Margaret Ethel Welliver
Feb 15, 2011
Margaret Ethel Welliver, 96, of Albany passed away Tuesday at the Mennonite Home. She was born in Williston, N.D., the daughter of Leslie and Helen (Brown) White. She was raised in Williston and attended Minot State Teachers College where she met Harry B. Welliver who was a music teacher at the college. They married in Minot, N.D., on July 31,...
John Paul Barber
Feb 13, 2011
"Grandpa" John P. Barber, 81, died Sunday. He was born in Sand Springs, Okla., to Jesse and Sarah Barber. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served for 22 years as a photographer. He married Margot Ann Koch in Belton, Texas, on June 4, 1958. She preceded him in death. He is survived by three daughters, Aimee Auby, Monika Gambrel...
Myrtle Laverne Hembree
Jan 31, 2011
M. LaVerne Hembree, 88, of Albany passed away Monday at the Family Ties Adult Foster Care Home. She was born in Geddes, S.D., the daughter of Donald and Myrtle (Florey) Newsom. She was raised in McMinnville and married Edgar "Ed" Newton Hembree in McMinnville on July 17, 1940. Ed and LaVerne owned and operated markets in Sweet Home, Springfield and...
Blanche Dvorak
Jan 29, 2011
Blanche M. Dvorak, 82, of Albany joined her Lord and Savior Saturday. She was born seven miles southeast of Manning, N.D., the daughter of Frank and Anna (Bren) Ficek. She was raised on the farm southeast of Manning and attended schools there prior to moving to Washington and then Oregon in 1957. Blanche was a very hardworking woman and spent...
Gretchen Ann Schiely
Jan 18, 2011
Gretchen Ann Schiely passed away peacefully at home at the age of 74. She was born in Norfork, Nebraska. Gretchen is survived by her children; son and daughter-in-law Mark and Valerie Schiely of Gresham; daughter and son-in-law Becky and Michael Stotler of Scio; daughter Jamie Schiely of Scio; 6 grandchildren; and 7 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her...
Juan Mendez Cordova
Jan 17, 2011
Juan Mendez Cordova, 82, passed away Monday. He was born in Rocksprings, Texas, to Jose Cordova and Angelita Mendez. At age 15 he started shearing sheep and then picking cotton in Arizona where he met his beautiful wife, Juanita and married her on Jan. 3, 1949. In 1953 he moved his wife Juanita and his four children, Juan, Gloria, Guadalupe...
Richard Tostevin Smith
Jan 15, 2011
Dick Smith died at his home in Corvallis from health problems related to smoking. Dick was born and lived in Salem most of his life. He served in the Army during World War II, was Records Clerk at the Oregon State Penitentiary for 10 years, and ended his career as a Research Analyst at the State of Oregon Department of...
Irene L Wehrli
Jan 14, 2011
Irene L. Wehrli, 79, of Albany died Thursday at her home. She was born in Avon, S.D., the daughter of Martin and Bertha (Kurtz) Steinmeyer. In 1941 they moved to Albany and she graduated from Albany Union High School. Irene married W. Wayne Wehrli in Stevenson, Wash., on Aug. 6, 1955. She enjoyed crocheting, knitting, camping at the Oregon coast...
Jean Steele Blaylock
Jan 10, 2011
Jean Steele Blaylock, 86, passed away unexpectedly Monday, at Samaritan Albany General Hospital. Jean was born to John Henry and Lillian (Doss) Blaylock in Marshfield. He moved to Albany as a child and graduated form Albany High School with the class of 1943. He valued these friends and never missed a class reunion. In 1944, he joined the Marine Corps...
William Ladderson Quinn
Jan 9, 2011
William Ladderson Quinn, 60, passed away Sunday. He was born to Dorothy Lee and Moses Burgain Quinn. He was the third child born to this union. William was born and raised in San Diego, Calif., and attended Emerson and Knox elementary schools, O'Farrell Junior High and Abraham Lincoln High School. William was a member of the San Diego Calvary Baptist...
Diane Margaret Goudriaan
Dec 30, 2010
Mother, teacher, planner, travel partner, friend, beauty, walker, swimmer, bridge player, hiker, mentor, tour director, volunteer, wonder-full cook, pastry chef. It is with extreme sadness that Diane's spouse and partner, Neil and her extended family report her passing on December 30, 2010. Following the discharge from hospital the day prior, she was under hospice care comfortable and peacefully in her...
Barbara Faith Burkey
Dec 29, 2010
Barbara Faith (Brenneman) Burkey, 80, of Albany passed away Wednesday at her home. She was born in Tofield, Alberta, Canada, to Harvey and Uarda (Hills) Brenneman. Barbara's family moved from Canada to Albany when she was in elementary school. She lived at home until she attended high school at Hesston College in Kansas. On May 1, 1949, she married Willard...