Conrad Caroyl Twedell
May 1, 2012
Conrad C. Twedell, 81, of Sweet Home went to be with his Lord and Savior on May 1. Conrad was born in Douglas County, Neb., to Ernest Monroe "Jim" and Evalyn Lorene (Keener) Twedell. In 1934, his family moved to southern Oregon. He enlisted in the Navy in 1948 and served his country with honor aboard the U.S.S. General William...
Alan H. Hinshaw
Apr 28, 2012
Alan "Al" H. Hinshaw of Scio passed away at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital on Saturday, April 28th. Al was born in Springfield, Oregon to Howard and Idella "Ikie" Hinshaw on February 24, 1959 and graduated from Thurston High School in 1977. After high school, he joined the United States Navy where he served for four years from 1977 to 1981,...
Jack Fettig
Apr 25, 2012
Jack Fettig, 88, of Jefferson passed away Wednesday evening at the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. He was born in Halliday, ND the son of Thomas and Regina (Bosch) Fettig. Jack grew up in Halliday on the family farm and enlisted in the U.S. Army Feb. 27, 1945. He served until his honorable discharge in Oct. of 1946. Jack moved...
Victoria Darlene Mitchell
Apr 25, 2012
Victoria Darlene Hewitt was born June 4, 1931, in Everett, Washington, to parents Lillian Ruth (Monson) and Charles Moses Kempton Hewitt, an immigrant from Midland, Ontario, Canada. She died on April 25, 2012, at the age of 80. She attended school at East Everett Elementary and Puyallup (Washington) Junior High School and graduated from Philomath High School in Philomath, Oregon,...
Vernon Elmer Headings
Apr 22, 2012
Vernon Elmer Headings, 91, of Albany passed away Sunday morning at the Mennonite Home. He was born in Cheraw, Colo., to Elmer C. and Ada Eldora (Hooley) Headings. When Vernon was a small child the family moved to Oregon. He was married in Albany on Feb. 28, 1943, to Grace Roth. As a youth, his favorite pastime was trapping. When...
Gayle E. Jensen
Apr 16, 2012
Gayle Estelle Jensen, 82, of Albany went peacefully to be with her Lord on Monday morning. She was born to James and Stella Pitts in Verden, Okla. When she was 5, her family moved to Peoria, Ariz. She graduated from Peoria High School in 1947; then attended college at Glad Tidings Bible School (Bethany University). Dorothy Book introduced Gayle to...
Lavon Juanita Red
Apr 14, 2012
LaVon Juanita Red, 83, of Brownsville passed away Saturday at her home. She was born in San Bernardino, Calif., to Raymond and Velma Pepper. On Aug. 8, 1947, she married Thomas Allen Red. LaVon and Tom raised three sons: David, Michael and Robert. LaVon worked for the seed packing warehouse and the field burning office, both in Halsey for a...
Marjorie Coulombe Hosack
Apr 13, 2012
Marge C. Hosack, 73, of Albany passed away Friday afternoon at her home. She was born in Rochester, N.H., to Philip and Betty (Ham) Coulombe, where she grew up and realized her dream of becoming a registered nurse. She married Bob Hosack in June 1961. They moved to southern California in 1963 and then settled in Albany in 1965 where...
Max Edgar Copsey
Apr 4, 2012
Max Edgar Copsey, 91, of Albany passed away Wednesday morning at the Mennonite Home he was a kind and gentle man loved by everyone who knew him.. He was born in Sargent, Neb., the son of Milton F. and Anna S. (Amos) Copsey. He was raised in Westerville and attended schools there. Max moved to Albany in 1940 and worked...
Earl N Trabue
Apr 1, 2012
Earl N. Trabue, 87, formerly of Copperace Cove, TX., passed away Sunday at the Mennonite Home in Albany, OR.. Earl proudly served his country in the U.S. Army for more than 30 years. He ia survived by wife Betty, son Michael, daughter Bernadette, niece Carolyn, three grand children: Leila, Nikki, and Jacob, son-in-law Bob and grand-son-in-law Tim.
Bette M Valley
Mar 31, 2012
BETTE MAXINE (MILLER) VALLEY, 89, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Albany, Oregon. She was born March 30, 1923 in Paulina, Oregon, the daughter of Lyle and May (McCullough) Miller. Bette graduated from Crook County High School in Prineville, Oregon, class of 1940. Following graduation, she attended St. Helen's Hall (a women's junior college in Portland) and the University of...
Colin Robert Keating
Mar 29, 2012
Colin Robert Keating, 60, of Albany passed away Thursday. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to John and Juanita (McGrew) Keating. When he was 10 years old, the family moved to Whittier, Calif., where he graduated from high school. He graduated from UCLA with an associates degree. On Sept. 14, 1986, he married Karen Jones in Lebanon. He loved golf,...
Jean Louise Baker
Mar 27, 2012
Jean Louise Baker, 85, of Albany passed away Tuesday at the Mennonite Home. She was born in Halsey the daughter of Harry G. and Emma J. (Henry) Bressler. She was raised in Halsey and lost her parents when she was 13. She was then raised by her aunt. Jean married Donald "Don" Baker in Vancouver, Wash., on Nov. 23, 1946,...
Evelyn Belle Gragg
Mar 26, 2012
Evelyn Belle (Edwards) Gragg spent many years raising families, growing vegetables, quilting, painting, knitting and baking. She was a homemaker and an entrepreneur, owning and operating The Uniform Shop in Port Angeles for many years with her sister. Evelyn and her husband Kenneth Gragg spent the majority of their lives in Port Angeles followed by a move in 2009 to...