Nobel Earnest Porter
Jan 2, 2012
Nobel E. 'Tiny' Porter, 72, of Albany died Monday at her home. He was born in Brush, Colo., to Harold and Hazel Porter. He married Juanita on April 21, 1978. Tiny enjoyed visiting with friends and family, fishing, mining and gardening. He worked as a heavy equipment operator throughout Oregon, most recently with Mid Pacific Enterprises. He previously worked with...
Veneeta Walburga Windom
Jan 1, 2012
Veneeta W. Windom, 83, of Tangent died Jan. 1, 2012, at her home. She was born on Dec. 13, 1928, in Corvallis to Alva and Anna (Webb) Govier. She attended school in Corvallis, graduating in 1946. She married Carl Wesley Windom in 1947, and had five children. They divorced after 21 years of marriage. Veneeta worked for 25 years as...
Cheryl Kay Bowen
Dec 30, 2011
Cheryl Kay Bowen, 60, of Albany died Friday. She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Floyd; children Ryan, Devon and Alysa Bowen, and Cara (Bowen) Beckler; grandchildren Allie Kay and Eliana Kay; and sisters Diana Evans, Darlene Khalid and Nancy Larzalere. "She was a Godly woman, gentle and kind, my best friend." Her greatest desire was to glorify...
Darrol Gray Davison
Dec 25, 2011
Darrol G. Davison, 89, Cascade Heights, Albany, OR, retired Executive; American Airlines in 1985 went home to be with his Lord and Savior after a brief battle with cancer on December 25, 2011 with his family at his side. He was born in Dorchester, Nebraska, May 29, 1922. When he was 13 years old the family moved to Redwood City,...
William Thurston Thibodeaux
Dec 22, 2011
Bill T. Thibodeaux, 70, of Albany passed away Thursday at his home. He was born and raised in Vancouver, Wash., the son of Thurston and Pauline (Patterson) Thibodeaux. Bill graduated from Fort Vancouver High School in 1959 and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force that same year. While he was stationed in Oklahoma, Bill met and married Patricia Ann Hamilton...
Gary Francis Thompson
Dec 19, 2011
Gary F. Thompson, 72, of Albany passed away Monday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital. He was born in Dos Palos, CA. the only child of Edward F. and Olga V. (Mecchi) Thompson. He was raised in Dos Palos and attended schools there graduating from high school in 1957. He married Jenny Wareham in Dos Palos in 1961 and they divorced...
Hattie Eldene Branson
Dec 19, 2011
Hattie "Eldene" Branson, 86, of Albany died Monday. She was born in Enterprise to Ed and Lora Long. She and her three sisters enjoyed growing up on the family ranch and loved sharing stories of her adventures on horseback. She married Tony Branson in 1947 and they shared more than 50 years of married before his death in 1997. They...
Nelda Honor Gleason
Dec 17, 2011
Nelda Honor (Terry) Gleason, 88, of Lebanon passed away Friday, Dec. 17. She was born to Jack and Olga (Nelson) Terry in Silverton. She married Arrlee Skiller in 1942 where they ran a farm until they moved to Albany in 1951. She started her own business at the age of 56 and retired at 74. She married Vern Gleason in1993....
James Robert Mckay
Dec 17, 2011
James Robert McKay, 85, of Albany passed away Saturday after a long illness. Bob was born in Brownsville to Juanita Mae Wells and William H McKay Sr. He grew up in Toledo and lived there until he joined the U.S. Navy. He served on the USS Whippoorwill in the South Pacific during World War II. In 1948, Bob married Carol...
Retha Ann Flesher
Dec 12, 2011
Retha A. Flesher, 77, of Lebanon died Monday at her home. She was born in Endicott, N.Y., the daughter of Ivan and Esther (Lewis) Meade. Retha was raised in Endicott and attended schools there. She gave her heart to Jesus when she was 12 and has served him faithfully since. In September of 1958 she married David Curry. David preceded...
Walter Harold Lessley
Dec 10, 2011
Walt H. Lessley, 87, of Albany died Saturday. He was born in Rawlins, Wyo., and served in the U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Marines during World War II. He married Gladys L. Albiston in 1987 and she preceded him in death in 2009. He is survived by daughters Juli Spruill and Lori Anderson; son David Smith; sister Louise Weiss; seven grandchildren;...
Carole Jean Bentz
Dec 9, 2011
Carole Jean (Biernat) Bentz June 5, 1941 - Dec. 9, 2011 Carole Jean (Biernat) Bentz, 70, passed away Friday after a long illness. She was born in Duluth, Minn., the daughter of Raymond "Pat" and Gertrude (Wickman) Biernat. She married David Bentz on May 27, 1961, in Duluth. Carol is survived by her husband, David; children Ann Bentz, Toby Bentz,...
Dorothy May Hearrell
Dec 6, 2011
Scio, OR, resident Dorothy May Hearrell died Tuesday, at her home. She was 89. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 17, at Steele Funeral Home, 5050 Mt. Solo Rd, Longview, WA. Dorothy was born in New Brunswick, NJ, to Russell and Grace Reid. She came to the Pacific Northwest in the 1960's, and settled in...