Joseph Daniel Gooch
Jul 17, 2011
Joseph "Joe" Daniel Gooch, 39, of Albany passed away Sunday evening at his home. He was born in Portland and raised in Klamath Falls. Joe attended Mazama High School where he was active in football, wrestling and track and field. While in his senior year, Joe pre-enlisted in the U.S. Marines and after graduation served eight years in the Marines...
Elizabeth "Liz" Hinds
Jul 11, 2011
Elizabeth Earl Subers Hinds, 87, passed on to her heavenly home Monday evening. She was born in Lancaster, Pa., to Roy and Bertha (Schreck) Subers. After her father's death in 1939, Liz, her mom and brothers, Harry, DeLarme and Carson, moved to California. She finished school in Inglewood, Calif., and worked in retail until her marriage to Lester Kurrasch in...
Kenneth Dale Cosler
Jun 30, 2011
Kenneth "Sam" Dale Cosler, 93, of Albany passed away June 30 at his home. He was born in Canton, Ill., the son of Jacob Gilbert and Ina Victoria (Williams) Cosler. He married Charlotte Marie Hansen on Nov. 20, 1942, and she preceded him in death on March 19, 2010. Sam worked for over 30 years as a switchman for the...
Wilford "Bill" Shere
Jun 30, 2011
Wilfred "Bill" Shere Nov. 3, 1925 - June 30, 2011 Wilfred "Bill" Shere, 85, formerly of Klamath Falls, Oregon, passed away in his home in Albany, Oregon on June 30th. Bill was born in Oakland, California to Marie and Fred Shere. As a boy, Bill lived in various places around the country as his family traveled for reasons of his...
Guilford Morris King
Jun 28, 2011
Guilford M. (Gil) King, 89, of Albany, died June 28th at Regency Nursing Home after a long illness. He was born on June 30th, 1921 in Harrisonville, MO. The son of Emery and Pearl (Roth) King. He attended school in Missouri until 1929 when the family moved to Minnesota. He completed school there. He married Ruth Johnson in December, 1941....
Gladys Stutzman
Jun 26, 2011
Gladys Stutzman Sept. 28, 1913 - June 26, 2011 Gladys Stutzman, 97, of Albany passed away Sunday morning at Lydia's House. She was born in Albany, the daughter of Chris and Mary (Schlegel) Roth. She was raised in Albany and married Gordon Calvin Stutzman on Aug. 25, 1935, in Albany, and they lived on a farm outside of town. In...
Linda Lee Parkhurst
Jun 17, 2011
Linda Parkhurst joined her husband, Ralph, in heaven on June 17, 2011. Linda was born on January 17, 1927 on a farm 10 miles north of Salem to Albert Louis Girod and Clara Vinet Wiley Girod. She attended rural schools through the 8th grade, Parrish Jr. High School in the 9th grade, Salem High School (now North Salem H.S.) through...
Virginia De Lois Rippy
Jun 16, 2011
Virginia De Lois Rippy, 88, of Albany passed away Thursday at her home. Virginia was born in Weleetka, Okla., to John and Consada (Womack) Burden. She lived in Oklahoma until she was 19 years old. She met Luther Rippy and the two were married on Sept. 22, 1940, in Texas. After their marriage the couple moved to Richmond, Calif. Luther...