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...
Stephen C. Stocks
Dec 5, 2011
Stephen C. Stocks, 75, of Albany passed away Monday. Steve was born in Portland to Otto and Martha (Baurle) Stocks. After graduating from Benson Polytechic High School, he entered the United States Army in 1957 where he served honorably for two years. Upon obtaining an engineering degree from Oregon State University, he went to work first for Kaiser Steele in...
Wayne Wilber Wehrli
Dec 1, 2011
Wayne W. Wehrli, 88, of Albany passed away Thursday at his home with his son, Ronald Wehrli, at his side. He was born in Fairbury, Neb., the son of Fred and Nellie (Green) Wehrli and moved to Albany in May of 1937. Wayne enlisted in the U.S. Army in May of 1941 and went to Hawaii Scofield Barracks for basic...
Irene Virginia Owens
Nov 22, 2011
Irene Virginia Owens, 89, of Albany passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Mennonite Village. Irene was born in St. Maries Idaho, to William and Margaret Vigue. She attended schools in Idaho and Washington. She lived most of her life in Albany, and a short time in Arizona. On April 6, 1942, Irene married Cecil James...
Orval Vern Gleason
Nov 16, 2011
Orval 'Vern' Gleason March 2, 1927 - Nov. 16, 2011 Vern Gleason, 84, of Lebanon, formerly Tangent, passed away Wednesday at the Lebanon Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Ontario, Calif., the son of Harold R. and Minnie B. (Knight) Gleason. After high school Vern enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a draftsman from Nov. 16, 1945 to...
John Anthony Wahl
Nov 12, 2011
John A. Wahl, 92, of Albany, formerly of Langlois, died Saturday. John was born in Wabasha, Minn., and moved to Oregon with his brother and mother around 1942. John was the son of Henry Lawrence and Mary McGuire Wahl, and is survived by his nine children, Tasha, Pat, Terry, Tooz, Pete, Buck, Mike, Mary and Tony; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren,...
William George Odom
Nov 11, 2011
Bill was born on August 10, 1953 to Clarence & Shirley (Reeves) Odom in Corvallis, Oregon. He had a passion for portrait photography and stepping into another century at the Shrewsberry Renaissance Faire every year. He loved collecting old cameras and seeing how they worked. He was generous to a fault and also humble. He was married to Barbara Walker...