Ernest Lester Pletzer
Apr 16, 2010
Ernest Lester PletzerAug. 30, 1919 - April 16, 2010Ernest Lester Pletzer, 90, passed away Friday at his home. Ernie was born on the family farm outside of Aline, Okla., to Fred and Christeen Pletzer. The family came out to Oregon and bought farmland outside of Marion in 1936. Ernie graduated from Aumsville High School in 1937. He met Ethel Sigmund...
Jon Harold Rider
Apr 15, 2010
Jon Harold RiderDec. 25, 1946 - April 15, 2010Jon H. Rider, 63 of Albany, passed away Thursday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.He was born in Santa Monica, CA. the son of Harold and Pauline (Stepner) Rider. Jon was raised in California and came to Albany in 1985.He is survived by son Jason A. Rider and grandson Cody H. Rider both...
Teresa Marie Ross
Apr 15, 2010
Teresa Marie RossAug. 20, 1954 - April 15, 2010Teresa Marie Ross, 54, of Sweet Home passed away Thursday at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis.She was born in Corvallis to Bob and Joann (Joyner) Sanford.She was a loving and giving person who enjoyed her children, grandchildren and animals, she attended church in Sweet Home.She is survived by husband Stephen;...
Thomas Allen Hamman
Apr 13, 2010
Thomas Allen HammanAugust 1, 1966 - April 13, 2010Thomas A. Hamman, 43 of Albany, passed away Tuesday, at his home.He was born in Hermiston, OR. the son of Tom and Marion (Poorman) Hamman. Tom was raised in Heppner and graduated from high school in 1984. He loved the outdoors, hunting, and fishing. Tom was enjoying a life of sobriety after...
Robert Benjamin Martinak
Apr 6, 2010
Robert B. MartinakFeb. 21, 1932 - April 6, 2010Surrounded by his family, Robert Martinak died Tuesday, April 6, from complications due to cancer. He was 78.Born February 21, 1932 in Albany, Ore. to John and Sophie Martinak, Bob spent the majority of his childhood hunting, fishing, and enjoying the Oregon landscape. This passion for the outdoors characterized Bob all throughout...
Ernest Melvin Alley
Apr 6, 2010
Ernest M. AlleyMay 11, 1928 - April 6, 2010Ernie Alley, 81, passed away Tuesday in his sleep at his home in Albany.Ernest Melvin Alley was born to Carl and Lena Falconer Alley in Vona, Colo. He lived there until the age of 3 when he moved to Oregon with his mother and siblings. The family moved again to Seattle, where...
Orma Maxine Towery
Apr 4, 2010
Orma Maxine ToweryMarch 13, 1918 - April 4, 2010Orma Maxine Towery, 92, of Albany, went home to the Lord on Easter Sunday, at Providence Benedictine Care Center in Mt. Angel, Oregon. Orma was born in Leedy, OK on March 13, 1918 to Herman and Kathryn Taylor. She was preceded in death by her parents and eight brothers and sisters. She...
Edward Kenneth Kaufman
Apr 3, 2010
Edward Kenneth Kaufman Dec. 12, 1919 - April 3, 2010Edward Kenneth Kaufman, 90, of Albany passed away at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.Edward Kenneth Kaufman was born in Saco, Mont. to David and Lola (Trader) Kaufman. In 1945, he married Daisy Belle Kannar in Preston, Austrailia. He married Ione Miller in Sweet Home on Sept. 11, 1965. He enjoyed hunting,...
Sara Lee Garlock
Mar 20, 2010
Sara Lee GarlockJuly 20, 1974 - March 20, 2010Sara Lee Garlock, 35, of Albany passed away Saturday in her sleep.Sara was born in Boise, Idaho, and met her fiance, Russell Clawson, on Aug. 13, 1997, and they have been together since that time. They share a beautiful daughter, Alexis Clawson, who was born on July 6, 2001. Sara loved her...
Charlotte Marie Cosler
Mar 19, 2010
Charlotte Marie CoslerNov. 20, 1921 - March 19, 2010Charlotte Marie Cosler, 88, of Albany died Sunday in Corvallis of natural causes.She was born in Sioux City, Iowa, to Alfred and Erni (Wodrig) Hansen, the seventh of 12 children. She graduated from high school in Sioux City in 1939.She married Kenneth Cosler on her 21st birthday in Albany. She was a...
Hugette Charlotte Richards
Mar 19, 2010
Huguette Charlotte RichardsFeb. 25, 1925 - March 19, 2010Huguette Charlotte Richards, 85, moved to Heaven on Friday.She was born in Victor Hugo, a French settlement in Algeria, North Africa, the daughter of Francois and Colette Giraud. She was the second of three children, an older brother and a younger sister.Huguette lived and was educated at Our Lady of Africa Convent...
Dorothy Elizabeth Seida
Mar 17, 2010
Dorothy Elizabeth (Hilliard) SeidaAug. 1, 1923 - March 17, 2010Dorothy Elizabeth Seida, 86, passed away Wednesday.She was born in Fort Robinson, Neb., to Glen A. and Viola (Dippert) Hilliard. She graduated from North Hollywood High School in 1941. She attended Business school in Los Angeles, then worked for Lockheed Aircraft during WWII.She was married to Robert M. Koelling from Nov....
Sebastian Oscar Seida
Mar 14, 2010
Sebastian Oscar "Ozz" SeidaNov. 25, 1922 - March 14, 2010 Sebastian Oscar "Ozz" Seida, 87, died Sunday from a short illness. Ozz was born in Saskatchewan, Canada and moved to the Portland area in elementary school. He graduated from Milwaukie Union High School in 1941 and worked his way through college at the University of Oregon, where he graduated with...
Stanley Lester Sime
Mar 7, 2010
Stanley Lester SimeNov. 29, 1919 - March 7, 2010Stanley Lester Sime, 90, of Albany passed away Sunday at Timberwood Court in Albany.He was born in Revillo, S.D., the son of Ole Nickoli and Martha Marie ( Johnson) Sime. He was raised in Revillo and graduated from Revillo High School.Stanley enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 and served in Tunisia,...
Thad Robert Wakefield
Mar 5, 2010
Thad Robert WakefieldNov. 7, 1966 - March 5, 2010Thad Robert Wakefeild, 43, of Jefferson died of an apparent heart attack while playing basketball.He was born in Dallas, the beloved son of Bob and Sonja (Flesland) Wakefield. He grew up in the Dever-Conner area and attended Dever-Conner Elementary, Memorial Middle School, and graduated from West Albany High in 1985.Starting in the...
Elizabeth Elda Goebel
Mar 2, 2010
Elizabeth Elda GoebelFeb. 18, 1916 to March 2, 2010Our dear mother, Elizabeth Elda Goebel, 94, passed away surrounded by her daughters and two grandchildren.She was born in Hillsboro, Kans., to Aron and Elizabeth Schellenberg. She married William Goebel in 1933 and moved to Dallas in 1946. Mother loved her God, reading the Bible, music and visits from her grandchildren.She is...
Georgia May Grill
Mar 2, 2010
Georgia May GrillFeb. 22, 1922 - March 2, 1010Georgia May Grill, 88, passed away at Timberview Nursing Home on Tuesday.She was born in Roosevelt, Minn., to Ed and Ellen Grill. She was the fifth oldest child of nine siblings. Georgia moved to Spokane, Wash., in 1940 to find employment. She then entered the Army and spent 3 years in Germany. ...
Ernest Smith
Feb 24, 2010
Ernest (Ernie) SmithOct. 10, 1948 - Feb. 24, 2010Ernie Smith, 61, of Albany passed away Wednesday at his home due to complications from Leukemia.He was born in Los Alamos, N.M., the son of Harry and Pat (Bodkins) Smith. Ernie married Judy Ann Oliver in Soap Lake, Wash., on Oct. 18, 1969.He was a steady, honest, patient and loving husband and...
Martha E. Cofer
Feb 23, 2010
Martha Elmira CoferNov. 12, 1914 - Feb. 23, 2010Martha E. Cofer, 95, of Albany passed away Tuesday at her home.She was born in Murphy the daughter of Ira and Ada (McKinney) Huges. Martha was raised in Napa Vine and married Hubert B. Cofer on Nov. 6, 1931, in Albany; they moved to Brownsville in 1950. Hubert preceded her in death...