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...
Patricia Ann Montgomery
Nov 6, 2011
Patricia Ann Montgomery, 83, of Albany passed away Sunday at her home. She was born in Milwaukee, Wis., to William and Mabel (Rice) Jacobus. She grew up in Sheboygan, Wis., until the family moved in 1947 to Agate Beach and then to Albany. She graduated from Albany Union High School in 1947. She worked at Albany General Hospital for many...
Gerald Douglas Cowdrey
Nov 1, 2011
Gerald D. Cowdrey, 77, of Woodburn died Tuesday at Salem Hospital. He was born in Weiser, Idaho, the son of Floyd and Golda (Ireland) Cowdrey. He married Betty Ann Anderson Jan. 12, 1959, in Sycamore, Ill. He is survived by companion Angie DeJardin; brothers Darle, Lynn and Dwight, all of Brownsville, and Don of Ashwood; and many nieces and nephews....