduation he joined the U.S. Navy as an apprentice seaman. He was stationed in the U.S. Navy Base Medical unit at...
Michael Lee Bell
Jun 30, 2012
Michael Lee Bell (March 15, 1983 - June 30, 2012) Michael Lee Bell (Mikey), 29, of Albany Oregon died on June 30, 2012 at University of Washington Medical Center after losing his battle against cystic fibrosis. Michael was born to his parents, Allan and Coni Bell on March 15, 1983 in Medford Oregon. He grew up in Dallas, Oregon and...
Desireac. Mechele Taghon
Jun 23, 2012
Desireé Mechele Taghon, 45, of Albany passed away Saturday at her home. She was born in Portland, the daughter of David and Shay (Stanton) Taghon. She was raised in Canby, attended schools there, and graduated from Lincoln High School in Portland in 1985. Desireé later attended Phagans' Beauty College in Corvallis, and for the last eight years has owned the...
Mattie Lou Mcgill
Jun 18, 2012
Mattie Lou McGill, 87, of Turner passed away Monday at Over the Rainbow Private Care Home in Salem. She was born in Antlers, Okla., the daughter of Thomas H. and Hattie Bell (Ellis) Pilcher. Mattie married DeRoy McGill on June 11, 1942, in Jefferson and they resided in Turner on a farm that the family still runs today. She was...
Carol Mary Wright
Jun 5, 2012
Carol Mary Wright, 91, of Albany passed away Tuesday at her home. She was born in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of George E. and Grace L. (Dillon) Burbeck. She married Frank Wright and he preceded her in death in 2009. She is survived by son Tom Wright of Corvallis and daughter Julia Wright of Colorado. At her request no public...
Charles Bernard Robinson
Jun 1, 2012
Chuck Robinson, 60, of Jefferson died Friday at his home after a brave battle with leukemia. Chuck was born in East St. Louis, Ill., to Mel and Helen (Green) Robinson. He is the eldest son of five children. He married Marleen in 1969. They have four sons together: Tim, Mike, Tom and Jim. They divorced in 1994. Chuck married Joann...